Liberty Post
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LibertyPost.org is an online community created by Neil McIver, a self-described libertarian, as an alternative to Free Republic. Originally conceived as an exclusively "anti-FReeper" site-one of the first of many websites to be created in opposition to the policies of Free Republic management-Liberty Post would eventually restrict discussion and criticism of Free Republic to one of its sub-forums, i.e. The Biker Bar.
Neil McIver ultimately decided to relinquish control of his site to a fellow administrator who utilizes the screen name "Gold-Lox." Today she is the primary administrator and moderator of the site on a daily basis.
Liberty Post is generally a right-leaning forum, where most-but by no means all-users take a skeptical view of Bush administration policies on a host of subjects, with a particular focus on what they perceive as his administration's lackluster policy of immigration enforcement.
It bills itself as "the modern day electronic 'town crier' or 'broadside,'" and as such does not discriminate based upon the content of speech. Even though most users could be described as having a conventionally conservative, patriotic point of view-albeit one that contrasts markedly with policies espoused by the Bush administration and the current Republican Party-there are a panoply of perspectives offered, including those of paleoconservatives, neoconservatives, libertarians, minarchists, and Constitutionalists. In terms of foreign policy there are both Zionist and anti-Zionist perspectives presented, and opinions on the Iraq war that range from adamant support to vehement opposition.
One of the sources of growth for the website has been a steady exodus of former FReepers from Free Republic, many of whom have been banned or left that website over policy disagreements stemming from Jim Robinson's support of President Bush and, by extension, what is perceived as President Bush's extremely liberal stance with respect to American immigration policy.
