It really has turned into some backwards ass religion/cult for a lot of people here... simply replace the word "heretic" / "heathen" with "shill" / "sheeple". It's my way or the highway, and if you don't believe my claims then you're an ignorant shill and you should get lost. So many posts now are filled with hate and fear and VERY little substance or argument.

Furthermore--and I hate to sound condescending here-- the arguments often times literally feel like children talking crap to each other. I wouldn't call myself a logic master, but people for the sake of preserving a standard of excellence on ATS, STOP USING AD HOMINEM ATTACKS AND STRAW MEN!!

Finally, I'd like to say I find it incredibly tragic that the entire reason I left "the matrix" to come here, was to escape the fear, the hate, the arrogance and folly of the sheeple, and yet there is a certain breed of sheeple that exist here as well. It's literally the same crap, different toilet. I almost want to plug back into the matrix to be honest... I mean at least they aren't drowning in anxiety!

In all honesty though, I will seriously try some of the earlier suggestions regarding forum filtering and ignoring the "hot topics." I guess now that ATS has grown so much, the front page is not too far off from any of the mainstream outlets we actively try to avoid.

I knew it wouldcometo smething like this!

I think it would be nice, were it possible, if the new topics area could be split into two. With one feed for popular rising topics on current events, like guns. And another feed for more traditional conspiracies, ghosts, aliens, ufos, bigfoots, ancient civilisations etc.

Obviously you don't want to censor or hide gun debates and other political debates because they're an important part of society and the forum. But if there was a way to hide certain sections of the forum that'd be great

of course I could just go to the sections I'm talking about manually, but sometimes I don't have time and will only glance at the new topics bit to see what catches my attention

Conspiracy theories are what brought me here also,.. I was a lurker for a very long time. I agree the Political threads do become redundant after awhile. I like to come here to get involved in matters that are not on mainstream media, topics that are rare and obscure. There was a bar I used to go to that had a sign up that said "No Politics and No Religion allowed". Basically saying that's the last thing anyone wanted to discuss when trying to relax and enjoy themselves. As a newbie, I just ignore the threads I don't want to see and dig a little deeper to find the ones that interest me.

chin up OP

peace

I was relieved to see this post. I initially came to this site in hopes of finding some precious truffles of truth, but if it's here to be found I'm sure going to have to root through an awful lot of BS. It just gets tiring.

As a member of many forums, I've learned that you can't please everyone. I've also learned that when a forum starts to turn into something I don't quite enjoy, I back off for a while. Topics like these rarely change the direction of topics that are on people's minds. It's sort of a free for all, that allows people to share whatever is irking, inspiring or concerning them(as this one is doing as well) and you're entitled to your opinion. Do what makes you happy/feel better, I hope getting this off your chest puts things into perspective for you, but the bottom line is that no matter where you go, there will always be topics that put a foul taste in your mouth. Today, for example, I was having surgery done at the hospital, and as I was waiting for my anesthesiologist to come and brief me, my doctor was discussing politics I cared not to hear about. Unfortunately, that wasn't the place or time to debate the president or anything like that, but here..ATS is the place, and to me, that's what makes it wonderful. I can participate, or with one click of a button, shut it out of my mind.

I have to agree with some things the OP has pointed out. Some of the issues like gun control and liberals vs conservatives, Obama attacks, seem like they never end. They're arguments that nobody is going to win let alone change someones views on the subject. Sometimes it feels like the OP's are beating a dead horse.

The best thing to do is just ignore them, but the constant barrage of the same subjects over and over again can really become ridiculous at times. New and interesting subject matter can be drowned out at times.

OP I hear your pain.

I'm just posting to let you know that I'm crying and I wont be posting anymore. I totally dont care but please look at me.



Good riddance. dont let the door hit your ass