[carolinalivin]

When I started here in 98 there was a wider range of views and more "dissent" from the owner's point of view was allowed. We even had conspiracy theorists, many of whom were debunked because of the exchanges here. I would like to see newbies given a better shot before they are run off with the juvenile zots and kitties. We're big enough to handle it.

Now, if you don't toe the party line and show proper suckage, you are run out of here as a troll.

My husband was banned for indicating the poor research some link to on the anti-homosexual threads. When they attacked him, he attacked back and was banned for it and supporting the "homosexual agenda" or as the owner calls it homosexualization. You cannot say anything positive about 1 homosexual without being suspect and called a troll. Many who agreed with my husband have left the site. Zealots are welcome and objective thinking people who support human rights are kicked out. When truth is less valuable than blind support, some will not stay.

When Bush was running, there was a major theme of support him or you're for the democrats. The owner seemed to support that theme and many who wanted third party more conservative candidates left.

There's a more religious theme here than before. The catholics run threads almost daily. On other threads you can see religious themes where people claim the conservative mantle and secular views are ridiculed. There was a proposal once to provide a chat room for religious threads, but that was a few years ago. Many people lurking here will see a fundamentalist religious anti-homosexual, republican site and not sign on because of fear of being overwhelmed by the "regulars."

I've seen many come and go looking over my husbands shoulder. The irony is, now it's the other way around. He has to look over mine.

[Bob J]

What was your screen name in '98?

[muawiyah]

Uhh, it's either the Catholics running the show or the Fundamentalists (is your argument).

Although we'd all have to agree that the Pope is probably pretty "fundamental" he's not usually thought of as a "fundie".

[RKBA Democrat]

"Now, if you don't toe the party line and show proper suckage, you are run out of here as a troll."

I'd have to respectfully disagree. I'm an open and notorious Democrat and have been so since day one of my time at FR. As for toeing a party line, I think I've been about as straightforward as I can possibly be in expressing my generally unfavorable opinion of the GOP. This is a conservative political website to be sure, but it isn't universally Republican. And my own personal experience has been that alternative opinions, when politely expressed, are generally tolerated.