Originally Posted by
Horsehide Harry
This place has become as bad as the old scout board only with 3-4 Bill Shanks; and for every Shanks you've got a few puppies scurrying around their ankles trying to gain a crumb of praise. The only difference being that the old scout factions were on one side and this board on the other. Shanks was on the far end of the spectrum one way and wanted, no demanded, that there be no dissent from his obviously correct viewpoint. Should you offer a differing viewpoint, even as a test case against falling prey to an echo chamber, you were subjected to condescension and derision and shouted down. Now we have the anti-shanks board only with the condescension and derision originating from the opposite end of the spectrum, from a different echo chamber.
I came here, come here and will continue to come here as long as I'm not banned (I firmly believe that the owner has every right to do what they wish) for enjoyment, discussion, contemplation and admiration for a great game and for my favorite MLB team. If it's not any fun for me then I won't participate, not out of any passive-aggressive shout for attention, but simply because it no longer interests me. I'm not far from there now.