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Message: <blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 2983093" data-attributes="member: 277">The early years were never about the politics of the members, or even their religion. There were discussions, and disagreements, but it was about a community brought together around shooting. In many ways it was a far more respectful place because people knew each other and could separate how they felt about the person from how they felt about an issue. Doesn't seem to be the case any more, sadly.Shooting should, and does, draw from many different demographics. Having a place where everyone has the same views, faith, etc would be terribly boring, in my opinion. For many years this was a place where a person's political views didn't mean much if they were part of the community. Now there is an attempt to run off people who don't march in lockstep. A lot of this all started to change when Obama got elected. In many ways it mirrored the polarization of society. I've seen many people come and go. Some lost interest, others were driving off, some banned (and banned, and banned again). Many good people are still here, and as was said, it will continue to be the place that we make it. But gone are the days of threads about local news anchors floating the river, coffee tables vs vacuum cleaners, Godzilla gun mods and members who CCed a ball and cap revolver.</blockquote>