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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.


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To: MAWG
According to the CDC, chronic liver disease/cirrhosis (from excessive alcohol consumption) is one of the top ten leading causes of death in this country. Then there's the sustained child abuse/violence which comes from growing up in an alcoholic home (and then those children grow up to be Adult Children of Alcoholics). And then there is death by alcohol poisoning, people driving automobiles being fatally struck by drunk drivers, and the list goes on and on...
361 posted on 11/19/2001 4:38:25 PM PST by Fraulein
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To: Khepera
Did you write the text in post 349?
362 posted on 11/19/2001 4:39:45 PM PST by OWK
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To: OWK
No I'v posted it before and the author is Greg Koukl. But you know that. Eventually however, I will be able to say "Like I've always said"
363 posted on 11/19/2001 4:40:02 PM PST by Khepera
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To: KirbyJ
FR was mostly the very conservatives, like myself.

You must be delusional. I go back before your time... and I'd say we had MORE non "your type" than we do today percentage wise. When I first came to this site, the main focal point was the elimination of the Clintonistas, the impeachment of our leftist President and his wife.

It wasn't until AFTER accomplishment of impeacement that we got into "moral" issues to a greater extent. At least, this is my recollection.

364 posted on 11/19/2001 4:40:17 PM PST by Gracey
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To: FF578
The NEWSMAX forum has the same problem but worse IMO.
365 posted on 11/19/2001 4:40:37 PM PST by rickmoe
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To: MAWG
If that isn't advocating the use of drugs then I'm a 7 foot Iraqi drag Queen named Fatima!

Yeah funny, but it does nothing to promote your assertion, indeed it tells me you are unable to back up your assertion that another poster advocated drugs. I my view, he did not.

Now, call me names if you like, but he didn't advocate drug use. :0)

366 posted on 11/19/2001 4:40:43 PM PST by Principled
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To: Tex-Con-Man
Wutsa Vinn diagram?

A graphic method of teaching deductive logic.

367 posted on 11/19/2001 4:42:13 PM PST by NYpeanut
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To: MAWG
If that isn't advocating the use of drugs then I'm a 7 foot Iraqi drag Queen named Fatima!

You might wanna tuck that appendage outta sight while you're out there on stage Fatima...

No sense grossing out the customers.

368 posted on 11/19/2001 4:42:42 PM PST by OWK
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To: TopQuark
Funny how someone would pick out an idividual unsupported freedom and think it makes him a libertarian.

I smoke pot = I love freedom ?

You can't write, you can't spell and you can't produce anything remotely resembling a sophisticated or even thoughtful argument. Therefore, my response to you ends right here.

369 posted on 11/19/2001 4:42:49 PM PST by Hank Rearden
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To: Aedammair
Well written, but did nothing to persuade anybody of anything... didn't address the assertion of the poster in question...
370 posted on 11/19/2001 4:42:53 PM PST by Principled
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To: Principled
OK I agree with you that we should let women decide if they want an abortion or not. As long as abortion is against the law.
371 posted on 11/19/2001 4:44:01 PM PST by Khepera
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To: thusevertotyrants
"No problem with being yourself anti-abortion."

Well, gee. Wonderful. Thanks much. Really. Next, I'll call you for your approval on my views on taxes. Stay ready.

" Just hope youre also pro-choice ..... let each make their own choice."

No, O Ye of Weak Mind and Head in Sand. That childish, self-hugging, unbelievably naive and propagandist phraseology doesn't cut it 'round these parts. "Pro choice", my a$$. You wouldn't know the meaning of the phrase, and you've just proven it in the context in which you throw out this trite little buzz phrase.

372 posted on 11/19/2001 4:45:12 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Khepera
No I'v posted it before and the author is Greg Koukl. But you know that. Eventually however, I will be able to say "Like I've always said"

If I had known the author was someone other than yourself, I would not have asked. Is supected as much, based on the general quality of the prose and the lack of grammatical and spelling errors, but was not certain.

As a rule, it is generally considered good form to attribute the works of others to the appropriate author. That way, people don't think you're trying to hoodwink them into thinking that you wrote something that you didn't write.

373 posted on 11/19/2001 4:46:20 PM PST by OWK
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To: Khepera
I agree with you that we should let women decide if they want an abortion or not.

I didn't say this.

Good luck persuading anyone with that.

Perhaps it seems you're more the type to do nothing about abortions, but is one to scream the loudest about them.

Loser.

374 posted on 11/19/2001 4:48:07 PM PST by Principled
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To: OWK
As a rule, it is generally considered good form to attribute the works of others to the appropriate author. That way, people don't think you're trying to hoodwink them into thinking that you wrote something that you didn't write.

Otherwise it's known as PLAGIARISM, perhaps??? :-)

375 posted on 11/19/2001 4:49:31 PM PST by Gracey
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To: Khepera
Well done. it'll go right over the dope-hazed heads of the pro-drug, pro-porn, pro-sodomy libertarians here.

Not that they approve of any of that nasty stuff, you understand. No, they despise it. That's why they are marching lock-step with the liberals to turn our nation into a sewer. Because they don't approve of dope, porn, or sodomy.

They assure me that it all makes sense. Sort of. Especially if you're stoned.

376 posted on 11/19/2001 4:49:45 PM PST by Kevin Curry
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To: Principled
You are entitled to your point of view of course. I'll leave it to you to persuade then, as you seem to believe that you are in some significant measure an arbiter of what is persuasive.
377 posted on 11/19/2001 4:50:20 PM PST by Aedammair
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To: FF578
I used to lurk

I used to post

I used to to be Pitmaster for the Puget Sound Hog Roast!

I was banned----- twice

I post every now and then

I AM PITMASTER IN MY OWN RESOLVE

I lurk every so often

Don't get near my family

RIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

378 posted on 11/19/2001 4:51:21 PM PST by RIGHT IN SEATTLE
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To: Gracey
Otherwise it's known as PLAGIARISM, perhaps???

Unless you happen to be Joe Biden...

379 posted on 11/19/2001 4:52:32 PM PST by OWK
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To: Principled
I did not misquote i re-phrased. I did not lie at any time. People often time re-phrase in the form of a question to clarify a point. It is not lying to do that. Your being deceptive.
380 posted on 11/19/2001 4:52:54 PM PST by Khepera
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