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I was thinking about this thread,
O'Reilly Just Quoted an FR Post
Some thought it would be best to delete the offensive posts.

Think about this FRiend, if JimRob (or the proprietor of ANY conservative website) begins to delete what some blowhard like O'Reilly deems 'offensive', where does it end?

Do you truly think it wise to grant that kind of power and control to an utter egomaniac like O'Reilly who doesn't care one way or the other about ANY issue as long as HE looks good?!? That's all O'Reilly is about, i.e., *what is good for O'Reilly*.

Free Republic is a microcosm of America. There are all kinds of posters, just as there are all kinds of Americans. Some of us are highly educated, with degrees out the ying-yang, cultured, diplomatic in how we speak and talk, never posting even one offensive vowel in an FR thread, the epitome of genteel civility.

Then you have posters like me. I am capable of being just as civil and polite as anyone. But I call 'em the way I see 'em. I don't give a good damn if I offend that obnoxious SOB Bill O'Reilly, or anybody else in the dying lamestream media known as 'TV'. I don't answer to Bill O'Reilly and neither does anyone else on FR, and I can assure you that JimRob doesn't answer to O'Reilly, in fact JimRob just this past week tore O'Reilly a new one, and I applaud him for it.

Just like America, FR has endless varieties of personalities, ranging from the aforementioned genteel, all the way to the vulgar and repulsive who manage to evade being zotted on a daily (sometimes hourly, lol) basis.

But genteel or vulgar, they all have something to say, and as long as what they're saying is within the FR guidelines, I'm all for it. I might not agree with them but as long as they're a poster in good standing, they got a right to say what they think, just as I have a right to tell them that they're full of it (if I think so).

I meant no harm, Mr. Robinson.

I'm sure you didn't, you were concerned about FR being used as a whipping boy by O'Reilly and that is admirable, I salute you for that. But Doe Eyes? Here's something to ponder:

Free Republic is BIGGER than Bill O'Reilly. Maybe not in members, or in ratings, but it is BIGGER in the impact that it has on American culture and society. O'Reilly is a one-trick pony, he rants, he raves, he sucks up to one side or the other, he (to paraphrase Aaron Tippin) "stands for nothing" and that is why O'Reilly is more likely to "fall for anything". He is his own biggest fan.

But FR? FR is as close to a living online entity as you will ever find on this Earth. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Freepers are contributing, posting, commenting, analyzing, encouraging, praying, laughing, crying, celebrating, mourning, you name it, Freepers are doing it, and doing 'it' well, and with enthusiasm. We're all part of a grand extended American family, JimRob is our patriarch, and I'm damn proud to be part of it, just as I'm sure you are too.

Sorry for the long rant, but I wanted to say a few things here, and I guess I did, lol

Have a great week.