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In Praise of FR's freedom - from a progressive
by ClassConscious aka SoLongCrooks ^

Posted on 02/06/2006 7:52:43 PM PST by ClassConscious

Edited on 02/07/2006 3:38:17 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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Earlier thread by this poster under another name before he was banned, linked above also:

Bye-bye Delay! So long crooks! Goodbye world, I'm gone by ZOT!

Posted on 01/08/2006 8:43:32 PM CST by SoLongCrooks

Yaa, you repukes are not doing so well, huh? Imagine, you repukes control the presidency, both houses of Congress, and appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Yet the Supreme Court thre out sodomy laws in all 50 states and recognized the right of government to seize land for any reason. And you couldn't pass your Social Security changes could you? Sorry, that was your last shot. Come November, we're going to start seeing more Democratic faces in the House. It's the end for you guys. You guys are celebrating when Bush's numbers go *up* to 45%. Then Faux News trumpets this like it's some kind of victory.

I should add I am not a Democrat, I am a communist. And I know one day the workers will control the means of production, and all the capitalist idle class parasites you guys love will be eliminated as a class. But I also recognize, like the CPUSA, sometimes you must enter a front with the liberals for tactical reasons. We had fun sticking it to the liberals with Nader and the Greens in 2000, 2002 and 2004, but this year we're switching gears. Evo Morales in Bolivia, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, plus all are other Latin American comrades, and the Left Party in Germany, the Socialist Party in Spain pulling the troops out of Iraq. It's a come back for the workers of the world, BIG TIME. Sorry to all you capitalists and sycophants, or Jesus-believing loonies.

Oh yaa - Bye bye Tom Delay. We control nothing in the government, yet we still control so much! Gramsci was right to make a long march through the institutions. Too bad your shot at power amounted to so little! At least you got your estate tax cut...for a few years anyhow.

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The first thing I will say up front - I am a progressive, not a conservative. This message is about the freedom of Free Republic, versus the party line of Democratic Underground.

If you look at Democratic Underground's rules ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html ), one is "Democratic Underground may not be used for political, partisan, or advocacy activity by supporters of any political party or candidate other than the Democratic Party or Democratic candidates." Note, this doesn't say Republicans, this doesn't say "progressive candidates", it says Democratic candidates, period. Now let's compare this to Free Republic's posting guidelines ( http://www.freerepublic.com/help.htm ) - "Broadly stated, the goals of this site are to further conservatism, expose political corruption, and recover a truly constitutional form of government." No mention of the Republican Party. No jihad against you if you make up your mind to vote for Pertouka. No "party line" from the Republican leadership. Significantly, even though DU and FR are compared often, that is a (unofficial) Democratic Party site, you are a conservative site.

I just made two posts saying positive things about the Green party, talking about how people like Clinton and Kerry do not represent working class people and so forth. This was after 200+ posts there by me on other topics. Both of my threads were locked and I was directed to the above mentioned rules, which say those who don't follow the Democratic Party line are not welcome. I then posted a thread saying Free Republic had more freedom of expression than Democratic Underground, and that that was a shame. That was erased.

While my discussion of this was banned on DU, I don't think it will be banned here. I can't believe I am more free to discuss my support of the Greens, or talk about freedom of political discussion on Free Republic than Democratic Underground. And as I said before, the fact that you are a conservative site, not a official or unofficial Republican Party site is probably due to this. The party that runs the White House, Congress and 7 of 9 Supreme Court seats allows people to support Pertouka over Bush on its main political board. The main discussion board for people of the progressive movement declares all must follow the Democratic Party line, and any other discussion is locked and erased. I've even seen people banned before.

This is not going to make me a conservative or Republican. I am a working class person and hate capitalists. Note, I hate capitalists, not conservatives. I know plenty of conservatives, but am not a regular at the mansions of wealthy heirs. Anyhow, my point is this will not make me like capitalism any more, but I am very fed up with the Democrats and places like DU. They restrict freedom, make people follow a party line - and lose. You allow discussion, allow people to choose between Pertouka, Bush and whatnot - and win. Very sad.

I should close this by saying I agree with nothing the Republicans or conservatives are for - except one thing. I am a complete supporter of the Second Amendment. I have been on the left for a long time and the scariest people around are the gun control people. Not the soccer moms who the leaders of gun control people try to appeal to, but the leaders themselves, the people who want more and more gun control. I have heard people like this talk about how they are scared that people up in Appalachia and in the South have so many guns. I am always puzzled like this. For myself, I feel pretty SAFE knowing people in Appalachia, the South and so forth have guns. Why would someone be scared that the working people in rural areas have rifles, shotguns and so forth? The people who say this usually aren't working class people, they are usually liberal yuppie types. So all you second amendment supporters - you're more right than you know, if you heard how these people talk, you'd be more freaked out by all this gun control stuff than you probably already are. The gun control people are the creepiest, scariest people on the left and in the Democratic party. Meaning not the soccer moms and so forth they try to appeal to, but the people masterminding the fight on that. In fact, if you look at DU polls - many many DUers are more pro-2nd amendment than pro-gun control. So who are these gun control people? So keep fighting on this, at least one party supports the 2nd Amendment. Other than this, I don't agree with conservatives or Republicans on anything, especially in terms of the working class. Hopefully this post will shame some DU admin into allowing more freedom of expression for progressives there. You guys can discuss problems in the conservative movement while we can't - we're only allowed to praise the Democratic party, otherwise, hit the road. I hope I shame some DU admin into making changes with this, but I doubt I will.


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1 posted on 02/06/2006 7:52:46 PM PST by ClassConscious
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To: ClassConscious

In before the zot?


2 posted on 02/06/2006 7:53:50 PM PST by NapkinUser ("Our troops have become the enemy." -Representative John P. Murtha, modern day Benedict Arnold.)
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To: NapkinUser

My question exactly!


3 posted on 02/06/2006 7:55:10 PM PST by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: ClassConscious
In the US, it's still the 6th. In re: your signup date.

Explain to me how you time travel...

/johnny

4 posted on 02/06/2006 7:55:33 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
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To: ClassConscious

I-B-T-Z!!!!!!


5 posted on 02/06/2006 7:55:47 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
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To: ClassConscious

Why should this be zotted? It's classic.


6 posted on 02/06/2006 7:56:17 PM PST by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: ClassConscious

A clever attempt at evasion of the ZOT, much better than most.

We are unconvinced that it will work, however.


7 posted on 02/06/2006 7:56:37 PM PST by decal (Too many people mistake "tolerance" for "approval")
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To: ClassConscious

I'm always up for shaming the DU.


8 posted on 02/06/2006 7:56:38 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: ClassConscious
Welcome to FreeRepublic! This place offers a far more honest and open exchange of ideas than most people think.

If you spend some time here and don't take any comments from other Freepers personally (we all get out of hand on occasion!), you'll fit right in.

9 posted on 02/06/2006 7:56:41 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
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To: ClassConscious

"I am a working class person and hate capitalists."

Hate to break this to you but you wouldn't be working if it weren't for capitalists. ;)


10 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:02 PM PST by Chgogal (CNN, the network that enabled Saddam.)
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To: ClassConscious

Well, folks, I say we give the poster a chance. He at least understands the 2nd Amendment, which is more than you can say for the average progressive.


11 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:11 PM PST by dirtboy (I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
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To: ClassConscious

Isn't "progressive movement" a contradiction in terms?


12 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:26 PM PST by day10 (I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender.....)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I've wondered about that before. I think the sign-up clock is based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or something like that.


13 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:43 PM PST by Alberta's Child (Leave a message with the rain . . . you can find me where the wind blows.)
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To: ClassConscious
I should close this by saying I agree with nothing the Republicans or conservatives are for - except one thing. I am a complete supporter of the Second Amendment. I have been on the left for a long time and the scariest people around are the gun control people. Not the soccer moms who the leaders of gun control people try to appeal to, but the leaders themselves, the people who want more and more gun control.

That's some good stuff. Someday you'll understand the rest of it.

14 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:44 PM PST by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: jocon307

"My question exactly!"

If so, then it will be the first time I was first on anything.


15 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:46 PM PST by NapkinUser (Georgia FReepers: FReepmail me to be on my 'Casey Cagle for Lt. Governor" ping list)
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To: NapkinUser

Why zot; the poster has stated his opinion calmly and with no insults. So, he is a progressive. That's better than a buchanite anyday.


16 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:47 PM PST by harrowup (Born perfect and humble about it.)
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To: NapkinUser

It's the partisan zotting that he is complaining about ... a feature more of DU than FR.


17 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:52 PM PST by gcruse
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To: NapkinUser

Why would I be zotted? This is not my board, but if I am zotted, I hope there would be at least an explanation of why.


18 posted on 02/06/2006 7:57:52 PM PST by ClassConscious
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To: The Old Hoosier

Well, there is this bit of insight...

"I am very fed up with the Democrats and places like DU. They restrict freedom, make people follow a party line - and lose. You allow discussion, allow people to choose between Pertouka, Bush and whatnot - and win. Very sad."

I gotta agree with that reasoning, except I'm not the least bit sad.


19 posted on 02/06/2006 7:58:09 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
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To: The Old Hoosier
It was very interesting because it is the truth. No one dares to post anything on that other site if it is not dem policy.
20 posted on 02/06/2006 7:58:11 PM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)
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