Posted on 12/14/2013 10:33:19 AM PST by The Bat Ladys Husband
Thanks for the links in FR mail..Gotta say, congrats on getting a thread past 350 posts, and for attracting some great FR names to it.
Now that the thread has baseball and Civil War overtones added to it, this could go past 1,000.
Old and tired!
/johnny
We have one of those classic threads they talk about back in the day.
I'm sure it is an excellent source, however you seem to have made an error in the link...
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Dittos!!!
Sure looks that way. It has a little bit of everything. :-)
My experience has been that these folks are among the nastiest and most predictable here on FR. When the general election period rolls around every 2 years, God forbid you post something to an FR thread about planning to vote for a 3rd party candidate, in lieu of "wasting your vote" on a RINO and showing implicit support.
The inevitable "screw you, you're effectively voting for the Dem if you do that" responses immediately come rolling in, and they quickly get downright nasty if you have the gall to point out that they are incorrect. A vote for I is NOT a vote for D, nor for R. It's a vote for I. Just that simple. But, logic really pisses off the RINOs.
I've been involved in other nasty exchanges here over the years, particularly on threads about abortion and evolution, but the "if you don't vote for the RINO you're effectively voting for the Dem" nastiness jumps to mind first because it's so periodic and predictable.
It is a lot like High School here - you know, the Senior Class, new Freshmen, etc. Anyone that looks up your poster page to see when you joined - watch out.
I’m new as well - sort of (but not really).
*smirk* Can't imagine *who* you're talking about!
You don’t have to go to someones page. Put your cursor on a posting name and their sign up date shows. :-)
Which was probably before someone's husband started tossing hand grenades at NOOB's without the gravitas of being a - non-NOOB..
Don't ya think?
Hey that was supposed to be a trade secret. :)
Actually, Angle had a 4 point lead two days before the election.
With a lot of help from Reid's union goons he won by 4 points.
That's an 8 point swing in two days.....Harry stole it "period"!
I am from the class of 98 and have been an almost daily visitor. There has been a lot of change in people recently and I must admit that I miss the reasoned arguments and sharp wits of the past.
There are good people here but it only takes a few to mess up the soup.
A lot of the high powered people have left or are stepping back. We are not the people we once were. I hope a younger generation continues to join, but I am not sure they will.
LOL!! An old-timers trick. :-)
>> “God forbid you post something to an FR thread about planning to vote for a 3rd party candidate, in lieu of “wasting your vote” on a RINO” <<
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Can you have missed the whole point?
The route to success is to challenge the RINO at the primary level where you have a fighting chance of victory, rather than going sellout party in the general where you will always be doing a Perot, and handing a victory to the Marxist.
Continuing with the established pattern of inclusion of definitions in posts to this thread, we have the following definition of Troll (Internet) from Wikipedia:
In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a forum, chat room, or blog), either accidentally or with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
This entire thread by definition begins with a troll post :)
That being said, I'm not complaining - just pointing it out. Some of the most interesting threads or sub-threads I've ever read were the result of trolling. Just as long as it doesn't get too personally abusive, which this isn't.
>> ..Harry stole it “period”! <<
No question whatsoever.
FR has always been a rough and tumble, bare-knuckle place. BUT................it was also known as a family forum. There was no profane language. I once was called on the carpet by a Mod for saying someone was a twit. Look at the OP’s post and you’ll see words that never were allowed years gone by. We make fun of DU and their language but we aren’t far behind them.
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