Comments on: Church Of Free Republic Casting Out Giuliani Heathens http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:54:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71949 SpiderJ Wed, 30 May 2007 03:07:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71949 Ah. My mistake. Seriously...I can't tell anymore. Ah. My mistake. Seriously…I can’t tell anymore.

]]> By: TC http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71948 TC Tue, 29 May 2007 21:54:57 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71948 Yes, I'm being ironic. Please...yes, I'm being ironic. I wrote "or something" at the end illustrative of the ridiculous arguments that wingnuts make about the supposed danger of free speech. Yes, I’m being ironic. Please…yes, I’m being ironic. I wrote “or something” at the end illustrative of the ridiculous arguments that wingnuts make about the supposed danger of free speech.

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71947 SpiderJ Tue, 29 May 2007 16:07:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71947 <i>Can I write "9/11/01" here, or will I be censored.</i> I can't tell if your tone is ironic. It's hard to tell because so many others who write such sentences aren't being ironic. So in case you're not... You should be allowed to say "9/11" whenever you wish. What's obnoxious is when "9/11" is your answer to all difficult questions regarding American domestic and foreign policy. Can I write “9/11/01″ here, or will I be censored.

I can’t tell if your tone is ironic. It’s hard to tell because so many others who write such sentences aren’t being ironic. So in case you’re not…

You should be allowed to say “9/11″ whenever you wish. What’s obnoxious is when “9/11″ is your answer to all difficult questions regarding American domestic and foreign policy.

]]> By: marcos http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71946 marcos Tue, 29 May 2007 16:02:38 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71946 I'm a Republican and a (self-proclaimed) conservative, and I was banned long ago, when I was pointing out the fascist overtones of the current regime and its backers. Strangely enough, I've found a home and Crooks and Liars, where there is openness and respect for differing viewpoints. Yeah, I get some flack from the left wing dummies, but there are enough intelligent people on the left that we can have a conversation. There is no real conversation on Free Republic. It's a multi voice monologue. I’m a Republican and a (self-proclaimed) conservative, and I was banned long ago, when I was pointing out the fascist overtones of the current regime and its backers.

Strangely enough, I’ve found a home and Crooks and Liars, where there is openness and respect for differing viewpoints. Yeah, I get some flack from the left wing dummies, but there are enough intelligent people on the left that we can have a conversation.

There is no real conversation on Free Republic. It’s a multi voice monologue.

]]> By: TC http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71945 TC Tue, 29 May 2007 06:05:41 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71945 Can I write "9/11/01" here, or will I be censored. Know it folks, if you don't read this post, Oliver Willis hates your freedom. Or something. Can I write “9/11/01″ here, or will I be censored. Know it folks, if you don’t read this post, Oliver Willis hates your freedom. Or something.

]]> By: steve davis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71944 steve davis Tue, 29 May 2007 01:38:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71944 LOL!! I was banned from Free Republic after 3 comments. I pointed out that the Catholic church had no established position on early abortions for the first 1200 years of its existence, and that it was self-defeating to refer to 65% of the populace as traitors and loons. Ironically, it was a very tepid defense of Jimmy Carter that got me troll-banned. Somebody helpfully pointed out down-thread that defending Carter would get anyone banned in a minute. "Clearly, this place isn't for you," I was told. They had that right. I don't debase myself by competing in some kind of forensic special olympics. LOL!! I was banned from Free Republic after 3 comments. I pointed out that the Catholic church had no established position on early abortions for the first 1200 years of its existence, and that it was self-defeating to refer to 65% of the populace as traitors and loons. Ironically, it was a very tepid defense of Jimmy Carter that got me troll-banned. Somebody helpfully pointed out down-thread that defending Carter would get anyone banned in a minute. “Clearly, this place isn’t for you,” I was told. They had that right. I don’t debase myself by competing in some kind of forensic special olympics.

]]> By: RSA http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71943 RSA Tue, 29 May 2007 01:05:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71943 I liked this bit: <i>Longtime posters to the freewheeling discussion threads, used to serious no-holds-barred web etiquette. . .</i> That is, freewheeling discussions among those who haven't been banned for deviating from the hard right line. I guess "no holds barred" doesn't extend very far. I liked this bit: Longtime posters to the freewheeling discussion threads, used to serious no-holds-barred web etiquette. . .

That is, freewheeling discussions among those who haven’t been banned for deviating from the hard right line. I guess “no holds barred” doesn’t extend very far.

]]> By: Stalin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71942 Stalin Tue, 29 May 2007 00:40:21 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71942 I'm so proud. *sniff* I’m so proud. *sniff*

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71941 SpiderJ Mon, 28 May 2007 15:59:28 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71941 Dear Rudy, If you need a shoulder to lean on, I totally understand. Your friend, Harriet Miers Dear Rudy,

If you need a shoulder to lean on, I totally understand.

Your friend,

Harriet Miers

]]> By: Duder http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71940 Duder Mon, 28 May 2007 14:58:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71940 It seems the Right is fracturing into two distinct groups: the Totally Fucking Nuts, and the Holy Krap, He Did NOT Just Say That! factions. It seems the Right is fracturing into two distinct groups: the Totally Fucking Nuts, and the Holy Krap, He Did NOT Just Say That! factions.

]]> By: Rheinhard http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71939 Rheinhard Mon, 28 May 2007 04:46:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71939 No, there must be some mistake there. We all know that conservatives are all about the MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS! "Purging" people for views deviant from orthodoxy? That's for Stalinists, isn't it? No, there must be some mistake there. We all know that conservatives are all about the MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS! “Purging” people for views deviant from orthodoxy? That’s for Stalinists, isn’t it?

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71938 mdhåtter Mon, 28 May 2007 03:51:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71938 Pass the popcorn. Pass the popcorn.

]]> By: mdhåtter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/27/church-of-free-republic-casting-out-giuliani-heathens/#comment-71937 mdhåtter Mon, 28 May 2007 03:51:15 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6108#comment-71937 Glass houses, every one of them. Glass houses, every one of them.

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