Reply #90: Well, let's take one of the premier

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freepers. No, I won't give her name, b/c I don't want to get in trouble. But this woman is one of the most diehard freepers. She is known on every spin-off forum from freerepublic, as well. (How do I know this? Because I used to post there... okay, euthanize me, I woke up in early 2003, realizing that Bush was the worst thing to happen to this country in at least 100 years.)

She is in the range of 50-60 years old. Probably closer to 60. She worked in court reporting. Never is a mention made of her husband, though she does have at least one grown child living. (She's probably divorced.)

I don't think her self-view is very favorable. But she is very dedicated to Bush (barf, gag), even to the point of regularly visiting the site's "Bush worship" threads. (Those are threads whose sole purpose is to generate semi-faux female adoration for Bush--much like "bobby-soxers" were paid to congregate around Frank Sinatra.)

This woman comes in with the accuracy of the Texas Book Depository sniper whenever anyone seems to express "liberal" views. She then proceeds to chew up said poster and spit them out. When there are no "liberals" around to chew on, she turns on the other freepers. (Hilarious to watch.)

Has no other life besides Freerepublic. Looks: bad. (Have you ever looked at the photos of freeper gatherings? Whoa--"old stout people world".)

Far more numerous on freerepublic is a certain type of 50+ white or American Indian male. This type is the "males are persecuted" type. You've seen them. They love to talk endlessly about the details of various firearms, they are fairly handy around the house, but often have no wife to assist with said handiness, b/c said wife left them due to something like their drinking, or their domineering personality, or because the IRS was about to seize the family home, or because he "wouldn't let her work" outside the home. Many of these guys are also involved in some sort of dispute with the government over either taxes, or land, or both. Many of them are Vietnam vets. All of them are highly opinionated. None of them can consistently correctly spell multi-syllable words in the English language.

There are also a number of Mormons on freerepublic. Many of them seem to be genuinely kind people, but the way they live (as described by them) makes it sound like they can barely make ends meet. The Mormons seem to be used to following orders from "above", without question, so freerepublic seems to them like a natural environment.