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ribrepin

(1,726 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:16 PM Apr 2020

Just went to Free Republic to see what they thinking about protests, etc

This is what I got:
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LOL

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Just went to Free Republic to see what they thinking about protests, etc (Original Post) ribrepin Apr 2020 OP
Oh my goodness. You poor, brave soul! Do you need a drink? Massage? Delousing? niyad Apr 2020 #1
A drink and massage would be nice ribrepin Apr 2020 #3
Yes, what they failed to renew is called an SSL Certificate ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #11
war, Florida is too Nazi Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #2
This is for you ! stonecutter357 Apr 2020 #4
Very pretty -Thank you ribrepin Apr 2020 #5
FR BGBD Apr 2020 #6
I'm a member of freerepublic.com Locutusofborg Apr 2020 #7
You are so brave ribrepin Apr 2020 #8
My favorite "game" there Locutusofborg Apr 2020 #12
God help us that we can detect the truth.. jimlup Apr 2020 #9
I tried to check as well. jmbar2 Apr 2020 #10
'we should give them a territory' Dem2theMax Apr 2020 #13
I've heard the Bikini Atoll is nice this time of year. jmbar2 Apr 2020 #15
Excellent choice! Dem2theMax Apr 2020 #16
You make a point. Blue_true Apr 2020 #18
They're still around? orwell Apr 2020 #14
I see what the problem is. Dammit, set your clock to 4/17/1920 to log on to Freeps. Blue_true Apr 2020 #17

ribrepin

(1,726 posts)
3. A drink and massage would be nice
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:22 PM
Apr 2020

My guess is that they didn't pay for a new license. I didn't continue - so no delousing needed.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
11. Yes, what they failed to renew is called an SSL Certificate ...
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 09:04 PM
Apr 2020

SSL stands for 'Secure Socket Layer'.

It's part of the system that allows for domains that are on secure http, aka addresses which start with https:// and show a lock icon or 'secure' in the address bar of your browser.

Every X months you have to pay a Certification Authority to renew your Certificate (or you pay your hosting company and then they renew). It's not usually even that much, but ... I guess they're too friggin' cheap.

There's no harm in going past the browser warning (I mean, apart from the fact that you'll be ... you know ... at fucking Free Republic), as long as you're not like giving them your credit card info over regular http://. Which shouldn't even be possible really, so ...

Not to mention I'm quite nobody here would do something so asinine.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,014 posts)
2. war, Florida is too Nazi
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:21 PM
Apr 2020

There are 26 GOP Governors. let loose the dogs of war.
29 posted on 4/17/2020 by gibsonguy

I was looking at relocating a business startup to Florida, but not
after seeing the Nazi Nonsense done there. Back to looking for a
better place than Colorado.
113 posted on 4/17/2020 by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)


 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
6. FR
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:28 PM
Apr 2020

is among the worst collections of people on the internet without the word chan attached to it.

Locutusofborg

(525 posts)
7. I'm a member of freerepublic.com
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:29 PM
Apr 2020

Joined when the Obama-birther debate was raging. Got banned as a troll. Joined again after a year and a half in exile. One of my hobbies is taking on right wingers on their own turf.

ribrepin

(1,726 posts)
8. You are so brave
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:38 PM
Apr 2020

I couldn't do, but I do check in to see what batshit crazy they can come up with. I was looking forward to them telling each other how the whole world sticking it to Democratic governors. It's a Revolution for the gun humpers!

Locutusofborg

(525 posts)
12. My favorite "game" there
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 09:04 PM
Apr 2020

is to see if I can end a thread by having the last word on a topic. It means that I have shut them up!
It happens every once in a while.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
9. God help us that we can detect the truth..
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:46 PM
Apr 2020

I don't fucking know anymore. Maybe all is lost. November 2016 was only the beginning and it is not going to stop.

jmbar2

(4,899 posts)
10. I tried to check as well.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:55 PM
Apr 2020

Got the same message. Didn't go any further. I was curious. Lately, they've been reposting QAnon stuff. QAnon supposedly believes that Trump is a brilliant warrior against something bad. And that he's communicating to them in code. Like Cofveve...? I'm wondering if they are assuming that his recent remarks are the call for the start of the "revolution' against something something.

I think we should give them a territory if they promise to stay there, without any assistance from the outside world.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
18. You make a point.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:07 PM
Apr 2020

Instead of bloodshed, I would be willing to give them half the country, as long as they stay the fuck out of the blue half (actually, I would support building a wall to keep them out, a wall just before a two mile long, deep moat full of Nile Croc-USA Croc hybrids, just in case they become smart enough to get over the wall.

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