I'm white, Southern, conservative, Christian, and a veteran of long-served military service but I think a lot of folks on here take free speech to the most distasteful limits possible. While I fully support and have fought for your right to do so, I certainly don't agree with all that you say and especially your attempts to put your spin of bigotry and racism on every post that appears on The Campfire. On the various other technical forums, you hijack posts with personal attacks because you disagree with someone else’s viewpoint, or because you believe that their gender or ethnicity makes their opinion unworthy. Because you get away with it, because you get few if any dissenting responses, you assume that your rhetoric is superior and your behavior is acceptable - the truth is that most on here just don’t want to stoop to your level.
Furthermore, I firmly believe that the original intent of The Campfire was to serve as an online community for the exchange of knowledge and ideas for those of us who lived the outdoor shooting and hunting lifestyle - maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think it was intended to be an outhouse for those of you with extremist views to take a political dump anytime and anywhere. The problem I have is also personal: I have daughters - one of whom likes to hunt and shoot when she can - and also grandchildren, boys and girls. You have made this sight unsuitable for them and quite frankly,I don’t think it is your right to do so.Where I come from the term ‘gentleman’ still means something. If you’re not sure what that is, a simple definition means behaving the same way you would in front of your mother. Some of you certainly don’t qualify or don’t care and that’s certainly your business; but by common association on the campfire, you give the rest of us a bad name and that’s my business. Because you scream the most and the loudest, doesn’t mean that you’re right - it just means you’re intellectually obnoxious . . . and sure as hell, it means The Campfire is dying within.
It helps if you've spent enough time to know what is satire and intentionally poking fun at idiots and what is sincere beliefs. Good/bad whatever, that's point one. Point two, I highlighted in your post. Point three, while retardation has certainly spread, this place has been contentious from at least when I signed on. It's a sign of the times, look at the country. The 'fire is but a microcosm. Point four, you still have the ability to scroll past topics and posts that you don't like. Point five, there are a lot of subforums here that stay on topic and remain largely polite and respectful.
