Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
Adam, just wanted to say thanks personally. I appreciate you taking the time to do the work you are.

The comment about "chicken lippers" is one that kind of irritates me. The fringe is present in every grouping, some more outspoken than others as is proven by some of our Fringers.

However, some of them are truly convinced that what they say is truth. Whether they do or not though, so long as we are so free to spurn and just plain be mean, our opponents have a much easier challenge.

There's a time and a place for ridicule and mocking which are quite different from having a difference of opinion with.

We need to choose whose throats need chomping with greater care than usual.
The intent wasn't to chomp anyone's throat.....and I get what you are saying......

I think there are some honest people in our community who have been misled as these rumors have evolved through the grapevine.

However this has always been a contentious community. It just seems that some people are using this whole environment as an excuse to re-open old wounds or take pot-shots at people they perceive as their rivals.

I think conspiracy theories are one thing, Wes, and it's easy to dismiss these theories when there is nothing at stake. However, the fringe seems to be unusually large and well-represented here. If we're feeling charitable, we can rationalize the attempts at misrepresenting the NRIP being attributable to a lack of reading comprehension or even a heightened sense of post-hr669 suspicion.

However when people like Marshall and Brian are singled out by name as people not to trust, it becomes harder to dismiss it at just being "the fringe"and even harder to let it go in the interest of preserving community unity - especially when they seem so intent on destroying it for what seems selfish reasons.