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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:22 PM
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A noobie question???what is a
freeper?
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windansea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:23 PM
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1. anyone who doesn't agree with your point of view!!
:)
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Fla_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:17 PM
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17. Ding, Ding, Ding
We have a winner. :evilgrin:
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:24 PM
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2. Freepers are
the lovely (NOT) people who post at the right wing message board FreeRepublic.com
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:30 PM
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25. Thanks, have been wondering about that for a while n/t
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Stevendsmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:24 PM
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3. Welcome to DU!
Well, you asked for it. A FReeper is a participant of this website. Shower after viewing.

http://www.freerepublic.com/
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Zero Gravitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:24 PM
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4. freeper
originally refers to a poster on the ultra-right wing www.freerepublic.com (they called themselves that) but is often used around here for any right wing idiot.
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ulTRAX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:17 PM
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18. For RR idiots I prefer the term.....
For incorrigible RR idiots I prefer the term RR'tard... to designate someone who has chosen to sabotage their intelligence and has done so in a manner that gravitates to the Right. This term of endearment should NOT to be in any way confused with citizens who have developmental disabilities though no fault of their own.



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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:25 PM
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5. morans from freerepublic.com

and no, 'moran' is not a typo.

it's a rightwing hate site. their tongues are so far up the insipid chimp's butt they can't really articulate much beyond...

it was Clinton's penis!!!
it was Clinton's penis!!!
it was Clinton's penis!!!
it was Clinton's penis!!!
it was Clinton's penis!!!
it was Clinton's penis!!!

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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:04 PM
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14. Really should post the famous moran photo...
who's got it handy?
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 08:08 PM
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20. Here is one example of a freeper
Edited on Fri Mar-12-04 08:09 PM by Feanorcurufinwe
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:26 PM
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6. you may want to bookmark
the DU Glossary to keep up with the slang.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:26 PM
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7. that's what we call people who post at FreeRepublic.com
It's not worth a look, but if you want to satisfy your curiosity, go ahead. If they were actually dangerous they would be our arch-enemies. But they are merely sad lame losers, for the most part.

Stiil, they are a step up the evolutionary clock from posters at lucianne.com, I'll give them that.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:28 PM
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8. hello
go to freerepublic.com and you`ll see. they are morans-i don`t have the picture but it`s along standing joke here about the spelling-
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drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:30 PM
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9. To add to what everyone else has said here.....
Edited on Fri Mar-12-04 06:34 PM by drumwolf
From what some ex-FreeRepublic members have told me, that site is pretty much a pro-Bush, GOP party-line sounding board, and it's not even all that friendly towards viewpoints that fall under the general "right-wing" umbrella category but aren't necessarily shilling for the Republican Party, such as libertarians or paleoconservatives.

Oh, and the "moran" spelling came about because of a picture that went around on the Internet after we invaded Iraq last year, showing a pro-war counterdemonstrator with a sign taunting antiwar protestors which read, "Get a Brain! Morans."
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:31 PM
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10. freeps are....
DU's evil twin, the free republic posting forums. Freepers basically are people who have not one care for anything or anyone other than themselves, They are comprised mostly of asocial computer nerds who have spent the majority of their lives sitting alone in their bedrooms wishing someone liked them. Because of this, and a lifetime of having little to do but fiddle with their computers and talk their macho man gun talk, their teenage rebellion stage became a life long endeavor, and ultimately, they became the driving force of freerepublic.com
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imax2268 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:31 PM
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11. Freepers...
are the bottom feeders that hang around freerepublic.com...they fix polls, they lie, and the wish harm on many democrats...

bottom line...assholes...!
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RoadRunner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:38 PM
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12. Welcome to DU, schoolteacherpam !!
:hi:
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 06:58 PM
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13. thanks
thanks for the welcome!!!
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:13 PM
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16. Let me welcome you as well!
My parents are both retired teachers, so I know exactly what you're dealing with because I grew up watching them dealing with it. They ended up retiring years earlier than they should have, and taking the financial hit, because they couldn't take it anymore.

But the freeps at Freak Republic think public education is from the devil, that teachers are unionized terrorists who deserve all the blame for whatever's wrong with education and who shouldn't be paid more than a mere pittance.
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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:10 PM
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15. Welcome to DU Schoolteacherpam
For your edification this is what a typical freeper looks like.


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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 01:09 PM
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26. LOL . Where is it from?
A rally in support of the Iraq invasion?
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MAlibdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 07:17 PM
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19. isn't it newbie?
i could be wrong...
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 08:27 PM
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21. I like noobie
rhymes with doobie :)

Oh, yeah freepers suck!
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 10:06 PM
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22. Hey, cool!! SEVERAL newbies here in this thread - WELCOME ALL!
Edited on Fri Mar-12-04 10:06 PM by calimary
By the way, other terms you might see here and not decipher at first:

BFEE - bush Family Evil Empire

MIHOP - Make It Happen On Purpose (9/1l)

LIHOP - Let It Happen On Purpose (9/11)

* - refers to bush, mainly because history will likely list him with an asterisk after his name because of the dubious way he gained the White House - WITHOUT winning the popular vote.

ABB - ANYBODY but bush

Those are among the acronyms you may see most frequently here.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:49 AM
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27. hehe
got it!!!


appropriate terms for sure
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:01 PM
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23. If "freeper" makes it into the dictionary,
the definition will read something like this:

Sub-human life form native to the United States characterized by irrational hatred of Pres. William and Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Freepers are found in every U.S. state, but proliferate in rural areas.Freeper's brains have atrophied from repeated exposure
to Rush Limbaugh and FOX news. Thus, even though the yearly income of the average freeper is barely above the poverty level, they reflexively vote against their own self interest and for the benefit of multi-millionaires. Freepers are overwhelmingly caucasion and many call themselves "Christian," mistakenly believing that Jesus Christ was a war monger who hated all minorities and despised gays. Freepers may be identified by the numerous American flag, "God Bless America" and the ever-original "America: Love It or Leave It" bumper stickers on their monster trucks and SUVs. Freepers are enamored with war and love to brag about "kicking ass" - as long as it's someone else's on the line. Freepers are notorious chicken shits and would be the first to run from danger. Freepers live in fear. Freepers truly are "morans."
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windansea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-04 11:26 PM
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24. troll

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