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Originally Posted by Bucco
Great post Boomer, and you have tons of credibility with me...which may not make you feel warm and fuzzy, as so many think I am a bit crazy, but your post is a good one, valid and based on facts.
We appear, over the last years, to have welcomed in our midst (on this forum) a number of folks that can only be called "elitists". Also, those folks tend to "preach" and if they have an listening skills, they have long ago been tread on. Even when these type say they "understand", they are peering at many from their perch and frankly often say things like...."we all agree", when we do not at all. They refer to "us" as if we joined their "club" which we did not.
Everyone in The Villages does NOT agree with the many things said on here. Not wanting to be preached to or spend time arguing, OR having the "gang" come and get you just are silent.
Bullying by individual or by group seems to be the 'in thing" now days.......makes things difficult to have any discussion on.
Thanks for a reasonable and well thought out post.
I have been here for NINETEEN years and have always seen both sides, and anyone who arbitrarily says one is right and one is wrong....well, they are not interested in anything but a "win" in that discussion....that is it. The fact that some on here posted that they didn't thing they could even mention the name of the POA tells you a lot about the mood
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Mm, yes. The "our club, you're an outsider until we say you're not" mentality is rather sordid. Especially the "do you even live here yet?" posts. You don't need to be a 10-year-resident to know that 2+2= 4 in the Villages, since, y'know, it =4 everywhere. If something doesn't add up, it doesn't add up. Whether here or anywhere else. Especially when you resort to (dare I suggest) facts, data, statistics, and professional organizations to back up your reasoning for opinion.
But who cares about science. Flat earthers gonna flat earth.