Wow! Years ago I used to post on the Sunday Morning Talk Thread...that was before the "royal we" deemed it a closed thread to FReepers who don't belong to the "club". Perhaps, in the future you should label it a "caucus" thread where no dissenting voices will be heard.
He's more than welcome as it's his house. We'd love to have him post with us and talk about the Sunday shows. Or whatever he wanted. But please don't be dishonest, you know why you pinged him.
You ARE aware, are you not, of Jim's opinion of Romney and his oft-repeated statement regarding a Romney campaign on FR? I bet he would say something that would bring about a request that "I humbly ask that you do not come onto this thread with the intent to cause trouble."
BTW, I notice you spoke of JR without the courtesy of pinging him, while scolding another FReeper FOR pinging him.
I have been reading the Sunday Morning Talk Show thread for years for the usually enlightening conversation, but this particular thread seems to be less about the talk shows and more about peeing to mark territory. A sad show from FReepers for whom I have had a lot of respect.
See my tagline.
Nothing personal. We go after anyone who causes trouble on this thread. We always have and in the past have always had help from the mods as well.
What in the name of all goodness is asking someone not to come with the intent to cause trouble do you not understand?
Did I say I owned anything here?
You absolutely misrepresent me. I have shame for you.
You dare say you liked to come to this thread because it had enlightened conversation, YET, others coming onto the thread to start trouble are somehow people you are going to defend and attack me about it?
Let me tell you, when people seek to get others banned or reported to the boss, that does NOT reek of enlightened conversation, that reeks of trouble making.
The biggest problem I have is not that people disagree or even argue, but rather we’ve found a fault line over Romney, that some will actually want other FReepers banned over because they didn’t join the daily hatred song against him.
Not one of the regular posters here are Romney supporters. I, Rod, Altura, Miss Marple, Bray, Kabar, Morgan in Denver, Rocklobster, Fishtalk, and all the rest have supported OTHER candidates only to see them either not take the flag or lose.
We CAN argue the fact that Obama is worse than Romney, but to ban people for thinking so, or cussing them out, or belittling them as Romneybots is just, well, unfair and unwanted by most here.
WE try hard to avoid that here.... As you said, enlightened conversation. Can you argue your points without accusing me of such nonsense?
You absolutely are wrong to even think this was a desire to make this a closed or caucus thread—no way, no how...
I ask others to tell me if that’s what they think I was getting on about.