[JohnG45]

And the comment which got the poster suspended (or banned?) is not one that is conducive to concise rebuttal. So you either let it pass, or complain to the mods. In this case a mod saw it, and in this case he (she?) took action.

Being that al baby's comment was found offending by Rockitz; and being that al baby's "about page" is a false zot (identified by post #24 up the thread); would you mind explaining your comment (italicized above)?

You made this up out of thin air and then pontificated about how the "mods" acted unilaterally (how would you know that?). Pure BS. And then, what's worse is that you post it on Free Republic as fact that you were privy to.

Care to explain the psychology behind that?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

And the comment which got the poster suspended (or banned?) is not one that is conducive to concise rebuttal.

So you either let it pass, or complain to the mods. In this case a mod saw it, and in this case he (she?) took action.

being that al baby's "about page" is a false zot (identified by post #24 up the thread); would you mind explaining your comment?

I infer from your “false zot” comment that you know of a nefarious way in which, you presume, Rockitz simulated a zot. I confess to utter naiveté in that respect, you could be right.

You made this up out of thin air and then pontificated about how the "mods" acted unilaterally (how would you know that?). Pure BS. And then, what's worse is that you post it on Free Republic as fact that you were privy to.

Obviously I don’t know that, and if you read carefully you will see that I did not explicitly state that. I said a mod saw it - which, if indeed there was a zot, had to be true. I did not state that the mod just happened onto the post, and in the nature of things perhaps that is unlikely, tho possible.

The reality is that al baby made a posting which could not be rebutted without hijacking the thread, and even then wouldn’t necessarily come to a clean conclusion if the instigator didn’t want it to.

But the main point, surely, is that mods exist for good reason, and they are not an imposition on anyone’s First Amendment rights. When it comes to posting privileges on FR, Jim Robinson giveth and Jim Robinson can decide to taketh away.

Whether or not you or I, or al baby, contribute substantively to FReepathons.