Yesterday I was looking for a particular post of my own from several years ago. I used Google to look for posts containing the tag line I used back then.
I was slightly shocked by how many (hostile) websites have used my posts, and the posts of other FReepers, to illustrate how “out of touch” or otherwise non-liberal are people here.
Another thing that’s surprising is how far the left-wing linkers have to go to make the case for malign intent here at Free Republic. In every case that I saw, the person who took offense (if that’s even the right term for it) had to intentionally distort/misunderstand my words to an absurd extent to make his point.
There are people out there who are absolutely convinced that Free Republic is comprised of extreme hate-mongers. They find evidence to support this theory in some of the most innocuous, calmly reasoned, restrained comments on this site.
Anyone who has been here a few years can Google your own FR screen name or a tag line and probably find your own words on anti-FR websites.
I bet they would just love my current tagline.
I am extremely intolerant of intolerance combined with totalitarianism.
Thanks for the idea of searching this way. I found some of my FR comments on left-wing sites as well, dating all the way back to 2007. Glad to know they recognize greatness when they see it!!