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‘Free Republic’ Now A Safe Space for Donald Trump Supporters [Jim's response at post 25]
The Federalist ^ | 05/12/2016 | Robert Tracinski

Posted on 05/12/2016 12:03:49 PM PDT by nhwingut

On the right, we’ve grown to pride ourselves on our greater openness to debate and ideas, on having no need to toe a Politically Correct line or crawl into a “safe space” like pampered college kids who just can’t handle hearing from anyone who disagrees with them.

For myself, I am so personally dedicated to this ideal that I even perform the great personal sacrifice of reading the comments field beneath my articles.

Yet somehow I wasn’t surprised to see Donald Trump supporters, those swaggering tough guys, turn one of their favorite Internet forums into a safe space where they no longer need to encounter criticism or opposition. Earlier today, Free Republic proprietor Jim Robinson announced that the discussion board would no longer tolerate opposition to Trump’s candidacy.

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To: A_perfect_lady
This is a massive over-reaction. Free Republic has never been a free-for-all. It has always been a moderated forum. For instance, I’m an atheist, and I can post on here, but I’m not welcome to mix it up in threads ear-marked Religion. I can deal with that. I’m also not anti-abortion, but I know that the forum overwhelmingly is. So I generally don’t bother getting into pointless tussles over it. If Trump’s the nominee, he has my support. If Cruz or Rubio or Carson had been the nominee, any of them would have my support. No point crying over spilt milk. The point really is to get the most conservative President we can of the choices that remain.

Given the above you picked a really bad screen name. Nothing perfect about you.

101 posted on 05/12/2016 12:46:22 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: nhwingut
Robert needs to take some Midol

some text
102 posted on 05/12/2016 12:46:39 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: nhwingut

The Federalist are Hillary supporters. Idiot libertarians (but I repeat myself) always get things wrong.


103 posted on 05/12/2016 12:47:30 PM PDT by montag813
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To: nhwingut

Yur either for em or against em .. Enough of this Endless Protest.. It’s so Bezerkeley.


104 posted on 05/12/2016 12:47:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Jim Robinson
FR was founded over 20 years ago specifically at that time to fight against the Clinton crime family. And you think I’m going to give up that fight and allow another Clinton to waltz into the WH to appease a bunch of sore losers?

Anyone that expects you to do that is not a conservative.

105 posted on 05/12/2016 12:48:31 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic! Become a monthly donor if you haven't already!)
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To: Col Freeper

On the form for Progressives, I most appreciated the reason for their BH as...Unknown (Create a name for it)__________.


106 posted on 05/12/2016 12:48:58 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Jim Robinson

It amazes me that the concepts of private property and freedom of association are so hard for folks like these to grasp.

Until Cruz and Kasich dropped out, you let folks have their say, as long as they were reasonably civil.

Once they dropped out, there was no sense rehashing the differences or what might have been.

The mission has come into focus—defeat Hillary utterly and support Trump.

Carry on, Mr. Robinson!


107 posted on 05/12/2016 12:51:02 PM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: Celerity

Aliens, you say?

Do tell... Or don’t.

Let me guess.

1948 really was an alien landing at Roswell, and the aliens (this wasn’t their first visit after all) checked on the progress of the planet. They were not happy with what they saw. The filthy humans had exploded fission bombs in the desert, and used them in one of their clumsy wars. This sort of thing had to be brought to an end.

And what of the worlds progress toward the goals they’d set a century before when they’d communicated with a fellow named KM. The Galactic league would not tolerate the presence of such uncivilized barbarians in their midst, and would enforce their quarantine of the planet until we had a proper global government operating according to the principles outlined in the manifesto.

(Mind you, there had been previous attempts at contact, but due to the even more primitive level of civilization on this planet, they had usually been killed. That, or the contacts had turned into raving madmen.)

That done, the visitors left a few representatives, and a few genetic ‘samples’ to be mixed in with the gene pool of the elites, in hopes of spurring along the evolution of mankind. Shortly thereafter, as seen in threads/comments elsewhere, a cohort of individuals was born, and they have since come to their fruition.

At this very moment, they are at the cusp of achieving their goals, a global socialist utopia which they can then present to their masters and usher in a new era of global wealth, health, and abundance as we join the greater galactic co-prosperity sphere.

And no doubt when this happens, those who have led this renaissance of retrograde mankind will be rewarded appropriately with power and health and wealth eternal...

Or something like that.

(Or did I just make that all up???)

Anyway, just having a little fun. Hope you’re having a good day, and that this little sci-fi diatribe isn’t too close to any sort of truth, because if it were, that would be rather horrifying.

:)


108 posted on 05/12/2016 12:51:20 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: exit82

And there are a few 99’ers around too.


109 posted on 05/12/2016 12:51:24 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( !)
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To: CJ Wolf

;)


110 posted on 05/12/2016 12:52:07 PM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: SaveFerris
some text
111 posted on 05/12/2016 12:52:37 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: stayathomemom

“I honestly do not see the logic of trying to destroy the candidacy of Donald Trump at this point in the process.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~

It’s completely logical if you want to see Hillary win.


112 posted on 05/12/2016 12:52:59 PM PDT by alicewonders
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To: Kommodor

I believe the alien spaceship crashed in 47 not 48. You may be referring to the second alien landing.


113 posted on 05/12/2016 12:54:25 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Hillary for Prison 2016.)
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To: exit82
Shouldn't be hard, 90% of the Class of 1998 has been zotted.
The good ones still remain.

You got that right.

114 posted on 05/12/2016 12:54:30 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: SaveFerris
Those some of the creepiest creatures from BTVS. That was a pretty freaky episode.

The best thing about the gif, is that the fact it has no sound is actually a feature.
115 posted on 05/12/2016 12:54:39 PM PDT by zeugma (Today is Sweetmorn, the 58th day of Discord in the YOLD 3182)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Sometimes they posted the same articles more than once. It was so bad I began to suspect they were paid for each word they posted.


116 posted on 05/12/2016 12:55:06 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic! Become a monthly donor if you haven't already!)
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To: nhwingut
Jim Robinson announced that the discussion board would no longer tolerate opposition to Trump’s candidacy.

Free Republic has a mission, which is to defeat helleri, and opposition to Trump is incompatible with that mission and counterproductive at this point in time.

117 posted on 05/12/2016 12:55:16 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Col Freeper

[For myself, I am so personally dedicated to this ideal that I even perform the great personal sacrifice of reading the comments field beneath my articles.]

No doubt, a lot of those comments are deleted, too. Before they are “closed”. This guy is as hilarious as Karl Rove.


118 posted on 05/12/2016 12:55:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: DaxtonBrown

Welcome back, DaxtonBrown.


119 posted on 05/12/2016 12:55:49 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Jim Robinson

That’s what I’m talkin bout.


120 posted on 05/12/2016 12:56:53 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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