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.
While in DC after the 2000 elections I drove by Kristinn outside Gore’s casa and yelled “Go Freepers!”. Does this mean I get to post?
Only if you are wearing your Sore Loserman T-shirt
Thanks for your efforts and help ...
I can agree with all of that. I can’t wait for Nov. 2014! I think we have a great chance this year to take the Senate. I have to learn tho not to get my hopes up to high. We r going to be fighting against the Rats and the GOPe!
I do my best to behave, and remain focused, and enter my IMHO comments, addressing the original article.
Now, if someone coments on my comment, I might agree, disagree, or remind that commenter about “this fact”.
I do NOT make it a policy to ‘bonk the mole in the hole’, when someone writes anything, springing from their mind.
Y’all’s Point-of-View ain’t mine, and mine ain’t Y’all’s!!
WE each have that uniqueness, and might be good to read the whole thing, first.
later
OK Mr. Boehner.
She does NOT, however, have a pancake on her head.
Pound sand nOObie. You got the FNG treatment.
Jus cuz you spout stuff we agree with doesn’t mean you aren’t going to get the once or twice over look.
Consider it a bit of ribbing on the one hand, on the other, you came to our little enclave and demand respect?
I would respect you if your name was Jimmy. Perservering lil plick thathe is.
Get a thicker skin or get use to being walked on.
Did someone give you a humorectomy?
Laugh a little, live a little but, don’t prattle on and snivel.
You’re batting practice for most of us and if you break through our boredom we’ll swing away.
Hang in there baby. If’n you is what yooz says yoos is den don’t start none and won’t be none.
I await your more polite tone, now that you woke the neighbors.
BTW, if I came to your neighborhood with this snivelling BS what would your response be?
Think about that as if it happens in real life.
It’s gonna get the same response here in the digital world.
Cwhy braby...
I can agree with all of that. I can’t wait for Nov. 2014! I think we have a great chance this year to take the Senate. I have to learn tho not to get my hopes up to high. We r going to be fighting against the Rats and the GOPe!
The mods dozed through a prime example of nasty-personal on that one. He would be lightening fodder if it were my watch, and I agree with him most of the time. But, I’m not a moderator, just self-appointed. :)
*E-S, apologize to the lady, if you haven’t already. (You can do it.)
Muffin cavern?
LOL!
I was blocked from posting recently for a while because I disagreed with most here on Geo. Zimmaman. I am shocked that FR has become what it is.
Don’t agree with me too much. I’m a well-known meanie.
hi, ash, welcome back.
Tru dat.
I’d have thought more of you if you had excerpted this from your blog.
As I’m not blessed to be from Texas I’ll defer to Ya’ll on matters of viability but, a Primary challenge from the right is a courageous act, imho, and one to be considered fully.
Who can forget pissant?
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