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free republic is a hate site. nothing more and nothing less. In this thread you said this:
Can we give some grateful recognition to this man, please? Free Republic is becoming a Johnny One-Note of hatred towards Muslims, Hispanic people, and Black people. I thought Conservative people are good people. I'm not very glad when I see this kind of hatred and bigotry.
Free Republic isn't becoming a Johnny One Note of hatred toward anyone but white "Christians". It's long been that way and it's gotten worse and worse- under the guidance of that despicable bigot, Jim robinson. Anyone who isn't a stone bigot and a reservoir of hate should flee that vile site post haste.
A Somali Muslim has been hailed a hero after rescuing a mother and her three daughters from the Nairobi shopping mall as gunmen threw grenades and sprayed bullets yards away.
Katherine Walton feared she and her children would not get out alive after becoming trapped under a table outside a supermarket in the Westgate complex.
But they were saved by Abdul Haji, the son of a former Kenyan security minister, who bravely ushered them to safety as he fired back at the terrorists with a handgun.
His identity has now been revealed after his story was immortalised in an iconic photograph which shows him reaching out to Mrs Walton's four-year-old daughter Portia as she runs away with fear etched on her face.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
To: the scotsman
PULEEEEESESSS.......
2 posted on Friday, September 27, 2013 6:28:12 AM by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: the scotsman
QUICK ! Convert him to Christianity before he beheads the little girl!
3 posted on Friday, September 27, 2013 6:28:29 AM by Principled
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To: Principled
Christians do good deeds every single day but you will never hear about it from CNN, MSNBC, or ABC
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)This is what grabbed me.
Christians do good deeds every single day but you will never hear about it from CNN, MSNBC, or ABC
"Christians",just the other day did the "good deed" of voting for deep cuts in food stamp programs,to further spread the joys of hunger.It was all over the news,including those networks.At least one "Christian",a congressman as I recall,was quoted explaining just how very Christian is was to hold that position.
reddread
(6,896 posts)The city of Fresno will give them another $60,000.
Better to ring a bell so an angel will get its wings.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)A Fresno councilperson called it a Hate Site. Freerepublic sued.
reddread
(6,896 posts)wrong.
wrong.
Im done here, but you might want to look a little closer at
what actually happened.
If I wasnt so addled I would tell you start to finish how it all went down.
Nobody sued for that money that was quickly and freely handed over by a city council composed of more than one member who participated in their activities.
Its too bad you dont know the facts of that story.
carry on.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)Pursued and the ciry settled. Depaite the good she did the headnof the commission was in the wrong.
reddread
(6,896 posts)you short shrift all of what happened here, and the aftermath was extremely overblown,
leading to death threats by council people against "half the liberals in Fresno"
So, are you saying FR is not a hate group, and the OP is wrong as well?
After death threats from the council, nobody offered PF $60k.
WHY IS THAT?
other than they didnt ask, of course.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)And in the end it cost the citizens the commission. Seems like a heavy price to pay to me.......
reddread
(6,896 posts)Gail Gaston was responding to a flurry of anonymous threats being bandied across the internets, with "out of towners"
starting the whole conflagration, it could easily have been ANYONE who fired up the whole controversy.
that 60k was HANDED over by a council composed of two members at least who were direct participants with FR.
The serious threats of guns and shooting all emanated from FR well before a WARNING not to get involved in any confrontation
out at Woodward Parkk. Gaston was right to attempt to defuse a situation that FR was escalating with the assistance of
unknown, "non-locals".
Labeling them a hate group was no stretch, now or then, especially then.
You dont see those threats tossed about here, do you?
You are simplifying the story quite some bit.
why?
Duncan and Kloose were far more liable for their actions than that notice to avoid a violent situation.
Why not tell the whole story?
Those clowns were going to hack the HCR no matter what, once PF came before them.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)filled with nothing but vermin. Their dear leader is a scam artist who soaks them every single quarter so he and his worthless family don't have to get off their lazy asses and work. That said, I'm puzzled by the link which has nothing to do with the rest of the post.
reddread
(6,896 posts)the last time I saw he and his wife they were in wheelchairs, and he was dragging the flag on the ground.
Never have a camera ready when you really need it!
Not sure what you said sounds any kinder than what you might read over there.
The facts are indictment enough.
But, stupid things, you know?
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leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Disabled people can't work?
cali
(114,904 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)himself. I'm flummoxed that the freepers actually think he needs that much money to run a website that hasn't updated in over a decade. The last time I logged into that site was election night. I was so hyped up I couldn't sleep and trolled some of the right boards I know about. That was fun.
That post I responded to was strange. Am I supposed to give him a break because he's in a wheelchair? After seeing what they said about Max Cleland?
reddread
(6,896 posts)sounds like something that might be a little harder for them to do.
They deserve no more slack for their hate peddling than GHWB for his
New World Order.
They do deserve a good amount of credit for splitting their fan base repeatedly.
And setting the bad example that mindless conservatism amounts to.
Much easier to recognize racism and bigotry when it is exemplified.
Closet racists are the most dangerous sort.
Always look on the bright side of life.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)be politically correct. Concerning people who morphed a picture of man who left three limbs in Vietnam into a terrorist - sorry, I couldn't possibly care less.
reddread
(6,896 posts)that term is based in the same place as ODS. The only terms I would like to see
favored are ones long tossed out. Words like citizen, freedom, inalienable rights.
they aint what they used to be. And they wont be featured in the next cycle's dog and pony discussions.
What I would hope is that the tenor here would be just a little less similar.
give them their due, and hold them accountable for their connected favors.
that has to be more harmful than sheer disregard, and overlooking the true facts.
If you want to put the hurt on them, question their income streams, they surely get disability.
I could be mistaken...
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Politically correct? No - that's a term the right uses to show disdain for merely being polite. And you seem to be under the impression I would give a shit what anyone posting on FR would think. They're neanderthals and not worthy of anything but contempt so that's all they get from me. I'm guessing they're mooching off the same government they screech about because you see, for them it's different because.....well, I have no idea but I'm sure they'll scream your ear off trying to explain it.
Tell me - just what freedoms don't you have now that you did before President Obama was inaugurated. The only people less free are the women who live under republican governors who think it's perfectly okay to take away our rights to our own bodies.
reddread
(6,896 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Given to me by my father 30 years ago so don't need your link. I see you can't list even one freedom Pres Obama has taken away from you. Just as I expected.
nobody takes my inalienable rights.
some folks think they should and can.
people that work for Obama, and people that worked for Bush.
I dont agree.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)some evidence that says I'm perfectly okay with having rights taken away from me - unlike you, the obvious maven of what freedom means. I'm waiting for that evidence with bated breath.
cali
(114,904 posts)on free republic is totally absurd and completely false.
I pointed out the hate and bigotry that is the foundation of that site. simple as that. It is vile to express what is expressed hundreds of times a day over there.
Just how do you think one should react to murderous bigotry and hatred, dearie?
reddread
(6,896 posts)thanks for your time.
cali
(114,904 posts)to actually respond to what I said. seems to me from that post of yours that you may well have some sympathies with people on that hate site.
reddread
(6,896 posts)that is one of the most disturbing remarks I have ever received.
Well, thanks for your time.
cali
(114,904 posts)the failure to communicate can be found in your addled posts in this thread.
reddread
(6,896 posts)having seen these illiterate racists in person, recognizing their numbers are as small as their minds,
what you wont hear from me are posts celebrating them, for good or for bad.
I would prefer to do things that cause a kitten to be killed somewhere,
rather than give them
one bit of publicity or recognition.
You are part of their echo chamber, not me.
cali
(114,904 posts)and by the way, their numbers, alas, are not all that small. Take, for instance, the recent story about the superintendent of schools in Chester PA and the director of sports and activities. They traded outrageously racist messages. These aren't marginal people. they're educators and were high ranking officials.
Back to your posts being addled:
I would prefer to do things that cause a kitten to be killed somewhere,
rather than give them
one bit of publicity or recognition.
Yeah, that's addled.
reddread
(6,896 posts)their numbers (meaning Jimbo and his local posse) ARE ridiculously small.
You must never have stood up to them in person, I gather? Never spent time in Fresno?
Watching them use small children as pawns and sign holders counter-protesting the vigorous weekly
anti-war protests at ye olde Peace Corner showed how truly small they are.
Seeing three of them standing at the corner of FCC trying to show their strength and commitment
to American military actions under a bogus administration while 1500 Fresnans filed by was the
definition of pathetic.
You seem to be inflating their value?
Certainly giving them credence they dont deserve and havent earned.
The FR contingent is not the beginning or end, and certainly not the sum total of ignorant bigots in this country.
Are you suggesting that every lout out there is a FR member?
Even the toilets outnumber their crowds at "BIG" events.
Do you think they are worthy of concern, promotion or fear?
Theys just a handful of hillbillies, and I have enjoyed many opportunities to mock them and destroy their
best efforts at promoting the deadly policies of GWB and the stolen power the Republicans took in 2000.
The stories they could tell you...
the stories I wont.
Because I wont be kicking your FR publicity again.
but anytime you want to have a writing contest,
Im here for you.
where have I heard that term before?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themes_in_Nazi_propaganda
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Get back to me when I start wanting take away their rights, make them wear special clothing and toss them into ovens. Until then...yawn.
reddread
(6,896 posts)is not a group that hates hate groups.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)to make sense? If so, massive fail. But getting pretty predictable.
reddread
(6,896 posts)not to you
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)"Disreputable victims of breeding among closely-related members of Homo sapiens, prone to self-applied vomit colonics and self-demolition via tricked-out lawnmowers and bathtub gin"?
'Cause that's quite a mouthful.
Iggo
(47,534 posts)Time to use the Hide Thread function.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Squinch
(50,901 posts)In reading this and other threads, I feel like there might be a few who have shown up recently.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Squinch
(50,901 posts)numbers posters all over the place that's making me roll my eyes.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)It is Skinner's post here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=2863
I theorize that RW groups will try to infiltrate in very high numbers to purge left wing active voices from DU.
Squinch
(50,901 posts)are strategizing with big maps and little plastic soldiers and teeny little flags and paddles to move them around. Again.
Now it makes sense!
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)But, I would not put anything past those other guys...
Squinch
(50,901 posts)Squinch
(50,901 posts)I didn't mean in any way that I think you actually do have a conspiracy theory. We've seen trolls act in concert before, and there is a really suspicious number of new posters saying outlandish things, and it coincides with the changes you pointed out.
I may have sounded sarcastic, but I wasn't. I think you hit the nail on the head.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)i'd say it's a toss-up on which site is worse
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)one of my democratic friends has an old classmate who wrote that last sentence in a reply. i`m sure it`s on a lot more pages.