Reminder If You Want Respect You Have To Give It.

I have been a member here since 2002, so I feel qualified to render this opinion. Often, the liberal members here have been brigaded until they leave or finally have enough and react by breaking the rules themselves. Once the conservative brigades successfully provoke someone into reacting, they get out the forum rule book, call the teacher and stand in a circle pointing their fingers at the liberal rule breaker demanding that action be taken against them. 

Forkish and Chillcoot come to mind as examples of what happens. I have experienced this brigading myself and I am pretty sure PJ has as well. How this works is some of the more conservative members here continuously violate the rules personally insulting the liberal member, calling them out in threads they haven't even read or chose to participate in and then even follow them around the forum into threads that have nothing to do with politics offering snarky comments and or name-calling in any post or comments they make on other areas of the forum or site. 

I find it particularly ironic this go around David Miller is complaining the loudest. Since the new forum has opened, he has constantly ignored the rule about not making something personal.

I greatly appreciate that AC added this forum and I hope we can all make it work. It is not hard. If somebody says something you don't like, take a deep breath and count to three before you react. Criticize their idea or their point not them personally. 

BTW I don't profess to be perfect myself. That is why I don't run to AC every time someone says something that offends my sensibilities. 

Mark, I'm just looking for a little clarity here......are you suggesting that someone was provoked here?  I'd love to know exactly who you think was provoked?

For the record, I've been here longer than you have, so i feel qualified in asking you this question.

Yes, that is exactly what I am suggesting.  The facts have been laid out in some recent threads. I suggest you read those to catch up. 

Oh, God, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Many from the left start with the false premise that President Trump and those who voted for him are Racist, Treasonous Naxis.   It's hard to respect anything else they have to say after being called a tresonous racist Nazi.  It's like you're saying..."Hey you Nazi Trump Supporting Scum Bag....Why don't your respect me?".  Well....maybe because you're trying really hard to smear the President of the Unitied States and the millions of your fellow citizens who voted for him. 

I'm not sure how this can ever end well.  You're going to keep calling Trump and his supporters Racists Nazis and we're going to continue to call you idiot clueless commies.

Mark, that speck you see off in the distance......that's the last shred of your credibility leaving you.  Happy that you think someone as hateful as Kevin was worth it for you.

The reactions from our Trumpers were childish and utterly predictable.

Trump smears himself with his words and actions, and his followers shame themselves by being his loyal foot soldiers. Those things are sickeningly true, regardless of what gets said on an internet forum.