Posted on 12/14/2013 10:33:19 AM PST by The Bat Ladys Husband
First of all, let me say that I have been a lurker on FR since 2000. My wife (The Bat Lady) has been registered and a poster since the same time. I generally use FR as a news source and in years past as an info source for FR organized protests/demonstrations. I don’t generally comment on articles because I mostly agree and don’t need to preach to the choir. However one article fired me up and I finally register in August 2013.
That being said, I recently commented on an article regarding Steve Stockman running against John Cornyn. Knowing a lot about Texas politics I said Stockman was not a viable candidate. OMG! You would have thought I said I pissed on Reagan’s grave. I was called a troll, a Cornyn plant, a GOP-e (if my friends had heard that they would be laughing their asses off.) With all the name-calling I had to look to see if I was on FR or DU. Conservatives pride themselves on the quality of their debate versus liberal knee-jerk name-calling. I guess some here on FR can’t raise themselves above that level.
Sticks and Stones! But more disturbing to me is the rise what I like to call the FR-e. Those are the posters that think that because they have been on FR for a long time that they are some kind of royalty and that newcomer’ comments and insights have no validity if they do not parrot their particular perception. I was called a noob “prattling"
(prat·tle talk idly or childishly: to talk in a silly, idle, or childish way silly, idle, or childish talk)
Just because someone has recently discovered FR or recently joined after lurking they prattle? Oops, my bad, I guess they don’t prattle if they agree with the pompous long-term freeper. Maybe we could cut back on the fundraisers if we encouraged new members rather than drive them off or turned them off with vitriolic discourse and vicious name-calling
(vit·ri·ol·ic adjective - filled with the intention or desire to do evil.)
If you haven’t looked at the Home page (click Free republic at the top left of the browse page) I invite you to look again: Jim Robinson states: “Believing that the best defense is a strong offense, we (myself and those whom I'm trying to attract to FR) support...”
Jim is trying to attract people to FR. How does denigrating a new reader attract them to FR? Being a victim of a verbal knock-out game by a supercilious FR-e certainly does not encourage a "newbie" to participate or even hang around
(su·per·cil·i·ous adjective 1. behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.)
Certainly all long time members don’t fit this category but those who do know who you are (or maybe you don’t) and so do we.
>> “There are quite a few who have been here a long time but only post to promote RINOism around elections.” <<
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Yep! - That does appear to be the motivation fot BatLady’s spouse’s appearance here.
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Back in the good old days... ***sigh***
Not just NOOB, but also BOOB!
Back then, "rough-and-tumble" had far more to do with genuine disagreements over policy/politics, etc..
Today its less about genuine disagreements over policy/politics and more to do with personal attacks and/or destroying the credibility of ones opponent.
(I've unfortunately found myself guilty of that also, so pointing at myself first before pointing at others.)
I agree with you. However, there is at least one good reason that recent FR signups or with no posting history can get shown a hard time. Some folks sign up, post, and are banned because they sign up to harass, not to contribute to reasoned debate.
Nah, no Windows in the Pleistocene; we had Holes 3.1, developed by Bill Gagate.
I had a hunch that you and the bat lady’s husband were one and the same, and thanks for the confirmation!
And to be fair, there are some long term freepers who get cranky when their fave concepts are stepped on. So, if you are going to post, ya might want to develop a thicker skin.
I think he’s Gandalf.
Believe me, it does not matter how long you’ve been posting here. If you go against the majority on anything, no matter how trivial, you better be dressed for battle.
It's been going on since I started lurking. I expect there will be personal attacks on my memorial thread when I shuffle off this moral coil. ;)
Who was the lawyer type from Florida that was always threatening to sue freepers?
/johnny
5.56mm
Newbies can sometimes be folks who sign up to harass, not discuss. They get banned rather quickly. Kind of fun to sit back and watch the process.
Yes and no. I have sometimes disagreed with the majority and pretty much find that there are a few who can get nasty. However, for the most part the disagreements are courteous. I only “listen” to the reasoned discussion, and off and on I’ve flagged comments that are otherwise.
Yes and no. I have sometimes disagreed with the majority and pretty much find that there are a few who can get nasty. However, for the most part the disagreements are courteous. I only “listen” to the reasoned discussion, and off and on I’ve flagged comments that are otherwise.
bttt
Wow, that sure goes back a ways --- I'll be damn'ed if I can remember.
Was it the same guy that was stalking Connie (Clinton's A Liar?)
If you were looking to make an undead thread, you have to wait until January.
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