He mentions FreeRepublic but doesn’t give any solid reference point to an article or thread.
I’m not saying it’s false but his work is incomplete. Doesn’t mention any Freepers at all.
Sailer gave a link to an article of his which dicussed the banning of another one of his articles at FR.
https://vdare.com/articles/banned-by-free-republic
I don’t think FR threads from that area are still searchable.
But many of us remember very clearly being banned for supporting the Minutemen, vs. the “mainstream GOP” / Karl Rovian policy of virtually open borders in order to appeal to Hispanics as the road to GOP electoral success.