This statement is precisely accurate.

It started many years ago with Gunner, cross-posting to misc.survivalism
and one or two others. Cliff picked up the baton and added additional
nutbag sites.

A number of years ago a fella with hidden agendas showed up in RCM because
he thought he could hustle some money selling machine parts.

He began spewing his demented, zealot, cheerleader/puppet political
remarks, and furiously attacking others that challenged his word.

Remember when a few started to object, and some said not to worry, that the
political crap would end after the election?
Well it's been over 9 years, and notice how the crap went away.

The problem is, this was tolerated, contributing to the massive decline.

And every-so-often he would mention that he'd actually done some
metalworking, but his main focus is parroting political crap.

The deterioration expanded as similar maniacal political fanatics were drawn
into RCM from various crossposted kook/politics newsgroups.

Numerous regular participants were foolishly gullible enough to allow his
mis-guided, demented views to be posted in RCM, without speaking out,
thinking that the situation would improve.
His alliances with other fanatics, also with no real interest in
metalworking, began
crossposting to RCM to pursue their own agendas.

Folks in RCM began to notice the erosion of the quality of the newsgroup,
and many just quit participating. There are numerous other forums where
ranting finatics aren't tolerated.
Countless other newcomers have seen the result of the detrimental changes,
and have had no interest in seeing a bunch of poser/wannabe badasses
competing in the daily juvenile insult exchanges, and wisely decided to move
on instead of tolerating them.

The lack of fresh participants, who are actually interested in metalworking,
has led to
further decline.

Gummer continually presents himself as "everybody's stupid but me", and
it's his calling to set everyone else straight.

Anyone that doesn't fall at his feet are enemies of the state, and deserve
to be wiped out in his delusional cull.

--
WB
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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It started many years ago with Gunner, cross-posting to misc.survivalism
and one or two others. Cliff picked up the baton and added additional
nutbag sites.