He's been here for 5 yrs. He's not a troll.
And regarding bigotry toward muslims on this forum,
"There is not a single conservative of influence and responsiblitly ANYWHERE ... in politics, business or the media ... who would ever let themselves be associated with this kind of ugly stuff."
"Religious bigotry against Muslims is no more acceptable in the conservative movement or on a conservative web site, than anti-black racism or anti-Semitism. Your brand of trash talk has be specifically condemned by the President and every conservative publication and commentator."
" There is no place in the Conservative movement for bigots, anti-Semites and racists. Blacks, Jews, Muslims, Hispanics are not only welcome in the conservative movement, but they are to be sought out and encouraged to join our movement.
For precisely the same reason that William F. Buckley and the National Review drew a bright line between Conservatism and prejudice; the Free Republic, as one of the most visible torch bearers for today’s conservative movement, must take a stance against anti-Muslim bigotry on its pages.
If you are posting hateful and vicious anti-Muslim remarks then you are in direct opposition to the beliefs of William F. Buckley, Ronald Reagan, our president and virtually every conservative writer commentator and thinker of note and you are indirectly undermining our cause."
Some quotes from a few FReepers who are also sick of the muslim bigotry on FR.
Maybe you ought to go and read some of HIS posts.
I'm not going to be called a bigot---by him OR you.
THEN you can pass judgement--as for his being here 5 years....
So what?
Can you identify who the quotes are from and what threads they are from so we can understand the context? And decide for ourselves concerning the credentials of the speaker.
Being here for 5 years does not give him a free pass, you have heard of Quisling, haven't you?
As for the alleged Bigotry towards Muslims, you need to step back and look at the context of those comments as well, some are real, many are facetious.
Maybe if you and others tried to understand that the roots of the alleged Bigotry come from the hearts of MANY people who have been adversely affected by the actions of the Islamofascists, and that they have a right to be angry at all Muslims, but it is all talk, they are not going to act on it.
It is free speech, protected speech as long as they are not hurting anyone physically by it. If it is hurting some feelings, don't read it, move to another thread, stay quiet. If you choose to speak out, prepare to be challenged, because there are a lot of Americans who equate defending Islam, with defending Nazis.
Right or wrong, it's how they feel, and it's their right to feel this way, check the 1st amendment.
I'm just an ignorant newbie here, but I looked at your profile page and I have to say the picture you put there with the American flag under the rear end of a lion makes me wonder about you...not a lot...like I'm not losing sleep or anything...I just wonder what that "crest" means.
Could you elaborate?