Does anyone know if the freepers argue amongst themselves?

[ailsagirl]

As we have been known to do? :eyes:

Or are they pretty much one mindset??

[derby378]

1. Yep, they've been known to have their own hissy-fits

I think one of them resulted in a purge that drove off many FReepers and almost killed the site.

[ailsagirl]

5. Really?? For some reason, that strikes me as hilarious!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hello_Kitty]

2. I hear they argue about religion and evolution a lot. n/t

[liberaliraqvet26]

3. We are worse in that area...

they are a united front. We get beaten up pretty good here for minor disagreements and even mispellings (hence the liberal eliteist comparison). I think in some ways (besides the right leaning media) this is why their message is more effective than ours at times and gets through so much easier.

[Goldmund]

6. It's "elitist", not "eliteist"

:evilgrin:

[liberaliraqvet26]

8. thanks for proving my point...

[Goldmund]

9. LOL

I even put that :evilgrin: emoticon there and still you think I "proved your point"...

[Moochy]

11. Despotic Grammarian Oligarchies

O the tyrrany of spelling! We must rise up against the elitists who would have us spell correctly!! Throw off the shackles of grammar ye common men, and rise up!


RISE ALL YE BAD SPELLERS AND ILLITERATI, AND BE YE COUNTED!

[ailsagirl]

16. One word that is frequently misspelled is...

its

The possessive. So often (and not necessarily here)
I see it spelled as "it's"

Just an observation

[helderheid]

12. LMAO!

God we're bad aren't we?

[ailsagirl]

7. Also, their area of focus is pretty narrow compared to ours...

They tend to stick together (probably because so many are
brainwashed) :eyes: and not welcome free-thought or, God forbid,
dissenting opinions!!

Is my take

:evilgrin:

I've also heard-- and I don't know if it's true-- that Dems
on the whole are more educated than repugs.

[salin]

17. well... they have ongoing battles between

what are called "Bushbots" and "bushbats" (think all things bush are glorious and wonderful)... and the libertarian small govt types ... and the religious righties... they tend to mock each other frequently.

[kskiska]

4. You bet they do.

I've spent a lot of time over there. The problem is, when you get a bunch of them on a thread who agree with a certain viewpoint, those with conflicting viewpoints are extremely reluctant to join in the feeding frenzy. If they do venture in, they're immediately flamed, thus intimidating others with varying views to keep them to themselves. One example was the Terri Schiavo case. After the autopsy, quite a few were emboldened to come out, whereas previously, the board was monopolized by the "Pro-Terri" forces.

[ailsagirl]

10. A bunch of sheep?? But I guess I can understand their reluctance

to deviate from the consensus if the tendency is to attack
someone with a differing opinion.

I like to think we're more tolerant in that area and open
to discussion. And, if we can't come to an agreement,
"Agree to disagree"

[salin]

19. They were pretty funny over the Gannon thing

especially when some were going to stage a protest or show of support for him, and others suggested that it wasn't a good idea. That whole - guy prostitute using the military for marketing - disturbed some... while the bots/bats loved him and thought the bruhaha was only becuase he said out loud that the dems were disconnected from reality (how is that for irony) and he was a good loyalist under attack... and so on and so on.

[ailsagirl]

25. Are bots and bats the same thing? Sorry-- don't know the lingo

[salin]

31. appears that the old term "bushbot" (as in robot) got morphed

to bushbat (perhaps to suggest trying to bat everyone in the mug who speaks ill of bush?) and that the terms might be used interchangeably.

[ailsagirl]

32. Thanks. I have another question...

When Congress passes laws that screw people over,
do the freepers ever express concern? Or is everything
that Congress passes (to the people's detriment)
something they automatically cheer about?

I believe that the repukes voted something in this
past Friday that, once again, cuts programs that
help underprivileged people.

[Zynx]

13. Not so much - most off-message "dissent" has been banned at FR

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. Yeah, except they do it here on DU, lol.

[ailsagirl]

15. That's because we're tolerant :=)

[barb162]

18. yes they certainly do

go on some of the state conservative web sites

[ailsagirl]

24. I'm afraid I don't have that strong a constitution (no pun intended)

I just can't take their rhetoric. It gives me a sick
feeling in the pit of my stomach. And the energy in
freeperland seems so dark to me. The few times I
visited one of those websites, I couldn't get out of
there fast enough!!

:puke:

[barb162]

26. Here , check this, trust me

this is from a freeper answering another on a state site on Durbin's apology. Every second paragraph is an answer. Not all these Republicans are dumb; a lot of them can't stand Bush and are worried about the country



"While there are a lot of comments back and forth about appropriate treatment of prisoners, how much it compares to other prisoners, what we would expect for our our people, blah, blah, blah - there remains one key issue.

Yes, the Downing Street Memo.

Did Sen. Durbin REALLY say this because he was fundementally worried in his heart about the treatment of prisoners or was it that he was trying to score a cheap political hit against the administration, embarrass them, and fire up the democratic base? I think the answer is CLEARLY the latter.

What you "think" is a non issue. The facts are clear. This treatment exists, if the administration does not want to do anything about it (and they haven't lifted a finger to change it), then they deserve to be bashed for it. It is not the type of treatment that the U.S. should be using on it's captives. If it is the "new" way, then we can no longer say anything about how our captured sodliers are treated.

I think all of this shows that the senator is cheap and tawdry and will resort to any means to undermine the other party politically at the expense of our foreign relations and the moral of our troops and other government employees. Instead of working for the better good of the citizens of Illinois and the Country in general.

What foreign relations are those? Go to war with us or else? This president has the savvy of, hmmm, Pol Pot? hahahahahaaa

The senator should be ashamed of himself.

This president has blood on his hands. Downing Street just proves it. He lied to Congress, that's impeachable.

[ailsagirl]

34. Pretty surprising!! Thanks for passing that along

I shouldn't fall in the trap of thinking in terms of
black and white. I guess that even repubs come in
different shades of grey

[barb162]

38. The last line is my favorite, when you think it's coming from a pug

"This president has blood on his hands. Downing Street just proves it. He lied to Congress, that's impeachable."

[ailsagirl]

39. Yeah-- it's pretty amazing. Surely that can't be the only repug

who thinks that!!

[helderheid]

20. Another question - are the mostly men?

It's my impression most members over there are men - am I wrong?

[stanwyck]

36. Don't know about gender at FR

(though I'd guess that the vast majority are men). But at my daugter's college, the Young Republicans are all male. The Young Democrats, being smarter, make sure there are plenty of females at the information tables during class registration and the first weeks of the quarter. No surprise. The Young Democrats get lots of students stopping by to chat. And the Young Republicans get lonely.
Oh, well. We can always get the recruiters to go over and talk to them.

[mirandapriestly]

21. If a Freeper DARES to go against the mindset

they all gang up and destroy that person immediately. Whereas, I think at DU there is an attempt to allow all points of view. I do not think it is because we are more argumentative, I think it's because we are more diverse. It's a GOOD thing!

[BattyDem]

22. I totally agree!

:toast:

[ailsagirl]

23. Definitely. I guess conformity is the order of the day for them.

Didn't Jesus preach tolerance?

:shrug:

[Ready2Snap]

27. It's the "Strict father" modality

that pervades Repugnican thinking that suppresses "other opinions," which are viewed as rebellion against authority.
Google "George Lakoff" for background if you're unfamiliar with the "strict father" construct.

On the its-it's conundrum, here's a quick, simple test --
substitue HIS for its/it's.
If the sentence still makes sense use its (notice neither his nor its have apostrophes), if not use it's.
Try it, it works!

[ailsagirl]

35. Yes, I've read Lakoff's book (forget the title now)

It did help clarify why they think the way they do.

That's a good test for its vs. it's

:hi:

[donco6]

28. Just get 'em talking about religion.

Especially if the charismatic/noncharismatics go to it.

But they usually shut them down pretty quick.

[sakabatou]

29. Yes they do argue

FOr a couple of posts, then they ban the smartest one, and then make fun of the one who was banned.

[Lefty48197]

30. Nope. Conservatives agree 100.0% of the time.

It's amazing actually. Never before in human history have two people, let alone 30 million agreed 100.0% on any issue, but in today's world of Bush, nobody is allowed to disagree with the politburo leadership, so they all think alike.

[deadparrot]

33. There are some with a certain amount

of scientific knowledge.

Their debates on creationism vs. evolution are always hilarious.

[mitchum]

37. Well, the voices in their heads argue amongst themselves