Mike, it really isn't hard to sort through the noise if you put your mind to it. As I said earlier, this is an Off-Topic Political Thread, and no matter where you go, anything political is going to generate some contentious discussion. It does't matter if it's on CNN, FOX News, ABC, The View, Social Media, the local tavern, or what used to be late night comedy talk shows. One Firearms forum I often visit has had a Trump Tariffs Thread running more or less continually since he imposed the very first Tariffs in March of last year. As of today, it is 133 pages long, and there is naturally a lot of disagreement and also numerous Posts that have little or nothing to do with Tariffs or guns. It was started by someone who was concerned about the initial losses in the Stock Market... which quickly recovered. There are definitely personality conflicts and people who don't like each other. Sometimes, I get the silly idea that there may be some people here who don't like me. But I soldier on anyway.
One Poster in this current Thread remarked that he comes here to get Double Gun knowledge, and said if he needs controversy, he can read the Newspapers. Yet he came buzzing here like a moth to a flame when it was quite evident from your Thread title that it had zero to do with Double Guns. Some folks just need to complain, and some complain about politics only when the conversation doesn't go their way. If anyone wants an echo chamber consisting only of people who agree with them, a Political Thread on a Firearms Forum is probably a bad place to look.
I feel I made some valid points about the Tariffs in both this and the now locked Thread. You may disagree. I also asked you some questions that you chose to not make any reply to. I get the feeling that you and I may not agree on Trump's Tariffs. We might even argue about them. But I'm quite sure almost no one is going to bleed or suffer a nervous breakdown over it. A self-described Independent Moderate with TDS who frequently bashes Trump, and feels Biden was better for Gun Owners is going to get called out, so naturally they/them will be a fan of censorship.
