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Arthur_Frain

(1,864 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:24 PM Mar 25

Anybody check freeper for the

“I just checked into DU and lib heads are exploding thread”?

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Anybody check freeper for the (Original Post) Arthur_Frain Mar 25 OP

Just to confirm.. whathehell Mar 25 #1

Almost certainly. Aristus Mar 25 #2

Detroit Free Press dweller Mar 25 #6

There's a Los Angeles Free Press, too. Aristus Mar 25 #8

As well may be dweller Mar 25 #10

I'm going to go ahead and admit that I didn't know what it stood for Xavier Breath Mar 25 #11

Okay.. whathehell Mar 25 #7

They now have two hamsters powering their server. madinmaryland Mar 25 #12

Personally I don't care what they think. StarryNite Mar 25 #3

but bdamomma Mar 25 #4

Ha! Good point! StarryNite Mar 25 #5

I'm sure orangecrush Mar 25 #9

whathehell

(29,096 posts)

1. Just to confirm..

Reply to Arthur_Frain (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:28 PM

Mar 25

Would you be talking about Free Republic? I would love to check it..I wasn't sure if they were still in business.

Aristus

(66,468 posts)

2. Almost certainly.

Reply to whathehell (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:31 PM

Mar 25

That's what we have been calling it here since it oozed out onto the internet.

As distinct from 'Freep', which is the nickname of the Los Angeles Free Press, a decidedly not-right-wing publication.

dweller

(23,674 posts)

6. Detroit Free Press

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:35 PM

Mar 25

n/t

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Aristus

(66,468 posts)

8. There's a Los Angeles Free Press, too.

Reply to dweller (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:36 PM

Mar 25

n/t

dweller

(23,674 posts)

10. As well may be

Reply to Aristus (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:45 PM

Mar 25

I suppose any free press can be a freep … but google it
Every link is to Detroit Free Press , even wiki

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Xavier Breath

(3,656 posts)

11. I'm going to go ahead and admit that I didn't know what it stood for

Reply to dweller (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 07:01 PM

Mar 25

and had assumed that maybe it was the Detroit Free Press everyone was referencing. I just didn't know how a site for a reputable newspaper had become a bastion of right-wing lunacy to be derided.