[The Old Hoosier]

Hey, Joe: You should feel honored and privileged that you have this forum to rant in due to JimRob's hard work. You may be unhappy that your #1 priority is not also his, but if not for him you'd just be throwing beer cans at your television set instead of having this unique chance to express your views with other conservatives on line.

JimRob went out of his way and got a lot of people angry in order to make sure that this forum allows for diverse conservative opinions, and not just yours or his own.

Moreover, there is no "Free Republic official position" on anything that I'm aware of. Why should we be singling out Jim for his own personal opinion--or rather, the emphasis he puts on one issue over another? I probably agree with you on immigration policy, but I came to this forum with another view and was eventually convinced. And I still don't think it's the most important issue facing our country, either. Should I be banned?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Hey, Joe: You should feel honored and privileged that you have this forum to rant in due to JimRob's hard work.

Thanks for that, and I have told Jim in the past that I do appreciate his work and have also donated to it.

I am just concerned, distressed and very surprised over his response to this very real issue facing this entire nation.

[Bowana]

And I still don't think it's the most important issue facing our country, either. Should I be banned?

I think Joe's point and mine too, is that Jimrob doesn't consider immigration a "big concern"!

Several of the 9/11 terrorists were illegal aliens. I believe that it was a wake up call to start paying attention to the status of aliens in this country.

I am up in NH and still see immigration as a very big issue.

[TomGuy]

there is no "Free Republic official position" on anything that I'm aware of.

That is probably true; however, some moderators do seem quick on the delete key with certain topics. That, of course, is one of the inherent things with moderators, not just on FR but on any site that has them. They do have opinions and preferences, and some are more readily active in deleting thread they don't like.

The free flow of ideas, pro and con, are essential to developing an educated populace. As FoxNews states: We report, you decide. FR seems to allow much more "pro and con" postings than most other sites, however.