Non-2A Political and Legislative Discussions No Longer Welcome On TGO

[TGO David]

United We Stand.  Divided We Fall.

From this point forward, non Second Amendment political and legislative discussions are no longer welcome on TGO.  Longtime members of TGO may now roll their eyes and mutter, "Not this crap again. We've been here before."   Rightly so. 

We have attempted several times to allow our members to discuss general politics in a mature manner.  We have begged, pleaded, threatened and banned in the effort of making it work.  It never does.  It always falls apart.  There is barely such a thing as polite and respectful political discourse in mixed company even when you limit it to talking about firearms and the right to bear them.

Thankfully that is what TGO is about.  The right to bear arms.  We are staunch supporters of the Second Amendment.  We are also not ignorant to the fact that we must educate and inform each other when it comes to politics and those political creatures we mentioned previously.  We cannot put our heads in the sand.  We discuss these things as a matter of necessity - not because we find it enjoyable.  But that is where we now draw the line.  From now on, if it isn't about politics or legislation that directly affects the Second Amendment, take it somewhere else. 

We don't need the division here.  It is almost cyclical, but the next four years look bleak for gun owners.   We are going to have to be more united than ever.  We have to find our common ground and stand together atop it.  We cannot waver and we must remind ourselves that no matter our differences we are still Americans and, hopefully, we are proponents and defenders of the Second Amendment.

We hope you understand.  If you don't and you disagree, we hope you'll at least respect the decision.  And if you can't do that, we hope you'll find a new place to talk about politics and guns and whatever else.  Because it won't be here.  I'm done with it and I care about you all and about our freedoms too much to suffer another moment of division and bickering about anything more consequential than your favorite sportsball team.

 

United We Stand.  Divided We Fall.  God Save The Republic.

 

[GlockSpock]

So...

rm -r Politics/*

[Chucktshoes]

@TGO DavidThank you. 
 

I’ve long been a fan of the politics section but I have to admit that over the last 24 hours I’ve enjoyed logging on to TGO more than I have in quite a long time. 
 

I didn’t realize it, but I was having to seriously mentally gird my loins before I clicked on the the /pol/ section. It had made TGO a job instead of a joy. 
 

There is a sense of lightness now that’s been missing for quite a while. Sometimes you don’t realize when things are bad until suddenly they aren’t anymore. 
 

So, once again, thank you. 

[TripleGGG]

2 hours ago, Chucktshoes said:

I didn’t realize it, but I was having to seriously mentally gird my loins before I clicked on the the /pol/ section. It had made TGO a job instead of a joy. 

Very true!