Time to part company

myself | 4/1/05 | hchutch

[johnb838]

If it walks like a goose and quacks like a goose, I'm calling it a goose, spur.

[Chad Fairbanks]

And here we have a prime example of exactly what this forum has turned into.

Thanks, johnb838, for providing the aforementioned example.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Get out of here! Who needs you? This forum is not for the faint hearted.

Nor is it for the civil, apparently.

[Chad Fairbanks]

ROTFLMAO

[RushCrush]

Sad to see any FReeper leave the board. With all best wishes to you.

[silent_jonny]

What?! Only four chocolate chips?

Yeah, I cheaped-out on the chips, sorry. Here's a better one :)

[wyattearp]

If it walks like a goose and quacks like a goose

Geese don't quack. They honk. Just an observation.

[Not A Snowbird]

"The Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition"
(2 Tim. 2:24-25).

[RepublicMan4U]

Okay, you've brought up the topic, so I'll reply to you. However, this is to anyone. Is there any way to change your screen name without having to start over in seniority? I think my name is kind of dumb. When I first signed up, I was sort of apolitical and just picked the most conservative sounding name I could think of so you would let me in. Now that I'm a full convert, I'd like to pick something more meaningful. :)

[rolling_stone]

Adios muchacho, sorry you don't believe there is an immigration problem, maybe you should do some traveling and take a closer look at it in action.....some people have been around it and experienced it for decades and know of what they speak...

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I might believe seven weeks. I might even believe seven months. I don't believe seven years.

We're talkin' retread, imo.

[arasina]

Don't leave. I think most are on your side. But many have chosen to stay silent lately, to avoid all the nastiness. Try the smoky backroom!!

You're right, teenyelliott. I'm one of those who doesn't try to argue with madness and I stay away from the volatile threads. I've noticed that even the Smoky Backroom's sanity thread suffers from an infestation. I'm confident, however, that FR will soon regain its equilibrium and the negative atmosphere will clear.

[Nam Vet]

"FReepin' is a full contact sport."

You said it Buddy. It was even headier back in '97-'98 as I recall. I remember reading a few of my own comments from the night before and wondering what grabbed me at the time!

Just like family here, emotions can get the better of us at times. I couldn't live without FReerepublic.

Nam Vet

[TXBubba]

WOW! I don't think I've ever seen an 18,000+ post thread! And I've been here awhile.

[Tempest]

I'm going tot say something that get alot of people's panties all bunched up. Sean Hannity was right! This site has been taken over predominately by nutty extremist. This has become the right's version of the DU.

[Not A Snowbird]

[k2blader]

Can't say I'm displeased.

[.38sw]

Call other social conservatives "Nazis" on Free Republic.

Don't forget "Deathocrat". That's another popular epithet.

[Junior_G]

Despite what some others are saying, I think your response is the most appropriate one for this kind of internet farewell opus. It's certainly more appropriate than any of the "please don't go" posts.