[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Do nothing about it. As long as you are free to counter their argument, what is the big deal?

I do think if they constantly disrupt and are pretending to be something they are not AND YOU CAN PROVE IT OVER TIME, ban them. Otherwise you might be banning a friend who just happens to disagree on one issue, candidate, or tactic.

FR gets many pretenders. I’ve spotted them. They pretend to be conservatives except that they think exactly like liberals. It would be great to weed them out, but you have to be careful. If posters must agree with everything then eventually you will have nobody.

Some people have been banned for getting overly emotional when we KNOW they are mostly solid conservatives. That is really too bad. Other calm speaking people who have NOTHING to offer regarding conservative principles are not banned. Then there are some cut-throat conservatives who are so difficult to get along with than even though they are conservative, I wish they would get banned. They do us a disservice. But who decides? So really you just have to put up with it.

I think it would be a mistake to demand support for one candidate over the others. Fight with words. The argument itself is valuable to those who come and only read the threads but don’t post. In political debate, the process is important. It equips everyone with solid arguments.

[humblegunner]

FR gets many pretenders. I’ve spotted them.

And again.. no names.

Why is that?

[wintertime]

Do nothing about it. As long as you are free to counter their argument, what is the big deal?
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I agree.

I see trolls as one more opportunity to defend an idea and have it appear in the “Latest Posts” list.

[Isara]

Thank you, The Ghost of FReepers Past!

That's what I've been doing, posting facts to counteract emotion or lies.

[certrtwngnut]

Thank you. I come here to FR several times each day. I read the articles and I sometimes make inane comments. I don’t post. I don’t even know how to post. That does not make me any more or less conservative. The one thing I don’t like about FR is being roasted for not posting.
I will leave you now to attend our flag ceremony at our local American Legion. Happy Flag Day to all FReepers.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “I think it would be a mistake to demand support for one candidate over the others.” <<

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But that is not what Isara is talking about.

The constant injection of disproven “facts” on every thread is not done by “one of us.”
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