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I've also come to the conclusion that you ARE, in fact, incredibly self-absorbed. I don't say that to be obnoxious or overly rude to you, Arator, but dude...........you've gotta step away from that mirror for just a few.

Wow, all that from just a brief visit to RuR. Are you sure you haven't confused me with somebody else? LOL.

My love/hate relationship with FR is a long, long story. What you are observing now is final unwinding of this long and sometimes tortured saga.

I am really not self-absorbed at all. If I seem that way, it's only because so many seem to be absorbed with me. Take you, for example. You spent a whole afternoon researching ME? I'm flattered, but really WHY? Don't you have a country to save? LOL.

I never wanted to be the center of some long running FReeper soap opera. I just want to post my opinions and enjoy fellowship with like minded-freepers, just like everybody else. But, fate cast me as the titular leader of the Paleo-cons on FR, and, thus, the prime target of Bushie-instigated censorship and purges. And so, I was thrust into the role of defender of free speech rights for downtrodden minority conservative sub-factions here on FR. Not that it was a role I did not relish, because they must be defended, but how much better would it be if they needed no defense but were simply respected, with all conservative factions able to enjoy their differences and debate with each other with mutual respect and affection, without fear of censorship or Soviet-style purges? That is my dream. That is why I persist in my tiresome belly-aching. That is why I have made myself into a royal pain in the FReeper ass. As long as minority FReepers were being bullied censored, banished, and silenced, somebody had to do it.

But I'm nothing special nor am I the only FReeper who is fighting this fight. I just get a lot of undeserved attention.

Please, don't feed my unwarranted self-absorbtion by spending afternoons researching me on RuR. I'm telling you I am just not that important. LOL. I'm just one FReeper among many who loves freedom and is willing to fight for it, even on FR. End of story.

I'm just one FReeper among many who loves freedom and is willing to fight for it, even on FR. End of story.

Which one can deduce that if Arator cannot do whatever comes to mind on FR, that now Arator's freedom is being infringed.

FR is a private spot, and Avator's freedom does not come at the expense of others. It's about attention and wanting more and more of it. Why else would someone come back to a place they find objection to?

You have GOT to read #2078, which contains the following GEM:

But, fate cast me as the titular leader of the Paleo-cons on FR

You missed a key point, my friend. I didn't spend those hours........and my time is very valuable to me.........to research "you". "You" weren't the issue......and aren't the issue. I went there at TKE's suggestion in a reply to me wherein he stated that, by going to that site and clicking on links and reading, etc., etc., my questions (read back a ways......you'll see my questions) would be "answered". They weren't. I gave it a legitimate effort to see if I could FINALLY find out what all of this AF'er stuff is all about. Was there something I didn't know? (Answer: No. Not a bit. I read through dozens of threads, links, etc.......I learned NOTHING new; no surprises or saw any skeletons fall from any closets). Was there a "dark side" to Jim or others at FR that I should know about? (Sure didn't find one over there....) I was looking for answers. YOU weren't the topic; a search for "reasons for all of this" prompted my little research effort.

I also happen to read people very, very well. I'm trained to do it, I make a living doing it, and I get daily practice at it. It's not normal for someone to write an "epic" poem..............about themselves. Tongue-in-cheek, serious, half-kidding........no matter, Arator. The very tenor of your response, automatically assuming that this was about "you", is further evidence of what I'm saying. Yes, Arator, you're into yourself whether you choose to admit it or not. No skin off my nose if you don't want to face that fact. It's the truth.

Now, I'll also add that there's not a thing wrong with having a healthy ego. An ego out of control is a whole other issue.

BTW.......news flash for ya: I'm a SERIOUS "paleo-con". Big time. Always have been............and you don't speak for me in that sense.

Lose the persecution complex and contribute, 'cause like I said, I think you can do just that.

I never wanted to be the center of some long running FReeper soap opera. I just want to post my opinions and enjoy fellowship with like minded-freepers, just like everybody else. But, fate cast me as the titular leader of the Paleo-cons on FR, and, thus, the prime target of Bushie-instigated censorship and purges. And so, I was thrust into the role of defender of free speech rights for downtrodden minority conservative sub-factions here on FR. Not that it was a role I did not relish, because they must be defended, but how much better would it be if they needed no defense but were simply respected, with all conservative factions able to enjoy their differences and debate with each other with mutual respect and affection, without fear of censorship or Soviet-style purges? That is my dream. That is why I persist in my tiresome belly-aching. That is why I have made myself into a royal pain in the FReeper ass. As long as minority FReepers were being bullied censored, banished, and silenced, somebody had to do it. But I'm nothing special nor am I the only FReeper who is fighting this fight. I just get a lot of undeserved attention. Please, don't feed my unwarranted self-absorbtion by spending afternoons researching me on RuR. I'm telling you I am just not that important. LOL. I'm just one FReeper among many who loves freedom and is willing to fight for it, even on FR. End of story.

You really need to send this to Readers Digest. They pay for jokes.

My love/hate relationship with FR is a long, long story. What you are observing now is final unwinding of this long and sometimes tortured saga....I am really not self-absorbed at all. If I seem that way, it's only because so many seem to be absorbed with me.... I was thrust into the role of defender of free speech rights for downtrodden minority conservative sub-factions here on FR....I never wanted to be the center of some long running FReeper soap opera.

I haven't read something with so many references to "I" and "me" since Chelsea Clinton's Talk Magazine article.