They are missed by those who have conversed with them on this Forum

I've not been here long and I've already got people on ignore, my life's easier, my blood pressure is lower and I don't feel the need to fan the flames of their online idiocy.

I think some people might be quite surprised if they saw some of the names on my "click" list.

Everybody's opinion has value to me. I don't keep a click list. I keep an open mind!

"Different eyes see different things,
Different hearts beat on different strings.
But there are times
For you and me, when all such things agree."

Geddy Lee

Just the other day I was thinking about Lomitus/Jim and others who haven't been around here for ages,I'm glad to see that he wasn't spirited away by aliens.Jim was always ready to give spirited input of his views that I often found entertaining even if I didn't fully agree with them.

+1
Although sometimes you need to know when to cut your losses.

"In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or I die."

The Smiths.

Some people are able to and others immediately set about personally attacking.

Some moderators just kill threads like that and while that does work I don't know that it is the only solution.

Some moderators just kill threads like that and while that does work I don't know that it is the only solution.

As I've stated in other posts, I'm here to learn and share. Part of my Fender and musical experience is to discuss life altogether, everything music -- life, the basis of all songs. History and current events effect my Fender experience, my music, my lyrics, and my poetry, so I believe I'm firmly within in the policies (loosely written rules) of the site when discussing history and current events, even politics as politics effects everything, including Fender and music.

Can I discuss and discern this information elsewhere in relation to *my* musical and Fender experience? No, because my peers are here on the Fender forum and others have complimented me for my contributions, contributions others complain about.

Do my posts interfere with the site? I believe not. We all have the choice to either read or not read a thread. Some stuff offends me, but you don't hear me complaining to Fender if something offends me as I respect everybody's right to free speech.

Whenever the good ol' boys rant about political topics they don't agree with, that's them interfering with information they simply disagree with or are in denial over, their motives are clearly political in nature. Cow-towing to them and censoring relevant information I present is political in and of itself and therefore contradicts the "rules" because their political whims interfere with my relevant contributions to the overall forum.

Some good-hearted people engage in topics they don't expect to go the direction they lead to and then complain. If you don't want controversy, they should think about what they are posting before they create a thread or post in a thread.

In yet another locked thread, even Brad mentions there was zero complaints, plus people complimented me, yet the thread was very helpful to some and there was an active, polite conversation going outside of the politicos who either disagree with or are in denial of the facts and attempted to squash free speech by trolling the thread with baseless facts and hostile comments.

Again, this is all about free speech and everything music and everything Fender.

Let freedom ring.

I think the solution is; if you don't like a topic that relates to your musical experience, find another thread that does. Locking threads because somebody disagrees with issues raise, that's fascist censorship and clear violation of our free speech!