[Schnucki]

I meant to post this statement as the "moderate" example, btw:

If we don't throw Bush under the bus the USA will be lost.

But I guess the one I posted is good enough.

[Jimbaugh]

I could turn this blocking the information on tony snow as:

What is Tony Snow hiding?
What is FreeRepubic Hiding?

I could take any quote on FreeRepubic ever posted and use it against both FreeRepubic and Tony Snow.

If you are not doing anything wrong don't act like you are. Those in the media looking to pay FreeRepublic back for Dan Rather would love this story.

[Schnucki]

Free Republic, to me, is about ideas and discussion, etc. Some ideas and comments are bad, some are good, but there's freedom to air out thoughts and see if they withstand clever scrutiny.

Discussions like these are really messy though and they're extremely vulnerable to abuse or use out of context.

There are so many ways that hate artists like Leser can take comments and use them against the original meaning.

The "throw Bush under the bus" comment is just rich for this kind of abuse. Did Jimbaugh mean to encourage people to assassinate Bush? Since people aren't disagreeing, does that mean those people involved in the thread feel similarly? Why isn't anybody stating that such a thing is illegal? Why isn't the moderator deleting such treasonous discussion?
Etc., etc., etc. ...

Well, I believe Jimbaugh doesn't mean assassination, but the sound bite is already in and the hate fest on CNN or somewhere else can now begin.