# Hey! Where did the Freepers go? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857 "2008-11-08T22:59:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/1 "2008-11-08T22:59:38Z")
Now where will I get my daily dose of ‘crazy’? I’ll be forced to read WorldNetDaily. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/2 "2008-11-09T00:09:46Z")
I noticed that today, too. I haven’t been reading this board lately, because all the crazy shit on FR in the wake of Obama has made this place look positively vanilla in its rationality. People talking about disowning and disinheriting their kids for voting democrat, talking about all the millions their children were going to lose (like a millionaire would be spending his time on FR :rolleyes:). People talking about how Amerika was dead, and how civil war is coming. Sanity is often tedious, but madness is always interesting. The owner, Jim Robinson, posted a vanity thread last night about how it was ALWAYS going to be a conservative board and that libs and dems wouldn’t be allowed, so maybe we’re seeing a DOS attack? If so, they should knock it off. I’m going through insanity withdrawal here. I’ve been reduced to trawling the [Yuku.com](http://Yuku.com) right wing boards, and _those_ fuckers are so crazy, it’s boring. Making fun of them is like dynamiting fish at the base of the dam. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/3 "2008-11-09T00:11:08Z")
Both of their nameservers seem to be down, so nobody can find out the IP address of the computer or computers hosting the site. Therefore it’s impossible for me to tell whether the site itself is down. It could be an attack or just normal random outages, but the timing and the fact two computers ([ns.robinson-defehr.com](http://ns.robinson-defehr.com) (209.157.64.254) and [ns2.robinson-defehr.com](http://ns2.robinson-defehr.com) (209.157.64.253)) are dead makes me think someone is doing this on purpose. (Free Republic is owned by Robinson-DeFehr Consulting (in turn owned by John Robinson) in Fresno, according to whois, and so it’s their nameservers that are authoritative when resolving [freerepublic.com](http://freerepublic.com). Since both of them are down, the only people who know which IP address that domain points to would be those with that address in their cache somewhere. I don’t have it so I can’t help.) (traceroute to 209.157.64.253 dead-ends at [mg-2.a01.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net](http://mg-2.a01.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net) (129.250.25.195), which appears to be a machine in California owned by Verio. I’m guessing it’s the computer just upstream from the dead nameserver.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/4 "2008-11-09T00:18:15Z")
Well, they DID make [Crank.Net](http://www.crank.net/politics.html)’s political section, so maybe there’s something similiar linked. People have mentioned Little Green Footballs-is that any good? Oh, and Live Journal has a Conservative community-it’s usually pretty good for the moroni-not as good as the Freepers, but pretty decent. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/5 "2008-11-09T00:22:18Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Both of their nameservers seem to be down, so nobody can find out the IP address of the computer or computers hosting the site. Therefore it’s impossible for me to tell whether the site itself is down. It could be an attack or just normal random outages, but the timing and the fact two computers ([ns.robinson-defehr.com](http://ns.robinson-defehr.com) (209.157.64.254) and [ns2.robinson-defehr.com](http://ns2.robinson-defehr.com) (209.157.64.253)) are dead makes me think someone is doing this on purpose. **GoBama!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/6 "2008-11-09T00:27:08Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > **GoBama!!!** What do the Crimson Tide have to do with this? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/7 "2008-11-09T00:37:37Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > The owner, Jim Robinson, posted a vanity thread last night about how it was ALWAYS going to be a conservative board and that libs and dems wouldn’t be allowed, so maybe we’re seeing a DOS attack? Or maybe he shut down the board to do a mass purge of members who demonstrate insufficient ideological purity. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/8 "2008-11-09T00:39:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > What do the Crimson Tide have to do with this? State name to be changed to al-Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/9 "2008-11-09T00:40:16Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Or maybe he shut down the board to do a mass purge of members who demonstrate insufficient ideological purity. Could be. The reaction of Norquist, Perkins, et al. to the election was that the Republican Party needs to throw out the moderates. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/10 "2008-11-09T00:43:36Z")
Both of 'em? ---
**Author:** ![AdmiralCrunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@AdmiralCrunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdmiralCrunch)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/11 "2008-11-09T00:46:14Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > What do the Crimson Tide have to do with this? Even when things are looking dire, the right people can work miracles. Obama’s schedule is going to be a bit tougher, though. In this metaphor, the SEC West is the Presidency, the SEC Championship is the auto bailout, and the national championship would be turning around the recession. Gobama! ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/12 "2008-11-09T01:18:01Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Or maybe he shut down the board to do a mass purge of members who demonstrate insufficient ideological purity. Could be. [It’s happened before.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic#Allegations_of_unfair_treatment_of_Giuliani_supporters) ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/13 "2008-11-09T04:18:07Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Or maybe he shut down the board to do a mass purge of members who demonstrate insufficient ideological purity. What a minute. Isn’t this the very board friend **Scylla** is forever on about as the conservative equivalent of here? They purge members for ideology? More information please, I had the idea they’d be more permissive than the heavy handed moderation we experience. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/14 "2008-11-09T04:45:40Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > **GoBama!!!** You know what’s funny about that? During the first week of October, I was at an out-of-town conference and a couple of attendees seemed really ignorant of anything of substance about the Obama campaign. One of them remarked to the other “Yeah! People have vandalized the signs to make it look like Go 'Bama!”. I looked at her like she had sprouted horns. "Um, no, that was one of the campaign slogans from the beginning - you know, Gobama? Go, Obama? ". I got a blank stare in return. The stoopid, it burns. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/15 "2008-11-09T05:17:44Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > “Yeah! People have vandalized the signs to make it look like Go 'Bama!” And I guess Alabama is the Crimson Tide, right? (Not that I think they have an algae problem.) Hey, I just got where the hijack came from. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/16 "2008-11-09T05:41:39Z")
_Where have all the Freepers gone? Long time passing Where have all the Freepers gone? Long time ago Where have all the Freepers gone? Gone to militias every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?_ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/17 "2008-11-09T05:42:04Z")
Jim Robinson’s name was on the list. The list is long. _Dirac Angestun Gesept!_ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/18 "2008-11-09T06:42:26Z")
It’s back up. I’m guessing it was a normal outage: It was too short to make for a very satisfying attack. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/19 "2008-11-09T06:48:24Z")
To be precise, one of the two nameservers is back up ([ns2.robinson-defehr.com](http://ns2.robinson-defehr.com)). The other is still dead, so it looks like a random outage they’ve almost fixed. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857/20 "2008-11-09T06:52:03Z")
The People’s hackers, under the guidance of the revolutionary cadres, will always defeat the hackers of the Facist running dogs! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-did-the-freepers-go/471857.md?page=2)