Darroll
Regular Member
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When I first got here I spent all of my time reading topics in the Virginia section. At first I only read until I received the answer that I was looking for. I went through and have now read every post in the 100+ pages that looked relevant to me. The wealth of knowledge in here was really impressive. I went from pro gun to super pro Gun and Pro OC. Then as I stopped reading for knowledge and started to read into those sections that looked fun or of general interest I stumbled upon the dark side of OCDO.
That dark side that I found was the inability for some active members to get along. I saw fly by posts that say nothing more than a response is from someone stupid or that their opinion was stupid. Threads quickly deteriorated into name calling and childish posturing. The whole time I was reading these posts all I could think of is that it is no wonder while anti-gun people think we are a bunch of idiot redneck, back woods hillbillies that refuse to come into the 21[suP]st[/suP] century.
If it is NOT your intent to make us all look like fools then the infighting has to come to an end. How can we fight the stereotype that we are all right wing GOP gun nuts when we cannot even have civil discussions amongst ourselves? In case you are oblivious to it, the infighting reflects very poorly on all of us. It MUST stop. If you cannot control yourself on this forum I ask that you leave. I am powerless alone and hope that there are others who feel as strongly as I do in trying to save the reputation of this forum.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand" - Lincoln
- D
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
When I first got here I spent all of my time reading topics in the Virginia section. At first I only read until I received the answer that I was looking for. I went through and have now read every post in the 100+ pages that looked relevant to me. The wealth of knowledge in here was really impressive. I went from pro gun to super pro Gun and Pro OC. Then as I stopped reading for knowledge and started to read into those sections that looked fun or of general interest I stumbled upon the dark side of OCDO.
That dark side that I found was the inability for some active members to get along. I saw fly by posts that say nothing more than a response is from someone stupid or that their opinion was stupid. Threads quickly deteriorated into name calling and childish posturing. The whole time I was reading these posts all I could think of is that it is no wonder while anti-gun people think we are a bunch of idiot redneck, back woods hillbillies that refuse to come into the 21[suP]st[/suP] century.
If it is NOT your intent to make us all look like fools then the infighting has to come to an end. How can we fight the stereotype that we are all right wing GOP gun nuts when we cannot even have civil discussions amongst ourselves? In case you are oblivious to it, the infighting reflects very poorly on all of us. It MUST stop. If you cannot control yourself on this forum I ask that you leave. I am powerless alone and hope that there are others who feel as strongly as I do in trying to save the reputation of this forum.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand" - Lincoln
- D
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.