JoeEveryman and the Anti-FReeper Attack on Free Republic

Various Anti-FReeper sites | August 10, 2002 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

The anti-FReepers are on the prowl. As most of you know, there is a group of ex-FReepers who have been dogging us for the last several years. The anti-FReeper community was started several years ago by a group of disgruntled individuals who were banned from FR and then wanted to get back at us by damaging our reputation. This started out as petty name calling and rumor mongering, but they now appear determined to cause us as much harm as possible. Even to the point of attempting to get FR and FRN shut down and the owners and managers of the organizations bankrupted or jailed.

Some of the early members of the group include ex-FReepers Mojo, Aligyrl, Landshark, Z2, Headhunter, LindaM, and others who have come and gone over the years. The most recent additions to active anti-FReeping appear to be ex-FReepers Clarity, Clinton's a Liar and JoeEveryman.

There appears to be a certain love/hate relationship involved here. Some of these people hate FR and its PTB (that's "Powers That Be" in their lingo) with such passion that they cannot stay away. Some of the original members of the AF community have given up and drifted off, some have come back to FR, and some are as determined as ever to kill FR and have me and whomever else they can thrown into prison for whatever crimes they imagine us guilty. Their motivation is pure revenge. Their driving force is hatred.

Their current attack is centered around an attempt to break up the Free Republic Network and, through that angle, to cause as much damage to FR as possible. Unfortunately for all of us, there is a genuine problem with the ex-leader of the South Carolina Chapter. Apparently, there was some money collected for events that was never paid over to the vendors and the chapter leader is accused of taking off with the money. I am not going into all of the gory details here, but I understand that there is an official police investigation ongoing and the SC Chapter and the FRN are cooperating fully with the authorities. The anti-FReepers, led by JoeEveryman, are trying to gain maximum leverage from any fallout from this case and are attempting to use it to bring down FRN.

JoeEveryman ran an FR thread (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/728856/posts) last week on this subject. I eventually deleted it because it was turning into an anti-FReeper haven and I do not want that on FR. The anti-FReepers have plenty of their own websites to conduct their hate campaign. Those who are interested may find JoeEveryman (posting as "Panjandrum") on the LibertyPost.org forum, now appearing to be the latest home of the anti-FReeper community. I have undeleted the JoeEveryman thread for those who are interested in reading it, but have left it locked. I do not want any more anti-FReeping activity on FR.

JoeEveryman is now banned from Free Republic. It is clear on the thead that he ran here on FR and on this (http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readarticle.cgi?114+1485+0+1) thread on LibertyPost.org that his intent is to bring FR down and to cause us as many legal problems as he can. I cannot see allowing him to do this on my own website.

It appears to me that they are either preparing some sort of lawsuit and or are trying to entangle me, Bob J, FR and FRN into the SC case. None of us had anything to do with whatever wrongdoing may have taken place in SC. The South Carolina Chapter is an independent entity, as are all of the FR chapters, and neither FR nor FRN have any ownership or control over their activities. It appears that the anti-FReepers are trying to break that down. We'll see. FRN is cooperating fully with the authorities and I will too if they ask.

In the meantime, I do not want them scheming on FR so they are banned and will remain banned. I will also ban any other FR members who get actively engaged in this attempt to bring down FR.

A request to all. Please do not drag any of the anti-FReeper stuff to FR. I do not want it here.

Free Republic has withstood many attacks over the years, from both the left and the right and I am confident that we will survive this attack from this Free Republic Haters Association as well.

Thanks for your continued support.

Jim

[TLBSHOW]

we know who is lurking and its the anti-freepers.
The more you post what you are posting the more they will attack and say you are covering this up, the thread is started and it was about time to slam it right back in their faces.

[IronJack]

I'm afraid her 17 prior felony convictions do not reflect well on the FR Networks association with her.

Just to clarify, there IS no Network association with her. The Free Republic Network did not even exist at the time the Seabrook event took place.

[Scuttlebutt]

There are only two things that I learned to guide me through life over the years:

1. Don't piss into the wind.
2. Never eat the shrimp or oysters that come out of Lake Ponchartrain.

NaL claimed that those Cajun shrimp came from Texas but I know better. If Daus is foolish enough to eat them, he might as well come over to Looziana for the real thing.

BTW, this thread reminds me that some things never change. The AF'ers have been bemoaning the fact that they have no say-so on FR for years. They keep trying to advance their agenda under many guises. Their current attempt is quite amusing.

[Paul Atreides]

MM also likes to be the James Carville on FR. She likes to blame W for everything that has ever gone wrong in the world and The Grifters can do no wrong.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

I'm glad to see this whole anti-freeper topic discussed here.

I've never understood why disgruntled people can't just pack up their belongings and leave. True colors have never shone brighter than in the past weeks.

FR will survive and those that are never happy will remain unhappy.

So..........nothing will change for all their nasty efforts and vengeance. What a waste of time and what a peek into the real character of a few people !!!!!!!

[Amelia]

Thanks for the ping, deport.

I can't understand the pathology that makes someone devote their life to trashing a website.

[tpaine]

STOOL is POOLing?
- Good golly navey but yous is crude! And just as dumb as before. . - Thanks

[Ole Okie]

I guess it is for the same reason that The Osbournes is such a hit.

Aw, Murrymom is fun. When I see a post from her, I first make a bet with myself as to how many words she'll use before she uses "Dumbya". She's so darned predictable that it really would be a shame to ban her.

[dixie sass]

No, USC, you know I'm not afraid of the truth. You and I have been friends for far to long. There is an investigation going on and you know as well as I do that evidence put into the street of any kind can very well jeopardize it a case no matter what.

We don't know who is lurking. We don't know how they can take your words or mine and misconstrue them. I'm asking as a friend, please...

[Normally a Lurker]

"I was never an anti-FReeper. Ever."

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Now, there's the "true" Nav . . . never a truthful statement (from the disinformation specialist).

BTW, how's Cindy, UD, DM, and your many other "anti-freeping groupies?

[DoughtyOne]

You really have to ask youself some questions here:

1. If this person knew of all this for 14 months, why didn't they crash the forum before this?
2. If this person's motives were on the up and up, why didn't they just provide the data to the authorities?
3. If this person was a friend of Jim's why did they do this just before a large event?
4. If this person was on the up and up, wouldn't you thing they'd make suggestions instead of trying to prove everyone was wrong and they were right?
5. If this person knew something truly damning, wouldn't you think they would use it rather than play silly games?

I'll tell ya, if I were Jim I'd simply delete this idiot's posts.  This kind of activity is better remedied in court.

[John Jorsett]

For the benefit of myself and others, just what is an "FAB board"?

[IronJack]

I would hazard a guess that Mike won't be dropping by any time soon ...

[Paul Atreides]

Hahah...you're correct. I always imagine her wearing her tinfoil hat, everytime she says "Dumbya."

[Normally a Lurker]

"Hey NaL, remember the FAN days and the some 300 or more Texas Freepers? You worked your rear off for those folks."

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Those were the good old days (for me at least).

Good to see you keeping up the good work . . . and harrowup (even though the two of you don't agree on many things . . . I still repect the both of you).

[dighton]

I may be alone in this, but I find it boring to read 100 messages all in agreement.

Allow me to recommend these topics: Constitution-Hating Drug-Warriors vs. Dope-Fiend Libertarians, Treasonous Rebs vs. Lincoln-Worshipping Dammyanks, and Slaves of Bill Gates vs. Limp-Wristed Mac Users.

[who knows what evil?]

Apples are nearly ready in Hendersonville...can't wait.

[Boyd]

A few more FR-geezers, and it'll be 'old home' week.

[dirtboy]

I had the pleasure to meet Jolly once. She's the real thing. Some folks are freepers for awhile and then go on to something else. No problem. In a way, the process of becoming a former freeper is a good judge of character. The ones that go quietly are the best. The ones who obessess on FR after they are gone are the worst. The ones who leave us with a highly entertaining opus thread are somewhere in between, but at least they give us some fun...