The OFFICIAL AR15.COM unmasking thread.

[FatSlob]

Hey, all you trolls from AR15.com who have been waiting to say, "hey, I hate you DU people" check in here and let us know who you are! We'll be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO shocked and dismayed. We might even start crying because you don't like us. :eyes: Prepare to be :nuke:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Oooo...punks!

Properly prepared, they are so toothsome. ;-)

[UL_Approved]

5. Ummmm

You mean toothless?

[FatSlob]

2. I share their sport, but I'm not like them.

Yes, I love guns, I even own some AR15 rifles. There are some good folks there, but too many are right wing asshats.

[Trajan]

3. This violates the rules ....

for 'calling out' ....

[FatSlob]

4. You can't be serious.

Of course you are not serious, but you had me for a moment. Cheers!

[Endangered Specie]

6. Yeah, come on down and reveal yourself

*sounds of phase cannons and disruptor weapons loading*

[comradebillyboy]

7. i have an ar-15, i'll have to check out ar15.com

thanks for the heads up

[St. Jarvitude]

8. Many of the gun-lovers here hate that site

Some poster a few posts up mentioned that AR15 is infested with fundie nutjobs rather than real gun lovers :(

I enjoy a good shoot myself (merely a recreational hobby for me... don't know too much about guns :)), but most of the folks there are just downright disgusting :puke:

[FatSlob]

10. It is both good and bad.

Their technical forums are excellent, just avoid the "General Discussion" area. I spend quite some time perusing the tech forums, they are full of great information and the people there are always willing to help. However, the General Discussion folks get a little too RW extreme for me.

[rot0r_head]

11. I left AR15.com six months ago and haven't looked back

Their site, especially the general discussion forums, has become a FreeRepublic Lite. They make a huge fuss over DU because apparently we rape the 1st Amendment by deleting threads we don't agree with (even though DU openly says it's a privately owned meeting place for DEMOCRATS...but that doesn't matter to them), and they're a model of tolerance and democracy. But to be sure, the right only cares about the 1st Amendment when they can put together creative ways of accusing Dems of attacking it.

I stayed mostly in the technical forums for awhile (and yes, they are very good) but one day made the mistake of perusing the general discussion section. Although not as outwardly hateful as FR (and, to be fair, they've stepped up moderating on particularly empty and divisive threads) it's another outlet for incorregible right-wingers: a model of free speach if you buy their agenda to the letter. It's a waste of time to give any arguments defending Kerry or basically any left wing issue... like "The Constitution." Since they feel JK is the anti-gun candidate they grant a free pass to bash the hell out of him (and any Democrat; why bother checking their records, they're all anti-gun, right?) and a mandate to defend any and all things W says, regardless of how ridiculous they may be. After a few weeks of nimbly parrying their rhetoric only to be dogpiled by dozens of demanding Freeptards, I gave up and left.

And btw, does anyone know of any good shooting forums that are (get ready for this) actually about the shooting sports and NOT right-wing politics? I'd love to find an open lefty forum but maybe that's asking too much. If I could afford the bandwidth I'd start one myself: www.southpawshooters.com sound good?

[DrWeird]

9. Respond to my post, specifically.

Because I'm sure I've tangled with most of you in the past. Please give your former usernames while you're at it.