Attribution is required for posting material that is not one’s own.
“It’s obvious” is not a good excuse for plagiarism.
“It’s obvious” just means “I got caught.”
There is no excuse for the rude, uncouth allegations made by various Freepers on a Conservative, Family Oriented Website.
If you, or anyone else, have a complaint about some post on Free Republic make your case in a positive, well documented, well reasoned and polite manner with standard business English and adequate foundational material.