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Boo1

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3. That site is not a good microcosm

Reply to artemisia1 (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 03:25 AM

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As pointed out, very low active members. They have threads pinned on the front page under breaking news from months ago. They routinely are days behind on stories I see in other places.

Reddit has some groups of conservatives who think the Greenland thing is idiotic.

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Went to the RW septic tank known as FreeRepublic to see what they were saying about Greenland. It is so bad [View all] artemisia1 Sunday OP

Last time I looked, years ago, it appeared to have, like, twenty participants... Brother Buzz Sunday #1

Freerep is 99% in trumps pocket, there are 2 members who push back BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #2

That site is not a good microcosm Boo1 Sunday #3

They are a good representation of the CORE of die-hard Trump supporters. True, they are no longer the force they artemisia1 Sunday #4

And the fact that the true believers have been scammed is so obvious to everyone, Scrivener7 Sunday #5

If you really want to see what the crazies think, head to PDW. Efilroft Sul Sunday #6

Just went there. Bad, real bad, but not quite the level of 2004 era FreeRepublic when it was still a force and artemisia1 Sunday #7