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.
Okay, hubbys should be seen and cuddled but not heard. How ya like them apples?
You using a dirty word I can’t imagine such a thing.
Twit isn’t profane, it means a foolish person, but it was a personal attack so I got told about it. :-)
“Twit isn’t profane, it means a foolish person,”
Well that fits me to a T. :)
I’ve got the coffee cup from that time...
“I’m sure it is an excellent source, however you seem to have made an error in the link...”
(psst - there is no source)
You speak truth, brother!
Kneel yourself!
I got you beat by 3 days!
All of us have been twits at one time or another. :-)
Isn't it a shame.. Look what happened to THIS poor noob...
It must be horrible to sign up and become undead on the same day...
“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?”
And if you know Kristinn is a guy you’ve been around a while.
LOL
Your so kind. :)
;-)
Your graphic didn’t come thru for me.
Most certainly.
And you get to claim you've been lurking since 2000 too.
Newbie! ... ;-)
Ted Cruz could come on here and someone would disagree with him and call him a “newbie”. Wow! That stings!
I was on here under another name since 2000. You should see the slams I get under the new name. And by the way, I contacted admin about 10 times trying to get my screen name changed and couldn’t get a response.
You do know I have listened to Rush with great vigor for well over 20 years Long before his show turned into a informercial
Wouldn't have happened if you had not been trying to skateboard on the lake... ;-)
You need to email Jim.
Much to his credit, he stepped right up. You need to follow the replies to that post. Quite humorous.
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