silicosys4
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Hello,
For the past year or so I have used an auction website that i feel is very well run, offers great deals, and is mindful of the security of both its sellers and buyers.
However, I made the mistake of venturing into the forum section of the auction website, and was disgusted and dismayed by the discussions taking place there.
A sample of the active discussions happening there is the thread titled
"effin muslims, nothing but pure b@st@rds".
Normally I would just back out slowly and shut the door quietly, but the discussions taking place here are in a public forum, on a website that is publically endorsed by the NRA, and I fear that a few, maybe 20 members, have perverted the entire forum into a group hate discussion. It has gotten to the point that I have ceased doing business with that auction site, because they allow such publically viewable threads to exist on their forum, and I feel that it harms ALL gunowners to have an entire forum filled with hate speech, and conspiracy theories, where ANY opposing viewpoint is shot down with profanity and personal insults.
I suppose I have gotten to enjoy the open, adult discussions at THR.
Mainly I feel it is damaging to all of us, for such blatent misinformation to be allowed to spread,
But that is the 1st amendment.
Is this something that should be brought to the attention of the forum administrators, perhaps by a concerned coalition of pro gun owners who know the value of PR?
or is this the domain of the 1st amendment, and the forum owners, to run their site as they see fit, and to allow whatever discussions they see fit?
What would you do?
For the past year or so I have used an auction website that i feel is very well run, offers great deals, and is mindful of the security of both its sellers and buyers.
However, I made the mistake of venturing into the forum section of the auction website, and was disgusted and dismayed by the discussions taking place there.
A sample of the active discussions happening there is the thread titled
"effin muslims, nothing but pure b@st@rds".
Normally I would just back out slowly and shut the door quietly, but the discussions taking place here are in a public forum, on a website that is publically endorsed by the NRA, and I fear that a few, maybe 20 members, have perverted the entire forum into a group hate discussion. It has gotten to the point that I have ceased doing business with that auction site, because they allow such publically viewable threads to exist on their forum, and I feel that it harms ALL gunowners to have an entire forum filled with hate speech, and conspiracy theories, where ANY opposing viewpoint is shot down with profanity and personal insults.
I suppose I have gotten to enjoy the open, adult discussions at THR.
Mainly I feel it is damaging to all of us, for such blatent misinformation to be allowed to spread,
But that is the 1st amendment.
Is this something that should be brought to the attention of the forum administrators, perhaps by a concerned coalition of pro gun owners who know the value of PR?
or is this the domain of the 1st amendment, and the forum owners, to run their site as they see fit, and to allow whatever discussions they see fit?
What would you do?
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