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JimRob dead - TOS
« on: November 02, 2025, 04:04:31 pm »
Just looked at TOS and this afternoon ChrisRob posted his dad died.  RIP to JimRob.
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2025, 04:06:31 pm »
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2025, 04:09:36 pm »
Even though I have expected it for a couple of years now, it still comes as a shock.

Putting some personal grievances things aside... Prayers for the family.
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2025, 04:19:34 pm »
Prayers up for his family.
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2025, 04:44:24 pm »
Quote from: the OlLine Rebel on November 02, 2025, 04:04:31 pm
Just looked at TOS and this afternoon ChrisRob posted his dad died.  RIP to JimRob.

RIP
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2025, 04:50:48 pm »
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2025, 04:51:15 pm »
RIP to Jim. I was class of 99 over there, and posted there until it was obvious I was going to get banned. So I just said my bit and left of my own volition (never got the zot). Still, I expressed a lot of opinions and posted a few facts over there, and I'm grateful for that opportunity.
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2025, 05:11:42 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 02, 2025, 04:51:15 pm
RIP to Jim. I was class of 99 over there, and posted there until it was obvious I was going to get banned. So I just said my bit and left of my own volition (never got the zot). Still, I expressed a lot of opinions and posted a few facts over there, and I'm grateful for that opportunity.

Class of 98 here. I didn't have a big blowup, I just had a difference of opinion on how a forum should be Moderated. 
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2025, 06:19:34 pm »
RIP, prayers for his family.
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« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2025, 06:49:05 pm »
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« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2025, 07:25:22 pm »
Sad news about JimRob, but IIRC he'd been frail for quite a while now. The good news for him is that he's now free of his physical restrictions. Hallelujah! Prayers for his family and friends.

Like many here, I was one of those who was cancelled for not toeing the line on Trump 45's candidacy. I don't know who made those decisions, but as far as I was concerned, FR gave up its right to complain about people getting cancelled for having a different opinion. Leftists were absolutely not the only ones in the cancelling business. As someone from the class of 1998*, it was quite an adjustment for me. In those days, FR and Drudge were the first places I'd hit. After getting banned, I felt lost on the internet. I did eventually find and am a member of another message board where we have a section for discussing current events. It was a wonderful, fun, friendly board until some of our key members or their spouses passed. So I had to search the internet for another place to hang, and that's how I got here.

*I was not AllThatJazzZ at FR.
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2025, 07:35:14 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on November 02, 2025, 07:25:22 pm
Sad news about JimRob, but IIRC he'd been frail for quite a while now. The good news for him is that he's now free of his physical restrictions. Hallelujah! Prayers for his family and friends.

Like many here, I was one of those who was cancelled for not toeing the line on Trump 45's candidacy. I don't know who made those decisions, but as far as I was concerned, FR gave up its right to complain about people getting cancelled for having a different opinion. Leftists were absolutely not the only ones in the cancelling business. As someone from the class of 1998*, it was quite an adjustment for me. In those days, FR and Drudge were the first places I'd hit. After getting banned, I felt lost on the internet. I did eventually find and am a member of another message board where we have a section for discussing current events. It was a wonderful, fun, friendly board until some of our key members or their spouses passed. So I had to search the internet for another place to hang, and that's how I got here.

*I was not AllThatJazzZ at FR.

I was class of 98, and if you PM me your old handle I won't tell anybody. Not even Boss Lady!
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2025, 08:31:10 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on November 02, 2025, 07:25:22 pm
Sad news about JimRob, but IIRC he'd been frail for quite a while now. The good news for him is that he's now free of his physical restrictions. Hallelujah! Prayers for his family and friends.

Like many here, I was one of those who was cancelled for not toeing the line on Trump 45's candidacy. I don't know who made those decisions, but as far as I was concerned, FR gave up its right to complain about people getting cancelled for having a different opinion. Leftists were absolutely not the only ones in the cancelling business. As someone from the class of 1998*, it was quite an adjustment for me. In those days, FR and Drudge were the first places I'd hit. After getting banned, I felt lost on the internet. I did eventually find and am a member of another message board where we have a section for discussing current events. It was a wonderful, fun, friendly board until some of our key members or their spouses passed. So I had to search the internet for another place to hang, and that's how I got here.

*I was not AllThatJazzZ at FR.

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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2025, 08:42:25 pm »
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2025, 09:35:51 pm »
Quote from: the OlLine Rebel on November 02, 2025, 04:04:31 pm
Just looked at TOS and this afternoon ChrisRob posted his dad died.  RIP to JimRob.
I'm sorry to see him go.  He was a patriot.

I wonder if this will cut their monthly need of funds in half now? happy77
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2025, 10:43:45 pm »
We had our differences, but I wish his family well, and I harbor no ill will toward the man.

There was no place in the world quite like FR during the time of the Clinton impeachment. That was peak FR. I attended the Free Republic inauguration ball in Washington, January of 2001. That was a hoot. I have many happy memories of those early years when the internet was young and our ambitions for conservatism were sky high. Jim Robinson was a pioneer in online activism, and although many others came along later and surpassed him with better technology and management, he was the first in the arena, and he paved the way for a bloodless revolution.

So here is to you, JR. Well played!
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2025, 10:59:59 pm »
RIP Jim.
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2025, 11:04:08 pm »
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #18 on: Today at 12:11:36 am »
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We had our differences, but I wish his family well, and I harbor no ill will toward the man.

There was no place in the world quite like FR during the time of the Clinton impeachment. That was peak FR. I attended the Free Republic inauguration ball in Washington, January of 2001. That was a hoot. I have many happy memories of those early years when the internet was young and our ambitions for conservatism were sky high. Jim Robinson was a pioneer in online activism, and although many others came along later and surpassed him with better technology and management, he was the first in the arena, and he paved the way for a bloodless revolution.

So here is to you, JR. Well played!
The 'Fair Use' lawsuit helped pave the way for so many online commentary/discussion sites. A lot of good came out of that site early on.
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Re: JimRob dead - TOS
« Reply #19 on: Today at 06:26:32 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 02, 2025, 05:11:42 pm
Class of 98 here. I didn't have a big blowup, I just had a difference of opinion on how a forum should be Moderated.

Class of 2000 here.  I remember meeting him at a Gathering of Eagles/TEA Party things in DC in either 2007 or 2008
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« Reply #20 on: Today at 06:28:12 am »
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The 'Fair Use' lawsuit helped pave the way for so many online commentary/discussion sites. A lot of good came out of that site early on.

IMO if that lawsuit hadn't been successful...then none of us would have ever known that CBS used fabricated documents in a story about Bush 43.  That story broke on FR.
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« Reply #21 on: Today at 07:22:36 am »
Class of 98 here, and attendee of the 2001 inaugural ball. Those were heady days, indeed. I think it went to his head, and the grifters, opportunists, and butt-kissers who glommed onto JR contributed to his zot-happy intolerance for opposing views.
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« Reply #22 on: Today at 08:02:12 am »
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Class of 98 here, and attendee of the 2001 inaugural ball. Those were heady days, indeed. I think it went to his head, and the grifters, opportunists, and butt-kissers who glommed onto JR contributed to his zot-happy intolerance for opposing views.

98 Class, too!

Attended several of their events around the Washington Monument, The "March for Justice" on October 31st...met JR, Lucianne Goldberg etc..

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« Reply #23 on: Today at 08:16:09 am »
I couldn't stand his clear double standard and playing favorites.  I also have gotten some nasty private messages from him over the years because I dissented from his echo chamber.  And then there was the Cruz purge in 2016.  That was just too much, as FR turned its back on Reagan Conservativism and descended into the populist abyss.
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« Reply #24 on: Today at 08:29:10 am »
RIP, Jim. 

I was Class of 2000... never got purged, but left of my own accord when things got too "zot-happy". At its peak, FR was a lot of fun and an exciting place for conservatives to meet. 
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« Reply #25 on: Today at 08:36:22 am »
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98 Class, too!
Attended several of their events around the Washington Monument, The "March for Justice" on October 31st...met JR, Lucianne Goldberg etc..
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