I fight like a girl !
(on second thought, maybe w/o context that'd cause more questions than answers .. so nevermind .. lol)
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.
Cruz’ shut down was anything but idiotic. It only galvanized the truth that Obama care was a pending disaster. Are you ure you are a conservative?
Thank God my baby bought me (as a gift for nursmaiding her through some bitchin’ surgery) a sweet, sweet S&W .45 M&P with laser sight plus 14 round mags. Gawd, I love my baby! Gives the “red dot” game with the kittehs a whole new feeling.
Pity I lost it in that tragic skateboard accident.
They’ll stay offa yer lawn now. (Muttering darkly). Oh, yes they will...
Really, the tone of this site has changed over the years.
You need tougher skin.
Or, like me, just don't post threads.
Post only comments TO the threads if you can't handle having it.
Then again, if your not to the right of Reagan, you should just resign your membership now!
This is “JIM THOMPSONS” WEBSITE! All hail the mighty Jim!
Now you know how I feel when al baby is around....
Is that old windbag still on the air?
I do everything right out where they can see me!
Noob, newbe, doobie
Helen Thomas’ smiling
Candice Bergman’s cake
Read my blog
jump on a hog
STFU
Ford pu truck
stepped on a nail
landed in jail
noob, newbe, scooby and
We all hate Obama
There were giants in those days.....
LOL. Too bad we don’t all live right next door to each other. Just imagine the exploding heads.
>> “The Picket’s charge of the shutdown accomplished nothing except for crushing the republicans poll numbers.” <<
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That’s nonsense!
Everybody knew full well that the shutdown was totally Obama’s and no harm has been done to Republicans by anyone but Boehner and Ryan.
The public has hated O-care from the beginning, and Romney refused to stand for repeal, which probably cost him the election by voters staying home.
Hey! Never mind baseball - it’s hockey season!
More bells are rung on the ice than at a Christmas carillon concert!
BTW, Beauregard better than Lee? Really?
Ban Skateboards!
I fight like a girl !
(on second thought, maybe w/o context that'd cause more questions than answers .. so nevermind .. lol)
I saw what you did there.
Classic funny BilltheDrill.
You’re a keeper.
LOL! But u r right, it would cause more trouble!
Dude! I have too much respect for longtime Freepers to think I am cool.
But you’re awful sweet, and I’m sticking that on my lunchbox anyway because I love it, LOL.
Here, here! (Applause!)
Thank you.
That, SS, is why we all have such a deep and abiding respect for you and your works. I love your photo essays. I live in a place that is the polar opposite of your world, so I enjoy them double. I don't know if I am on your ping list or not, but I always stop in to see what you're doing when I see you post.
So, how have you been?
This has been going on for quite awhile now, at least since the Mariners . . . ∴
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