Someone from Free Republic gets 5 years probation, and we only give it 2 recs? Come on, people!

[Ian David]

Probation For Anthrax Hoaxer Chad "The UnaFreeper" Castagana
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2891533&mesg_id=2891533

[madinmaryland]

1. Why didn't he get prison time?

:wtf:

[Earth_First]

2. Because they wanted this finished before much larger questions were asked... n/t

[Ian David]

3. Considering Bush personally intervened in a lawsuit that benefited Free Republic...

why do YOU think he only got probation?

Granted, it's a pretty shitty kind of probation in a supervised community of some sort, it's still gotta be better than continuing to live in his mom's basement.

[Gato Moteado]

6. bush intervened?

how so?

[Ian David]

7. Some public official in California called FR a hate site. FR sued her and the city she worked for.

Bush ordered the city to settle the case.

Or something like that.

I can go google it for you.

[Ian David]

8. CITY OF FRESNO SETTLES LAWSUIT - GIVES FREE REPUBLIC $60,000

CITY OF FRESNO SETTLES LAWSUIT - GIVES FREE REPUBLIC $60,000
Mike Rhodes 16 Jan 2004 01:51 GMT
http://www.indymedia.org/pt/2004/01/110291.shtml


In a complete separate story:

F.R. defamed as "Hate Site" by Fox 5 News!
Fox 5 News ^ | 8/16/07 | crusher

Posted on 08/16/2007 7:56:17 PM PDT by crusher

I was listening to the news out of the corner of my ear when I heard FreeRepublic specifically mentioned as a "hate site" about fifteen minutes ago.

Ostensibly the long report was about the Klan using the web to recruit new wackos. Then the focus turned to Casa Maryland, and their director who claimed that calls for his murder had circulated on the internet by anti-immigrant bigots. It was then that the anchor identified FR by name as a hate site.

More:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882357/posts


And:

Friday, August 17, 2007
FREE REPUBLIC CONSIDERING LAWSUIT AGAINST BILL O'REILLY & FOX AFFILIATE

FreeRepublic.com, one of the most popular and influential conservative political websites, held a press conference Friday morning, August 17th to announce its intention to sue the Fox News Channel, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, the local Washington DC Fox affiliate WTTG, reporter Sherry Ly and other involved parties, for defamation.

More:
http://radiopatriot.blogspot.com/2007/08/free-republic-considering-lawsuit.html

[Gato Moteado]

10. how come nobody went after freeperville after they killed andy?

they are a hate site.

[lynnertic]

20. Because despite what you may see in GD:P we're not haters

they went after Fresno because they are.

[lynnertic]

16. OMG

I stayed away from this story but you know, if he really did live in his mother's basement the supervised community thing might do him a world of good.

[lynnertic]

4. I'm not in the mood for schadenfreude today.

You may carry on.

[Gato Moteado]

5. he should get the death penalty

i'm usually against the death penalty, but in this case it was a freeper so i say, go for it.

[Ian David]

9. I disagree in this case. But he should be tried as an Enemy Combatant. n/t

[lonestarnot]

11. KR'd it.

[kdpeters]

12. One year for each tooth. n/t

[jazzjunkysue]

13. Call me when they sentence the Freepers to 12 complete years in school.

And I mean paying attention and passing with a C. And that includes the course they all missed on "Thinking For Yourself."

Followed by:
"Reading The Newspaper."

And of course "What To Do When Your President Is An Ass-Hole."

[TheUniverse]

14. My brother gets jail time for a DUI and he gets probation for terrorism????

WTF??? :grr:

[lynnertic]

15. That doesn't seem fair at all does it.

Sorry to hear about your brother. I hope nobody was hurt and that he can put the episode behind him.

[TheUniverse]

18. The Jail Time was good for him.

But my God, a terrorist getting probation. I wonder if the judge was a republican.

[lynnertic]

19. I bet the judge shared something in common with the freeper

[MonkeyFunk]

17. What's to recommend?

It's a travesty. The guy's a terrorist, pure and simple. He should've gotten many years.

[alfredo]

21. His mind has turned to cottage cheese, punishing him won't work.