Jim Robinson passed away (posted to inform, not from any respect)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

Not posting link. I am posting this so people know this (do not misconstrue my motives).

Chris Robinson: My Dad [our Jim Robinson] Passed Away Peacefully Monday Night (October 27th) In Our Home.
Posted on 2025-11-02 by luvie

I heard this morning from Chris Robinson that his dad had passed away on October 27, 2025. They live in Fresno, California. His beloved wife, Sheila, passed away on 11-18-2020. He is survived by his loving sons, Chris and John.
He was the founder of this important internet platform for Conservatives, and was a true patriot.
For us who were privileged to have had the chance to meet him, he was a kind a gracious man who worked hard making FReeREpublic a safe place for all of us.
He also served our country in the U S Navy.

I am posting this so people know this about a formerly influential but greatly diminished and waning website. Not putting this post in my DU Journal. I have no respect for the man or the site. It's heyday is long past. Now it is mainly populated by members who have been there more than 20 years. It is filled with back biting and name calling. It struggles every three months to get enough donations to sustain itself. It is the main haven of the QAnon suckers. Anti-woke, anti-DEI, anti-trans, anti-homosexual sentiments unite them. There are many anti-vaxxers, racists, misogynists, christian dominionists, (selectively)"pro-life" zealots, flat-earthers, creationists (including young-earthers), and bigots of innumerable varieties. In 2020 there was a massive purge of any members not orange cult members, but by now a little dissension against tRump has crept in, even there.

[marble falls]

1. Forgot all about Freep!

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Quit Bragging!

Lucky you, you forgot about them.
Forgetting they existed is a good thing!

[marble falls]

3. A lot of them have fallen into oblivion.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Good?

That's all can think to say!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

7. I didn't forget about them but haven't checked it out in a long time.

I used to check the site way back when I was curious about what they might be saying. Nowadays, there is no wondering - their hatred is widespread and out in the open. I’m sure there are many more sites that are more popular out there and even more disgusting.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I'll Trust You

I couldn't care any less about what they think or say.
It's over 20 years since I even bothered to check them out

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

31. I stop by periodically. A cesspool of hate plus religiosity

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I know it will be hard where he's gone, but R.I.P. One reaps what they sow.

[PCIntern]

6. A name from the distant past...

[NewHendoLib]

8. Wow - hadn't thought about him or the site for many years

I always thought the Cave was worse - haven't thought about that dump for a long time, either

[gay texan]

10. Jimbo? From Freep?

Well, life sucks and then you die

[Crunchy Frog]

11. Rim Job?

I had almost forgotten about him and them.

[Aristus]

12. How can a site still be alive when its operating system seemingly died back in the 1990's?

Good riddance, JimRob. You made the world a meaner, nastier place while you were here. Let's hope the place improves now that you have bit the big one. I hope you spend eternity annoying and being annoyed by such vile, squalid right-wing luminaries as Rush Limbaugh and Charlie Kirk.

[Justice Brandeis]

13. One less MAGA voter on the rolls

nt

[sakabatou]

14. Does it still like a 1990s bulletin board?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

32. Kinda

[Celerity]

15. confirmed

https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ca/fresno/james-curtis-robinson-20529587

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/fresno-ca/james-robinson-12588973

[Mr. Scorpio]

16. He died on my birthday

Happy Birthday to me., I suppose.

[KS Toronado]

22. Yes Happy Birthday

[niyad]

26. A belated happy birthday to you.

[moose65]

17. Weird...

I was actually thinking about FreeRepublic last week and wondered if it still existed!

I used to venture over there once in awhile to see what the loons were up to, but haven’t visited in years. The MAGA movement almost made the freepers look sane.

Does it still look like a geocities web site from 1998? 😆

[mercuryblues]

18. My Mom taught me manners

She said if you don't have anything good to say about the dead, come sit next to me.

Well, I did say she taught me manners, not good manners.

[Xolodno]

19. Looked over there not too long ago...

...and read he wasn't doing well.

Doubt the site survives much longer, as I seriously doubt they hit their funding goals every quarter as of late and just imply they did. And there was always some infighting but he kept that fire down, with him gone, think it will really get nuts. They may try to sell it, but, they won't get the value it had in the past.

[Zorro]

20. Just did his part in helping reduce the federal deficit

No more veteran disability payments to ol' RimJob.

[quakerboy]

21. Im not seeing anything in your description that differentiates them in any way from

every other republican group currently existing.

[Queso Delicioso]

23. So long, jerk.

Hopefully his nasty little loony bin doesn't outlive him for long.

[LudwigPastorius]

24. ZOT!

[jmowreader]

25. The strange thing is...

When RimJob started that nest of vipers it was one of the meanest websites on the planet.

Now, thanks to people like Nick Fuentes and the late Charlie Kirk, it's comparatively tame - although it's still a nest of vipers.

And just in case you haven't gone there recently, it still looks like he's running it on a 4.77MHz PC-XT.

[irisblue]

27. Oh. May his woman & kids move to better

[niyad]

28. Wow. I had to read the obit before I realized who it was. Thought

about freeperville in passsing just last week.


Good riddance, jimmy, and may you have the afterlife you deserve.

[dalton99a]

29. Ok, it's time for another AMERICA Prayer Vigil: "Lord, show us how to turn off this computer"

[synni]

30. Ding dong, the Rimjob's dead!

I remember when that was his nickname in these parts. I don't normally celebrate anyone's death, but I hope he gets to meet Rush Limbaugh in hell. 🔥

[Generic Other]

33. One less vote for Trump

Keep leaving the planet, MAGAs. Not gonna lie. No loss.

[H2O Man]

34. May he rust in pieces

Recommended

[Ping Tung]

35. "I will not attend his funeral, but I'll send a nice letter saying I approve of it." Mark Twain

Note: I did change the statement from past to present tense