This probably belongs in PA at this point.
It didn't start that way, but maybe now it should be if we can't rein it back in.
Seems there are much more political aspects to peoples' thoughts on survival and prepping and their various motivations lately than there once were. Maybe those thoughts wanting to bubble out in threads like this is why things are being quieter around here than usual, with people holding their tongues, when there should probably be as much discussion going on in the W&SS as ever if not much more?
Because looking at where we are right now as a nation as a global community and all that is happening as a whole, with all that is being politicized.... what all has happened, where some things came from, where mitigation supplies to cope with it are coming from, how everything from global events to local politicians are effecting economies and all our futures, I think it's going to be pretty difficult to all together leave politics out of many meaningful discussions on prepping and survival for a while to come. And we here didn't choose for that to happen, at least I didn't and no-one i know did, we're just responding to the various stimuli of situations at hand, and sometimes try to have some open logical and meaningful discussions on how it may effect things like prepping and survival in some of threads as a group, rather than hiding behind the scenes just to avoid the silly insanity of the cancel culture trying to stifle conversations that include opinions that run counter to their own.
Perhaps our exciting new 2020 paradigm calls for us to just post more of our threads on survival and prepping in PA or W&C to start with now. Where people can just speak freely to start with without risking their threads being canceled or receiving infractions, and not have to walk on egg shells just to voice an honest opinion and ask honest questions.
Then why are you discussing it here, instead of PA?
My guess would be because the authors of posts #9 and #10 didn't like the original poster making light of it in post #3 in stating it wasn't an issue for him in the discussion, took exception to his description, and chose to make this thread about it. Possibly with the hopes and intentions of getting this thread canceled because of their differing opinions.
Lots of reasons. I was born here, I love the rivers and mountains and much prefer the warmer climate here. There are much less confused drivers on the road here... stopping at green lights, running red lights, unsure of which way they want to turn, or whether they want to drive at all or just sit at the intersection watching the traffic go by. I like the fewer mosquitoes here. And I like the Governor we have down here here much better than the one they have up there. I do miss some close friends up there that I talk to daily, and I miss the Amish people and their stores, but it just wouldn't be worth the trade off to live there, especially after the events of this year.