If Jim hadn't developed a culture that is ruthlessly factually *accurate* it would have died off years ago. The integrity of this site's information and the self-policing of documentable fact and appropriate research and verifiable links is what keeps this site on top and thriving in a world of left wing propaganda. Not to mention the great FReepers who do the work keeping the site full of great, breaking news.
self-policing!!!
Whenever I get discouraged we might be "preaching to the choir," I remind myself that Freepers have this dogmatic and intractable self-policing ability that keeps us ALL straight and in pursuit of the truth. (and, I agree, "If Jim hadn't developed a culture that is ruthlessly factually *accurate* it would have died off years ago." Thanks for reminding me why Freepers make FR so unique. Reminds me of an anecdote I recently emailed to a friend: a great line from Jack Nicholson in "Something's Got To Give" with Diane Keaton --- in which he plays an aging womanizer dating her daughter & they all end up around the dinner table. Keaton (playing a middle-aged playwright) is quizzing him about his reputation, and Nicholson says, "I always try to tell some version of the truth." Keaton says, "Version of the truth?" "Truth doesn't have versions!"