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I posted the following comment at the original author’s blog:

BuckeyeTexan says:
August 11, 2010 at 3:02 pm You now have my e-mail address and my IP address. Now perform some “intrepid new journalism” and get my comment on this story. We’ll see how honest you are when you decide whether or not to post this comment in its entirety.

I had NOTHING to do with Digg Patriots. Quoting me in your article and thereby linking me to Digg Patriots is absolutely dishonest. Yes, I’m a FReeper and dang proud of it. For a very short period of time in late 2009, I encouraged other FReepers to vote for conservative articles on Digg. But I didn’t encourage trolling or targeting Digg users or lying about their identities or creating multiple accounts to game the Digg algorithms.

I don’t want liberals invading Free Republic, so I don’t promote invading liberal sites. Read my Free Republic home page. I do engage liberals on their turf, but I ALWAYS do so in a polite, respectful manner and my discussions with liberals are about political policy, with one exception. There is a liberal site on which I participate where we make fun of birthers and Orly Taitz. Honest individuals can disagree in a respectful manner. And they can laugh together about batsh*t crazy conspiracy theories.

Here are all of my comments from the FR article where you retrieved my comment about Digg:

- I’ve argued up, down, and around with the libtards over there. I haven’t been suspended or banned, yet. I’m not encouraging people to go bury liberal stories or attack liberal comments. I’m simply encouraging FReepers to help promote conservative content by digging conservative articles. They don’t even have to post a comment at Digg.com unless they want to do so.

- Yes, Digg is completely biased toward liberals. That’s because their members are liberals and they vote for liberal articles. If conservatives join Digg and vote for conservative articles, then those articles will make to the front page and most popular section. It’s possible to influence the content on Digg. Just digging conservative articles will not get anyone banned from Digg. If you start burying articles and comments and engaging in heated discussions, you run the risk of being banned. Getting conservative information in front of the sleepwalking public is a good thing. Don’t give up.

- Exactly. And I’m not encouraging people to call anyone names, engage in heated conversation, or make controversial comments. Just digg the conservative articles. And if you feel like it, post some conservative comments on those articles and talk to other conservatives about their opinions. You don’t have to engage the libtards. You can ignore them. The whole idea is to get real information in front of them so they see something other than what the MSM wants them to see. Don’t think of digging as fighting with liberals. Think of it as slapping the MSM and taking some of the wind out of their sails.

- YES! That’s why it’s a great opportunity for conservatives to influence the debate. You don’t have to read the garbage that the liberals over there are spewing. You don’t have to engage them. But if enough conservatives digg articles, we can effectively influence the quality of the information that they see and read. It’s a significant opportunity to counter the MSM, please don’t discourage others from participating.

- I’m not asking you to deal with obnoxious liberals. You don’t have to read their comments. You don’t have to respond to them. All I’m asking you to do is vote for an article at Digg and then leave. That’s it! Digging conservative articles is the same thing as FReeping a poll. If you would vote for an opinion poll to influence the results, then you should digg conservative articles. It’s the same concept with the same goal.

- I agree with you but it’s like pulling teeth to get FReepers to digg articles. If I can just get us over there to vote, I’ll consider that progress. We do have a few brave FReepers who will go mano e mano with the liberal diggers. FReepers, if you’re up for it, please do review article comments and digg or bury them.

I gave up on Digg shortly after that post. I don’t think I’ve logged into Digg in about a year, maybe more.

Regards,
BuckeyeTexan