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I'm truly sorry that you people don't understand the original reason for being for FR. I know that you think that it is your own private "chat board" where you can, for example, relive the glories of the days of slavery, or swap dirty jokes, or whatever, but the fact is that it has ALWAYS been a site for ACTIVISM.

I guess it's time to take you to school.

The vanity posts that have overrun this board in the last month or so (such as THIS ONE), are pointless, and without any redeeming merit whatsoever. Neither are posts that give a solitary opinion on some minute point, when that point could be made on an existing NEWS thread.

NEITHER are posts that ask silly questions, like "how is XXXX doing in the YYYYYY race in ZZZZZZZZ (state)?" which can easily be answered by the NON-LAZY by going to cnn.com.

Finally, there is AMPLE room for pointless and trivial vanity posts in the "General Interest" forum. That's the reason it was created.

Now, look at this post of mine: It is put in "News/Activism." It is ACTIVISM, is that clear to you? We are formulating a strategy for having as much input as FReeperly possible in the new Senate. This is a golden opportunity; we don't want to waste it.

In fact, it is FAR more important than the endless gibberings about how wonderful it was one hundred forty years ago when cotton and the white man was king.

So, any of you trying to point the fingers, you're just displaying your abject ignorance here. And believe me, others see it as well--I've gotten lots of emails talking about how stupid you're being.

So think about that, before you continue this silly charade of yours. You have no idea how idiotic it is making you appear.

OTOH, if you have something POSITIVE to contribute, regarding how we can together help to INFLUENCE the Senate leadership, please feel free to do so.