If this is the thread you're referring to (I don't really know for sure, but I followed a lot of them and it seems as though this might be it), you can see in post #3 that he/she found the article at the Declaration Foundation website. I am concerned that any FReeper could see something like that on any other site - even a conservative site, like that one - and be suspected of having unusual political views by the staff here. I don't think I would conclude from this thread that the poster in question was an anarchist, but then, I'm not an AM - you are. :)
Also, I remember seeing the Horowitz/Bell/Swaggart profile page - and I feel absolutely certain it was a joke, and not "bashing".
I honestly don't know much about this person - I talked to him/her on FR very little, and I'm not typically one to second-guess your decisions about banning (I understand that this is not my site, and internal decisions are really none of my business) - but the only thing I can see that this individual did wrong was possibly hold multiple screen names. He/she didn't seem to me to cause much trouble.
Personally, I'm more concerned about those who search the Internet to dig up information on other conservatives with the intent to use it against them, and then post that information with not a shred of regard for that individual's personal safety. To me, that's a far more serious offense - but one that apparently does not merit the death penalty that multiple screen names does.
Thanks for taking all the heat you do -
Daughter
Regarding the posting of personal information, that shouldn't have been done and a suspension was given. That said, there is no question that the poster in question had said he was going to post some proof, and the injured party had pretty much said go ahead. This may have been misconstrued as permission to post what he did. In any case, it was against the forum guidelines, the post removed, and a suspension given.
And the removal of all of a person's accounts when many have been found has always resulted in the removal of the accounts. That isn't new, and it has been meted out in many cases. We have some people who have more than one account, due to having a spouse. We have had people sign up obvious joke names which have been used once or twice. Those don't generally get the death penalty. But when we see 8 accounts, most with 200-300 posts, that is not a person playing a joke. That is a person trying to make himself look like more than one person, and regardless of ideology it is dishonest and isn't going to be tolerated.
Thanks, AM
One of this guy's incarnations posted a piece or two from anarchist website strike-the-root, which to me hints to what his ideology is. It would also explain why he had a knack for going after the DC chapter folks....Obviously, the goal is to drive people away.
If this is the thread you're referring to...you can see in post #3 that he/she found the article at the Declaration Foundation website.
He got the article from *GASP* Dr. Alan Keyes' Declaration Foundation site? OH MY!
I didn't know they were anarchists, but I knew Dr. Keyes and his followers were trying to divide Conservatives when I first saw Dr. Keyes' article I am not a Bush Republican!
Yes, this poster was surely a dangerous character. Definitely needed to be banned! (I don't understand why he would disagree with the D.C. Chapter, though.)