Time to part company

myself | 4/1/05 | hchutch

[american spirit]

"Immigration is not a problem".......probably one of the most ignorant statements I've seen posted here. Why not ask the Americans who've had loved ones raped, robbed and murdered by cretins who would not be here if we had a coherent immigration policy?.......bet you might get a different outlook on things. Anyone with half a brain knows we need the continuing lifeblood of immigrants who want to work (& not collect welfare), who want to assimilate (& not colonize), who respect America (& do not want to create Aztlan), etc. Current immigration policy (or lackof) has been the greatest corproate welfare scheme ever devised and I hope you're at least smart enough to figure out why.....if not, you do need to go.

[peyton randolph]

Holier Than Thou Syndrome

a.k.a.

Taking one's marbles and going home

 

Here's a quarter

Call someone who cares

[sonserae]

I agree with you. The Terri case made me realize that this has become a forum of wackos who refuse to look at both sides of an issue and attack anyone with another opinion. I mean...after reading that "Terri died for our sins, Let's employ Terri to the Vatican, Terri is just like Jesus, Terri was choked instead of having an eating disorder (despite having a very low potassium level), Let's make Terri a "saint", let's call 911 for Terri", I am literally disgusted with how low this site has sunk.

People can be conservative but they also should use the intelligence and common sense that God gave them to be open to ALL the facts, not just the ones they want to believe in.

[prairiebreeze]

Please just take a break and come back. And ignore the mean-spiritedness of some on this thread. Says way more about them.

[wyattearp]

Name one thing social conservatives have done.

"Call other social conservatives "Nazis" on Free Republic."

I too have seen an increase in the frequency of people calling anybody that disagrees with them a "Nazi", a "Marxist", a "Communist", a "Democrat", etc. It's pretty apalling, but it isn't something that would cause me to cut and run. I can understand why somebody would get sick of it, however.

[Chad Fairbanks]

But many have chosen to stay silent lately, to avoid all the nastiness. Try the smoky backroom!!

And therein lies the problem - when you have to go to the Smokey Backroom to avoid the nastiness...

[MACVSOG68]

Sorry to see you go. I also took a different approach than most here in the Schiavo case, not siding with Michael, but simply criticizing the extremism, such as Randall Terry, Bo Gritz, desecrating American flags and crucifixes, cursing the governor and President, threatening the lives of the Schiavo families, etc, and was severely flamed.

It goes with the territory. You seem to have a pretty good slant on things, and I for one, would hate to see such folks disappear leaving only the mindless extremist automatons. You will not find a better site anywhere in spite of it all.

[rdb3]

Aight. Cool out. Take a deep breath and strengthen your resolve. For better or worse, FReepin' is a full contact sport.

In order to maintain your sanity here, you just have to know with who and who not to converse. Some are simply not worth getting jazzed over.

You are an adult. Do as you wish. I'd advise you just chill. Yeah, knees, elbows, and knuckles will be scraped and bruised along the way. Some of us can tussle and still look oh, so good. But it's one hell of a ride!

If not, then, go easy my man. No worries. It's all good.

[Not A Snowbird]

I pull out that pic every time someone posts an opus. It's one of my favorite cartoon strips!

I'd put that pic as my wallpaper, but my boss would be less than amused, I'm afraid.

[mdittmar]

I disagree.

[proud American in Canada]

You're absolutely right.

By the way, I'm glad you posted! I hope you continue to do so. :)

[dead]

Call other social conservatives "Nazis" on Free Republic.

The Internet Codicil to the Andy Warhol dictum:

"In the future, everyone will be a Nazi for fifteen minutes."

[Billthedrill]

Emotions run high during an issue like this, and people often post words that are harsher than they mean. Some who do so are new FReepers drawn here by that issue who do not understand the value of civil discourse. Some are simply jerks.

You do get one-issue zealots here, and we all know what topics are likely to draw packs of them: any evolution or ID thread, the U.S. civil war, any thread mentioning gays that does not conclude that they are sons of Satan, etc, etc. The Elian days were misery. This kind of stuff happens, and you just have to deal with it...or leave.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Not only that, but if more Conservatives leave the Republican party, that will give the DEMS/LIBS are free ride to elections, and may give Hillary a free pass to the White House.

[cripplecreek]

Here's mine

[sonserae]

ping

[lilmsdangrus]

No kidding!! If I get tired of the name-calling and such here, or anywhere else for that matter, I just STAY AWAY for awhile-- I am not so self-important that I must write a critique of something I don't like, and expect all to somehow make it better for me.

[kesg]

[rdb3]

Don't take chat forums so seriously. People will always say radical things online that they'd never utter in person.

You got that right, especially if they like their front teeth!

[Always Right]

I disagree.

Well, I have to agree with you on that point.