Does Free Republic represent a large slice of the republican party?

[cali]

I skim freeperville from time to time to because I think it is representative of a deep sickness in the republican party and this country. Years ago, the conventional DU wisdom was that the denizens of said site were extreme outliers in the party. I think it's indicative of how far to the right the party has moved since the advent of the tea party. In fact, I think one could argue that the tea party has succeeded in a hostile takeover of the republican party.

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[FarPoint]

1. Based upon troll traffic here on DU, where many have been traced, connected to freeperville...

I'd have to lean yes on the poll.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Put this group politically in the ISIS Class, read what you want but dont follow.

[Bjorn Against]

3. Not so much Free Republic itself, but the Freeper mentality is strong in the GOP

Free Republic itself is a dying site, they have purged a lot of their old people and their software has not stayed up with the times which makes it far more difficult to attract new people. While Free Republic itself is dying, the Freeper mentality exists on other sites all throughout the internet. Look at the comments on practically any site on the internet and you will see them, there are even a few pretty obvious ones here at DU. Freepers are no longer limited to Free Republic they are all over the internet, and yes they are very influential within the GOP.

[riversedge]

4. Agree---browsing the comment sections of MJS once

in a while is depressing. It is overrun many times with Republican-teaparty vile comments. And I mean vile--boring yes also.