doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com contribution sent, but I ask myself why?

Sent Dave a check. Dont use Paypal. They are anti gun. I dont feed my enemies. But why did I? I ask myself that almost every time I open a post.

Why is it always a Big Richard contest? I ask a question in a post, get a few good responses and it seems to always devolve into several of the "experts" trying to show the other "experts" they know more than the other "experts". Its school yard BS. It appears that way in many posts.
When I read an interesting post, I want to read the responses that address the post. not the personal pissing contests. Some of the behavior on here makes me question how some of the "experts" are even allowed to possess firearms based on some the responses, threats, aspersions, insults, arguments, attacks, etc. that i see.
About all that I have seen missing is someone saying the others mother wears Army boots!

just my .02.

There are issues that bear directly on the sport that might need discussion - lead shot, gun ownership laws, import shipping regulations, etc. And Dave working pretty much by himself has historically permitted a free swinging environment. But we can individually try to keep the politics as much as possible out of this site or at least the personal attacks. We can try have one community dedicated to a hobby we all love. It won't be perfect. That's of course kumbaya..with our frontier bunch who want to say what's on their mind. That's understandable too. But it's a personal choice. Gene

Paypal is known to be anti-gun... but at least Paypal is not registered to vote.

On the other hand, quite a few gun owners are registered to vote, and a good number of them (many right here) support and vote for known anti-gun Democrats.

You apparently support the NRA and other pro-gun organizations, while some of your fellow gun owners undermine the efforts of the NRA by voting for anti-gun Democrats. It's as ignorant as hiring a pedophile to babysit your kids. However, some folks actually think the solution to this is censoring it and refraining from even mentioning it:


I seriously don't care whether anyones' mother wears Army boots. But if those "mothers" own guns and also vote for anti-gunners... then they are stabbing those who care about the 2nd Amendment in the back.

That is not "Kumbaya". That's not "one community dedicated to a hobby we all love." That is just as bad or worse than PayPal... supporting anti-gunners and feeding our enemies.

Not that hard to grasp, but very hard for some to swallow.

What I have learned over the years is just use the Private Message feature. If you have a question or inquiry about a subject, just send a PM to a member whose opinion you value. You get an answer or information without the inevitable silliness or hijacking.

It's pretty simple for me. As long as I get more pleasure out of the site than displeasure, and I'm learning and helping others in some few ways, I'll stick around. And, if I stick around I will pay my way and not be a freeloader.

As for the unpleasantness here . . . . well, I've waded through some pretty bad mud and swamp to get to a good duck hole. And, when I have looked back at those experiences, I said to myself, "The gain was worth the pain".

I see most people as fitting into one of three categories: pessimistic, stoic, or optimistic. I'm in the "the glass if half full" bunch.

Use the ignore feature. My use of it has greatly reduced the number of political posts I see.

So, literally, this is your biggest problem at the moment? You don’t know anybody about to clock out from a cancer diagnosis they got a few months past (I do). Don’t have a relative younger than you that has lost their mobility because diabetes took their legs, and they will spend the rest of their days looking at the ceiling of the room they are stuck in (I do). Don’t know a guy at work whose 18 year old nephew threw himself off a building to his death, unable to cope with this thing called life (I do).

You are former military. Suck it up. Be there for somebody. Understand humor, and understand the shack nasties are real for a lot of old guys. It will go away in the spring. It always does. Give to Dave. Give to your church, and maybe to a few other boards or worthy organizations. Realize first world problems are often silly compared to real problems, and allow yourself to get past that.

Smile. Breath. Be productive. Be of good cheer.

Good to see you figured out how to get past your enemy and donate to Dave. Did you use the address I put up for you to send it to?

Mother wears army boots? My mom was a navy diver. Wanted to be in the UDTs, but, they wouldn’t let her. A navy captain convinced her to learn to weld because he could find 100 guys to blow shit up underwater for every one who could weld blown up shit back together underwater. My dad walked into a bar in Subic Bay and found her with some drunken squid, who wouldn’t leave her alone, in a head lock, beating his face into the bar.

He convinced her to let him go, bought her a drink, got her unit number, and fell into 60 years worth of jarhead love. Thank God he outranked her.

I assume she had boots on at the time. But, I never asked. I miss mom, and I miss the way she could light a smoke, knock her welding helmet down, and run a flawless bead of TIG or Heliarc wearing a flowered muumuu and slippers.

Best,
Ted

watt stan said...

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A guy with with 14,274 posts Should Pay His Way. I got one question for you. You being a Farmer, how the hell do you find the time to post 14,274 times.

Dirty Harry