I am a little slow on the uptake and did not realize you are the esteemed Bob Parks. I posted a reply on your website which was a copy of a response I gave on this matter in another thread.
I want to emhasize that I think anyone who makes racist remarks should have their heads handed do them by the mods. Who I believe try as best they can to keep posts within the Free Republic policy.
I know it is hurtful to read any such remarks, but please do not think this is a tone accepted at this site.
I just have to jump in here as a mod. There is nothing more satisfying to me than zotting a racist. Well, watching a live chow thread where posters tear apart a racist is pretty fun too. There are tens of thousands of posts per day and it is impossible to keep track of every one. But when we do catch them, racists more than anything are our favorite target to zot. To quote Indiana Jones- I hate Nazis.
It is important that people use the abuse button to report them. This is a community and we all work together. We have the Zot button, but we need everyone’s eyes.