"How scary is Open Carry" on thehighroad

[Eagleeye]

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Michigander wrote:

Being as my brother and my friend are both administrators on rather large forums, I can say with certainty the pet troll type users that are actually moderators are very common to forums. I would tend to doubt they have any here, people here are too unified and polite.

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[Citizen]

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Eagleeye wrote:

SNIP Although you make a good point, It is Obvious you have yet to encounter the "Pet Trolls" that several of the staff have and use to bait any user who has a differing opinion from theirs into any excuse to ban them.

Got it. Thanks for the warning.

 

[Eagleeye]

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Citizen wrote:

Eagleeye wrote:

SNIP Although you make a good point, It is Obvious you have yet to encounter the "Pet Trolls" that several of the staff have and use to bait any user who has a differing opinion from theirs into any excuse to ban them.

Got it. Thanks for the warning.

Anytime, Can't stand seeing good people fall into that trap of theirs.

I often wonder if they have some plants from the VPC or Brady bunch within the staff there...

 

[Liko81]

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Eagleeye wrote:

Many are Rabidly Against OC over there, never been able to figure out why.

Many of them are just rabid.

 

[Sage of Seattle]

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Although you make a good point, It is Obvious you have yet to encounter the "Pet Trolls" that several of the staff have and use to bait any user who has a differing opinion from theirs into any excuse to ban them.

I'm in no way trying to start a Forum war, I am simply pointing out things that it sometimes takes a while of frequenting that site to notice.

Oh? And how long have you been over on THR? As we all know that this is simply an opinion, please tell us who, exactly, is a pet troll over there?

It is also Obvious you have yet to notice the Absurd amount of In-Fighting and outright Backstabbing that occurs and is excused/ignored far to often.
(Makes all Gun Owners look incredibly bad from my viewpoint)

Uh huh. Since I've been on THR for close to two years and I don't get that impression, can you come up with some examples?

Hey, if y'all think that THR is for pussies and this forum allows you to say anything you want and you're all the happier for it, great! I sincerely wish you well.

As far as I'm concerned, THR has a much higher signal/noise ratio than any other board I've been on with regards to firearms, even ones I've never joined but only read. Including OCDO. I come to OCDO for different reasons and I will agree with most in this thread that OCers are looked upon with some suspicion and hostility from THR members. Nonetheless, I see value in both boards and I would rarely, if ever, bash other boards for not liking the atmosphere there. I simply go away.

 

[Sage of Seattle]

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Another error in dates....

 

[Michigander]

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Sage of Seattle wrote:

Nonetheless, I see value in both boards and I would rarely, if ever, bash other boards for not liking the atmosphere there. I simply go away.

I don't think anyone is intentionally trying to bash THR. As I said, to each his or her own. I am not looking for a forum war, and I don't think anyone else is. Many here like myself are former THR users, and we did indeed just go away after we lost interest.

 

[massltca]

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jeepinbanditrider wrote:

I posted a reply on there. My first one LOL.

That website dosen't seem to be too bad about OC. We have a guy over on xdtalk that is VERY against OC and goes as far as to call it "stupid". He's a police officer in AK. He's on Glocktalk also and makes some of the same comments about OC.

A cop in Alaska thinks OC is stupid? I'd expect that from a New Jersey or Massachusetts cop ,but not Alaska. :what:

 

[Eagleeye]

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Sage of Seattle wrote:

Oh? And how long have you been over on THR?

Since 2003

As we all know that this is simply an opinion, please tell us who, exactly, is a pet troll over there?

I would prefer to not name names and avoid possibility's of a forum war.
(I may consider naming one, but ONLY via Private Message so that it can't come back to bite OC.org)

Like i've said I don't want to, nor am I trying to start something, I'm only saying to be on the alert on THR.

 

[Eagleeye]

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Michigander wrote:

Sage of Seattle wrote:

Nonetheless, I see value in both boards and I would rarely, if ever, bash other boards for not liking the atmosphere there. I simply go away.

I don't think anyone is intentionally trying to bash THR. As I said, to each his or her own. I am not looking for a forum war, and I don't think anyone else is. Many here like myself are former THR users, and we did indeed just go away after we lost interest.

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[Sage of Seattle]

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Okay, eagleeye, massaltca, I stand corrected, thank you for your responses, I'm not trying to start anything either, I just got a little ticked off.

I am genuinely curious about who's a troll on THR, however, so PM me if you'd like.

 

[Eagleeye]

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No problem Sage, misunderstandings happen.

and speaking of Trolls, looks like the Anti-OC Trolls have found that other topic. Seriously, people like that make the entire gun community look look incredibly childish. :banghead:

 

[Sage of Seattle]

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Thanks, eagleeye. Since we both live in the same area, I'd sure hate to "bump scabbards" in the street!

By the way, we're still trying to get a regular monthly/whatever meeting going, so if you're interested, drop on by.

 

[Eagleeye]

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Thanks, But i'm broke as broke gets and trying to find a new job at the moment.
(insane hour cutback at previous job):banghead:

Might give it a try after I get a new job though.

 

[schizrade]

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THR is a place where open opinions are not wanted. I stopped going there a while back because of this. There is the good old boy mentality there where Sean Hannity is god and "Conservative" is a religion.

 

[Eagleeye]

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Sad but true, seems like Commiefornia/NYC Cops & Fudds are taking over THR.

I hope Oleg eventually notices and tries to get things back under control, but i'm not to hopeful.

Lately any Mention of Cops there Automatically = Cop Bashing
And any Mention of Full-Auto gets Rationalized/thrown under the bus by someone with the "Can't hunt Dear with Full Auto" Mentality....

Makes you want to :banghead: quite often.

 

[schizrade]

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Exactly why I stopped going there. There is better discourse at ARFCOM than there.

 

[imperialism2024]

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Eagleeye wrote:

Sad but true, seems like Commiefornia/NYC Cops & Fudds are taking over THR.

I hope Oleg eventually notices and tries to get things back under control, but i'm not to hopeful.

Lately any Mention of Cops there Automatically = Cop Bashing
And any Mention of Full-Auto gets Rationalized/thrown under the bus by someone with the "Can't hunt Dear with Full Auto" Mentality....

Makes you want to :banghead: quite often.

Well, I mean, you can hunt deer with full-auto, and it's probably a lot more fun that way... :uhoh:

 

[deepdiver]

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Eagleeye wrote:

Sad but true, seems like Commiefornia/NYC Cops & Fudds are taking over THR.

I hope Oleg eventually notices and tries to get things back under control, but i'm not to hopeful.

Lately any Mention of Cops there Automatically = Cop Bashing
And any Mention of Full-Auto gets Rationalized/thrown under the bus by someone with the "Can't hunt Dear with Full Auto" Mentality....

Makes you want to :banghead: quite often.

I've checked it out and didn't feel very homey to me. But then while I like certain conservative talk radio hosts, I find Hannity pretty annoying so that may explain that. I didn't see any signs it was going to head a different direction in the near future.

"Can't hunt Dear with Full Auto" - I can see it now. Zombies come and one of those guys is sitting in a clearing with a fully auto AK47 on his lap, slowly starving to death as a large healthy buck walks out into the clearing 20 yards from him and he looks at the deer, looks down at his rifle and says, "Damn! If this rifle were semi-auto me and my family could eat today." :banghead:

I think what they mean to say is that we, the People, have so capitulated our rights to the imperial federal government and other governmental units, that a man isn't even allowed to hunt for food and sport with his humane weapon of choice.

 

[schizrade]

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deepdiver wrote:

Eagleeye wrote:

Sad but true, seems like Commiefornia/NYC Cops & Fudds are taking over THR.

I hope Oleg eventually notices and tries to get things back under control, but i'm not to hopeful.

Lately any Mention of Cops there Automatically = Cop Bashing
And any Mention of Full-Auto gets Rationalized/thrown under the bus by someone with the "Can't hunt Dear with Full Auto" Mentality....

Makes you want to :banghead: quite often.

I've checked it out and didn't feel very homey to me. But then while I like certain conservative talk radio hosts, I find Hannity pretty annoying so that may explain that. I didn't see any signs it was going to head a different direction in the near future.

"Can't hunt Dear with Full Auto" - I can see it now. Zombies come and one of those guys is sitting in a clearing with a fully auto AK47 on his lap, slowly starving to death as a large healthy buck walks out into the clearing 20 yards from him and he looks at the deer, looks down at his rifle and says, "Damn! If this rifle were semi-auto me and my family could eat today." :banghead:

I think what they mean to say is that we, the People, have so capitulated our rights to the imperial federal government and other governmental units, that a man isn't even allowed to hunt for food and sport with his humane weapon of choice.

Like I said. Very closed group. I hunt small game with an AR. I wish it was FA.