Saturday, July 4, 2009

How I Got Booted from Freerepublic.com

Sarah Palin's big news yesterday had me scouring the web for commentary. I checked in with Andrew Sullivan's blog - The Daily Dish - on The Atlantic's website, and this led me to a discussion forum of "Freepers" (freerepublic.com users) that I found to be very interesting. I decided to jump in to throw my two cents in on the discussion. Little did I know how thin skinned these conservatives would be. Like their idol, Sarah Palin, when they don't like what people are saying, they retreat to their little bubble.

Here's the thread of ALL of my posts and ALL of the responses (note how I was able to secretly infiltrate their conservative discussion with the screen name "forfortyfour"):
  • Palin to RESIGN as Alaska Governor

    Fri Jul 3 19:25:58 2009 · 636 of 752
    forfortyfour to jpsb

    “A good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on the basket… and she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can WIN. And I’m doing that – keeping our eye on the ball that represents sound priorities – smaller government, energy independence, national security, freedom! And I know when it’s time to pass the ball – for victory.”

    More like she’s taking her ball and going home.




I tried to reply to this last post with "Happy Independence Day to you too!" However, it never appeared. Instead, the Admin posted this:




To: Eaker
One thing for sure is that you won't be an active poster on FR for long

You got that right.

749 posted on Sat Jul 4 10:41:58 2009 by Admin Moderator
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Which then was replied to with:



To: Admin Moderator

LOL!

I’ll make the donation anyway, win or lose!

751 posted on Sat Jul 4 10:53:10 2009 by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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You can almost feel the warmth and comfort of the right wing's protective little bubble. When I try to post something now, the screen tells me: "Your posting privilege has been revoked." They sure showed me!


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