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Posted on 01/16/2011 11:49:56 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Hello. You don’t know me under this name. For reasons that are going to be obvious soon, I didn’t wish to send you this message with my usual Free Republic account. This message is an invitation, a welcome to a new forum called TrueBlueFreedom.com
While I love the people who make up Free Republic, I have many complaints about Jim Robinson and his cronies who run the actual website. Over and over again, whenever somebody has complained or offered suggestions, they have been told by JimRob and others to go and start their own website if they know so much. Well, I’ve decided to take them up on that offer.
I’ve started TrueBlueFreedom.com for three simple reasons, and once you’ve read those reasons, I’m sure you’ll agree that we need to make a few adjustments if we want this powerful bastion of conservatism to remain. The first reason is simple: Free Republic is too important to left in the hands of JimRob. Jim and his son John have repeated stated that if just one Freepathon goal isn’t met, that’s it - “Free Republic will be dead.” I can’t stand the idea of America without Free Republic. Imagine if we hadn’t been there when Dan Rather was passing around his forgeries, how different things would be today. Now realize that, as things are going, we won’t be around when the next Rathergate happens. We can’t allow that to happen, and since JimRob has publicly refused to deal with this issue, we have to take matters into our own hands. My solution is TrueBlueFreedom.com
The second reason is that I believe that free market capitalism has made America great, and that attempting any other system will lead us to ruin. A belief JimRob apparently doesn’t share, since he continues to refuse to place ads on Free Republic and instead depend on a PBS-esque donation system. We are not NPR, and we are not a charity – why do we raise money like one? For this reason, I’ve developed TrueBlueFreedom.com to depend on advertisements. TrueBlueFreedom.com will not depend on donations, instead, we will depend on the opportunities provided by the free market to create a self-sustaining version of Free Republic – without the constant Freepathons.
The third reason is that JimRob is, in my opinion, a petty tyrant. How many of you know somebody who was purged? How many wonder if you may be next on the list? If you’re neither of these people, consider this: Giuliani was America’s Mayor in 2008. That didn’t stop JimRob from purging all his supporters without warning. How do you know that whoever you support in the Republican primaries won’t raise JimRob’s wrath? How do you know the next purge group won’t be Mormons, Jews, Birthers, Pro-Palin, Anti-Palin, and so on? I believe that purging the non-believers and demanding total mental agreement with the “Dear Leader” is the exact opposite of conservative values, regardless of where JimRob stands on abortion and homosexuality. And for that reason, I’ve set up TrueBlueFreedom.com as a place where conservatives who follow the rules will not be banned, no matter how much I disagree with them. Regardless of your politics, religion, or favorite sport team, you will only be banned for breaking the rules. TrueBlueFreedom.com is a purge-free zone.
So, I hope you’ve read all this, and will accept my invitation. If this seems like something you can believe in, come to TrueBlueFreedom.com, sign up, and start talking. And if you like it, spread the word. Because Free Republic is too important to just let die.
Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:28:06 AM by paulycy
For the record, I have nothing to do with this and do not agree with this idiot’s conclusions about FR. (I hope that was clear without this but I’d rather be sure.)
:-)
Quite a few Freepers got that Freepmail. Your insinuations are out of line.
“Gee. How come I never get any of these agit-prop emails?
I feel slighted.
~sniff~”
lol me too I guess we just don’t have what it takes.
I didn’t get the email? *sniff*...I’m not in the cool crowd I guess... waaaaaaahhhhh!
Does this mean no more Romneybots? Palin haters? PPPUUUUHHHHLLLLLEEEEEZZZZEEEEE....pretty please....
Honestly I dont see what the big deal is. There are plenty of other forums for them to go to that actually look like they were coded in the 21st century. This “forum” doesnt even have an EDIT button for Christ’s sakes!
Much ado about nothing.
Myself, I've always been partial to the lashing out blindly approach and it's been pretty beneficial.
Just as an example, I learned the basics of cabinetmaking in my most recent work-release program.
So there is an upside.
Wasn't there a Freeper several years ago who bought a weekend banner ad (for Free Republic?) that appeared on a prominent liberal website, as a prank?
If you start banner ads here, that will give the likes of HuffPo and DailyK a forum to put a message on your site, just like that Freeper did a few years ago.
Do you remember?
-PJ
So is this person one of the ones who want abortion to be okay here, one of the ones who want drugs legalized, one of the ones who want Homosexuals in our face pushing their lifestyl, a rabid antitheist, or one of the pedophile defenders?
So many likely suspects.
At least you're not "Danger! ACHTUNG!" like that Assange twit... /g
Thank you very much for becoming a Monthly Donor!
I posted the FREEP-A-THON LINKS on my own, without asking Jim. He posted the mail received by some members on his own, but I don't think it was for the FReepathon purpose, but I sure hope it turns out that way!
There is really no need for our FReep-a-thons to take weeks and sometime a month or a little more. If every regular user would donate monthly like you, it would go a long way to eliminating FReep-a-thons.
Again, thanks very much for becoming a new monthly donor!!!
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I got it too.
We’re on one list together.
The troll didn’t send me an invitation. I feel so left-out. Why don’t trolls like me?
>>>Any idea who the troll is?
I’m sure usernames and IP address logs have been searched/compared and the troll is identified. Jim is a classy guy, and won’t divulge that info. He’ll let them out themselves, wish them well, and ban their a$$.
I don’t think I’ve ever missed donating, since I became a member, in early ‘98.
Woo-Hoo!
I got it too.
We’re on one list together.
That didn’t come out right.
Aside from the fact that I got that FReepmail as well, there is the Inman list we’re both on.
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