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To: onyx; Smokin' Joe
The Trumpbots here on FR are some of the nastiest, most vicious, most deranged creeps I have ever come across.

Yes, that's pretty bad to say about other FReepers without providing some factual evidence to back it up.

If anyone was really that nasty to others here they should be banned or at least given a time out.

And that would apply to any Trump OR Cruz supporter who did such a thing.

Joe, what ever happened to personal responsibility?

While some people can be mean, it's them, not the candidate they support doing it.

Why, didn't you, if you've seen such a thing, either use the "Report Abuse" button or just let it slide, you know, like water off the back of a duck? Sticks and stones and all that?

We are in the midst of a primary campaign with a whole slew of candidates, who traditionally say horrible things about each other, exaggerate their opponents foibles and over-proclaim their own achievements. Its always been so.

There is absolutely no reason to attack your peers here on this web site. We're guests in Jim Rob's house and all he's asked us to do is NO PERSONAL ATTACKS.

I'm any case, I'm in Alabama and will vote on 1 March. Looking forward to the day. As of right now, I'm considering Trump, but haven't ruled out Cruz. Beyond these two I'd not sure I'd vote for any of the others.

Can you believe it? After all that's been said here these past few weeks by so many here I still favor both of these guys!

One thing I WON'T do is vote RAT in the general, nor sit out the vote. It's my duty to vote, and even so, sometimes I have to vote against, rather than for someone.

During my military career, I was continuously frauded out of my vote by the either the absentee ballot arriving too late or the local election board (made up of democrats) actually challenging my voter information with some bogus "need more information". Once I had to tell them driving directions to my parent's-in-law house! And of course, by the time they then approved me, it was early December of that election year.

107 posted on 02/05/2016 4:14:43 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: Alas Babylon!
I believe you were looking for SmokingJoe, not me. That is someone else.

Personally, we (FReepers) differ in opinion, some more enthusiastically than others, and I think some have "ad hominem" somewhere in their family motto, but I try to keep it focused on candidates and issues, not individuals here.

I wasn't looking for an echo chamber when I got here. I found in this place we dragged out the truth sooner or later. FReepers don't whitewash the Government's abuses, and that takes some discussion st times to get to the bottom of what is crackpot, what is propaganda, and what is fact, no matter how outrageous it may seem.

There has been plenty of nasty crap thrown around this election. If every nasty post were removed, it would save bandwidth, but there would be a lot less to read, which sometimes might be a good thing. YMMV.

No biggie. I have worn NFPA 2112 FR (that's Flame Retardant) clothing for years.

108 posted on 02/05/2016 4:27:02 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Your Sunday Show Thread was a delight!

Wouldn’t it be awesome, were every poster of a thread, also call for civility?

Of course, that won’t happen because several threads are posted to incite!

Thanks very much for relating your unconscionable voting experiences while you were on active duty in service to our country! It’s always been my opinion that active duty military ballots should receive the highest priority, even if that involves special air flights to ensure prompt delivery of their ballots!


121 posted on 02/05/2016 7:48:21 AM PST by onyx (IF YOU'RE POSTING HERE, HOPE YOU'RE A DONOR! FReepLoaders are RUDE.)
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