Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Free Republic Commenters: Really That Crazy, or Just Trolls?

The history of Free Republic brings new meaning to the word “tortured”.  It’s had more purges than the brutal Communist dictatorship of Buliemia.  As users have expressed intolerable, vile beliefs, like thinking Rudy Guliani would make a good president, they’ve been booted from the site, because nothing is more American than making people you don’t like go away to never be seen again. 

Over time, it has, in theory, become a hotbed of the most extreme conservatives on the Internet, the kind of people who cry and masturbate to Glenn Beck crying and surreptitiously masturbating on air.  Or is it? 

The more you read the statements of Freepers (nickname of the denizens of FreeRepublic) the more you’ve got to wonder if they haven’t realized they had a huge audience of liberals engaging in some internet atrocity tourism, and are just playing to the crowds.

http://funnycrave.com/free-republic-commenters-really-that-crazy-or-just-trolls/22384