I’ve only been here since 2005, but I can see what Scythian, Huck and other “old timers” are talking about.
They must feel like a lot of conservatives feel about the Republican Party. They didn’t leave the Party. The Party left them.
And just as some of FR’s veterans who have been around for 10 years and longer, I too feel there has been a change in the heart and soul of FR.
For one, there are tens of thousands more FReepers than ever before. Too hard to keep up with.
But more than anything - this is a political site. And thanks to the politics of Obama, the Democrats and a whole lot of Republicans, we FReepers are left with bitterness over our political, moral and economic cultures. And it is reflected in our threads and in our replies.
See my tagline. I just added it yesterday. It stands as a testimony to what Obama has brought us to. We can’t even celebrate a victory over bin Laden’s death due to the chicanery of Obama’s twisted political grandstanding.
How sad.
So. You miss the Free Republic of ten years ago? Great. So do I. (And I wasn’t even here 10 years ago).
But there’s no use crying about that now. As I told you Scythian on your semi-opus thread; 1) you will be back before the 2012 elections (see, I was right), and 2) You get too agitated about __________ (fill in the bank) threads? Fine. Stay off them. Focus on threads that are good for you.
Huck isn’t an old timer. He just made a FR account long ago. Check past posting history. A few dozen posts over 11 years?
Well said, Responsibility2nd and I very much agree.