Freeperland is melting down over DADT

[tempus]

...or the repeal thereof.

www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2644629/posts?q=1&;page=1

Jim Robinson is not in a good mood today.

[Damen]

To: Jim Robinson

Bless you jimrob

34 posted on Saturday, December 18, 2010 1:44:46 PM by ghannonf18

I read this post as "Bless you rimjob". ;D

[matante]

Wait... this whole thread... it's about how you will be banned from Free Republic if you support gay rights and/or abortion (why do they come up together? that's not the same issue)... and about the fact that Free Republic is defending freedom?

Trying to make sense out of it feels like... I don't know, I rarely get to do things that absurd.

[kellykellykelly]

Holy batshit crazy Batman!

[dasfuchs]

Dec 19, 2010 8:27:30 GMT -5 matante said:

Wait... this whole thread... it's about how you will be banned from Free Republic if you support gay rights and/or abortion (why do they come up together? that's not the same issue)... and about the fact that Free Republic is defending freedom?

Trying to make sense out of it feels like... I don't know, I rarely get to do things that absurd.

so basically you get banned for the same reasons you'd always get banned.

And gays/abortion go hand in hand, not because of a direct correlation, but because they're two of the big hot buttons among wackjobs

[Smurfette Principle]

"voted to strike down the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military"
vs

"the Senate approved and sent to President Obama a repeal of the Clinton-era law, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,”

So which is it? Did they end the ban or did they repeal DADT?

Like the 13 month extension of unemployment that still has some fox news guests claiming the 99 weeks is now 155 weeks...there seems to be some confusion on what was actually done here.

It's the same thing, fucktards!

[Mlle Antéchrist]

With the FReepers reacting this dramatically, I'm almost scared to go check out what Moonbattery has to say about the matter. I might accidentally punch a hole through my monitor.

[aboveathletics]

Is it really a "free" republic if dissenting views are silenced?

[Mlle Antéchrist]

^^ It's kinda like how oppressed countries always have words like "Democratic", "Free", "People's" etc. in their name.

[shadowpanther]

I'll let Yes Minister explain.

The guerrillas are going to be helped by East Yemen – or, to give it its full title, the People’s Democratic Republic of East Yemen. Like all People’s Democratic Republics it is a Communist dictatorship.

[Vene]

Dec 19, 2010 12:57:49 GMT -5 Smurfette Principle said:

"voted to strike down the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military"
vs

"the Senate approved and sent to President Obama a repeal of the Clinton-era law, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,”

So which is it? Did they end the ban or did they repeal DADT?

Like the 13 month extension of unemployment that still has some fox news guests claiming the 99 weeks is now 155 weeks...there seems to be some confusion on what was actually done here.

Maybe they're hoping it can go back to pre-Clinton era where they military could outright ask if you're homosexual and kick you out for it.

It's the same thing, fucktards!

[Smurfette Principle]

Dec 19, 2010 13:05:04 GMT -5 aboveathletics said:

Is it really a "free" republic if dissenting views are silenced?

Why do I have the feeling that this is a veiled attempt at saying that FSTDT and Free Republic are not so different?

[worlder]

Dec 19, 2010 13:05:04 GMT -5 aboveathletics said:

Is it really a "free" republic if dissenting views are silenced?

We don't silence dissenting views.

That's cowardly.

Instead we challenge them to a gladiatorial internet debate, where we rip each other to shreds until one remains.

[Mlle Antéchrist]

Dec 19, 2010 13:26:05 GMT -5 Smurfette Principle said:

Dec 19, 2010 13:05:04 GMT -5 aboveathletics said:

Is it really a "free" republic if dissenting views are silenced?

Why do I have the feeling that this is a veiled attempt at saying that FSTDT and Free Republic are not so different?

I don't see any reason to believe that it is...

Do we really have to twist around every single one of AA's posts, even when he makes a reasonable comment?

[Smurfette Principle]

Dec 19, 2010 13:43:37 GMT -5 Mlle Antéchrist said:

Dec 19, 2010 13:26:05 GMT -5 Smurfette Principle said:

Why do I have the feeling that this is a veiled attempt at saying that FSTDT and Free Republic are not so different?

I don't see any reason to believe that it is...

Do we really have to twist around every single one of AA's posts, even when he makes a reasonable comment?

That's why I was asking. I was about to say that it was a good point, but then I wondered if it wasn't, so I phrased it as a question, because it was.