Congratulations Free Republic! Your antics made the front page of my Canadian newspaper!

On the front page of the Vancouver Sun website is a story about Free Republic's slurs against Malia Obama.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Conservative+Free+Republic+blog+free+speech+flap+after+racial+slurs+directed+Obama+children/1782375/story.html

Good job representing American conservatives abroad, fuckwits.

I knew they were assholes but this is way over the edge.

It is apparently simply a hate site. Filled with "DEVOTIONAL" threads and prayers. An appalling stew.

Hey all you adorable CONservatives: THAT is YOU. Eat it and be "well."

in Genesis 2:16-17. "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."

you are so right

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/10/752031/-*UPDATE-II*-Free-Republic-Pulls-*then-Restores*-Thread-Bashing-Malia-Obama;-FR-Responds

Link to Freeper site where reporter questions what is acceptable posting on Freeper site.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2289769/posts?page=355

Of course, their describing FR simply as a blog will get people to just think it's some random tiny thing out there and ignore it, but still.

(My emphasis)

That headline would certainly cause me to read further. I think it would, at a minimum, pique people's morbid curiosity.

shut down with "blog".

between the thinking of the "Aryan Nation" and the "Free Republic" ?!

Oops. Sorry. I was having a bad flashback.

They referred to him as Jim Thompson. How that must burn...

damned glad they got his name wrong.

I wish they hadn't.

:kick:...time to expose the underbelly of fr to the light of day

I'm sure they will whine that they were taken out of context.

And a trip down memory lane- A screen capture that I made after it was clear that Obama won the election:

~~~~~
A Christmas card sent from a Democrat to his Republican Friend:

The election is over, the results are known,

the will of the people has clearly been shown.

Let's forget the quarrels and show by our deeds,

we will give our leader all the help that he needs.

So let's all get together, and let bitterness pass,

I'll hug your elephant and you kiss my ass.

Submitted by Bubba
~~~~~

:thumbsup:

Nice work.

Dish!

They should be exposed for what they are. Sick! How anyone could criticize that beautiful family is beyond me.

K&R

today. Make it viral.

Cracker* -- I mean that in a totally sodium-rich, hydrogenated oil and starchy preservative kind of way.

I'm sure they're thrilled with the publicity.

I really wish they'd expose the connection to the violent acts committed recently by a couple of their members. I'm not sure if the connection can still be proven, since the mods removed those threads right after Dr. Tiller's murder, and another incident I am having trouble remembering in this hot weather today.

recalling is the murder of the guard by that racist bastard at the Holocaust Museum.

Congrats, Freepers!

...fucking freeper assholes. :grr:

Sheesh...they make shit look good.

Who said racism is dead.

David Letterman for making a joke about a certain promiscuous Wasilla teenager?

being "ghetto" and having an abortion. Fucking pigs.

That's basically what you'll find in right wing commentary throughout the United States.

That and a huge dose of denialism and dishonesty.

Really a low blow.

could someone post a link? Thanks!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290517/posts

Some of them are critical of what happened over there. Mostly for self-serving reasons, though.

Almost nobody dissents from the rigid orthodoxy, and those few that do are pounded down hard. It's like the strictest, most Talibanish church I can imagine over there. The dogma on this article seems to consist of:

1. The racist slurs were from DU plants. Freepers would not say those things.
2. Absolutely anything is justified after the constant, slanderous, vicious attacks on Palin's kids.
3. Liberals, Democrats, and moderates are Pure Evil.

These points of dogma join so many others that you MUST believe and constantly state to remain in good graces: Letterman's joke was about Willow, Palin would make a great president, Obama is practically unable to speak at all, to name just a few. (There are dozens.)

I must admit, reading this thread made me deeply sad. To be confronted by the evidence of so many sick, lost, misguided people sharing my country is almost too much to take right now. I weep for the future.

is that it gives lefties ammo, and that doesn't nearly qualify as self-criticism.

Defending the indefensible is a growth industry on the right.

These freepers are really the most disgusting shits on the planet.:grr: :grr: :grr:

I like this post from the Freeper thread - file it in the "I-believe-everything-I-read" file:

"President Obama has a problem as he was caught inappropriately staring at a 16 yr. old’s backside."

:eyes: Sheesh. Hello, FR. Here's Exhibit #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m0vdlzsVr4

From the correspondents' own observations:
"The photo completely misrepresents what was happening at that point in time."
"When you do your research, you should be able to know what happened."

But why watch a video when a single frame can make it LOOK LIKE someone is doing something they're not?
And why engage in meaningful, substantive debate when you think ad hominem attacks will make your point for you?
(Note: Ad hominem attacks do make a point, but not the one you thought you were making.)


P.S. Sure, I laughed at all those photos of Bush holding the phone upside down, drunkenly tripping or glaring at people in public, ad nauseum. But I'm smart enough to know that a candid snapshot in time really says absolutely nothing about a person or a situation. And if someone posts one or emails it to me, I always take it with a grain of salt, no matter who the subject is.

I need a shower after reading that - they are still at it.

Ha ha! I can't believe the site actually reviewed the thread, determined it was proper political discourse, and stuck it back up intact!

And you KNOW they will complain about the thread's eventual demise as being a result of elitist, liberal pressure from the media, and the pansy-ass, Marxist society that all of America is becoming -- Oh noes!!!!!! :eyes: -- because, apparently, in the Free Republic, ad hominem attacks represent the finest of free speech and substantive debate.

I feel sorry for the more level-headed, respectful members in their midst -- if there really are any.

few who aren't bigots are leaving.

Go ahead you dumb assholes, jump in that quicksand with both feet.

:popcorn:

too hard for them to fight it.

Just like they thought the fist bump was a gang/terrorist sign. :rofl: What idiots.

Just how isolated are these people? Maybe if they got out more they'd also know that the peace sign is extremely popular right now with younger people, in apparel and jewelry

And the poster in #200 reinforces the Canadian article by posting a picture of Buckwheat.

Fucking racist trash.

Five or six ding-a-ling comments out of 160+ doesn't indict all of us.


It effectively does when they are really awful and the press highlights them. Remember, conservatives argued that you can judge Obama by the company he keeps (Wright, Ayers, etc.) and that's what they are doing to us.

And here's one for the books. "Seriesly" By her name says she's a mom. "Seriesly"

To: Politicalmom
Seriesly, do they not get that they’re complicit in such name calling when said name calling is directed toward political enemies - but horrified when it’s about political allies - even though they’re not supposed to even have any political enemies or allies in the “free press”?

Further, do they not get that this was done merely to point that out? Geezus they’re myopic.

And they wonder why they’re almost all going bankrupt????

The light of truth is shining on his white supremecist site.

Can't even count on the Freepers to keep their powder dry anymore.

"A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion."
What part of this was racist? I've seen white people in the ghetto and streets too. And I thought the Left liked kids having abortions?


16 posted on Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:06:59 PM by Extremely Extreme Extremist

Etremely Stupid Asshole.

Vancouver Sun's article. These days, that seems likely. The more publicity for this crap, the better.

I hope this story is heard around the world. I've googled it, and so far it is only out of Vancouver as far as I can tell.

Michelle a "witch"! That's Queen Witch to you, wanker.

I hope it is just the beginning. They need to be exposed. Not that they'll feel any shame, but perhaps some of the less informed will finally understand who and what these people are.

:wtf:

To: Jim Robinson
I agree with you but the people that post that kind of crap don’t belong on FR. Reflects badly on all of us. They should be invited to go elsewhere.

That being said, I found Malia’s t-shirt offensive. Any time I see the “Peace” symbol it’s offensive because it is a political statement.

The other day there was a news story about two women that were taking the skins of decommissioned combat aircraft and turning them into “dogtags” with peace sayings on them “as a way of honoring our soldiers.” The “Peace” symbol was part of some of the “dogtags.”



29 posted on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:02:15 PM by sauropod (People who do things are people that get things done.)
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And yes, they do have the right to post racist, sick junk if they wish---but that also means that they have to accept the consequences of their doing so. That is what has happened.

You'd think the free republic has editors... wait a second. Who am I kidding?

at least the rest of the world sees their true colors.

When he made nasty remarks about 12 year old Chelsea they got the official seal of approval to take it from there.

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I just read the first paragraph of the article on the front page of the Vancover Sun, Jboy! Whoa!

Thank the VS for printing this..they're being held ACCOUNTABLE for their stupidity.

!!

May it come back to bite them in the backside.

just freepers) should be ASHAMED and EMBARRASSED. I'm furious.

Now is we could just get our media to cover it here in this country.

So the whole world can see the true color of the "conservative" movement.

supported by the Republican Party?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289769/posts

New to this whole thing though, so I don't know if it's relevant or a repeat or old news or what.

They are the mainstream of their party - that's how far right they've become in the last 30 years.

forum. They aren't afraid to say almost anything slurring the president but the site nanny won't post the word "damn". It replaces it with "d--n". Nice touch, eh?

Check it out. http://www.jacksonville.com/forum

There are practically no boundaries here with regards to blatant racism--I read the articles online pretty much daily and it is astounding, to say the least. Not just racism, but bigotry, period.
They're attitude about the homeless center which may lose some funding is pretty much 'Fuck 'em!'

And what is written is NOTHING in comparison to what they say out loud in the right company.

Expose FR for what they really are?
I won't hold my breath.

In their own swaggering twisted illogic, it strengethens stand-alone Amurkkka.

They're trying to compensate for their tiny, rejected, shrunken, mis-shapen, neglected useless dicks.

Let's beef up the Secret Service.

And that forum should be sorted by most nominations.

...of that site and it STILL looks like some piece-of-shit web page that somebody found in the "Clearance bin" at WalMart for $5.99.

Suckers!!

Which they didn't in this case. Mistake? Or liberal conspiracy (Canadian branch) to slam Robinson but not let him get his ya-yas off by seeing his name in print?

IMO, there are pluses and minuses to MSM attention paid to FR.

As a plus, it highlights their complete ownership of the political gutter, and that further drains credibility from their more dignified fellow travelers in the 'Lican party.

As a minus, they feel even more marginalized than ever and get angrier and angrier. I'm don't mind saying that the viciousness that soaks postings on FR gives me pause. As we've seen already, tipping one of these trogs over the line into actual violence is not at all difficult.

the people who wrote these disgusting things won't feel the list bit chastized. They'll be the victims of a bunch of oppressive politically correct liberals. They won't remotely recognize they are degrading themselves rather than their target. I'd be very surprised to see any genuine contrition due to exposure of their antics. Hopefully it will marginalize them further and get rid of this ridiculous notion that they represent classical conservatism. I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of them couldn't identify a truly conservative tenet if it bit them on the butt. They simply live to hate whatever they are told to hate.

This sort of publicity will not slow them down one bit. They are over there bleating about calls to action for being "attacked".
Jesus wept.

of every major American newspaper.

Thanks, Free Republic, for showing us that some Americans are still entrenched in the 1950s.

No more being a closet racist, all out in the open now.

Douchbag.

That, and of course bashing Darwin.

They've been a bit lost lately without Rush on telling them that their views are wonderful, and coincidentally, exactly what he tells them to think. They will be a bit less raucous when he returns to the airwaves to reinforce every bit of hatred they can muster.

May they continue to swirl down their putrid drain of racist hate until they disappear altogether.

Remember Malia, people don't change, but the old ones die first.

a search for Vancouver Sun = Nothing matched your criteria

:rofl:

BTW so how many of "home grown terrorists" were Freeepers?

Correction they have posted the story

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290517/posts?page=151

and many are proud of what they said ...... Ghetto Trash should be protected speec

Christian Taliban, racists and hate groups. A friendly forum for all to come and spew their vitriol.
Its no wonder its the spawning place for domestic terrorists.

This is now the FACE of the Republican party.

The world needs to know what American conservatives are really lie..................

Outstanding.

:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

Thank you, DU admins and mods. Nothing even approaching this would be allowed to stand at DU. We must fight hate and bigotry everywhere. I hope they go over the edge and get their site shut down and servers impounded.

we need to expose the world to it

It will be all over the place.

To: buccaneer81
Those SOB’s have declared war on us and we AIN'T gonna let up!!! GET THAT YOU mediaWHORE PUKES!! What you did to W and Palin....well let's just say it's PAYBACK time!!! SO up yours and yes those little girls are being pimped by Ozero and his VOMIT WIFE FROM HELL. They have just become fair game....LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
243 posted on Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:54:16 PM by RoseofTexas (sierra)
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First one of their own walks into a church and kills a doctor
Another one walks into the Jewish Holocaust Museum in DC and kills a bodyguard
And now they are showing themselves as the most disgusting form of racist scum on this planet.

Sure - they gave me shit for criticizing Sarah Palin because she couldn't bother to teach that abstinence only education she forces on everyone to her own kid. But hell we never sank this low.

Racist pigs, one and all.

Oh and Freepers, FUCK YOU the kids are off limits, and racism is off limits. And we can say FUCK YOU here because WE are the adults in charge. Two of the many reasons you scum bags are out of power.


Family Values, you got them. But they are probably in the sewer. How's that adulterer Governor in South Carolina doing? And that Senator boinking his assistant (who was the wife of his best friend)? And David Vitter, the diaper wearing whore monger.

Assholes.

in our country who talk like this. I am so ashamed, but glad to recommend so others can read it. This is beyond disgraceful.:grr:

"A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion." good grief...

sounds like stuff some of our new visitors would say.

Freepers would be proud for the wrong reasons...

I guess as long as people understand this is the sordid underbelly of America...

It blows my mind that the Freepers are trying to make this a free speech issue.

They always seem to forget that while you can say just about anything you want, to expect not to face any consequences (outside of legal ones) is just stupid.

(Edited for spelling... tired today.)

on the other - why provide them with more traffic?

Directing people to this source is the best, since one can read about them without providing the link.

Now the whole world knows that "mainstream conservative thought in the US" is spearheaded by vile, stupid, racist turds.

This is no surprise to those of us who've paid even cursory attention to FreeRepublic, but the effects don't end here: 1) The country's moral authority is further eroded simply by having such pond scum in the political mix and 2) the chances of violence ratchet up again.

Above all else, these people hate. They're fixated on a 12-year-old girl now, but they really have no notion of boundaries.

That can't be good.

"they" can't handle the fact Malia is smart and is going to be a drop dead beauty.

Remember these were the death threats against the Dixie Chicks people ..... really the bottom of the
barrel. And they like to quote the bible a lot too.

That was really stupid...really stupid.

:kick:

What a disgrace.

is the Free Republic is the best the conservative movement can do. Don't we deserve more worthy adversaries? Say, a debate between the greens and the health care dems about how best to save and heal the world?

instead, in the face of such nothingness, we get the freepers, like some grotesque collective apparition devoid of logic.

yes, I understand the right presents itself fawning to power with credentials attempting to indicate blind loyalty based in implausible magical thinking, because empires can't use those who cling to ideas of legitimacy and reason. the reality-based community is useless as a generator and follower of jingoistic slogans. still, why these budding bajiji?

sometimes I'm forced to wonder if a different branch of the hominid family might have served better as Earth's dominant intelligent species, only our branch killed them in a fit of protracted recidivist racist violence long before history began. then we were left holding the bag with none of the evolved skills needed for living sustainably and responsibly at the large group level, but the sexually selected military tendencies needed to take over the planet. Such would explain Free Republic. Let's just hope as great apes we can learn from each other enough to eventually grow out of it and conquer those bad genetic tendencies once and for all.

Only maybe we'd stop being clowns then too. Freepers are such clowns, and we wouldn't want to lose that!

So do you think altruism is real? Are we genetically programmed to care about the whole or is it all about just the selfish gene?

Those comments were way over the line. People need to know what kind of racist, hateful scum Freepers are.

Who's the guy with his hand on Malia's arm? He looks way too old to be her boyfriend. And he can't be an undercover bodyguard, since I can see at least three obvious feds standing right behind her. Is he a relative? He must be vetted somehow, or he'd be waking up in the hospital without that hand.

:kick:

I'm really upset by this. And people who know me, know you have to go eztremely far to get *me* upset. The abortion-comment made me want to puke... And these are the people who claim to be the 'real Americans'...

I fear for our President , and his family.

You can't cure stupid.

I dislike Obama now because he is behaving like all the rest of the Stupid White Men, selling out to the Corporate machine, and doing what he is told to do.

I think that it's unfair that Obama is the fall guy for the Powers That Be that drive American policy into the ditch, but what else is there? The American Corporation has wrapped itself in such an impenetrable layer of unaccountability and protection, it seems like their really is no justice, and it's true. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld walk the earth, free men. John You is rewarded with a professoship to teach more toung minds to be just like him, and the machine continues on, business as usual.

The freepers have only hate and the channel of racial stereotype to release their anger. To bad they are unable to see that the anger is prought about by their own unhappiness, repressed injuries, and pedagogic family upbringing.

:kick:

Shine the world spotlight on people who hide like cockroaches in the shadow of ignorance and hatred.

:puke:

after purging the more moderate members from his site all that they have left are stormfront rejects...

stay classy freerepublic!

Sure.

Too dangerous. It is encouraging freepers to be racist, hateful, bigotry, murderer ... They are crossing the line.

Puh!

:evilgrin:

Racist bunch of aholes.

They used to have 20k 30k responses to a thread. At least they had thousands often. Now if they get 40 it's a big thread. They have purged so many people from the site there is no one left. Also, the moderators have several accounts and post to make it look like more people. Would be sad if they weren't such scum suckers.

Now they are mostly a circle jerk site!

Kicking and recommending!

If you go search for the keyword "dailykos", you'll find a topic stared by some clown named "joinedafterattack", an old guard who's been slobbering over RimJob since '98. Don't want to link to these racist swine directly.

So yea, I'll have the coffee and bagels warming uo tomorrow am to see what the latest mega-conspiracy that Freeperland has cooked up now.

I won't hold my breath--I'll need it for my hysterical laughter directed at him later..

Chris Parry of the Vancouver Sun is allegedly user "hollywoodoz" at dailykos.

I dunno, I'm not really bowled over here.

But I am laughing for some odd reason.

Lived there for years, but I'm across the Strait now - Victoria.

Glad to see the Sun knows sheep shit from strawberries. Thanks!

"Free Republic" should be renamed "Free Hatred". I've visited their site on occasion, and this doesn't surprise me. Many commenters there are some of the most vulgar, bigoted, vicious little children one could imagine. The internet to them is merely an opportunity to spew forth their verbal diarrhea. There’s no dialogue, no discourse, just mindless venting.

To make things easier for some of Free Republic's members, they should add a link to Stormfront’s web site.

IMO they will use the Santorum girls when Rick Santorum lost, as their defense.

What vile and disgusting garbage.

Proving, yet again, what sorry, vile, ignorant, hateful, pathetic excuses for human beings they are. To me they are the worst dregs of our society.

Happy to help expose the pond scum.

After all, the concept of PEACE is for ghetto-trash America-hating marxist pigs.

Malia no doubt would have won praise from Freepers if she had worn the T-shirt in this article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/20/israeli-army-tshirts-mock_n_177574.html

:wtf:

I saw this thread a the other day but did not read it, now that i have.......... well I am near speechless!! what a thoroughly disgusting display of racist ignorance and hate! I am embarrassed for my country!!!.... message to the world at large: these people DO NOT represent the views of the VAST MAJORITY of Americans: please know that the vast majority of WE THE PEOPLE of the United States of America truly believe that "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL" that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. WE THE PEOPLE ( in the vast majority ) of the United Sates of America put forth these principals as a cornerstone of our democracy and shall ever hold firmly in these beliefs...........

how anyone could direct such vitriol at an 11-year-old is beyond me . . . and the comments about Barack and Michelle Obama lead me to believe that there are even more brainless morons in this country than I already knew . . .

I'd say something sarcastic about how proud the mothers of these posters would be if they saw this trash -- except that most of their mothers would probably agree with them . . . someone raised them to be haters . . .

every night I say a little prayer for the safety of Barack Obama and his family . . . with this kind of hatred being openly expressed, one can only imagine what's going on beneath the surface . . .

ugly . . . just plain ugly . . .

{Kweli pauses to climb into his flame-suit} But it also should serve as a lesson for what this site could become if we are not careful.

I think we'd have to be very, very, very not careful to become that. :)

I thank the Mods for keeping things under control here, but would like it far better if we could regulate ourselves instead. And yes, we must be careful--we must always remember the liberal ideals of tolerance, respectful dialog, and peace. (An aside: why do the freepers deride peace? Aren't many of them Christians, who are followers of the Prince of Peace?)

They seem to have trouble putting that ideal into practice.

:dem:

-Laelth

more exposure for the neo nazis, the better for us all. This way folks around the globe will understand why this country is so fucked up today.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290570/posts

Pretty typical---


To: Jim Robinson
And we can’t say that give m’obozo a banana when making a face resembles her ancestors.



61 posted on Saturday, July 11, 2009 5:46:38 PM by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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This needs to be out there: FReepers are disgusting racists! They were all up in arms over Letterman's joke about Palin's (oldest) daughter, but then they go and make repulsive comments about an 11-year-old.

They are lower than scum.

I wonder if he has ever travelled abroad? I can tell you that for the first time in 8 years that in much of the world we actually are taken seriously and respected. Maybe he should go talk to some of those people on the streets in other countries.

Canadian papers are fine, but their readers--with only a few exceptions--tend not to vote in American elections.

so we know this number would be a lot higher if not for these racist slimeballs.

Please elaborate.

Shall I publish my list of Granite trophy winners from the past six months?

I think they were implying a racist subculture at DU.

talk about trolls of which there are many, some part of DU, but most who are not.

"small towns grow good people!" and all the rest of the nonsensical racist codespeak.

:kick: it!

Are you there? I know you have visited DU a few times, just to make sure we are all playing nice and not threatening Bush and Company, but you might want to put on your high waders and trek on over to the Freeper swamp. I think I read more than a few thinly veiled threats to our president over there.

Really, you might want to check it out. Just sayin'...

:eyes:

No?

GREAT!