[hchutch]

Nothing more needs to be said.

[Joe 6-pack]

"A mob mentality took over the first few days after the order to pull the tube was given."

- hchutch

"Extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

- Berry Goldwater

Guess that makes me a mobster....

[mdittmar]

That's a shame.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Well if that is all it took to run you off, people who disagree with you- you weren't doing that much good here anyway. If all of the people who were the victims of the MS supporters ran off we may have no one left around here.

It was on both sides.

[EllaMinnow]

I know you've thought long and hard about this. I respect your decision, but I don't like it.

[Huck]

April fools, right?

[Hoodlum91]

Thanks for posting. I have also been debating sticking around as the mood has REALLY taken a turn for the worse lately.

I'll stick it out and see what happens, the shrillness of the past few weeks should calm down. Some of the Terri threads took on a very unattractive DU quailty, but I have faith that FReepers will return to normalcy (such as we are).

[DoubleOJanet]

That's just silly, no two people agree on anything, the world is made up of many kinds of people. Some are intellectual, others comedians, and some just want to argue. Don't take people so seriously. I very rarely post, but your post has me wondering why some people give up and give in.

[american spirit]

"Immigration is not a problem".......probably one of the most ignorant statements I've seen posted here. Why not ask the Americans who've had loved ones raped, robbed and murdered by cretins who would not be here if we had a coherent immigration policy?.......bet you might get a different outlook on things. Anyone with half a brain knows we need the continuing lifeblood of immigrants who want to work (& not collect welfare), who want to assimilate (& not colonize), who respect America (& do not want to create Aztlan), etc. Current immigration policy (or lackof) has been the greatest corproate welfare scheme ever devised and I hope you're at least smart enough to figure out why.....if not, you do need to go.

[peyton randolph]

Holier Than Thou Syndrome

a.k.a.

Taking one's marbles and going home

 

Here's a quarter

Call someone who cares

[sonserae]

I agree with you. The Terri case made me realize that this has become a forum of wackos who refuse to look at both sides of an issue and attack anyone with another opinion. I mean...after reading that "Terri died for our sins, Let's employ Terri to the Vatican, Terri is just like Jesus, Terri was choked instead of having an eating disorder (despite having a very low potassium level), Let's make Terri a "saint", let's call 911 for Terri", I am literally disgusted with how low this site has sunk.

People can be conservative but they also should use the intelligence and common sense that God gave them to be open to ALL the facts, not just the ones they want to believe in.

[prairiebreeze]

Please just take a break and come back. And ignore the mean-spiritedness of some on this thread. Says way more about them.

[MACVSOG68]

Sorry to see you go. I also took a different approach than most here in the Schiavo case, not siding with Michael, but simply criticizing the extremism, such as Randall Terry, Bo Gritz, desecrating American flags and crucifixes, cursing the governor and President, threatening the lives of the Schiavo families, etc, and was severely flamed.

It goes with the territory. You seem to have a pretty good slant on things, and I for one, would hate to see such folks disappear leaving only the mindless extremist automatons. You will not find a better site anywhere in spite of it all.

[rdb3]

Aight. Cool out. Take a deep breath and strengthen your resolve. For better or worse, FReepin' is a full contact sport.

In order to maintain your sanity here, you just have to know with who and who not to converse. Some are simply not worth getting jazzed over.

You are an adult. Do as you wish. I'd advise you just chill. Yeah, knees, elbows, and knuckles will be scraped and bruised along the way. Some of us can tussle and still look oh, so good. But it's one hell of a ride!

If not, then, go easy my man. No worries. It's all good.

[Billthedrill]

Emotions run high during an issue like this, and people often post words that are harsher than they mean. Some who do so are new FReepers drawn here by that issue who do not understand the value of civil discourse. Some are simply jerks.

You do get one-issue zealots here, and we all know what topics are likely to draw packs of them: any evolution or ID thread, the U.S. civil war, any thread mentioning gays that does not conclude that they are sons of Satan, etc, etc. The Elian days were misery. This kind of stuff happens, and you just have to deal with it...or leave.

[sonserae]

ping

[kesg]

[beandog]

As the saying goes: "See ya, wouldn't want to be ya." What I truly do not understand is why people think we care why they are not here any more. Can't you just tell the people who care or is it just about getting attention?

[Flyer]

I hope you left a key under the mat at the back door.

[Redcloak]

[Dog Gone]

I'm sad to see this, hchutch. What you say about the tone at Free Republic is quite true. It's been a long-standing problem on any immigration thread, but the Terri threads were simply insufferable. They made the Buchanan wars here in 2000 look like a friendly hug.

You brought a valuable and reasonable approach to the important topics of the day and you will be sorely missed by me. I urge you to reconsider because I have the hope, if not the expectation, that Free Republic will return as place where people can disagree without being disagreeable.

If it can't, or if it becomes a forum completely dominated by the issues of the religious right and the xenophobes, then your decision seems perfectly reasonable to me, and I expect a lot more of the long time well-respected posters to follow your lead.