Anybody else kicked off from Hannity forums?

[trispear]

Just signed on a few days ago (read it for months though) to post a comment that I though the way a mods were acting was a double standard (they were bashing RP with lies, others couldn't do the same back) - and was promptly kicked off for being a "comtemptuous paulette" even though I never mentioned I was a Ron Paul fan specifically nor did I cuss or resort to namecalling or anything of that nature.

I think it's about the most fascist/least_tolerant/dumbed_down board I have ever seen, although YMMV.

Anybody else?

[buffalokid777]

I think it's about the most fascist/least_tolerant/dumbed_down board I have ever seen, although YMMV.

Anybody else?

So is his television and radio shows. ;)

[Ira Aten]

Yeeww got kickeded off thar sight, cuz yeeww ain't no good Americun lack Sean is!

[DAZ]

I'm not really sure how to respond to the above post. It's obviously meant to be read in a strong Southern accent, and the implication is that all Southerners are ignorant Hannity lovers. Some are. Others aren't. Certainly any Southerner who comes across this post is likely to feel some animosity to you and to all those associated with Ron Paul. I can take a joke as well as anyone, but I am offended by this as it was obviously meant in a mean-spirited way. Keep the post there if you like. Continue demeaning a proud group of people if you like. Just don't expect to make any friends doing it.

Back to the topic, is anyone surprised by being kicked off the Hannity forum? It seems to me that anyone who idolizes a talk radio host enough to join a forum about him is not likely to allow dissent in their Kingdom of Hannity. Especially when it's Hannity. I think we can safely write off converting people who frequent that forum.

[yaz]

is it just me or are most of the people on his forum brainwashed and radical?

[DAZ]

I don't want to waste my time by reading through it or give his website any more traffic, but I'd be shocked if your assessment is incorrect.


Back to the topic, is anyone surprised by being kicked off the Hannity forum? It seems to me that anyone who idolizes a talk radio host enough to join a forum about him is not likely to allow dissent in their Kingdom of Hannity. Especially when it's Hannity. I think we can safely write off converting people who frequent that forum.

[johnrocks]

What was your name on Hannity? I am a strong advocate for Ron Paul as well as a member of the Hannity forum simply because I originally liked good debate and there you have a variety of different views;most neocons; they have closed future Ron Paul threads because people were beginning to swarm the forum again and to be brutally honest that is no way going to win over any fans, it actually causes resentment;what I call Ron Paul blowback.:)

[JosephTheLibertarian]

What was your name on Hannity? I am a strong advocate for Ron Paul as well as a member of the Hannity forum simply because I originally liked good debate and there you have a variety of different views;most neocons; they have closed future Ron Paul threads because people were beginning to swarm the forum again and to be brutally honest that is no way going to win over any fans, it actually causes resentment;what I call Ron Paul blowback.:)

The lack of freedom of speech and perspective tells me all I need to know about his forum..not joining

[Mesogen]

I've never gone to that forum before, but threads like this one kill me.
http://www.hannity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=255608

The arguments FOR RFID and REAL ID go something like this:
"The government already tracks you and numbers you with a social security card, drivers license, and car tags, so what's the big deal? If you think that's fascist and socialist then maybe you should ook in the dictionary because you don't know what those words mean."

Regular scholars over there.

But it's scary to me that literally 30-40% of the country thinks like this and they all vote.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

I've never gone to that forum before, but threads like this one kill me.
http://www.hannity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=255608

The arguments FOR RFID and REAL ID go something like this:
"The government already tracks you and numbers you with a social security card, drivers license, and car tags, so what's the big deal? If you think that's fascist and socialist then maybe you should ook in the dictionary because you don't know what those words mean."

Regular scholars over there.

But it's scary to me that literally 30-40% of the country thinks like this and they all vote.

yes.. they're neo fascists :) they will be the blackshirts in a corporate police state. If Bush recruited them, they would brutalize their own people in a heart beat, I wouldn't put it past them. They're social conservatives and economic quasi fascists.. they call it "free market principles," but that's just a damn lie.

[ape]

I couldn't take it anymore, rather than deleting my account I violated the CoC by calling hannity a phoney conservative. Instant ban. It felt good.

in all honesty though that guy is one serious piece of shit.. you always hear him running his mouth off about how the media gives hillary and barack a break, yet when he has fred thompson or ghouliani on he is licking boots. Pathetic.

[LibertyEagle]

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The arguments FOR RFID and REAL ID go something like this:
"The government already tracks you and numbers you with a social security card, drivers license, and car tags, so what's the big deal? If you think that's fascist and socialist then maybe you should ook in the dictionary because you don't know what those words mean."

Yes. I also get a lot of... if you're not doing anything wrong, why would you care that you are being surveilled by the government.

When someone says that, I just see red. :mad: Anyone have a good concise comeback for such a stupid argument?

[DAZ]

Here's one. "What if the government's definition of 'wrong' changes?"

[[HAF]Foxtrot]

I'm on their forums right now trying to spread the good word of Ron, see how long until they ban me for being to moral.

[Mesogen]

Here's one. "What if the government's definition of 'wrong' changes?"

Yes, tell them the story of how Hitler confiscated all the guns in Austria.

1. Institute strict gun registration (for safety!)
2. Six months later, use the list to round up all the guns
3. Arrest anyone who holds out
4. Begin fascist crackdown on the society

So if the Austrians were doing nothing wrong, then they shouldn't mind registering their guns.:(

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Is it true that Hitler didn't invade Switzerland due to the fact that they had no gun control laws?

[Ira Aten]

Orignally posted by DAZ:
I'm not really sure how to respond to the above post. It's obviously meant to be read in a strong Southern accent, and the implication is that all Southerners are ignorant Hannity lovers. Some are. Others aren't. Certainly any Southerner who comes across this post is likely to feel some animosity to you and to all those associated with Ron Paul. I can take a joke as well as anyone, but I am offended by this as it was obviously meant in a mean-spirited way. Keep the post there if you like. Continue demeaning a proud group of people if you like. Just don't expect to make any friends doing it.

Back to the topic, is anyone surprised by being kicked off the Hannity forum? It seems to me that anyone who idolizes a talk radio host enough to join a forum about him is not likely to allow dissent in their Kingdom of Hannity. Especially when it's Hannity. I think we can safely write off converting people who frequent that forum.


Daz, the implication was the majority of Hannity listeners who ditto Sean Hannity with being "a Grate Amuricans" are Red Neck, backwoods idiots, regardless of whether they were mouth-breathing Yankees from the Great White North, or mouth-breathing-limb-chicken-chompers from the Big Thicket. It wasn't meant as a regional thing. It was meant as an I.Q. thing.

Being a native Texan born, raised, and still (and always will be) residing in Texas (where I belong) I personally didn't think Southerners would be offended by it. We are known to be have a much greater sense of self-depricating humor along with a much greater mental toughness than the average Tofu-Eating East- Coast Elitist who spends most their entire life finding a way to claim they are a victim of societal oppression,.

If I offended you, I deeply apologize.

Sincerely,
Ira Aten

[NCGOPer_for_Paul]

I used to listen to Hannity, and I used to like him. Something about him changed a few years after 9/11. I don't know what happened, but he's gone from a conservative (when he was just on New York radio) to a fire-breathing fascist. He's tough to even agree with when he's right (about 40% of the time, i.e. eminent domain abuse and illegal immigration).

I still listen to Rush. Rush is libertarian at heart. If you listen to him talk about economic issues, he's pretty dead on. If it wasn't for his blind support of the war, he'd probably open his mind to Ron Paul's ideas.

[amonasro]

I've been posting over there for awhile... it's quite a board! I've somewhat given up defending Ron Paul though, as it's a lost cause. When I'm feeling the need to vent some angry energy I'll jump into the fray :)

The good thing is, there are plenty of RP supporters that completely tear it up when things get heated. The "Hannitized" have no ground to stand on since they use talking points to defend themselves. They ignore facts, spin, and resort to personal attacks to make it appear they know what they're talking about. They're actually quite bad, but at the end of the day the sheer numbers overpower us, and the "Ron Paul likes chocolate milk" thread gets bumped up and they continue to call him "ghey" until the process starts again.