Posted on 11/19/2001 2:03:57 PM PST by FF578
Has anyone noticed that the Liberal influence has spread here into Free Republic. I notice that less and less Conservatives seem to post here, and more and more Libertarians seem to be.
I get a letter from someone named NYpeanut who is mad because I posted a discussion based on the Gender Gap in voting.
I didn't make it up, there is really a huge Gender gap with Female Voters tending toward the more liberal candidate. The discussion went well without name calling, but this person seems to have taken issue to the fact that I pointed out women seem to vote more liberally than men.
All those who are newbies here are considered disruptors, and those who hold a more right-winged view than the average libertarian seem to be kicked out.
Why is this? Is this a Libertarian site now?
I have noticed more and more posters standing up for Abortion, Homosexuality, the Porn Industry and Drugs since I first came to this site back before the 2000 Election.
Are Christian Conservatives(Who make up a large part of the Republican core vote) not allowed here anymore?
Just because one holds to a higher power, and wishes to shape society in accordance with the laws of Almighty God, does not make one a Taliban Milita member.
I thought the libertarians only posted drug threads. Even Libertarians don't do mre's.
Oh quit the act already, you're a thespian.
Christian conservatives may be the "core" of the Republican party but they are certainly not all of it. George W. Bush made a point of marginalizing the Religious Right during the convention and rightly so I believe ... otherwise he would not have won.
I've had similar experiences. By far the most rudeness that has been personally directed at me has been from the pro-police state conservatives on this site. They are certainly welcome to their opinions, but resorting to name calling and flaming never struck me as being too persuasive. I ignore most of it as unworthy of reply, and advise others to do the same.
It's still an attack. But I guess YOUR attacks are OK...
I have a strong faith in God and I do not do drugs or believe that homosexual marriage should be recognized by law. However, my distrust of the government causes me to lean towards libertarianism. What the Social Conservatives who bash libertarians don't realize is that many of us simply want to continue to believe and act as they do, without government intrusion. Many of us fear that the Liberals, with all their agendas, have a greater hold on the government, and we appropriately respond by trying limit governmental power. We recognize that we have to allow some things we don't believe in because we want to preserve our ability to engage in and practice those things that we do. I don't want a government trying to create a utopia on the left or right, because the balance of power shifts back and forth. To protect our freedoms, we are better off with a much weaker "power" that does the shifting.
(See posts #96, #120 and #130, and #139.)
By all means, persuade JR to purge libertarians. Until then, remember you are in his house and he sets the rules. Obviously, he has not seen fit to remove non-inflammatory libertarian-leaning posts. If you don't like it, take it up with him. Why post a vanity under a week old account and then claim you're an old member? Are libertairans more destructive to FR than still vanity posts?
Snake handlers....Good Lord!!!!!
Regards....I'm sure the self search will be blasted by tommorow morning. Nothing quite like a Libertarian hornets nest on FR to get the morning off to a good start. I hope I'm not disappointed.
I don't want to be thought of as a enemy like a treasonous marxist or something. I'm just a middle of the road republican.
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