Posted on 01/16/2011 11:49:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Hello. You don’t know me under this name. For reasons that are going to be obvious soon, I didn’t wish to send you this message with my usual Free Republic account. This message is an invitation, a welcome to a new forum called TrueBlueFreedom.com
While I love the people who make up Free Republic, I have many complaints about Jim Robinson and his cronies who run the actual website. Over and over again, whenever somebody has complained or offered suggestions, they have been told by JimRob and others to go and start their own website if they know so much. Well, I’ve decided to take them up on that offer.
I’ve started TrueBlueFreedom.com for three simple reasons, and once you’ve read those reasons, I’m sure you’ll agree that we need to make a few adjustments if we want this powerful bastion of conservatism to remain. The first reason is simple: Free Republic is too important to left in the hands of JimRob. Jim and his son John have repeated stated that if just one Freepathon goal isn’t met, that’s it - “Free Republic will be dead.” I can’t stand the idea of America without Free Republic. Imagine if we hadn’t been there when Dan Rather was passing around his forgeries, how different things would be today. Now realize that, as things are going, we won’t be around when the next Rathergate happens. We can’t allow that to happen, and since JimRob has publicly refused to deal with this issue, we have to take matters into our own hands. My solution is TrueBlueFreedom.com
The second reason is that I believe that free market capitalism has made America great, and that attempting any other system will lead us to ruin. A belief JimRob apparently doesn’t share, since he continues to refuse to place ads on Free Republic and instead depend on a PBS-esque donation system. We are not NPR, and we are not a charity – why do we raise money like one? For this reason, I’ve developed TrueBlueFreedom.com to depend on advertisements. TrueBlueFreedom.com will not depend on donations, instead, we will depend on the opportunities provided by the free market to create a self-sustaining version of Free Republic – without the constant Freepathons.
The third reason is that JimRob is, in my opinion, a petty tyrant. How many of you know somebody who was purged? How many wonder if you may be next on the list? If you’re neither of these people, consider this: Giuliani was America’s Mayor in 2008. That didn’t stop JimRob from purging all his supporters without warning. How do you know that whoever you support in the Republican primaries won’t raise JimRob’s wrath? How do you know the next purge group won’t be Mormons, Jews, Birthers, Pro-Palin, Anti-Palin, and so on? I believe that purging the non-believers and demanding total mental agreement with the “Dear Leader” is the exact opposite of conservative values, regardless of where JimRob stands on abortion and homosexuality. And for that reason, I’ve set up TrueBlueFreedom.com as a place where conservatives who follow the rules will not be banned, no matter how much I disagree with them. Regardless of your politics, religion, or favorite sport team, you will only be banned for breaking the rules. TrueBlueFreedom.com is a purge-free zone.
So, I hope you’ve read all this, and will accept my invitation. If this seems like something you can believe in, come to TrueBlueFreedom.com, sign up, and start talking. And if you like it, spread the word. Because Free Republic is too important to just let die.
If it was in your regular email account, that would suggest that you gave that addy to someone from FR and that’s how they emailed you.
Btw, where did it say it came from?
As I said, Freepers went there last night and saw things. Maybe some of it's been removed. I have no idea. But you seem to want to believe that a person who would troll for posters on another site while bad mouthing it has honorable intentions. You also want to believe they are conservative. I'm not buying it.
I didn’t get an invite either.
I went over and checked it out.
There was a post by a ‘woman’ who used to be a man and who got zotted on FR. That was enough for me. LOL
What was this talk about Morgana? (I haven’t read all the posts)
The only time I heard of Morgana was when she posted a vanity thread about being propositioned by a man she had contracted to do some work at her house. She said she was frightened he would come back and asked what to do.
Ha! I missed that one! Where is it? lol
Check your profile pages. One’s regular e-mail accounts show up on those.
Well, that was a first and last! :)
I agree with your points above Netizen. I've spent some time posting over there. Hopefully, they will get the FR bashing out of their systems soon, and focus on creating a good site.
By the way Jim, I have to turn myself in now. Bob J seemed convinced you would ban anyone who dares to post over there. I just had to shake my head. There's no talking to some people.
That would be screaming gerbil.
The Morgana that was freepmailing people had no posting history.
LOL. I found the link when doing a search on truebluewhatever. I’m putting my laptop in the dishwasher now. I’ll be back in about an hour :o|
Based on what I saw, I don't think Bob J is the creator. The site creator/owner is TrueBlueAdmin. If that person also has another username, it has not become apparent yet.
I guess it was only a matter of time before moderates created their own place, which at least gets them outta here. Not necessarily a bad thing, ya know.
Might want to add a double dose of visine to your eyes!
Absolutely. Unfortunately there are some posters who cannot see the difference between being a Republican and being a Conservative.
It seems to be a conservative site to me. Pretty freewheeling. Looks like any and all subjects.
I noticed some Freepers there who have an ax to grind, but other than that, seems ok at least on the surface. Been clicking around there reading some posts.
There are probably some trolls too, but that is what happens in forums like this. The trolls are usually weeded out anyway.
I would agree with that.
Maybe folks are getting tired of having their conservative values called into question because they happen to disagree with certain members of the FR posse from time to time.
No, it’s not.
I read that particular person’s postings. Although he seems to have some personal issues with Jim, he by and large has defended him. By his tone, like I said before, it seems that he is hurt/feels betrayed by FR.
That being said, it is none of my business to comment on that issue.
I have been there too and have click around and frankly I see that so far it seems to be a conservative forum.
FR is a different site altogether, the format and everything is different. Have you checked out the site yourself instead on relying on others here for information?
There is really no badmouthing by the moderator, however some posters are what I would say are bad mouthing FR. The moderator has jumped in numerous times and defended Jim and FR.
Thank you.
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