Posted on 02/12/2016 10:04:27 PM PST by Optimist
Over the past several months, Free Republic has begun to show an ugly side of its members. Although admittedly comprised of many strong-willed, opinion-charged individuals presenting thoughtful, conservative insights into the topics of the day, this forum has begun to show a seamier side as the Trump-Cruz-Rubio-Carson 2016 Primary heated up. You all know what I mean. Many of you have either been at the giving or receiving end of EMOTIONALLY-charged attacks against various candidates or even individuals as their supporters.
Herewith a few thoughts I would like to share:
Well, this is what happens when one (Ok, I) become frustrated with the ad-hominem attacks against so many good people both on this site, and otherwise supportive of conservatism and the rise of a conservative Republican Party. We are all decent, America-loving conservatives who are driven to strive for what is best for returning this country to its pride.
Please Freepers, make your best case, and trust that whoever eventually runs against the Demobeast will, with God's light, be the right person for the job.
Let the flame-war begin, I have donned my suit! And God bless.
It has never been and never will be OK to bash a fellow Freeper.
Those who take the basing of THEIR candidate personally are the ones who turn around and bash a Freeper.
Don't take it personally and don't bash Freepers.
I don’t log in to FR as much as I use to but you are 100% right about the infighting between members and it influenced how much I donated to the current freepathon. FR has slipped into the gutter of some local blogs I used to enjoy
Like Elvis versus JFK.
Were you here for the Schwarzenegger/Tancredo Wars of 2003? I’m not sure these days are as bad as those. But I’m often reminded of them.
It’s not just the personal attacks on FReepers, candidates, but on the conservative media outlets we rely on that is new.
I’ve been on FR for at least a decade, and never have I seen that happen.
There is so much misinformation being repeated even when articles are posted that refute it. Keep repeating a lie often enough and people believe it.
Each candidate has a weak point or two. We have focused on Cruz and Trump. Ask the question do we need a F bomb dropping dictator as President. Isn’t 8 yrs of the Dictator 0bama enough? A candidate that has appeared on Playboy Mag, cheated on wife 1. As for this wife...10. The First Lady would be the first to have posed nude in lesbian porno shots http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/16/hannity-responds-to-becks-question-on-donald-trump-i-will-attempt-to-answer-it-in-my-this-post/
Nothing compared to Arator and the Buchananites going over the cliff...which by the way, Arator used to start concern troll threads just like this one we're in...
FR GOES NUCLEAR -- But is it Fision or Fusion?
Between the Bush implosion in progress and the latest smearfest against Buchanan-Foster, this has been quite a day of FReeping. Probably the most intense I've ever experienced. The split between Bushies and Brigadiers, GOP loyalists and third party rebels, establishment play-it-safers and anti-establishment insurgents is approaching critical mass. The status quo cannot hold. Conservatives can go one of two ways: Either there will be fusion -- one side joining the other in common cause -- or there will be fision -- a permanent and irreconcilable schism. I'm an optimist. I believe that, as the Bush campaign goes on to repeat ...
*headshake*
I turned nasty about the time that the Carson and Cruz supporters started implying that I was going to hell for not buying the product being sold.
LOL for me it was when C.E. Wright called me a moron.
Anger has supplanted reason, poisoning many debates. With so many furious at the political class but unable to act on the anger, it spills over into the supporters debate.
Nothing new. Flame wars have occurred ever since I have been here. (1998) We did have some fun ones however, “Ash Alerts” for example, but some were just nasty.
The primary season is always tough but I notice a very distinct change around 2008 or so coincident no it was the won that got in to power I think we are all just sick of it and deep down we know our best days are not ahead we peaked in the late 60’s with the moon deal then when Reagan had us on life support and we rallied that culminated when bush Sr. Wusses out going into Baghdad and finishing off Hussein big mistake and we should have just kept going and take it all it was supposed to be about oil then we elected Clinton then another bush had is dad finished the first one be no need for the second one the towers would still be there bush fell short I like bush 43 with his 45 or so resting heart rate but he failed to go into Saudi Arabia and finish them off but they are all family so he would not do that and then a Chevys face said it all at the inauguration of a Hussein to the White House the calipite was over the west was won Islamist extremist but I digress
Lucianne’s screen name was Trixie IIR.
How cute, BS disguised as analysis. I don't know about the average age other than there are obviously plenty of people around on FR who still remember what this country was like before and after Reagan and have watched things go down the tubes ever since the rats and rinos came out in force as soon as Reagan was gone.
If regression is the problem in your mind then it's people who want to regress to a time when this country was at least mostly still tied to the Constitution and the Federal government wasn't demanding that the citizens deny what their Christian faith teaches and embrace what Izlame teaches all in the name of USSC dictated tolerance that is found no where in the Constitution.
Give it a decade or two and given the penchant of academics to twist history to suit the fad of the day no one will be around who actually remembers what this country used to be like before the Federal government dictated your life from religion to using the bathroom.
Maybe the unicorns and rainbows of submission will suit you better then.
In the mean time, just roll over belly up like a whipped dog.
“It is wiser to not hit send, and be thought a fool, than it is to hit send and remove all doubt.”
I love your post!
After the elections all of the greasy posters who recently registered here will vanish back into the swamp from whence they came.
Once I was called a POS. LOL! Can’t recall who it was (I don’t care). I laughed. Another FReeper asked Mod to pull it, and it was gone.
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