[deport]

FYI

[navigator]

Unfortunately for every FRaction, there is an equal and opposite reFRaction.

The anti-FReepers just can't stand to see you still standing.

[BillyBoy]

Clinton's a Liar is an anti-freeper? How the heck did that happen? She was one of the best motivated activists on FR during the 2000 election and she had a ton of backround in media relations that she used on this forum regularly (plus a cool screenname)

I, of course, understand there are forces on FR trying to destory it from within. The most dangerous types, IMO, are not the banned freepers, but the DU plants and other liberal disruptors who PRETEND to be conservative and show up on the forum to try and persuade conservatives not to vote for conservative candidates (or to vote for liberal candidates). They are especially effective in the south.

They are also very hard to detech because the put on a great facade of being "disgrunted" 3rd party people (even regularly chiming in on Clinton bashing), when in fact their hatred of mainstream conservatives is because they are lifelong liberal Democrats.

Watch your back.

[the crow]

Sorry you have to deal with the treasonous dogs.

Live FRee or Die!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Sure would be nice if they focused their efforts into taking down socialism instead of hashing out petty grudges against web sites they used to frequent. Pity.

[DoughtyOne]

Jim I fully concur with your comments and wish people would just go their own way and pursue conservative goals where ever they wind up. That they don't seems rather revealing to me.

I would make only one small correction regarding your comments. The FreeRepublic Network would be more than willing to cooperate with the investigation in any manner should they be asked. Since the FRN was not incorporated until after the events in question and never had any control over the leaders of the SC Chapter, it has not been involved in this investigation. It is true that none of the FR or FRN leaders have anything to hide and would be more than willing to help if they could.

After having seen some of the charges made by the AFRers, and noting some of the non-factual private information regarding certain individuals they have placed on the internet, it would seem to me that they should be a bit concerned with legal entanglements themselves.

[abner]

Ping!

[SheLion]

Jim, there is ALWAYS someone or some group out there that can't stand it when a forum of friends come together for the good of everyone.

I've noticed lately, a lot of Unconservative like behavior, and it worries me.

We love you Jim, and we love Free Republic. Do all you can, because we are behind you! Thank you again, for giving us such a wonderful Conservative vehicle!

SheLion

[Larry Lucido]

Hang in there, Jim, I know you won't let these guys get you down, and I have no doubt who will be left standing in the end.

[Illbay]

I hate to say it, but the problem is probably that there is TOO much leeway given on FR to people whose main focus in life is to hate.

We used to have high-toned discussions on FR almost exclusively. But that has long since ceased to be the case, and as usual the vocal, radical minority--those who because of their radicalism are going to be the loudest and most strident voices--tend to make up more space on FR than their numbers would otherwise warrant.

IMO, exteme, radical points of view should be limited here. FR should not be the dumping-ground for every axe-to-grind that these pissant megalomaniacs have.

[hole_n_one]

The most recent additions to active anti-FReeping appear to be ex-FReepers Clarity, Clinton's a Liar and JoeEveryman.

How ugly and pathetic a turn.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Something went BUMP in the night

[American Preservative]

FYI ping!

[independentmind]

. 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.

It's a good move to address this out in the open. No organization is completely immune to this kind of problem. However, maybe it's not a bad idea to think about what controls should be implemented to prevent a repeat of this unfortunate event.

I read a good deal of the thread in question. I'm not an attorney, but should you have legitimate concerns about vicarious liability?

[Just another Joe]

Stiff upper lip and all that, wot.
As the saying goes, we will survive.

[aruanan]

It just boggles my mind. Of course, when you see the kind of poison expressed from the human being in matters religious and political, it's no surprise to see some of the same kind of venom anywhere people congregate. It's instructive to contrast the motivation of people like the founding fathers who were ready to lay down their lives for a cause greater than themselves with the anti-FR malcontents who want to tear down something greater than themselves because they felt personally dissed. These two groups illustrate the Janus-like character of the human race; on the one hand, the sublime; on the other, the ridiculous.

[American Preservative]

FYI ping!

[billhilly]

Wasn't Clarity the pro bono lawyer for FR?

[Bahbah]

Based on what I've seen so far, if I were you, I would not be shaking in my shoes over a lawsuit based on these facts. Wierd how some people just cannot let go. All the best.

[SheLion]

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