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jimbo fett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 10:44 AM
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A newbie has a question: From where does the term "freeper" originate?
I hope I'm not embarrassing myself too much by asking.
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 10:46 AM
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1. Comes from people who post on freerepublic.com
Try it

www.freerepublic.com

You'll be amazed at the attitudes over there. Extreme right wing.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 10:58 AM
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2. But Be Sure to Take a Shower Afterwards
It's one of the smarmiest sites on the web.
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jimbo fett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 11:29 AM
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7. I suspected that might be the source but
I've never gone to their website. I've seen the magazine and I couldn't seem to come clean no matter how many showers I took.
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frogfromthenorth2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 11:33 AM
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8. They have a MAGAZINE?!??!
Holly crap!
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beyurslf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 11:12 AM
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3. Free Republic website.
Don't go without HIGH Boots and something to hold your nose with.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 11:16 AM
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4. I note also that it's what they call themselves
Also the verb "to freep," meaning to skew the results of an Internet poll by multiple voting.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 11:17 AM
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6. they use it when they attend demonstrations too
like "lets freep the hillary book signing"
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 11:16 AM
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5. You know not of the Freep?
Egad!
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