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In reply to the discussion: Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)behind anonymity to reveal, but it arose as, and is, a satellite to DU itself, a home for people who wanted to express resentment against DU and posts on DU that couldn't be expressed there.
What I read on JPR is above all amusing and entertaining, at least I choose it to be, because at the other end of the spectrum what it reveals also ranges from pathetic to horrifying. And even tragic because, from what I've read about the development of extremism and conspiracism, some of those members who have become badly unhitched from reality may not have always been so irrational.
Fwiw, I do know that JPR is dominated by the radical left, not conservatives, although in all likelihood some tea-party types have found a home there also, given the strong personality similarities between those on the far left and far right.