This is my last post on TBN

[k0ua]

This will be my last post on TBN. I post this so my friends here will know where I have gone, and that I am not dead. Not yet anyway.

I just cannot in good conscience live with the level of heavy handed and one sided moderation and the last straw was the rules change by Muhammad that Covid 19 threads would no longer be tolerated. I can't live with that level of censorship and "wokeness"

And yes I will NOT let the screen door hit me where the good Lord split me.

I am over on AR15.com a much more tolerant and diverse forum. See you over there.

 

[bmaverick]

James, there are 2 other tractor forums that do have C19 threads. However, no politicalness allowed there. The threads just talk about how people got thru the ordeals and what was helpful. More supportive to help people rather than rants.

Sorry to see you go.

 

[K5lwq]

73 James. Sorry to see you go!

 

[EverythingAttachments]

This will be my last post on TBN. I post this so my friends here will know where I have gone, and that I am not dead. Not yet anyway.

I just cannot in good conscience live with the level of heavy handed and one sided moderation and the last straw was the rules change by Muhammad that Covid 19 threads would no longer be tolerated. I can't live with that level of censorship and "wokeness"

And yes I will NOT let the screen door hit me where the good Lord split me.

I am over on AR15.com a much more tolerant and diverse forum. See you over there.

I enjoyed seeing your Wicked posts here, James.

I know, and understand why, some don't like facebook, but our little group of 18,000 members are like minded and very helpful, not to mention entertaining. We'd love to have you. It's like EA's own little TBN, so you're welcome to join us, sir!
Link: Everything Attachments Channel Group
Travis

 

[sea2summit]

I was close to doing the same, I think something has changed at least in the application of moderation for the better so I’m still here.

Fair winds.

 

[Bird]

I know we all get annoyed at times when things don't go to suit us. But I've lived long enough to know that neither I nor you nor anyone else is going to always agree with everything another person does or says. I recall a childhood phrase that you can cut off your nose to spite your face, but it really doesn't help.

James, we hate to see you go, and hope you change your mind. I think most, if not all, of us consider you to be a friend and hope you stay with us.

 

[oldballs]

Darn it James......I'll miss you. You have added a lot to this site.

Actually I enjoy reading the banter of different opinions all the way from weighted rear tires to political comments..........as long as they aren't too lengthy. Since I don't go to or have an AR-15 type weapon, guess I won't be seeing you anymore.

Heck, my eyes are so bad I couldn't/shouldn't shoot at anything even with a scatter gun.


Cheers.
Mike

 

[sea2summit]

I know we all get annoyed at times when things don't go to suit us. But I've lived long enough to know that neither I nor you nor anyone else is going to always agree with everything another person does or says. I recall a childhood phrase that you can cut off your nose to spite your face, but it really doesn't help.

James, we hate to see you go, and hope you change your mind. I think most, if not all, of us consider you to be a friend and hope you stay with us.

I won't put words in his mouth, but for my part we aren't even allowed to disagree here which is the rough part. I'm not looking to force anyone to think like me, heck, half the time I wonder what the other side is thinking

 

[crashz]

James - we will miss your level head, quick wit, technical prowess and sense of humor. I wish you the best.

 

[Thomas]

James how about stepping back for bit...time out.

 

[Snobdds]

I know another forum where ownership basically said...gYOF (get your own forum) if you want to discuss other topics, not thinking it could be done. We we did and took it back to what drew people to the initial forum, content. They were fixated on forum software features, layout, and automation; then it lost track of the thing that made it great to begin with. The life cycle of a forum is finite, it turns out.

I long for the days when the software was basic, the layout was crude, but the content of conversation was great. People went to forums that broached topics that were not easily discussed with their neighbor.

Now we might as well go back to the neighbors to talk life.

 

[kenmbz]

K0ua - sorry to see you go. You are not the first person to leave due to these changes and the way it is being carried out.
Site owners can do what they wish, their site.

But maybe take some time off and think about coming back.

Losing so many good people so fast is worrying.

 

[Tomtint]

K0ua - sorry to see you go. You are not the first person to leave due to these changes and the way it is being carried out.
Site owners can do what they wish, their site.

But maybe take some time off and think about coming back.

Losing so many good people so fast is worrying.

Things that make you go Hmmmm...Or at leaast some

 

[Diggin It]

the last straw was the rules change by Muhammad that Covid 19 threads would no longer be tolerated.

I think that was over a year ago.

 

[ovrszd]

James is a good friend to me. I guard the Northern border of our great State, he guards the Southern border.

I left TBN for several months. Came back a couple months ago. Immediately noticed a change here. I had witnessed the Gestapo management of the Administrator on another site. Didn't think it would come here. That was naive of me.

This is the only place I've ever been where such a large group of Conservatives are herded by such a small group of Liberals. Socialism at it's finest.

 

[rgr33]

Hope you will rethink this decision later down the road.

Your posts have bought value to this forum, and cannot easily be replaced.
Can’t say that about all of us.

 

[Snobdds]

I think that was over a year ago.

last week

 

[5030]

James, there are 2 other tractor forums that do have C19 threads. However, no politicalness allowed there. The threads just talk about how people got thru the ordeals and what was helpful. More supportive to help people rather than rants.

Sorry to see you go.

...and you and I both know one of them in as much as we are both on it.. Weren't' we just posting about organic herbicides????

I too find the moderation on this site to be arbitrary and heavy handed and absolutely 'woke'. I've gotten more than one vacation because a nameless moderator construed my comment as political. We all know who that is too.

I would suggest joining Smith and Wesson Forums as you can discuss politics, Covid or anything else, gun related or not there. Not the S&W Blue Forum, the other one. the Blue forum is extremely woke and suffocating.

 

[LouNY]

Sorry to read this, it's a shame that some people can't handle the fact that other people have different values
and are unable to listen to other ideas.

 

[EddieWalker]

I understand why you are leaving. I was asked about my personal experience about getting covid for the second time and the thread was closed minutes after I posted my reply. It's pretty disappointing when you say something that goes against a moderators personal feelings.

Hopefully it's not a trend here, I've been on here for awhile and enjoy the site, but if it becomes another place that pushes a personal agenda, it might be time to move on too.