Do you own PBS when you send them money? Do you own the Red Cross and Salvation Army when you donate? Could you tell us who you donate to that gives you ownership? Unicef? The RNC? Humane Society? Habitat for Humanity? How many organizations do you own from your donations?
Are you in any way responsible when FR is sued? Are you in any way responsible for maintaining the site? Programming? Administration? Anything?
Would PBS, Red Cross, or Salvation Army exist if they drove off their donors?
No, they wouldn’t. They recognize the value of their donors and adjust to meet their donors expectations.
Therefore, there is an explicit recognition by those organizations that they exist at the sufferance of their donors.
The Free Republic could use a little bit of that.