To all the xATS’ers - I feel you

[Moonmagic]

Mixed feelings about ATS. I am absolutely gutted on one hand, I been going there since I was a pup! on the other hand, it lost so many great people and never really filled there spots, it turned into something a little unfamiliar and lost the respect it once had, so to me this has been coming for awhile.

I'm sad for the few genuine friends I made there that will probably be lost in time, since they were banned or didn't come back, and sad I never made more. Genuine friends are a rare rare thing.

I'm looking forward to what this place has to offer, feels good already, very chilled out, none of that constant tension ATS has had for the last few years! I just hope it doesn't turn into a Liberal bashing fest, and we can get back to some great topics and conversations.

HEY!

What's wrong with bashing Liberals? Other than it being so easy, that is... it's like there's just no sport in it, y'know?

Nah, we don't bash Liberals here. Might rake their IDEAS over the coals when we're bored, but we don't bash the PERSON, and that's an important distinction to me.

The idea of a forum to my mind is the exchange of ideas, and vetting them for veracity. It's emphatically NOT to tear anyone down. When you do that, they go quiet and dark, and if you can't find them to discuss, what good was it ever knowing them to begin with?

Can't drag 'em along behind the jeep if I can't find 'em!

So, yeah, it might get lively from time to time, but no bashing of other folks. Set their ideas on fire instead!

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Making a case against or having an opinion on ideas I am totally onboard with, in fact it's rather important, we have to question everything, especially our own beliefs, I think when you become too comfortable in your beliefs and dismiss everything and everyone that is different, you don't see people anymore. You're not as smart as you think you are, and you certainly don't understand what you think you know. (when I say you I don't me YOU, just how we talk where I am from)

I like your idea of what you think a forum is, I definitely agree! in practice and where I just came from though, that was not the case, which is why I made the Liberal bashing comment!

This place seems great so far though, and it's good seeing people like you around and stating things the way you did, appreciated!