A little infighting over at FR over the t-shirt issue:

[lamp_shade]

Actually, there's a lot. The thread (which started around noon yesterday with the "bombshell") is over 1800 posts long. One freeper asked the OP for verification of a statement made and kept asking at least a couple of dozen times. (S)he never did get an answer but in the meantime several other freepers climbed on board and supported the one asking the question. All of these supporters were accused of being trolls (or Chris Parry himself) and may have been tombstoned. Hard to tell... they stopped posting.

Anyway, starting at post #1756, things get really interesting, starting with this thread:
(Note: this poster is one of the "supporters" looking for verification of a statement made)


To: machogirl
I found this c/p version of the thread. It's about halfway down the page or so.
Link
It could have been doctored, but the names of the posters with the most offensive posts are all real freeper names and are all still around. Some are newer, but none of them seem to be plants from my cursory review. And the most offensive posts come all from one person who is participating quite heavily in this very thread.
1,756 posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 2:25:45 AM by the808bass


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290929/posts?q=1&;page=1801

[lamp_shade]

1. Ope. There's a freeper over here. I had +2 votes, now I have none.

[BlueIris]

2. It is sad how much the unrec feature is already being abused.

And to the abusers--get a life.

[sam sarrha]

4. yea its about as effective as Bipartisanship.. lets be friends with the F'n Devil

[Xipe Totec]

7. +7 now; seems to be working as intended.

:hi:

[lamp_shade]

8. Lookin better. Thanks Xipe.

[mwb970]

10. Hopefully we can lose "unrec" soon and get back to normal.

The unintended consequences are going to swamp us.

[Xipe Totec]

16. +22 now. Apparently, the sky is not falling... n/t

[mwb970]

17. I don't see why unrec is necessary.

It fosters division and negativity, and causes whole threads to be hijacked to discuss it. What is the benefit again?

[Occulus]

20. Observation: the people pissing and moaning about the unrec feature

are the ones who are the most likely to have their threads unrec'd.

Or, the shorter version: cockroaches don't like light.

[Xipe Totec]

22. It keeps attention whores off the greatest page

A considerable plus.

[Gabi Hayes]

29. like this one~

[Hepburn]

26. Amen and from your lips to gawd's ... er ... Skinner's ears. n/t

[Vektor]

28. Ooops! That's a truth that best not be told.

Next thing you know, you'll be accused of being "paranoid" and that there are no Freepers here, it's just that all great, pro-Democratic threads are being unrecommended because "ALL OF DU" disagrees with the OP.

Nope, no trolls here. :eyes:

Just DUers who do not support Democratic ideals, right? <-- Obvious sarcasm.

[cboy4]

3. I'm kicking you to 3

[lamp_shade]

6. Thanks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. You have 14 now

[Occulus]

21. 31 now.

It's working just fine.

[BlooInBloo]

35. +54. In other breaking news: sky still not falling....

Funny how people really cannot distinguish between initial transient states and long term equilibrium.

[zbdent]

5. "none of them seem to be plants from my cursory review" ... no, but with evolution,

(should they embrace such tricks from Satan), they may one day aspire to be as intelligent as plants ...

[azurnoir]

9. thats it? the grand attack the big nooz

:rofl:

[lamp_shade]

12. Yea... the big "bombshell". Can't wait to hear Schuster's report.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. The big news is that the reporter who wrote the Vancouver Sun story is a DK poster

Many freepers have high blood pressure today because they found a liberal writing stories in a Canadian newspaper.

[azurnoir]

15. Oh noes he's just jealous of our freedom

quick secure the border

[mwb970]

14. I must say, the people posting on FR are certainly very different from me!

Or anyone I know. It's almost like they are from some different species. Or maybe they're all Swedes.

:shrug:

[tabatha]

18. Don't insult swedes.

[stanwyck]

19. Is that you, Brian Kilmeade? My FAVORITE Fox Friend

I really liked it when you stormed off the set during Jesse Ventura's rant on torture.
You're hot!
Just not in the good way.

[Quantess]

25. What's the dis on Swedes for?

Not nice.

[eppur_se_muova]

30. It's a sarcastic rejoinder to rambling remarks from Brian Kilmeade ... Idiot No. 6

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x463125

[Quantess]

31. Oh, that explains it! What a moron that Kilmeade is.

:hi:

[eppur_se_muova]

34. DU -- always checking to see if you're keeping up! nt

:)

[Quantess]

36. Keeping up with Top 10 Conservatives Idiots: Unfortunately, regretfully, no.

Keeping up with Fox "news": Fortunately, proudly, NO!
:)

[chat_noir]

23. Another comment calling Malia a “street whore” was made by “US Navy Vet”

Another comment calling Malia a “street whore” was made by “US Navy Vet” who just joined in April. So i think he is a troll also, there is no proof whatsoever that real freepers made these post.

1,844 posted on Monday, July 13, 2009 10:03:56 AM by hasaki

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290929/posts?q=1&;page=1801

[lamp_shade]

24. McCarthyism at it's finest. They're pointing fingers at each other there and

apparently spending countless hours digging up each other's posts and profiles looking for suspicious dirt and clues.

[apocalypsehow]

27. Wow. Flames galore; bad faith arguments; goalpost moving; free speech laments; troll accusations.

Almost as entertaining as an Unrec thread. ;-)

[guruoo]

32. 52

[Regret My New Name]

33. I wish they would update their site to something more NOT-1990-ish

it would make it far easier to laugh at them.