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stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 05:25 PM Mar 2012

A little fun for DUers, check out the Definition of "Free Republic" in the Urban Dictionary

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=free%20republic

First definition starts off with:

Just another whack-job website where contributors discuss the minutae of whether the earth is either 6,001 or 6,002 years old.

Highlights include heated debates on whether Noah included baby or full-grown dinosaurs on his boat and which of the dinosaurs that man co-existed with back in the day were the best to serve up with grits for breakfast.

At least they're all in the one place on the net.

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Cirque du So-What

(25,939 posts)
1. Looks like freepers wrote the definition of this site on Urban Dictionary
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 05:31 PM
Mar 2012

as it's no more flattering of us than of the freeps.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
6. This
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:00 PM
Mar 2012

7. free republic 323 up, 138 down
Every conservative's favorite porn site.

I caught Jeff beating off to Free Republic

BiggJawn

(23,051 posts)
9. Well, they're not too nice to us, either...
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 08:41 PM
Mar 2012

"A site for open minded Progressives against Right Wing fascism to communicate and ban and delete any post that they disagree with.

The rich White teenagers who post there are promoters of Social Justice.

Vast arguments are welcome. For example: Someone who is for total government gun control debating someone who is for strict licensing, back ground checks, and restriction on sales of weapons that are considered "Too dangerous," is considered a clash of opposing opinions. "

Even though that last statement is accurate.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
10. One would think that the freepers would have found....
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 05:14 PM
Mar 2012

....'spell check' by now. The fact that many of them spell like someone struggling to pass the third grade makes me wonder about the rest of their thinking talents. The free republic should be required reading for anyone who would argue that a portion of their tax dollars should not be used to fund America's mental hospitals.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
12. That's like saying Wikipedia is not a prescriptive encyclopedia. We all know that. Thats the point
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:26 PM
Mar 2012

and what people like about both urban dictionary and wikipedia.

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