"PainlessPotter (25 posts)
Oct-31-02, 11:51 AM (ET)
What is a "freeper"?
Sorry, I am relatively new here and have seen the word "freeper" several times. Just exactly what is a "freeper"?"
"youngred (10069 posts)
Oct-31-02, 11:52 AM (ET)
1. A Denizen of the vile pit known as freerepublic.com people who make Rush look like a flaming liberal"
wallie (16 posts)
Oct-31-02, 11:55 AM (ET)
2. a freeper is someone who disagrees with everything said and done on this board. Their politics are complete opposite of ours
"nevergonam69 (6 posts)
Oct-31-02, 12:15 PM (ET)
Reply to post #3
10. Puke version my ass!! You haven't read thier dogdung have you? If you had you never would say they're like DU. They're flaming puke bombthrowing big money nutcases. If they're a version of this site then we're just different kinds of nutcases. Go back and try again."
"Mike Daniels (519 posts)
Oct-31-02, 12:42 PM (ET)
23. As far as their position on the respective ends of the political spectrum, I'd say FR and DU both fall on the hard-core ideology side of things. While DU'ers tend to be more gracious in their discourse and will enter into a civilized debate, from what I've seen they hold anyone even slightly right of center in as much contempt as FR'ers hold those on the left. As a moderate, I know I disagree with the regulars here as much as I do with the regulars on FR. The difference is I don't get majorly flamed for disagreeing with the majority on this site whereas I will get reamed on FR and reported to the moderator for saying things they don't like."
"J_Lo (1152 posts)
Oct-31-02, 01:40 PM (ET)
31. Free Republic is DUs Evil Twin Sister.
I've never hung out there much but I have read some of their threads. They are just as opinionated as DUers and just as heavily moderated. They have their conspiracy theories re the Democrats/liberals just like DU has consipiracy theories re the Republicans/conservatives. So I sort of see Democratic Underground and Free Republic as two sides of the same political coin."
Heh heh heh...quite a range of opinions y'all got over there, my self-described Anarchist FRiend.
So which of those folks do you tend to agree with on this issue of FReepers? I mean, what sort of preconceptions are you coming into this discussion with?
FReegards...MUD