If I remember correctly, he *voluntarily* absconded with the caveat that he would never post ... as polarik ... again. He abused Free Republic like noone else I have seen since I have been here. He actually posted on his damn blogs and youtube channels, (of which there were many,) that if anyone had a beef with him, they could *reach* him at Free Republic...trying to send the dregs of the loony left hit squads over here to disrupt FR with glee...and a lot of them tried. Great mods we have here and the Freeper sixth sense caught most of them in the bud.
The prestige of Free Republic gave him a legitimacy he NEVER deserved and for awhile, he was king. NO ONE could utter even the slighest criticism of him without getting hit with verbal body blows, no matter how slight the criticism was.
Being fairly new at the time, I was actually afraid that everyone on FR would hate my guts or even that I might be banned if I said anything.
Finally, I told Jim Robinson I couldn’t stand by anymore, told him that I was going to expose polarik, and that if he saw fit to ban me for it, then so be it.
After receiving no response, I did it beause it was the right thing to do. The more I exposed, the more he exposed himself.
And that is why I cannot understand why some Freepers still honor a man who has not one honorable bone in his entire body.
I never honored him .. I was only following the info that was given at the time.. All of the info coming in, I, and many other freepers, went through it (it didn’t matter who it came from.. we combed through it like a nurse trying to find the lice eggs in the hair)..
If it was good info (didn’t matter whether it was from a democrap or Repub), we let others know...
If it was ganked (whether it was from a democrap or Repub), we let others know..
I am still learning from this myself... I’ve learned a lot of stuff I should have known decades ago, if I’d kept my eyes open.. like all of us should.. but we have been too lazy :/
NOW is the time that we all need to be eyes wide open and see everything..
Now, in my opinion, is the last change we have to keep USA as a republic... and I apologize for not being there to assist ;/