Originally Posted by tristanrobin

once upon a time, there were a group of very nice people who were interested in politics, but also became friends and discussed other issues as well.

but too often, they were hounded and baited and trolled by garysher ... so, with a sense of fair mindedness, these fine people went off and formed their own private board so that they wouldn't have to deal with people they didn't want to deal with.

just as in all fairy tales, garysher found a way to lie about who he was in order to join and harangue the good people out of their comfortable and "safe" space.

he always has a sidekick (on this forum, it became fxashun) who is usually as unpleasant as he is, but not quite as quick on the uptake.

I've never understood the mentality of a person who is so lonely that even attracting negative attention is preferable to not receiving any attention at all.