# On election Eve, Freepers hit a new low **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946 "2008-11-03T23:49:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/81 "2008-11-04T17:36:30Z")
> [@ManiacMan](#): > > Even sicker is that those posters are more likely to be Demoturds who are posting as Republicans. Almost as horrible as all those Democrats sneaking into McCain/Palin rallies to shout ‘Terrorist’ and ‘Kill him’ at the mention of Obama’s name. Or those Democrats who disguised themselves as white supremacists and got busted plotting Obama’s assassination just to give the man the sympathy vote. Or those long-term stealth Democrats like, say, Michelle Bachmann who pretended to be Republicans and ran for office as one just so they could say things this year to make the Republican party look batshit crazy. Them Democrats are damn tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/82 "2008-11-04T17:37:30Z")
I vote for C, although I don’t doubt that there are a few Democrats who hate Obama that much. ---
**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 4, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/83 "2008-11-04T17:40:24Z")
> [@ManiacMan](#): > > As reprehensible the notion that Obama’s grandma was killed by Obama or whatever…is truly sick of people to say that. > > Even sicker is that those posters are more likely to be Demoturds who are posting as Republicans. Well then, that would mean that the DU asscracks who were saying it was Bush behind 9-11 in the weeks after 9-11 were all Repuglicans, right? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/84 "2008-11-04T17:40:54Z")
> [@ManiacMan](#): > > Even sicker is that those posters are more likely to be Demoturds who are posting as Republicans. If you’re talking about what I posted, it was a joke. The person who posted that was definitely a freeper, not a democrat. I just thought it was funny that if you took it out of context it would sound like something we would say. I would say anyway. I guess I should have put a smiley in there somewhere. ---
**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 4, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/85 "2008-11-04T17:44:22Z")
It would be amusing, though, to see their reaction if Obama wins. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/86 "2008-11-04T17:45:15Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > It would be amusing, though, to see their reaction if Obama wins. Very! I will laugh and laugh and laugh a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/87 "2008-11-04T17:46:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > It would be amusing, though, to see their reaction if Obama wins. “Shenanigans!” ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/88 "2008-11-04T17:47:51Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > If you’re talking about what I posted, it was a joke. The person who posted that was definitely a freeper, not a democrat. I just thought it was funny that if you took it out of context it would sound like something we would say. I would say anyway. I guess I should have put a smiley in there somewhere. No hon, he thinks the original filth is actually Dems posting on the Freep to make Pubs “look bad.” As though they needed any help… :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Perhaps we have a Cognitive Dissonance runner up, here! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/89 "2008-11-04T17:50:07Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Are you sure about that? [This doesn’t look like a photoshop job to me.](http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-john-mccain-sacrifice.jpg) You need to sharpen up your Photoshop radar. They edited out the proboscis. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/90 "2008-11-04T18:21:00Z")
**SmartAleq** , can I ask you to ghostwrite my next Pitting? That was a thing of beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/91 "2008-11-04T18:31:08Z")
For the record, my sincere sympathies go out to Obama. It makes me very sad to think that she could not live to see this day. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/92 "2008-11-04T18:39:58Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > For the record, my sincere sympathies go out to Obama. It makes me very sad to think that she could not live to see this day. I’ll just repeat what I said in the non-Pit thread: that if there’s a heaven, it had damn well better have cable so she can watch his acceptance speech. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/93 "2008-11-04T18:41:50Z")
> [@ManiacMan](#): > > Even sicker is that those posters are more likely to be Demoturds who are posting as Republicans. Admit it you are a misguided Democrat trying to make Republicans look stupid, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/94 "2008-11-04T18:44:11Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > If you honestly believe this, you’re as blinkered as the next idiot. Selective perception indeed. > > There were plenty of people shushing the loons at FR, and the same would happen here. I guess you’re right. That’s why posters like Elvislives, Redfury, Hentor and such don’t dare post here. You guys won’t let them get away with their crap. In all seriousness, the most hateful things I’ve ever read have been on this board. He’ll, the proof is in the pudding. There’s one right there at the very top of this page. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/95 "2008-11-04T19:16:48Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > In all seriousness, the most hateful things I’ve ever read have been on this board. > > He’ll, the proof is in the pudding. There’s one right there at the very top of this page. Apples to oranges, don’t you think? Whether or not the Freepers are \*actually \*posting this shit isn’t borne of a conspiracy theory … it’s borne of fucking electrons and manifesting themselves as actual words. Their posts are my cites. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/96 "2008-11-04T19:26:32Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > In all seriousness, the most hateful things I’ve ever read have been on this board. > > He’ll, the proof is in the pudding. There’s one right there at the very top of this page. Are you talking about 4 **2fish** ’s post? What on earth is hateful about that? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/97 "2008-11-04T19:27:45Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I guess you’re right. That’s why posters like Elvislives, Redfury, Hentor and such don’t dare post here. You guys won’t let them get away with their crap. > In all seriousness, the most hateful things I’ve ever read have been on this board. > > He’ll, the proof is in the pudding. There’s one right there at the very top of this page. Are you seriously saying that the three listed never get called out on their shit? Bull fucking shit. I have no more control over another persons posting than you do. I do know, however, that I’ve routinely called out folks for insanity, even (and indeed often especially when) they’re on ‘my side’. And I ain’t alone in that. Sarah Palin/McCain talks over the guy who called out “kill him” (referring to Obama), and Obama told his crowds (when they merely booed McCain) ‘there’s no need to boo - just vote’ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/98 "2008-11-04T19:32:48Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Apples to oranges, don’t you think? Whether or not the Freepers are \*actually \*posting this shit isn’t borne of a conspiracy theory … it’s borne of fucking electrons and manifesting themselves as actual words. > > Their posts are my cites. That was a bit unclear. What I mean is that the Freepers’ hatefulness is created whole-cloth from their warped little imaginations whereas hateful things said about them are as a direct result of what they’ve actually said – not what we imagine they _might_ say. I can’t really address the post at the top of the page, as I thought **Scylla** was referring to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/99 "2008-11-04T19:36:23Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > Word! As a moderate conservative, I absolutely _despise_ the Free Republic, Ann Coulter-reading dipshits. I can’t actually imagine being able to post without electocuting themselves with keyboard drool. I HATE it when liberals lump me in with the neanderthals, but in all honesty, I can’t blame them for doing so. A third party populated by moderate conservatives would be an excellent compromise and the freepers could be relegated to Tivo’ing Larry the Cable Guy routines on Fuckhead Island while leaving the more productive members of society to forge ahead. This Northeastern liberal, having come of age at a time when stalwarts like Frank Sargent and Eliot Richardson defined Republicanism for me, hopes powerfully that you moderates will get control of the GOP. Unfortunately, given that the party apparatus is firmly in the hands of the hard-righters who’ve made it their business over the last few decades to purge as many moderates as they can, I don’t see it happening. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/100 "2008-11-04T19:50:13Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Are you seriously saying that the three listed never get called out on their shit? . Oh, on the stuff that’s a 9.5 or higher on the insane wingnut scale, yes. > [@](#): > > Bull fucking shit. I have no more control over another persons posting than you do. I do know, however, that I’ve routinely called out folks for insanity, even (and indeed often especially when) they’re on ‘my side’. And I ain’t alone in that. This is true, but you and those few others are rare and precious gems. > [@](#): > > Sarah Palin/McCain talks over the guy who called out “kill him” (referring to Obama), and Obama told his crowds (when they merely booed McCain) ‘there’s no need to boo - just vote’ Glad you brought that up, cuz it was a hoax. Never happened. Secret service investigated, listened to tapes, interviewed and concluded it was a hoax. Kind of ironic, because it’s a precise example of what the OP was complainingabout, except this was a far more public and damaging myth. Like I said, the Freepers are strictly Bush league compared to what I routinely see here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946.md?page=6)