Originally Posted by
go_buccos
It’s really very simple. In DR’s mind, if you are conservative politically and you express that regularly here you are a “good poster.” If you’re liberal politically and you express your views regularly, you are a “shit poster” that’s destroying the site along with Druff’s reputation.
For whatever reason, he simply can’t see past that. His entire worldview is framed though the lens of people’s politics.
Relatively speaking, I haven’t been around here long. (2016) I was never really what anyone would consider a “regular” poster. I was mostly a lurker and a regular radio listener. This site, along with radio, was an immeasurable help to me during peak COVID lockdown, as I was out of both my regular job and my side hustle, (slot AP) and I lived in an area with absolutely draconian lockdown policies. I would call into radio regularly and Druff, Vintage One, tradershky and I would have some great conversations about some really interesting topics.
Now, radio is much more sporadic and usually unannounced ahead of time. Druff can correct me if I’m wrong but I think that’s possibly part of the problem here. Back in the day it was known that radio was going to happen at fairly regular intervals, and it was the one time that a lot of the community came together at once, even if was just to listen. Now, as I said, it’s unannounced and I think the call-in feature has been disabled anyway. I much prefer listening to it live than I do listening in the arCHives, even if it’s the middle of the night where I am. I would purposely alter my sleep schedule to make sure I caught it.
As for BCR, I disagree with him politically more than I agree, and yet I consider him one of the all-time great posters on this site. His posts are insightful, well-written, easy to digest, and you know *exactly* where he stands when you’re done reading them. He is a thoughtful guy and that shows through in his writing style.
It’s unfortunate that he got sucked into the personal war of words with Mickey in recent months. I can’t speak for him but I suspect that has a lot to do with his decision to step back. I would definitely consider Mickey the initial aggressor there but BCR gave it right back when he maybe just should have just put him on ignore. Whatever… it’s all water under the bridge now.
In closing, I definitely agree with the overwhelming sentiment here that DR’s continued presence on this forum will chase other good posters away. I’m definitely growing tired of having to constantly weed through his BS to get to whatever thought-provoking discussions still occur here. DR has shown nothing but disrespect and condescension for Druff through this whole thing. (Some “friend” he is…) I understand that he and Druff are real-life friends and I have no doubt that his IRL persona is probably very different than his online one… that’s irrelevant here though.
Many here predicted this ending when DR was allowed back on the site, and sure enough here we are.
You’re a good dude, BCR. You will be sorely, sorely missed.