I couldn’t agree with you more. I almost left FR during the campaign. As a Cruz supporter I was shocked & dismayed at the vile comments made of our other very good conservative candidates. (And it’s still going on.) The Trump people overwhelmed the site & have been rude, & often-times, downright ridiculous with their support of him. They still do not tolerate any criticism of Trump, & there is certainly a lot to criticize. Anyone of any age (I’m 60) should know never to put a politician on a pedestal. They are human, they are flawed & they are too often inclined to do the popular thing over the right thing.
People should be banned (or given a time out) for rude & vile comments. We can all have a difference of opinion - even as conservatives - without looking like DU to the random outsider.
I always said Trump was flawed and not 100% conservative. But I also said he had conservative principles: life, capitalism, federalism, etc. To overlook those and focus on his flaws is misplaced concern trolling.
I recently hit a rare ABUSE button on a foul-mothed lady (personal attack with f-bomb on another FReeper) and the mod zotted her post. So the foundation still holds. Can’t let this place become like the cesspool YouTube.
I cringe at some of the dumb things I’ve said here over the years, but we’d all benefit from learning to OVERLOOK a lot of mere venting.
It was Ted Cruz that blamed Trump(and therefore his supporters)for the violence perpetrated against the Trump supporters in Chicago. I will not stand for that and millions of others didn't either. I still like Cruz but I won't be lectured on "nastiness" by Cruz supporters either.
Free Republic is not a "safe space" for milquetoast "conservatives." It is not a "safe space" for establishment GOP supporters and "hands-across-the-aisle" spineless GOP "moderates" who cave on Planned Parenthood, Obamacare, and other Leftist atrocities
The day Free Republic becomes a "safe space" for weakling "conservatives" is the day it dies for me. This country is on the brink of Neo-Marxist tyranny. It is war. And I intend to fight it.