You said — I’ve been here over 8 years and I have. It’s gotten worse with the election of Obama.
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Things have been getting worse in a general sense, over the years. People are accused of being liberals and trolls for simply having a different opinion than another poster.
I’ve said, recently, that a good working definition for a “troll” on Free Republic is basically anyone who disagrees with your viewpoint... LOL... And there happens to be a whole lot of people who hold to that definition... :-)
And yes, with the election of Obama, things took a real nose dive, and went down even faster than before (but it was already sinking that way, before Obama), I guess the real shock of having Obama be elected and realizing that there were that many liberals out there and how radical it all was, in terms of how our government’s policies were now going to be — was just too much of a shock to a lot of people.
I tend to look at these things as pendulum swings in which they have to reach the end of the swing before they turn back the other way. Politics has been this way for years. Even though I don’t like Obama, I’m sure that we’ll be getting rid of him soon enough, especially the way the economy is crashing.
You know..., you can say to him, “It’s the economy, stupid!”... :-)
A racist Chicago thug is President. He is intent on taking our freedom. Your topic is what is wrong with Free Republic. LOL.
I believe it was Rush and quite a few others who said that the election of Obama would set race relations in this country back 50 years. The man is a divider, not a uniter.
I'vve been a member of FR since May of 2001. Just yesterday I had a poster object to my being offended by a racist joke. I was told to "go post at DU" by a poster who has been a t FR over 3 years less than me!
I do beleive some are fed up with the reverse racism we see daily. That, and the claims of victimhood. So am I. But I'm as conservative as most and more so than many. I don't like having to defend my participation at FR or my politics simply because some cannot control their hatred.
Thank you for your well thought out post. -SoFo