Posted on 03/22/2004 6:22:17 PM PST by Jim Robinson
I posted the following statement to our front page in response to the criticism I'm receiving lately as to not being fair and balanced and perceived mistreatment of trolls and assorted malcontents. Got news for all, I'm NOT fair and balanced. I'm biased toward God, country, family, liberty and freedom and against liberalism, socialism, anarchism, wackoism, global balonyism and any other form of tyranny. Hope this helps.
Statement by the founder of Free Republic:
In our continuing fight for freedom, for America and our constitution and against totalitarianism, socialism, tyranny, terrorism, etc., Free Republic stands firmly on the side of right, i.e., the conservative side. Believing that the best defense is a strong offense, we (myself and those whom I'm trying to attract to FR) support the strategy of taking the fight to the enemy as opposed to allowing the enemy the luxury of conducting their attacks on us at home on their terms and on their schedule.
Therefore, we wholeheartedly support the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes on known terrorist states and organizations that are believed to present a clear threat to our freedom or national security. We support our military, our troops and our Commander-in-Chief and we oppose turning control of our government back over to the liberals and socialists who favor appeasement, weakness, and subserviency. We do not believe in surrendering to the terrorists as France, Germany, Russia and Spain have done and as Kerry, Kennedy, Clinton and the Democrats, et al, are proposing.
As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty.
Free Republic is private property. It is not a government project, nor is it funded by government or taxpayer money. We are not a publicly owned entity nor are we an IRS tax-free non-profit organization. We pay all applicable taxes on our income. We are not connected to or funded by any political party, news agency, or any other entity. We sell no merchandise, product or service, and we offer no subscriptions or paid memberships. We accept no paid advertising or promotions. We are funded solely by donations (non tax deductible gifts) from our readers and participants.
We aggressively defend our God-given and first amendment guaranteed rights to free speech, free press, free religion, and freedom of association, as well as our constitutional right to control the use and content of our own personal private property. Despite the wailing of the liberal trolls and other doom & gloom naysayers, we feel no compelling need to allow them a platform to promote their repugnant and obnoxious propaganda from our forum. Free Republic is not a liberal debating society. We are conservative activists dedicated to defending our rights, defending our constitution, defending our republic and defending our traditional American way of life.
Our God-given liberty and freedoms are not negotiable.
May God bless and protect our men and women in uniform fighting for our freedom and may God continue to bless America.
Jim Robinson
The vast majority of posters to FR are among the brightest, most well informed and well read individuals I have run into.Jim Robinson had no need to write his well defined explanation of Free Republic. Free Republic is its own defense, if it were to need one.
Keep on the Right Track!!
The person who does not claim to be objective is self-critical and thus gives a more balanced account than the person who claims to be objective can ever do.To believe in your own objectivity would be to be wise in your own conceit. A pitfall which you, and conservative commentators generally, seek to avoid. But one into which the "objective journalist" heedlessly leaps. Thus
Free Republic is far less subjective than CBS News is. And operating as it does without special permission of the government such as CBS requires in its scarce FCC licenses,
Free Republic is legitimate on constitutional principle
in a way that CBS News is not.
This is precisely why I am a proud member of Freerepublic.com Amen, God bless America, and Semper-Fi. P.S. Little Tommy Daschle is a disease!
Wow! All my sympathies concisely expressed. I have lurked, I have posted, I have not supported with my pocketbook. I am ashamed. I shall begin to put my money where my sympathies are. My apologies. Thank you, Jim Robinson. I pray for God's best in your efforts and your life.
Steve
Go away you little jerk. You don't know the truth when you see it, much to your peril someday when you and your kind take power and the terrorists have free reign again. Oh, I forgot, you can "reason " with them can't you? Idiots!
Oh, I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Didn't mean "troll" as an insult. Just a matter of fact.
Nonetheless, we won't be swapping spit or taking long hot showers together. Nor will we be wasting time or pixels on your twaddle.
When it is coming at you from all sides, remember....
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities"....Albert Einstein.
What the heck does that have to do with osama and Terrorism?
The Afgani's were fighting the Soviets and Saddam was fighting Iran when the US helped them both so what. The US sided with Russia and China in WWII so what does this mean? It has nothing to do terrorism today !
Let me be the 599th person to say THANKS!.
You have done so much for all of us and our nation.
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