I am getting weary of "freeper posts"

[corkhead]

When I first started lurking about on DU about a year ago, I got a kick out of reading posts that were brought over from the dark side. In fact, I think one of my very first posts was a regurgitation of some of their bile after swimming in their cesspool. I must say that reading them lately has become a bit tedious. I am beginning to feel that reading freeper posts is becoming more like pulling the wings off of a fly, or burning ants with a magnifying glass. I would like to say that frankly, I no longer give a rats ass what goes on in their tiny little minds.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; I sure hope we were looking at and making fun of their posts before they were looking at and making fun of ours. They don't deserve the attention we give them, it gives them a legitimacy they do not deserve.


I say we let them crawl back under their rocks.

on edit: I know, I "don't have to read them"...


:)

[Ron Mexico]

1. I disagree.

I'm curious about what the other side thinks but don't have the stomach to dig it up myself. Nobody is required to open the threads. It seems to me that the admins can make that call without either your input or mine.

[onehandle]

7. Me too. However they are not the other side.

I am affronted by the idea that they are the "loyal opposition".

We are in no way on their low, low level.

They're poodle suckers. And that's all they are.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. yes and Tsun Tsu put it best

know thy enemy, they are not a loyal oposition, they are the internal enemmy of the United States, talk about projection when they say that about us. Fortunately so far, they have been too cowardly (they may break a nail or get hurt) to actually pick up arms... but they are slowly moving in that direction

So I actually consider it Intel Gathering

[corkhead]

12. The "Art of War" is one of my favorite books

I guess I have seen so much of it lately I am overloading on it. I maybe if I see more to convince me that the "intelligence" we are gathering serves a purpose, then maybe I would feel the same way. I have been seeing what looks like emotional pornography and not much discussion on what useful information we are gaining by it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Larry Northern was your useful information

their pornography leads to some action at times

So we still have to monitor it, and keep an eye on it... I may even listen to the pigman today to see how he works good ol' Larry in, I am betting if he does, rotten apple

[corkhead]

8. I used to think that

but I am not seeing much original coming from them and I have decided that I can use my time in more constructive ways. I am not suggesting that they be outlawed; I am merely proposing that anyone who is reading this do some self reflection to decide if ranting about their ranting moves us forward.

[rurallib]

18. Takes only a small portion of the thought process

to figure how freepers will react to any situation. Pretty standard and robotic, expressed in such a way as to make one wonder if these folk are truly human or some lower form of life momentarily given the power to type.
I seldom visit there amd then only for the laughs provided by the convoluted logic and the creative use of the language and spelling. In other words thay are only good for a laugh.
I think a few moments of Fux gives me all the right wing I need per day.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. Agreed...

I see PLENTY of content on DU...P-L-E-N-T-Y...that I scroll right by, for a number of reasons. Maybe it's a subject that just doesn't grab me. I also don't go into threads that I find offensive, and I don't tell other people what to post (or what not to post). It's none of my business, and I feel the same way about people trying to micromanage my participation here.

On the other hand, I've had quite a few people tell ME what not to post, and I've also had them tell me what my intention was when posting it (pretty good trick for someone who's never met me). It's happened consistently in the year and a half I've posted here...not just to me, but to others, and on a regular basis.

That's why DU has mods & admins. That's why DU has rules & regulations. I think that if we start trying to anticipate whether our posts will please others...unless they are entertainment posts in The Lounge...we lose track of what this site is about. We become lukewarm and subject to the whims of whoever yells the loudest, and I believe that's what motivates some people to start laying out their own personal terms and conditions. Not ALL people. SOME people.

If a thread is inappropriate, it's locked or removed. For all other posts, people are free to stay out of them, hit the little "X" to hide it, or ignore the user.

:patriot:

[PatrioticLeftie]

2. And it's not like they have anything new to contribute

It's just the same old baloney day after day.

[havocmom]

3. Welcome aboard, corkhead. Am thinkin the DU will be better for your

participation! I know I will look forward to reading more from you.

:toast:

[graywarrior]

4. I have trouble reading bad grammar

Plus, I am very visual, so when I read their posts, I can see them in front of me which causes me to :puke:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. Know thy enemy

All the freepers ever do is complain about what Dems, liberals and lefties say and spin it into "Anti-American activity". A few posts among thousands exploiting their stupidity is a drop in the bucket.

[hippiegranny]

6. well I agree with you

but I guess half the fun of immersing one's self into freep pigshit is being able to come back here and share the wealth.


I simply ignore those threads... eeven if you can't beat 'em, you don't have to join 'em!

[hexola]

11. We need the "Freeper Voyeurs" now, more than ever...

I think there is a lot of collective head scratching going on at FR for the past few weeks...

I think they haven't been their usual nasty selves since the big Ohio troop loss...

[corkhead]

14. I think they have so much invested in their "intellectual" house of cards

that as it has grown taller and taller, they are finding that it is getting harder and harder to defend against a good stiff breeze.

[lildreamer316]

13. Agree.

Distraction. I mean; we need to know what is going on; but the line needs to be drawn at essential info. This endless facination with whatever they are having a hissyfit about daily is distracitng and wasting good brainpower. We need to pick our battles.

[Generator]

15. I never heard of them until I came here

They are vile and I don't read the posts. They seem to take up at least 25% of the main GD page at any time. A waste. A bore. The talking points, smears, and general lies are different in that I do care to know what is being said-but only from someone that's in the media-not joe smuck just repeating the line on FreeRepublic and then adding his hate filled original stamp to it. But most of "this is what they are saying on Free Republic about this" tend to be just vile filth. Not good for anyone's blood pressure.

[Kickin_Donkey]

16. I agree completely ...

It's gotten excessive lately. Before, you used to see a couple of see-what-the-freeps are doing threads, but now it seems like it's every fourth thread.

There's something adolescent about the people who keep going over to FR and run back here saying, "Guess what the freeps said?" It's sort of voyeuristic, like those people who can't keep from looking at a gory accident scene.

The Administrators should make an issues forum specifically for those types of threads, so that anyone who wants to "know thy enemy" and wallow in that cesspool can do so without mucking up the main boards.

How about it Admins?

[sendero]

19. I agree..

.... I just don't care - they never have an original thought.

As soon as they demonstrate the ability to think, I'll give a rusty rat's ass what they think.