Posted on 10/29/2011 8:05:02 AM PDT by mnehring
Edited on 10/29/2011 2:08:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The editors at Red State and Free Republic (among others) have had the wool pulled over their eyes. They seem to actually believe the lies originally propagated by supporters of President Obama and, in some cases, even by President Obama himself. Now, for some reason, these editors/moderators are so insecure in their prejudice against Gov. Romney that they ban people who openly support Gov. Romney. Free Republic (mostly because of it’s owner Jim Robinson) has purged all of the Romney supporters they could from the site in two waves of purges over the last few years. The anti-Romney and anti-Mormon bigotry evident at Free Republic now is absolutely sickening.
I haven’t been to Free Republic quite as much as I used to partly because I have been banned from posting. During the 2008 election, Mitt was accepted and lauded by many at Free Republic like he was by most conservatives. One of the best summaries of Gov. Romney’s accomplishments was actually from Free Republic. However, Jim Robinson seemingly fell in love with Sarah Palin and initiated purges of anyone who wouldn’t pledge allegiance to her. A few months back, I tried to make a new account and see if I could post about Gov. Romney’s jobs plan and I was promptly banned and called a few derogatory names implying that I was a Mormon. Besides the fact that I am not Mormon, I can’t for the life of me figure out how a site like that, filled with such hate, can find enough donors to keep it going. When I think of Free Republic, I’m reminded of the scene from Star Wars Episode IV where Luke is warned that he is entering “A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany”.
Red State has been fairly hostile to Gov. Romney for awhile, but they have crossed into new lows now as well. The guys from WhyRomney.com [3] have been working very hard and diligently to refute some of the many misconceptions about Gov. Romney, and I hope this unfortunate episode won’t dissuade them or anyone else from trying to correct the people endlessly smearing Gov. Romney. What so many of these people who don’t like Gov. Romney don’t seem to realize is that they have been fed reasons to not like Gov. Romney by highly-funded democratic think tanks. It’s abundantly clear now, no matter what Rush Limbaugh says [4], that President Obama is scared to death of facing Mitt Romney [5] in the general election.
If you want to check out the three open letters posted to Red State, you can read the one on mandates and health care here [6], the one about abortion here [7], and the final one on miscellaneous issues here [8] unless Red State removes the posts now that they have cowardly banned the authors of the letters. Also, I’ve saved a screen shot of the admin belittling the efforts of our friends from WhyRomney [9] and giving his/her bogus reason for banning them which you can read here [10] just in case the admin tries to cover his/her tracks in shame. If you want to see how rude Free Republic is without actually subjecting yourself to the hate, just click here [11] for a screen shot of the reason they banned the author of a similar open letter.
I know there are bastions of bigotry against Mormons on other sites besides Free Republic and that Free Republic and Red State aren’t the only sites that have ever banned people they disagreed with, but I’ve concluded that they are the grandparents of this anti-Romney crusade that fortunately seems destined to fail. Some other sites seem predisposed against supporting Mitt, but not at the dangerous level of these two.
The motives of people like Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh [12] to not want Gov. Mitt Romney to be the GOP nominee are easy to understand (hint: they make more money with President Obama in the White House), but I believe many other sites and conservatives are simply following their lead reinforced by the disingenuous people at Red State and the sheltered leader of Free Republic. Most other conservative sites that support candidates other than Mitt at least vow to support Mitt if he is the nominee, but I worry about what is festering at Free Republic and now, Red State. Once our nominee is selected, we will need all hands on deck to defeat President Obama. The members of these two sites should realize how detrimental the actions of their leaders may end up being to the ultimate cause of making President Obama a one-term President. I hope they will ask for their leaders to act in a more responsible fashion.
WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC!
NOTE: FR's "editor" (namely, me) is not shy about stating FR's conservative principles, purposes and goals or about stating why liberal progressive RINOS are not acceptable on FR and so adds the following links for reference:
One more time: FR's God-given Life & Liberty constitutional conservative activism agenda!!
The truth about Romney straight from HIS progressive big mouth
--Jim Robinson
Exactly right!
The No Religious Test Clause of the United States Constitution is found in Article VI, paragraph 3, and states that:
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
MYTH had better hope a lot of women, communists, and homosexuals come out, but looks like the communists and homosexuals will be voting for Obama again.
Guess that leaves women.
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I doubt it
Mormonismn has had a history of racist and sexist bighotry and discrimination right from its start...
but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
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Whats that got to do with my vote ???
Ohhhh! It gets under their skin. Kinda like 0bama.
Great, huh??? Love you!
Voters can use it against him and that's their right.
Voters can vote for or against any candidate for any reason. Bigotry, hate, (racism for obama), whatever.
I don't give a rip.
My point is, I'm not for Romney because he's not a conservative. I view him as a poseur and worse.
This election is too important. Romney can and must be stopped in the primaries.
Very true. I'm a Mormon, and I don't have any desire to vote for Romney, mainly because I don't think he has any convictions. I don't think he has a well-thought out core of political principles. He will pander and say whatever he needs to say out of political expediency, rather than acting out of the firm belief that this is the proper course of action which will benefit the country and preserve or enhance our liberties.
I think Zero wants to debate either Mitt or Perry...he lives in terror of having to face someone like Newt or Cain.. In fact, I doubt he would debate them if they get the nom.
True. We are not asked why we voted for whom... yet.
If I had noticed that you were the poster, I would have known better. Sorry. When I saw the content of the post, I wondered how it could have had over a 100 replies without being zotted.
“Oh yes, people have already been playing the religious hatred card on Romney.”
It is not “religious hatred” to practice discernment and object to the blasphemy, heresy and apostasy of Mormonism that worships a false god, false jesus and false prophet. You do realize that Willard actually believes that he will be a god someday with his own planet populated with people that will worship him.
That is true, no doubt.
placemark
Saundra, you should know better. It's not a free speech issue to be posting on FR, you can free speech anywhere you want -- and thusly your rights are not violated -- except perhaps FR (if you post love for MittR) or RedState.
BTTT
I would have to say that Newt Gingrich holds that distinction. Hands down.
And while Gingrich is not in my list of favored candidates, I'd take him over Romney without hesitation.
My gawd, that comment is stunning in its juvenile stupidity.
You are free to start your own blog or website and spout whatever opinion you want.
But the First Amendment doesn't stop with freedom of speech - it also clearly implies freedom of association, and Jim says he doesn't want to associate with Romney-pimping RINOs. You apparently think Jim should be forced to allow viewpoints on FR that he vehemently disagrees with.
So who is the one taking an anti-freedom approach here? Look in the mirror for the answer, Saundra. It is not censorship for Jim to set standards for his own website.
Problem is, Romney governed a liberal state and expresses liberal views.
So, you are championing a competent liberal, which is the worst of all possible kinds.
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