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.
I rather like your Clint Eastwood way of administering “justice”. Zot first, let ‘em try to re-register later:)
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I LOVE FR!
Those who don’t are free to leave.
Yes!
Sorta sounds like it should be named TrueBlueFreedomRINO.com.
I for one am very thankful for Free Republic and the way you run it JimRob and have never seen anyone banned who didn’t deserve it.
The site isn’t even up!
Oh good gravy we do think alike. The world should be very afraid! ;-)
Doesn’t interest me to go elsewhere. I tried it and found myself dealing with too many RINOs.
As for not running ads, that’s what insulates FR from some forms of legal interference and against charges that FR will not criticize “xyz” if their money depends on it.
It also makes no sense to say “FR must not die” and then try to set up a site to undermine FR’s subscription base.
So, whomever is setting up this site seems to be lacking in the logic department as well as setting himself up to be compromised by the advertising partners he attempts to attract.
You can do that in a moslem country? Who knew?
YOU KNOW IT!
Sounds scary enough that it should give you a bump in donations.
We can even speak in code and understand one another. LOL
Hi Jim, class of ‘98 here.
I love Free Republic for the knowledge I gain and intellect of those who join me here.
Policing the boards for agitators who debate in bad faith is okay with me. If you don’t pull the weeds, the garden will die.
Thanks for everything.
BTW, when’s the next Freeper Convention. 9/12/09 was a great experience.
So he says it’ll be a bastion of conservatism...But with no enforcement...So there’s no way to keep out the non-conservatives...Which means it’ll basically just be ‘the internet’...And it’s not like we have one of those already.
Yeah, the fact that she didn’t put it that way makes her motives suspicious.
This the last, and only time we’ll hear from her.
Wonder who it is?
Sorry, my feral side and all...
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