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| August 03, 2006
| Demir Barlas
Posted on 08/04/2006 1:12:45 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: vharlow
vharlow wrote: I think you means Jonestown, right?
Yes, I did mean "Jones" town. ha
To: VOA
Wonder how many times Demir has had Freeper Lightening strikes scorch him?
To: AmericanMade1776
What's wrong with blogs?
In the eyes of the Left, and of the MSM, what's wrong with them is that they represent an unsupervised exchange of ideas. Free speech, in other words.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:24:29 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
To: dwilson
I agree with your concept of blog vs forum distinctions. Also need to add that I really like our cult. HA
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:24:49 PM PDT
by
NEMDF
To: AmericanMade1776
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The same ammendment that this author utilizes to call FR a cult, is the one that allows people to peaseably assemble.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:24:59 PM PDT
by
CSM
("The fatter we get as a country the more concerned we get about smoking" - ichabod1)
To: AmericanMade1776
Orthodoxy is all-important; dissent is unthinkable. Well, that clearly eliminates Free Republic from the author's "cult" definition.
Besides, as you point out, FR is not a blog.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:25:04 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: AmericanMade1776
Yeah, it would really help if people who write about blogs knew what a blow is.
Of course, it would also be helpful if some people who write blogs realized realized that's what they are doing.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:25:10 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Named must your fear be before banish it you can.)
To: AmericanMade1776
The author is very confused. FreeRepublic is not a blog. It's a news discussion website. And the news that is discussed comes from both left and right sources.
So much for cultism
To: AmericanMade1776
This is not a cult. It's merely a social club that happens to like human sacrifice on bloodstained altars in the dark of the moon, at crossroads, somewhere in the deep, dark, wolf-infested woods.
Oh, yeah. We like beer, get sexually excited over discussing the plus and minus of various calibers, and occasionally exchange recipes.
Exchanging pictures of grandchildren is beyond the pale, however. There are some atrocities we will not subscribe to.
Such as the New York Times ...
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:25:47 PM PDT
by
Fatuncle
(Of course I'm ignorant. I'm here to learn.)
To: NEMDF
We are not a cult....and by the way, I want you all to know, that I venture out from Free Republic.....Occasionally.
To: AmericanMade1776
And while I post and contribute to FR, I do make a point to check out Kos. Maybe not everyday, but weekly at least.
You just can't make that stuff up. Or rather, maybe you can.
My favorite Kos story was one where they claimed that Tajikistan boiled political dissidents in oil. They included a link to a state department report, supposedly to back up the accusation. But if you actually bothered to read the report, you'd notice that it doesn't say anything like that in there.
Got to know what the mo's are up to.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:26:28 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: AmericanMade1776
Cults are always built around one irreplacable Leader. Freep has none. Daily Psykosis and DU do.
To: TChris
To: Owl_Eagle
Owl_Eagle wrote: And while I post and contribute to FR, I do make a point to check out Kos. Maybe not everyday, but weekly at least.
I have never ventured that far out, I do venture over to Lucianne.com.
To: AmericanMade1776
We always "dissent"! Well, those who "dissent" from (with?) me are filthy, liberal trolls. ;-)
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:28:31 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: AmericanMade1776
In essence, the behavior Barlas is describing is apparently socially acceptable human behavior, as long as it is beneficial to his point of view, and pocket book. Otherwise, it is quaint and provincial.
Blogs and online forums are hurting the news media, and thus affecting journalists, columnists, and pundits who are realizing they no longer have a captive audience.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:29:24 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: coconutt2000
"Blogs and online forums are hurting the news media, and thus affecting journalists,"
And the funny thing is, the MSM has their own 'blogs'.
They're called 'editorials'.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:30:43 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: AmericanMade1776
We're fighting a deeply religious war, between the Christians (and friends and the Secularists (and friends.) The Islamo-Fascists, and before them, the Communists, are aligned much of the time with the Secularists in having a common enemy - the Christians.
The majority of people don't see the fuss either way, and look on this as a giant food fight between two small groups of left/right wing zealots.
The intellectuals of this majority feel so superior to be above the fray.
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:30:51 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(We are but Seekers of Truth, not the Source.)
To: coconutt2000
To: AmericanMade1776
WTF is a... Demir?
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posted on
08/04/2006 1:31:49 PM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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