Posted on 06/25/2002 3:42:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The following email is being circulated to our members by various disgruntled former FReepers:
Subject: The Future of Our Free RepublicDear Fellow Free Republic Member,
Many of us at Free Republic are distressed by the extraordinary level of censorship that has been so obviously going on. It is very obvious that individual posts, entire threads, and the entire work of members who have been highly regarded are disappearing into a Memory Hole.
Scores of us have organized an e-mail network that is independent of the communication controls presently, and sadly, being used at our Free Republic. We have carefully documented the unmistakeable evidence that most of the posts, threads, and posters that are vaporized completely are overwhelmingly targeted for their political stance on the Right. These are not Leftwingers. These are not even Middle-of-the-Roaders. These are not disruptors. These are not foul-mouthed delinquents. These are fellow patriots on the Right who disagree with the controllers of FR on specific issues that are now hotly debated by the Right. We have documented that FR will parade before you, as if to hide all of the great posters whose work has been destroyed, a straw-man delinquent that has been banned. This is deceptive.
Treating these fellow patriots on the Right so shabbily is not right. As shabbily as those banned into the Memory Hole are being treated, the most shabbily treated of all are all of the good folks on Free Republic themselves. We came here for honest debate. Free Republic advertised itself as a Forum for honest debate. Without that honest debate...everything at Free Republic becomes shabby.
We can do much better. As a measure of how intense the simmering feelings have gotten among members on this unjustifiable use of deleting, censoring, and banning please link to the following thread. You will notice that one simple and sincere plea from one of our finest members has spontaneously touched off a prairie fire of approximately 500 posts in a mere 18 hours. If it isn't Memory Holed this thread may shoot into the thousands.
If you would like to receive anonymous updates of information concerning the hundreds of Freepers who have networked via e-mail to restore the wonderful honest debate to Free Republic, just drop an e-mail of just one or two words if you like for extreme brevity to:
StopCensoringUs@hotmail.com
And, here's that link back to the snowballing thread at FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/704701/posts
Thank you so much for giving your thought to this vital matter for our Internet home.
Sincerely, StopCensoringUs@hotmail.com
I am with you. It amazes me sometimes how little comment is on some of the more important threads or at least I think the Constitution and Government related type threads are important.
I'm glad it's not just me, only I've been having that problem for 3 days.
Finally, Free Republic is not a boxing ring - we must remember that, fellow freepers. Disruptors just can't find anywhere to be miserable and they don't deserve to be here. FV
I agree with you on most parts except for the bashing of Republicans. Many of us are under the impression that the liberal agenda is being progressed quicker while the republicans have been in power.
In my lowly opinion, conservatives should hold the Republicans feet to the fire when they sell out core conservative principles (FREE SPEACH, LESS GOV'T). I think there should be plenty of leeway granted to people who have different conservative views than the poplular opinion.
Just my two cents.
Regards
Versus the third party doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell yet? Whatever our conservative political leanings, conservativism is dead if the liberals take control. And don't give me the RINO talk. We will have a greatere chance of true conservative reform with the republicans as we would with the democrats. Do you really believe Dashcle will advance a conservative agenda with a stronger liberal senate given to him by a third party vote? Get real if you think that a third party will advance conservativism right now. The third party will happen if and only if the republicans wimp out with a majority. Until then, it ain't going to happen. I'm a realist, and reality says it won't happen. Not with a liberal house. At least the republicans will have a say in who heads the committees. We can work on the RINO's after that. We will never be able to root out liberals with a liberal house and senate. They have too much power. Now is our opportunity to change. I really wish those who feel otherwise could see the big picture.
I mean...DAMN!!
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