dear LS,
re; “Shhhh. Don’t look now but FreeRepublic is a social media website.”
On the contrary, as you have defined it, FR is indeed an archaic thing, compared to the moronic Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and the rest.
Write the words: “Mohammed’s mom wears army boots.”, and see how fast your account get blocked on those electronic media, not so here.
I said websites, meaning campaign websites as a source of info, as opposed to the web. Maybe I didn’t clarify. but you are participating in the very thing you denigrate.