On a "Free Republic" forum, which bills itself
as "the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism
on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root
out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further
conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!" I ran across
a discussion about Justice Thomas who many of my friends and acquaintances
consider to be the devil incarnate. But there was not one critical post of
Justice Thomas while there were many complimentary posts commending him for not
even saying a single word for two years. So I wondered if this is because
this is how people who post to "Free Republic" actually think, or if it was
because of censorship. So on Monday, February 25, 2008, around 4 pm the
following statistical facts were posted at the following url:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1976116/posts?page=31
Koko the gorilla had an iq of 85.
The average of American blacks is about 85. Sub-Saharan blacks score lower than
65, and more than two dozen African nations have average iq’s lower than
70.
Could this be the reason for Justice Thomas’ silence?
Just
asking.
What would you expect his iq to be if we were to test
it?
And this was the reply from "Free
Republic" on Tuesday, February 26,
2008::
Your posting privilege has been
revoked.
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Okay
So I went back and reviewed their
terms of service, and here's the significant part, the part which claims they do
NOT engage in censorship:
Suitability of Posts: Free Republic
does not edit or censor user posts but does reserve the right to remove what it
deems to be (in its own judgment) inappropriate posts or materials.
What part of "CENSOR' do they not
understand. This was my first and only [and of course LAST] post on Free
Republic. It was simply a statement of facts coupled with TWO simple, but
IMPORTANT, questions about the viability of our entire justice system.
This is PRECISELY the type of political free speech MY Founding Fathers spilt
blood for ME to protect, so why would a forum billing itself as something
reminiscent of our Founding Fathers' writings, "free" and "republic" be so
threatened by such a simple question?
Why don't they just get it over
with and call themselves "free-speech-but-only-for-democrats", rather than two
words which they neither agree with nor
embrace.