Jim Robinson & FR accused of censorship

WhatReallyHappened.com ^ | 4 January 2002 | WRH.com goobers

[Vigilant1]

FREE REPUBLIC ADMITS IT IS PRO-WAR AND CENSORS ALL POSTS NOT IN ACCORD WITH US GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA

NOW MAKING THE ROUNDS ON THE NET. Cited under "fair use" for educational purposes.

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Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 02:50:39 -0800
From: "Jim Robinson"
Organization: Free Republic
To: "Larry McDonald"
Subject: Re: What Are You Scared Of?

Those who are coming in here to post a bunch of propaganda to smear Bush or otherwise harm the war effort are going to be deleted.

I guess you missed my posts where I said that I am 100% behind our President and the war. I don't care if it's Ron Paul, Larry McDonald, or the head of the John Birch Society himself. I do not want it on FR. And I do not want a bunch of 40 year old conspiracy crap. Not interested.
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There you have it. Free Republic is not an objective reporter of the facts but a blatent supporter of the Bush administrations' war for oil, and by Jim Robinson's own admission.

In another post, Jim states...

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Jim Robinson (Free Republic)
by JIM ROBINSON in This thread

Lots of grumbling lately about deleted posts. Well, my friends, the simple truth is the game has changed. We are now at war.
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Of course, Jim Robinson has it wrong. We're not at war. Only Congress can state otherwise and there has been no formal declaration of war by anyone. Bush hasn't gone to Congress to ask for such a declaration because that would restore Congress to its role in the balance of powers doctrine on which the nation was founded. Bush has no intention of allowing Congress to second-guess him, and indeed Bush has flat out declared that he will not bother informing Congress of intelligence operations from this point forward as is required by law.

Yes, we have been attacked, but it's not really known by whom. Even the FBI admits the IDs on which they based their accusations were faked using the stolen identities of middle eastern Arabs, some of whom have since turned up alive. From this it should be obvious that we cannot really know who was on those planes, only who we are supposed to blame.

But Jim Robinson isn't interested in these facts. He's spiked threads pointing out that the FBI admitted the IDs used by the hijackers were phony. Jim Robinson has spiked threads about how some of the accused hijackers have turned up alive. Jim Robinson has spiked many of the threads dealing with the Israeli spy scandal and the fact that the US has classified evidence linking some of the arrested Israeli spies with the events of 9/11. Jim Robinson has spiked threads suggestng that Bush has exceeed his constitutional authority. Jim Robinson will tolerate no doubts about the righteousness of Bush's war for oil.

But more than that, Jim Robinson displays an arrogant assumption that the presence of a war justifies anything. He argues that we should get behind the government because (he claims) there is a war. But translate that to Germany of 1939. Was it the right thing for the German people to unquestioningly back Hitler because there was a war on? Or would the German people (and the world) have been better served taking a pause and a closer look at just what the government was doing? And if Germany should have examined their government's claims a lot closer, then how can we not do the same now?

Free Republic has shown its true colors. Jim is "not interested" in facts, only in selling Bush's wars. Free Republic isn't about news any more, only about propaganda.

[Stone Mountain]

I saw another article on that site which was more interesting.

< http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/jimrob2.html>

Part of Jim Robinson's defense in the lawsuit brought against Free Republic by the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times is the claim that Free Republic operates under the "Fair Use" provisions of the copyright law as an educational resource.

Key to that defense is a claim of objectivity and a forum free from censorship.

[usconservative]

Looks like our boy got his own personal moon launch from JimRob.

Wonder which orifice of his that rocket flame is coming out of?

Gee, that didn't take long...I thought I'd have to follow him around from thread to thread to expose him, but it only took 2 posts, on 2 threads to have the little twit removed.

That was too easy...

[Poohbah]

Looks like our boy got his own personal moon launch from JimRob.

Wonder which orifice of his that rocket flame is coming out of?

Remember the sage advice from the Department of Defense: Don't ask, don't tell, don't investigate :o)

[blackie]

"Rivero is an especially energetic squid, fouling the water with black ink. He is amusing to watch for awhile, but the show soon gets old."

Perfect description !!

[KDD]

I disagree with you that this "war" is constitutional. My reasons are posted here.

I would be interested in your comments.

[VaBthang4]

"We welcome Democrats of all stripes, along with other progressives who will work with us to achieve our shared goals. We ban conservative disruptors who are opposed to the broad goals of this website. The purpose of this website is to provide a discussion forum for Democrats and other individuals from the political left. We are building an online movement to effect progressive change in our country. As a privately run website, we are not obligated to give equal time to all points of view." -democraticunderground.com

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Good answer, Mr. Rivero-under-a-different-username. I've read enough tinfoil-hat crap from you/him to last a lifetime.

[InvisibleChurch]

of course

[GOP_1900AD]

FYI