the civility found with this group is the biggest motivator to keep us together, methinks. the thing that fascinates me about this group is the open mindedness that exists here that is hard to find elsewhere. it's as if internet flamers believe their comments carry more value than anyone else's elsewhere- where here folks are willing to entertain other vantages and weigh them against their own.
the political board south of this one is a curiosity. there are few posters from one side of the aisle and many from the other. those guys, however, have been together for 20+ years, and they know how to take each other. if you doubt the connection between them, pop in there and attack the boards 'black sheep'
@fuzzynavol and see how quickly he will be defended. i realize the interaction is alien to most who came here from CFNScout, but it's not nearly as nasty as it appears. People don't have near the intended animosity as it appears on the surface. they are a good bunch of guys, and though they don't venture out of there much they also have pretty dang good analytical skills when it comes to the game. they came from scout before the cfn merger, or fox merger, or whatever merger there was that provided barrier between the two prior sites. Fuzzynavol, and i have locked horns several times, but i read what he posts and it is fairly considered- i may not reply as if i took anything he said into account, but i did- and he may post as if he thinks the rest of us are children, but we know he's thinking about it...
i've seen
@OrangeAfroMan and
@mcwterps1 venture in there and get flamed w/o mercy or regard, but it's because they're 'outsiders'. that place is clannish. the only assimilation i've seen made w/o hiccup is
@BrownCounty ...
@CatsbyAZ has made effort and done well, too- and largely because i think he takes the whole circumstance in stride recognizing it for what it is- which isn't evident on the surface.
but to the point of this thread: the contrast between the boards here is dramatic to the casual observer, where one board 'appears' to behave like many boards on the interwebs, and the rest behave as something not common at all.
I'd like to thank all of y'all for making this possible. it makes me happy we could all stick together after someone yanked the carpet out from underneath us. this includes the board south, too.
