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free·per

 (frē′pər)
n. Slang
One who is extremely conservative.

[From shortening of Free Republic, the name of an Internet forum for American conservatives + -er.]
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Freeper

(ˈfriːpə)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly informal US and Canadian an active member of the Free Republic website, an American right-wing news and discussion forum
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RIZAL CAREFULLY chose the last image his countrymen would see of him; he went to his execution dressed like a European, complete with derby hat--as if to say that he was a citizen of that free republic that knew no boundaries, and thus an equal of the Spaniards who had ordered his death.
Americans, as they have in the past, must once again ask, "How can a free republic maintain its freedom?"
If we are to maintain our liberty in a free republic, our citizens must have a deeply rooted understanding our Constitution, its generating history, and its underlying First Principles.
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