Free Republic Purge: Conservative Web Site Bans Giuliani Supporters

NY Observer ^ | Published: May 24, 2007 | by Rebecca Sinderbrand

[Enterprise]

It has been a good policy and I hope it continues. If a commercial sponsor did something members didn’t like, people would begin boycotting because of the sponsor. It’s a road best not traveled.

[Grateful One]

“Rudolph Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg marching in the gay pride parade in Manhattan in 2001.”...........

From Lindsay to these guys, some of us are trying to stay pansie proof here on FR.

[SC Swamp Fox]

WOW! That fifteen minutes of fame just whizzed on by :)

I was once quoted in a Salon.com article about a FReeper event I attended, but they didn't even mention my screen name, they referred to me as "a large, angry man". lol

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Thank you for the spelling lesson.

Did you get my point or are you just picky about my typing. If you understood my point, then communication occurred. If you did not, this thread has move beyond it anyway.

Happy Memorial Day to you.

[puppypusher]

Since when.I visit the site every day and I have seen nothing regarding Giuliani purged from this site.

It makes me the the author is off his meds.

[shrinkermd]

What is missing in the previous discussion is an understanding of how people differ and what they do about it. For example, the following secular prayer by Fritz Perls summarizes what many feel is the appropriate answer to internecine political warfare.

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful.
If not, it can't be helped.

(Fritz Perls, 1969)

Further, as Mark Twain once said "we all do a great deal of emoting which we call thinking...the aggregation of this is called public opinion...it settles everything...some think it is the the voice of God. Essentially, much commentary is not based on a reasoned judgment or an attempt to find a common political cause, but, rather, to find a fictional emotionally based unanimity of opinion.

Finally, a successful political endeavor strives to expand its base not restrict it. In a word, politically speaking, conservatives are all more alike than they are different. Bashing Rudy may be fun. Lionizing Richard Land, James Dobson and others for threatening to take the ball and go home if their political wishes are not fulfilled might make good copy but it will not win an election.

[Eurotwit]

muawiyah,

Well, the Saamis don’t like Guiliani.

What’s you connection with us anyways?

Cheers,

Saami boy.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Here are 2000 words they could have printed...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I was once quoted in a Salon.com article about a FReeper event I attended, but they didn't even mention my screen name, they referred to me as "a large, angry man". lol

Hey, that sounds just like me!

[SouthTexas]

Haven’t gotten that far into it yet.

[dynachrome]

ping. This thread could still be here when you get back if you are out enjoying Memorial Day. (assuming you haven’t seen it yet.)

[Popman]

I agree.

I just was wondering what Alexa rating has to do with the conspiracy angle the writer was pushing since it is a meaningless rating to a non-com site

[muawiyah]

Not to belabor the obvious but a guy called Osama Bin Laden increased government expenses substantially. At the same time his actions precipitated a 3 year recession (that had been building under the evil practices of the Clintonista gang).

It's time for war. Someday it'll be time for peace. In the meantime every spare dime must be spent on the war and the defeat of the enemy.

The enemy must be crushed and exterminated.

Failure of any politician to comprehend that makes him or her an active enemy of the American people and their progeny.

[humblegunner]

Thank you for the spelling lesson.

You are most welcome.

Please pay attention and you won't get another.

Unless, of course, you are an illiterate moron.

G'day.

[calcowgirl]

I only looked at parts of the thread (even that too me hours) :-)

Yet you have the gall to characterize it as "brownshirt behaviour" (and are unable to provide specifics when asked). That thread would take several days to read the whole thing and comprehend what was going on. I know because I spent the good part of a week reading it. Perhaps since you really didn't read that much, you should think about retracting your statement?

[jern]

Finally, one popular theory holds that the Free Republic is secretly hoping for another Clinton presidency that would send its Alexa ratings soaring back to levels it hasn’t experienced since its halcyon days of the Clinton impeachment,

that is a great point. I have never thought about that angle before

[Anti-Bubba182]

One thing about Rebecca Sinderbrand, the author, is that she is no Thompson fan.

The Mysterious Appeal of Fred Thompson

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

My goodness, I’m overcome by your natural ability to fling poo.

[Tall_Texan]

Finally, one popular theory holds that the Free Republic is secretly hoping for another Clinton presidency that would send its Alexa ratings soaring back to levels it hasn’t experienced since its halcyon days of the Clinton impeachment, when a since-soured relationship with blog pioneer Matt Drudge and overwhelming anti-Clinton sentiment in Republican ranks helped make Free Republic one of the hottest Web sites in the nation.

That might be relevant if FR sold advertising or memberships but, since it does not, such a theory is baseless. And it is certainly a damning accusation to believe JimRob *wants* another Clinton presidency. Isn't that sort of like Spike Jones secretly hoping for another Nazi Germany?

[johnny7]

Clownposse...

LOL... they've disected just about every regular here. Kind'a queer pastime...