Actually, it's not a valid point but that's OK. I'm curious. If someone had used as their source material He Who Cannot Be Named, and if a poster recognized the source and responded making note of that fact, wouldn't it be in their interest of the party who used a tainted source to pretend to be the victim of an elaborate conspiracy? Wouldn't it be rather important for them to keep anyone from actually looking at the topic selection and comments they may have based on material from the same tainted source? I've actually never heard that "legitimate topic" brought up by anyone who didn't pick it up from the slander comics because pursuing it is so patently absurd that people will only do so when they will do almost anything to keep the truth about Catholicism from being heard without their lies and propaganda being heard at the same time. About two months ago, I listened to a speaker who went over five topics that actually originated with the Unmentionable Creator of Slanderous Comics. I don't know how long they've rattled around and been repeated, so I just figured it was coincidence and all, but when someone has to weave a conspiracy theory to distract attention away from a possible source, well, some folks just might start to think no coincidence is involved. I guess one man's valid point is another man's invalid point. If someone uses unlawful (on Free Republic) sources, it may or may not be an easy thing to point out merely because things can and do get said in similar ways all the time. However, if one quotes verbatim from such sources and it's obvious, the Moderators do a good job of removing them. The post that brought this up was a discussion about the Ten Commandments and whether or not the Catholics have a different set from others. The poster who accused another of using the questionable source, even mentioned she had only seen the "bad" one as a secondary hit and could not determine if, in fact, that HAD been the source. With the internet savvy of most Freepers, few people get away with such things anymore. The issue with the Ten Commandments is easily seen as a topic discussed over the centuries and certainly did not originate with the HWMNBN. Do a search on Yahoo or Google.
Besides, if you've read theses threads with any frequency, you can easily see those who are sincere and those who only take pot shots and run.
>>>>>Besides, if you’ve read theses threads with any frequency, you can easily see those who are sincere and those who only take pot shots and run.
Yes. easily.