“Them’s the rules. JimRob is just reminding us all of that.”
Yup. And I suppose that this is one of those distracting fights. So perhaps I should be banned. I’m not daring Jim Robinson. I’m merely calling the question.
If the point of his post is to announce a new, stricter and less flexible enforcement of his longstanding rules, then he should ban me and prominently say why. I’ll move to Lucianne.com or elsewhere, and he can make clear that only conservatives are welcome here.
It’s his site and he can do what he wants. He can make whatever tradeoff he wants — a clearer conservative stream of posts or a venue for converting millions to the cause. I think he is missing a huge opportunity going for the former, but of course this is his choice, and the former is a perfectly defensible strategy.
Saying that I’m disruptive, though, is foolish. No one is forced to fight. Just skim the posts I write or ignore me altogether.
Please keep in mind that I imagine that I’m as conservative as the average poster here.
I don't know if personalizing this debate is useful for you or not. I'm trying to discuss and defend Jim's position with which I agree. Maybe it didn't appear that way. I *do* skip threads I don't agree with and seldom fight tooth-and-nail for any one point because usually I don't have to here on FR.
But if there is a movement - or a debate about a movement - away from keeping this a Conservative (NOT Republican) site then I am going to argue fiercely for JimRob's vision.
I'm *not* here to convert anybody. There are other better and more appropriate venues for that. I am here to talk to OTHER CONSERVATIVES and discuss how to further advance COMMON GOALS (and post silly pictures at times, too ;0)
I'll post elsewhere if I feel politically evangelistic, which I seldom do. I like strategizing victory with fellow warriors and not converting the ignorant or disinterested. I do that enough already.