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I'm smack in the middle of Gen X: 35

Charles L. Cotton wrote: I've asked you to repost what I think was a very good post and you have decided against it. I respect your decision. However, if you are not going to repost it, then I think it's unfair for you to continue defending your position on a post others cannot read.

Chas.

I agree, Charles.

Maybe you would just lock this thread then.

If anyone is interested in reading the post, PM me and I will send it to you and feel free to debate the merits of it in private messages.

I am not going to re-post it.

Also this is not the "CCW a full sized pistol" thread, even though some of you seem to be stuck in that groove. I am a member of 3 different CCW/gun forums and the original post in this thread was related to my experience on all of them along with interactions at gun shops and other personal interactions, not just one thread on this forum.

Many of you are suggesting that I am easily rattled or I have a thin skin and that's not the case. Mostly it's that I took the time to write out what I thought was a clear, reasoned, and non-antagonizing post and it only took two replies for someone to pop in and start name calling. It's just not worth it. But still the chorus of respondents on this thread almost universally are trying to tell me I am wrong. Some who didn't even read the original post are finding another thread on this forum to refer to and tell me I am wrong. I find that kind of amusingly ironic. There is one member of this forum who continues to remind me of the virtue of not posting in threads that may be controversial. I am going to see if I can take that advice.

3dfxMM wrote: You mention the cycling culture as a parallel, yet you somehow feel that the CCW culture is more offensive and troublesome.

No I didn't suggest that at all. Certainly if you go to a road cycling forum you will get treated to elitism just as much as you do on gun forums. The reason I brought up that point is to demonstrate that it is quite reasonable to not want to conform to some cultural norms associated with some groups. Pressure to conform and mistreatment of outsiders is not beneficial to any group that wants to increase their influence or audience.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

mr.72 wrote:deleted.

non-CCW-culture-conformists, get lost! seems we're not welcome here either.

I didn't get to read your post; you deleted it before I had the opportunity. I wish you had left it up.

Chas.

Well, Charles as soon as someone stooped to accuse me of whining, I deleted it. It's not about having "thin skin" it's just that it's not worth it to argue about it.

Crossfire wrote:WOW! I don't know what kind of Rambo type gun people you have been hanging with, but please don't paint us all with the same brush.

I wasn't painting everyone with the same brush. If you don't fit the mold, you don't fit the mold.

I am a Christian, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a musician, a computer nerd, AND a gun owner. I suspect there are many, many of us out there who don't know the secret handshake, don't dress the part, or have the attitude.

Likewise I suspect the same. However those who fit this description don't seem to the vocal ones on the gun forums.

I have more gun carrying friends than I can count on all my fingers and toes... twice. Only a very few of them even remotely match your description, and even those don't have any apparent disdain for me. I wonder why it is that you do?

Why it is that I do what?

shaggydog wrote:

mr.72 wrote:...........the forum to know that maybe they are not the only one out there who doesn't fit in. I imagine there are many of us.

Longest whine I've ever read.

thanks for illustrating my point

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non-CCW-culture-conformists, get lost! seems we're not welcome here either.