Please delete my password

[gouch]

I always find it a little humorous when someone decides to leave a forum then starts a new thread just to tell everyone that they have had enough and that they're going to pull up their pants and go home. I guess they feel it is the only way they get the last word in. Something tells me however, that they are still lurking and reading every response. Hi onpoint
I guess I missed something somewhere. When it comes to disagreements and arguments this forum kinda reminds me of two toddlers in a slap fight. Even the threads Bigfin puts a stop to are pretty milk toast compared to some I've seen and even participated in on other forums.

 

[Gerald Martin]

“To me if you’re passionate about firearms and hunting rights you would naturally be on the side defending the 2A. Some folks on here are VERY left and their anti-republican rants can be annoying. You are right though. Better to not get butt hurt and just agree to disagree. I don’t really know the OP but I assumed that was what burnt his butt. VikingsGuy is right too. You don’t see direct anti hunting posts on here. You just see left support which to me is indirectly anti hunting.”

JustinsDad, if you keep following the conversations surrounding wildlife conservation and hunting on this forum you will find plenty of room for nuance and issues that will challenge that viewpoint.
In MT at least, there tends to be a sharp contrast in the positions of individuals and parties with regards to conservation and game management. The reason so many who are in the trenches of the conservation fight tend to vote D at election time is directly related to positions of the MT Republican Party, not because they want to impose gun laws and socialism.
I always considered myself a radical conservative. I have the sharpest criticism for the people who are supposed to be representing the values that reflect my interests. I get really upset when the people giving lip service to issues I care about during election cycles actively work against those issues during the rest of the year.

 

[Sytes]

I do hate it when people force me to read posts I dont agree with on a site I voluntarily access...

I believe Big Fin needs to provide an, "Ignore Thread" for those lacking the internal fortitude to decide threads worth their time or not...

 

[Irrelevant]

Yup. The absolutists have to show up, carve out what side is right and the other side is wrong, making a clearly delineated line, then proudly proclaiming that they are on the side of righteousness and the rest of the world is a bunch of dumb asses who will never know better.

As predictable as my neighbor's dog a chittin' on my lawn ever morning. Too bad, but that is how it is.

One can go back and read the posts and see where things started off the tracks.

Anyone willing to discuss issues relevant to Tim's parting farewell post?

I think with the influx of new people making more obvious, it is as important as ever to stay active and keep fighting the ignorance that only one party supports or doesn't supporting hunting.

 

[Bob-WY]

I read multiple hunting sites, and formerly soccer sites (I was a pretty high level soccer referee for years). Without exception, you could predict the various sites reactions to ANY issue. Hunting ones, without fail, were polar opposite to the soccer ones. Like minds drift together!

The only issue with these sites I have (and both have it to different degrees) is it would be nice it you could actually discuss a subject without being labelled, name called etc. Very rarely do things fit into nice buckets. Heck one of the hunting sites I read is actually HUGELY racist. However if you ignore that board, it has some of the most knowledgable firearms and hunting people!

Just avoid the topics you know will aggrevate you! Simple as that, it's predictable

That said, this site is one of the most "central" i've been on, least name calling and bucketing of a person. One site labelled me a staunch Democrat/liberal because I dared some something President Trump did wasn't PERFECT.

Things like "don't click on that topic" or the ignore button on members can make places much better.

 

[thatsjet]

Things like "don't click on that topic" or the ignore button on members can make places much better.

If we have to go to the lengths of filtering out conversations we don't like because we're too easily triggered by them then we're the problem.

If you don't like someone's opinion, just don't read it. If you see a topic you don't like then don't click on it.

We live in a big world with lots of people and lots of ideas. We're better off hearing some ideas we don't like if it gives us an opportunity to expand our viewpoint or solidify it even. If we go down the FaceBook and Twitter route of filtering out ideas we don't like then we're no better off.

Perhaps we could just grow up and let other people have their own ideas without getting all huffy about it.

 

[riley]

The count down to hunting this fall is on

It’s been a long year in many ways

we are all in this together

 

[mtmiller]

If we have to go to the lengths of filtering out conversations we don't like because we're too easily triggered by them then we're the problem.

Then I am the problem. If I go to my local watering hole and there is a guy I think is a complete tool sitting at the bar, I don't saddle up next to him and strike up a conversation. My loss and I am fine with it.

 

[thatsjet]

If I go to my local watering hole and there is a guy I think is a complete tool sitting at the bar, I don't saddle up next to him and strike up a conversation.

My point exactly. You have absolute control over who you engage with and on what topics. If you want to hear his opinion you have the option of engaging. If you don't, you engage with others or you ignore him. But you don't stop going to the watering hole because you know there are others there whose company you enjoy.

 

[JustinsDad]

Good points from most of you guys. I never said I agreed with the OPs decision to delete his password. I only said I could see his point. I explained my view and people start saying how sad that is. Heck it’s not like I said I support slavery or rape. I don’t apologize for stating my viewpoint and I really don’t give a crap if you think that’s sad.

 

[thatsjet]

@JustinsDad, I think he may have been joking based on the presence of the "wink" emoji.

 

[Big Bore]

It always cracks me up that people feel the need to announce their departure.

 

[JLS]

Who cares if he did? No need to pile on.

 

[Hunting Wife]

You just see left support which to me is indirectly anti hunting.

By that logic, one could argue that the right is just as anti-hunting because of the stances on conservation and public lands.

Hunting requires:
The ability to keep and use weapons,
Places to participate in the activity,
Healthy and abundant game populations.

If it attacks ANY of those, would you not agree it does not benefit hunting? As much as people want it to be, the world is not black and white. Neither side is completely pro or anti- hunting.

I get tired of having to be assigned a team all the time. I want what I want. Better funding for conservation, science-based management of wildlife, better habitat and access on public lands for hunting and fishing, private property rights, to keep my guns and to have places to use them. Am I a lefty? A righty? I don’t know what I am anymore. Label away.

 

[thatsjet]

This thread has distracted me from e-scouting and planning my hunts. I'M LEAVING!!!

 

[Dan O]

By that logic, one could argue that the right is just as anti-hunting because of the stances on conservation and public lands.

Hunting requires:
The ability to keep and use weapons,
Places to participate in the activity,
Healthy and abundant game populations.

If it attacks ANY of those, would you not agree it does not benefit hunting? As much as people want it to be, the world is not black and white. Neither side is completely pro or anti- hunting.

I get tired of having to be assigned a team all the time. I want what I want. Better funding for conservation, science-based management of wildlife, better habitat and access on public lands for hunting and fishing, private property rights, to keep my guns and to have places to use them. Am I a lefty? A righty? I don’t know what I am anymore. Label away.

Well I feel the same as Hunting Wife! So here is your label and I plan on using it also. I support the Constitution of the United States and all of the rights afforded to each person. I'm a Montanan who loves this state and all it has to offer. Other states are good also but they are not Montana. So being a Montanan is how I want to be labeled.

If anyone is offended by this that's your right. Will it change my feelings nope.

Have a great day!
Dan

 

[88man]

Republicans have passed gun legislation...study up on Ronald Reagan, Trump, Nixon, to name a few.

Times have changed.

 

[Hem]

Well I hope the direction of this thread is bringing a chuckle to Onpoint. Dude didnt find much humor it would seem.

 

[Tradewind]

we are all in this together

You sound like every commercial on TV

 

[riley]

You sound like every commercial on TV

like a good neighbor state farm is there

or their .....

or they’re

idk which one