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  • jamil

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    Contempt for diverging views…On INGO?

    I am shocked by this revelation…shocked.

    On a lot of forums that don't touch on political topics there's more of a heterodoxy of viewpoints, but people get along because politics don't come up. It's a lot like that at work. Anymore I don't say jack **** about politics unless it's a 1:1 conversation with someone I know and trust.

    On INGO, there's more homogeneity of political viewpoints because most gun enthusiasts are conservatives. When people here stick to gun talk it kinda doesn't matter if people have diverse political views because we're talking about guns. Other than debates between fanboys. Arguments about 3 rules vs 4 rules of gun safety. We haven't had that one in awhile though. Even the glock vs 1911's aren't all that serious. Because no one would seriously believe glock>1911. Even the fanbois know they're outnumbered for good reason, and even they secretly acknowledge to themselves that 1911's are way betterer.

    But in the political sub-forum, when some political orthodoxy is challenged some spats naturally arise and they tend to turn into dogpiles. Oh. And when it's a lefty, especially a member with "lefty" in his screen name, they gonna get some impolite comments. :):
     

    jamil

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    On a lot of forums that don't touch on political topics there's more of a heterodoxy of viewpoints, but people get along because politics don't come up. It's a lot like that at work. Anymore I don't say jack **** about politics unless it's a 1:1 conversation with someone I know and trust.

    On INGO, there's more homogeneity of political viewpoints because most gun enthusiasts are conservatives. When people here stick to gun talk it kinda doesn't matter if people have diverse political views because we're talking about guns. Other than debates between fanboys. Arguments about 3 rules vs 4 rules of gun safety. We haven't had that one in awhile though. Even the glock vs 1911's aren't all that serious. Because no one would seriously believe glock>1911. Even the fanbois know they're outnumbered for good reason, and even they secretly acknowledge to themselves that 1911's are way betterer.

    But in the political sub-forum, when some political orthodoxy is challenged some spats naturally arise and they tend to turn into dogpiles. Oh. And when it's a lefty, especially a member with "lefty" in his screen name, they gonna get some impolite comments. :):
    Oh. I forgot an important common argument on INGO non-political subforums. OC vs CC.
     

    GodFearinGunTotin

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    On a lot of forums that don't touch on political topics there's more of a heterodoxy of viewpoints, but people get along because politics don't come up. It's a lot like that at work. Anymore I don't say jack **** about politics unless it's a 1:1 conversation with someone I know and trust.

    On INGO, there's more homogeneity of political viewpoints because most gun enthusiasts are conservatives. When people here stick to gun talk it kinda doesn't matter if people have diverse political views because we're talking about guns. Other than debates between fanboys. Arguments about 3 rules vs 4 rules of gun safety. We haven't had that one in awhile though. Even the glock vs 1911's aren't all that serious. Because no one would seriously believe glock>1911. Even the fanbois know they're outnumbered for good reason, and even they secretly acknowledge to themselves that 1911's are way betterer.

    But in the political sub-forum, when some political orthodoxy is challenged some spats naturally arise and they tend to turn into dogpiles. Oh. And when it's a lefty, especially a member with "lefty" in his screen name, they gonna get some impolite comments. :):
    Seemed like we had some of our most heated debates even before religion talk was allowed. That’s rarely even a point of contention anymore.
     

    shibumiseeker

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    On a lot of forums that don't touch on political topics there's more of a heterodoxy of viewpoints, but people get along because politics don't come up. It's a lot like that at work. Anymore I don't say jack **** about politics unless it's a 1:1 conversation with someone I know and trust.

    On INGO, there's more homogeneity of political viewpoints because most gun enthusiasts are conservatives. When people here stick to gun talk it kinda doesn't matter if people have diverse political views because we're talking about guns. Other than debates between fanboys. Arguments about 3 rules vs 4 rules of gun safety. We haven't had that one in awhile though. Even the glock vs 1911's aren't all that serious. Because no one would seriously believe glock>1911. Even the fanbois know they're outnumbered for good reason, and even they secretly acknowledge to themselves that 1911's are way betterer.

    But in the political sub-forum, when some political orthodoxy is challenged some spats naturally arise and they tend to turn into dogpiles. Oh. And when it's a lefty, especially a member with "lefty" in his screen name, they gonna get some impolite comments. :):

    There are some topics that it is impossible in a place like this to have an actual conversation about because the noisy minority are so vocal and so quick to get out the pitchforks that it’s just not even worth it to try. I guarantee you that there are differing views on some of the most hot button topics here, but personally, I got done being shouted at by fanatics a long time ago so that I don’t bother. And quite frankly if I did it would be little more than trolling given I know that actual discussion on those topics is not possible. This is not limited to this place, it’s all over the net.

    Mostly I stay out of the politics areas, but they bleed over so badly into the non politics areas that I tend to only skim anymore. I’ve been around since near the beginning and I used to make more of an effort to contribute, but it’s just harder to want to make the effort, even though I’m shooting more than I ever had.
     

    shibumiseeker

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    near Bedford on a whole lot of land.
    I started at INGO then moved to INS after getting an invite to an NFA shoot.
    I was on all three groups and a mod at INS. INS died because of bad management, but it had potential early on. INS had more of a small town feel whereas Ingo was like the big city. HGC never much appealed to me because it felt more like a fraternity where everyone knew each other and I didn’t really know anyone. It was amusing to see how much some people here would trash INS like it really mattered. The degree to which some people got bent out of shape by its mere existence was fascinating. I actually spent less time on Ingo after INS died than I did during its existence, because I liked both places well enough for very different reasons.
     
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