Forum unity

[gigag04]

Seriously, I have felt more connected to the forum now more than ever.

I have exchanged more PMs in the past 2 days regarding recent posts than the past 2 months....

Sometimes we just need a common cause to bring us together.

I am thankful I have a well moderated, relatively clean, and fun place to interact with you guys.

[jester]

Fun for all ages.

[Hoi Polloi]

Awww! I wanna be purple jewel baby!

[NOS]

This is a great forum, with many upstanding members. I've felt very welcome here, even when others didn't agree with my opinion, I was never made to feel inferior in my statements. I've noticed that we can talk calmly about most issues and voice different opinions without worry of having a flame session.
Gotta love Texas!

[terryg]

This is a great forum, with many upstanding members. I've felt very welcome here, even when others didn't agree with my opinion, I was never made to feel inferior in my statements. I've noticed that we can talk calmly about most issues and voice different opinions without worry of having a flame session.
Gotta love Texas!

For the most part, 90-95%, of the time, I think this is correct. But I think we can still do better. The vast majority of regular forum members always consistently post positive, calm replies - even when completely in disagreement with the statements of the person they are replying to.

However, there are a handful of forum members, whose normal postings I generally always enjoy and respect, that will IMO, too quickly either label or post a short but inflammatory snide comment, that adds no value to the discussion. When this happens, especially to a new poster, it serves no purpose other than to escalate an already heated discussion. It has happened to me and I have watched it happen to others. It's not a rampant problem, but I do feel it can make our forum appear, at times, hostile to contrary opinions.

Again, I really enjoy hanging out here and do feel comradely on the board. I am only posting this to encourage everyone to practice patience and the deescalation skills that we know so well.

I didn't have a lot of time to craft this reply carefully - I hope it is read in the manner in which it was intended - which is that of constructive feedback from a fairly new member.

t

[longhorn_92]

Seriously, I have felt more connected to the forum now more than ever.

I have exchanged more PMs in the past 2 days regarding recent posts than the past 2 months....

Sometimes we just need a common cause to bring us together.

I am thankful I have a well moderated, relatively clean, and fun place to interact with you guys.

This is a forum where even Aggies and Longhorns can get together and be civil with each other.

[74novaman]

This is a forum where even Aggies and Longhorns can get together and be civil with each other.

Barely.

In all seriousness, the A&M-UT rivalry is so often misunderstood and misstated. The OU-UT rivalry has a lot of people who support one or the other for state pride, not representing the institution, and often can be to put it bluntly "drunken jerks".

Aggies and Longhorns only give each other the grief we do because both institutions respect the other. I've never had a bad experience with an actual UT student or grad. Now t-shirt fans on the other hand, aren't always so classy.

I'm a member of several car boards and other gun boards. This one is the one you can always turn to for reasoned discourse and polite members.

[cougartex]

This is a great forum, with many upstanding members. I've felt very welcome here, even when others didn't agree with my opinion, I was never made to feel inferior in my statements. I've noticed that we can talk calmly about most issues and voice different opinions without worry of having a flame session.
Gotta love Texas!

[Hoi Polloi]

Ha ha ha. I'd get matching outfits with Jester's purple jewel baby's clothes to go with it.

[A-R]

I am thankful I have a well moderated, relatively clean, and fun place to interact with you guys.

This forum is the best around. Friendly members, always willing to help answer a question. Very few discussions turn into arguments and fewer still into all-out flame wars. Mods do a great job keeping everyone in line. Just seems to be a lot of genuinely good people.

I too am very thankful for this forum. I don't even bother to read other forums anymore unless I need a very specific answer to a very specific question (usually about a particular brand of gun).

I'm not even a member of any other forums anymore. I've been in other forums that all devolved into members just starting arguments and flame wars on purpose, banning people over personal petty differences etc.

This forum is truly exceptional in its civility.

Thanks for the post GigAg

[ChattyKat]

I'm not even a member of any other forums anymore. I've been in other forums that all devolved into members just starting arguments and flame wars on purpose, banning people over personal petty differences etc.

Well, I was curious about other forums because I'm new to this kind of thing -- I am pleased to read your positive comments about it -- thanks!
-Kat

[O6nop]

I also enjoy this forum. I've gotten good advice and also offered opinions. This is my "Go-to" gun forum for everything gun related and more.

[texasag93]

I am the green one. I do not have a piercing.

As for the tu V AGGIE thing, I went to both schools and tu BITES.

I am a Texan before being an Aggie, so I will defend tu before OU.

Gig 'em.

[glbedd53]

I want to thank everyone for the help and input I've gotten on this forum.