Free Republic mentioned in "Chronicles" magazine article.

Chronicles, A Magazine of American Culture ^ | Dec 1, 2002 | Sean Scallon

[Texasforever]

It was a cool place back in the day. The bannings have really changed the flavor of this place.

Yeah but you are still here so the flavor is still a bit putrid.

[TLBSHOW]

I missed that part! Your right the guy is a kook. He will do just fine at the weepers site. The scammers there, I mean owners have named him their hero of the week. LOL

[Cultural Jihad]

The rules change like the wind around here.

You are free to go squat somewhere else any time you want to. Try joing the America hating rabble at the libertypost or libertyforum websites, if you don't mind the light traffic.

[TLBSHOW]

I asked him already! Why don't you go ask him.

[Demidog]

He recommends a site dominated by twenty banned idiots disagreeing, and a site dominated by twenty banned idiots agreeing.

I don't think he recommended them but stated where some of the banned were going. I believe that LF has over 1100 registered users now.

[LurkerNoMore!]

You are hopeless
;-)

[Demidog]

The article forgot to mention all the libertarians and Libertarians on FR

Over 60,000 people have been registered members of Free Republic, the largest conservative-oriented website in the world. Members are a diverse lot: independents, Republicans, libertarians, (large "L" and small),

Read much? :)

[TLBSHOW]

Have you heard the latest about democrats? This is coming from Rush Limbaugh.

CNN gave Daschle a chance to retract or restate his smear.

He remarked that he'd said what he had to say, and that he's "not accusing Rush Limbaugh specifically."

Oh, now he didn't mean that I was inciting acts of violence! He just said my name about half a dozen times because he didn't mean me specifically. I see.

Someone asked him to give examples of these threats, and surprise, surprise! Daschle has no examples of threats! Yet he still had the nerve to demand that I "exercise responsibility and understand my words have consequences." What a thing to say! You know, CNN came by my studio with a camera crew on Thursday afternoon, and I gave them my response to all this:

I know my words have consequences, Senator Daschle. After all, we won and you lost on Election Day in large part because my words do have consequences!

[xJones]

Try joing the America hating rabble at the libertypost or libertyforum websites, if you don't mind the light traffic.

America hating? That's a vile and nasty accusation. Where's your proof? You don't have any.

What do you want? Uncritcal Bush supporters? No discussion?

[TLBSHOW]

dream on x rated, we don't follow the leader here like Blind People. Your 100% wrong about this.

Uncritcal Bush supporters? No discussion?

You must not be here much if you believe that.

Now the weepers are another story, they are all hippos!

[Cultural Jihad]

I've been banned once on FR and I'll probably get banned again. - Marine Inspector

It's the same whiny ploy seen over and over again by these ideologues; they ask to have their accounts deleted and then they, or their co-ilk, whine that they were banned.

[Demidog]

And you know that he wasn't banned a previous time to this incident why exactly?

[Cultural Jihad]

Where's your proof?

I was paraphrasing what JR wrote.

[Demidog]

You were quoting yourself. If you didn't agree with JR's opinion then you wouldn't have bothered "paraphrasing."

Still no proof but lots of backpedalling.

[Cultural Jihad]

Neil McGiver, one of two "official" forum manager of LP hasn't paid his income tax in years. Doesn't have a drivers license because he shouldn't have to - all this by his own accounts.

Being a self-avowed ideologue tax cheat is hardly something to crow about.

[TLBSHOW]

But the point is these whiners and weepers are so full of hate that most news threads are turned into FR bashing.

Psss?

do feel something by your leg like a dog?

[Cultural Jihad]

And for those of you who feel the people who got kicked off FR can do a better job, well, you are always free to go to the libertypost or libertyforum websites mentioned above and join the America hating rabble.

Most worthy of a repeat.

[Demidog]

Repeat a lie often enough eh?

[maui_hawaii]

Well, let's see. We kicked out the anti-Semites, the racists, the bigots, the tin-foil hat conspiracy nuts, the America did it crowd, the cowardly anti-war America haters, the America got what she deserves crowd, the DU disruptors, the perverts, the religion bashers, the Bush is a Nazi crowd, the Bush did it crowd, the it's all about oil crowd, the I'd rather support Clintonites crowd, the foul mouthed bashers, the smash mouth bashers, the just can't seem to get along with anyone crowd, the I hate everyone crowd, the naysayers, the doom and gloom sky is falling crowd, the woe is me we're all doomed crowd, etc, etc, etc.

BUMP. Bravo. I like the idea of being able to get a word in without having to prove that I go to the "right" church. I like it the way it is in that regard and not having to put up with the conspiracy theory outer edges. I don't know who made the rule that I have to be an evangelical preacher in order to be conservative or Christian for that matter.

Other than that I think what it boils down to is this: the policies on FR are compelling people to really discuss things. The bigots, tatrum throwers, flamers, et al lack ideas. They don't need to be here.

It reminds me of the caller on the Sean Hanity radio show the other day... Sean kept asking him "what do you believe in" and he kept spouting garbage and ultimately said something about the proletariat. Sean kept silencing him. Then asking again... the democrat could not give a serious answer.

I like the forum the way it is, albeit I like some heated debates like the ones that we used to have. The best ones were the firecrackers, but with substance. With that in mind though, I think the state of the nation has a big influence more than anything. If I say "I propose we kill the terrorists" there isn't going to be a real debate about it. It will go down to flaming which is better, rockets or bombs.

In an overall sense, since taking the WH, the difference between now and what people call the 'glory days' is that if we complain too loud now "someone" listens and does something hence leaving no more complaint. Its now a different role. We are not the opposition anymore, so as a whole we should discuss or come up with some substantive ideas...

If FR (or Republicans in general) tries to stick to the role of flaming and opposition instead of leading and innovating it will eventually turn the nation off.

[Sir Gawain]

Why are you pinging me?