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4. I remember when one couldn't even mention the name on DU...

Sat May 16, 2020, 07:54 PM

May 2020

so people wouldn't drive traffic there.

Then, eventually, The Discussionist was born.

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OK, what was the name [View all] essme May 2020 OP

Oh, gawd.... FreeRepublic.com hlthe2b May 2020 #1

oh, I want to go to their FB page essme May 2020 #12

Free Republic and the owner is Jim Robertson Maeve May 2020 #2

In my best Johnny Carson voice: "I did not know that" yonder May 2020 #14

FreeRepublic - still around, still nutty and bigoted as ever. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #3

I remember when one couldn't even mention the name on DU... demmiblue May 2020 #4

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Alacritous Crier May 2020 #6

Do you know, I actually discovered DU after reading some FR posts. Arkansas Granny May 2020 #7

I'm glad you made it over here, as did some others... Hekate May 2020 #10

Who cares about some pug website? padah513 May 2020 #9

Free Republic, aka Freak Republic TheCowsCameHome May 2020 #11

Not to be confused with freep.com which is the Detroit Free Press rurallib May 2020 #13