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I do strongly believe

that in a participatory REPUBLIC even . . .

much MORE so a

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIVE COMMUNITY

THE CONTRIBUTORS NEED AND DESERVE

TO BE TREATED MUCH MORE

LIKE PART OF THE FAMILY.

AND GREATLY LESS

like barely tolerated distant, smelly, drunken shirt-tail relatives. That hurts. Too often, that hurts A LOT, deeply and repeatedly. There's no justification for that. None.

And then when the near constant squeeze is put on the same barely tolerated 'smelly' shirt-tail relatives FOR THE FUNDS TO FUNCTION--THAT'S MORE THAN A LOT CHEEKY.

Yes, JR has done a huge service to all of us and to the country, the Republic, the planet by setting up FR, the software and the management these years.

HOWEVER, WE THE PEOPLE have written 99% of the content that attracted and attract people to FR.

WE THE PEOPLE have paid for Jim's sandbox and the sand.

Yet we get treated far too often like . . . squatters who'd better toe the line 100% perfectly or be instantly and arbitrarily rejected and that very sanctimoniously. That hurts. And that is thoroughly uncalled for.

And to expect folks to keep donating liberally after being treated that way repeatedly is not very good reality testing. It's actually more like self-defeating behavior.