Preppers and Survivalists

[IB1]

Maybe Preppers came about because some people wanted to separate themselves from the public idea of what a Survivalist was.

The problem is that it works the other way as well. How many times do you see condescending comments on prepping sites like "it's not all about tshtf you know" as soon as someone mentions bugging out or tshtf. Well, it's also not all about just popping out to a hotel if you have a fire or selling someone a t-shirt or a patch either. I think that some sites have gone too far the other way, places to chat about anything you like as long as its not Survival