It is not unusual for Catholics or Protestants to point out lethal persecutions and it would not be "making it personal" to accuse a group of murder, burning villages, etc. Likewise it would not be "making it personal" to point out Mormon v anti-Mormon violence (e.g. Nauvoo, Mountain Meadows) - or condemn a group of murder, etc.
If however one Freeper accuses another Freeper of being a murderer or arsonist, etc. that is clearly a personal attack and not allowed anywhere on Free Republic. Send me the links to any such claims by Freepmail and I will follow-up.
If the RF rules are flexible enough to include "tinkering with a name", IMO they should be flexible enough to include the smearing of a group of present-day FReepers
I don't see your response to this post
I guess he saw it a little more inflammatory than someone being called "Stormy".
Recently this kind of "impersonal" garbage has been posted in the RF several times. There IS a difference between naming a church or government "arsonists or murderers" and naming a group of FReepers as such.
My advice to the Inmans is to ignore the thin-skinned poster altogether, even when he [makes it personal].