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How right he is. I've been on FR for 1 1/2 years. I've certainly learned a lot reading the words of some very eloquent FReepers, especially during the election snafu last year. There are some very intelligent Freepers out there.

However, this site has become increasingly worse. Since the 9/11 event, members of this forum have become rabid and even dangerous. Some, by posting the address and phone number of a writer whose opinion was not welcome on FR, and then "hoping" that he didnt get hurt. He spoke of peace and a change in govt policy.

I know not all Freepers are like this, but if anyone speaks of peace or changes in US Govt interventionist policies, most members pepper and insult the poster rather than opposing the argument with reasonable logic. This is absurd.

What has happened? During the election crisis, Freepers wanted the truth. They knew the facts. Now it seems everyone wants more bloodshed and war not knowing all the facts even if the facts point to our govt as part of the cause.

I know folks out there are angry. I am too.

Maybe it's time that some of you all out there work towards getting FRs reputation out of the mud. I know of other FReepers out there who have lost interest in FR because of the general "attack" mood. If one didnt know any better, one might confuse this site with some fascist website. I could see a site like this being run by Germans in the 1930's had the internet been available then. Maybe the website name should be changed to FreeDemocracy since the majority opinion is always dictating what's best and right. The individual opinion is suspect.

I'm sure these comments will bring more peppering and personal insults. It's expected here in FR now days.

Some of you should take a look at what you are saying and how you are reacting. It certainly doesnt sound like a liberty loving group sometimes. Thank God some of you arent running this country.

Now it seems everyone wants more bloodshed and war not knowing all the facts even if the facts point to our govt as part of the cause.

And a justifiable flame you shall receive. The government, for all my complaints in life about them, did not fly the planes. Did not recruit the hijackers. Did not kill innocent men, women and children in the United States on 9-11-01. It's these kind of statements that are made on LIBERAL and leftist boards that get the libertarians flamed here. If you're growing thin skin here now, then you are at fault, not the rest of us. And blaming the government beyond a failure of law enforcement is no way contributing to the conversation. It's taking the Clinton approach of finding someone at fault OTHER than the parties responsible. And the causes of this attack are nothing more than political gain by parties in the Middle East. Not religion. Not hate. Pure simple politics.

You compare us the fascists and then you expect a civil response...

I will also point out that by some miracle you managed to express your opinion and survive it...

Give peace a chance right? What peace did you offer in your comments?

I would strongly recommend studying Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain and how WWII came into being. I think you fundamentally misunderstand what is going on now if you think the September 11th attack is mainly related to our foreign policy. It is not.

I've certainly learned a lot reading the words of some very eloquent FReepers, especially during the election snafu last year. There are some very intelligent Freepers out there.

Well, that doesn't mean we can assume an academic, detached demeanor when we witness the Mass Murder of 6000+ of our citizens.

That is surely a hint that we might be doing something wrong.

I take it you were not personally touched by the World Trade Center Mass Murder?

Wow, why are the hate? Can't you just love your fellow freeper? Give peace a chance.
Your hate filled post is making this site "increasingly worse". You sound like you have "become rabid and even dangerous". Just because you don't like what some freepers post doesn't mean you should pepper the poster with insults, like comparing them to fascist "rather than opposing the argument with reasonable logic". It's absurd.
I guess you want everyone to only post opinions you agree with. That "certainly doesnt[sic] sound like a liberty loving" freeper to me.

Thank God you "arent[sic] running this country".