Prejudice towards the enemy is a component of war. Perhaps you don't believe we're at war? Is is better to send a shaved cat for your particular aesthetics?
Posted on 08/16/2007 7:56:17 PM PDT by crusher
I was listening to the news out of the corner of my ear when I heard FreeRepublic specifically mentioned as a "hate site" about fifteen minutes ago.
Ostensibly the long report was about the Klan using the web to recruit new wackos. Then the focus turned to Casa Maryland, and their director who claimed that calls for his murder had circulated on the internet by anti-immigrant bigots. It was then that the anchor identified FR by name as a hate site.
Prejudice towards the enemy is a component of war. Perhaps you don't believe we're at war? Is is better to send a shaved cat for your particular aesthetics?
You can find LOTS of hate on FR if you know where to look.
Mitt Romney related threads almost always have anti-Mormon bigotry.
Threads dealing with Catholicism often have plenty of hatred directed at Rome.
Evolution related threads generally have religious folks champing at the bit to burn some of them unbelievers at the stake.
And yes, immigration threads usually DO have some racism.
Same for threads about Katrina or crime in general.
While FR _is_ head and shoulders above places like DU, huffpo, Kos, or the official Democrat Party website even, FreeRepublic is far from being as pristine as some here would like to think.
A Google does not find any match for "we have a huge powderkeg" or "can just feel it: the economy". Usually a search like that would pull up the phrase, if it was posted anywhere on FR.
Only the top image is certainly FR.
I wouldn’t say this is a hate site. But some of the posters here as almost everywhere get carried away with their rhetoric. In every case, those are the least intelligent and articulate individuals who feel compelled to scream venom because they are incapable of winning a logical debate.
Here is the post (# 20) shown in your last 2 pics:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584976/posts?page=20#20
Anything that is anti liberal is a hate site dontjaknow?
Calling Dan Rather.
Calling Dan Rather.
“Fake but Accurate” call for you, on the house phone...
From the sound of that news report ... there is an attempt to shut down websites that is deamed a hate site
check this out..
It’s over .. a picture of a fake California driver’s license designed to depict an illegal-immigrant in a sombrero
CA: Governor’s appointee resigns amid “hate speech” accusation (”Hate” is the ‘in’ thing, I guess) ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882402/posts
“You can find LOTS of hate on FR if you know where to look.”
I’d like to suggest that there is a difference between legitimate hate (”hate evil, hate sin, etc”) and the hate that gets spewed ‘cause we’re on the Internet and no one is really looking.
If BOR et al are concerned about my legitimate hate, then I really WANT to be included on a hate site.
However, much of the “illegit” hate here is best addressed by people posting it, and others challenging that hate. If BOR and Channel 5 simply points to a few selected posts, and doesn’t follow the thread to see if anyone challenges those statements, then they’re not being honest in their reporting (or just being lazy).
Should we get to the point where we can’t post such statements, or can’t questions such statements, then I’m outta here, returning to my blog to express my thoughts.
B/S.
I hate to see our nation forget the LORD and to take for granted the blessings HE's showered upon us.
I also hate to see con men masquerading as leaders. Whose lust for power is stronger than their sworn oaths to uphold the Constitution and to defend our country.
Sure, put me down as a hater...
Why do you post here then? Does that make you a hater?
Hmm...oh well. He's partially right - we do usually dislike it when people lie.
You nailed it, is not just DU, KOS, Liberals or Democrats. I am relatively new to FR and I expected something akin to the Montana Freemen when I first got here, lol. This is by far the tamest site I have ever been on and to call it a hate site is just moronic. I expected there would be more candidates wanting to talk to us but have only seen Duncan Hunter so far. I wonder if the others are ashamed of FR, want to avoid being associated with it, or if there is another reason?
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Anti-ILLEGAL immigration.
That’s odd, I see an abuse button under every single post. Are you logged on? Maybe you have to be logged on in order to see the abuse button. I have actually used it twice, and I will say a moderator responded in seconds in both instances. I don’t know if that is the normal response time, but that is my experience.
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