Respect

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No one is commanding any one to respect in the way you are thinking. We're talking about respect meaning of civility, respecting others opinions, giving them space to express themselves without being shot down or belittled, respecting them as people.

Hope you haven't taken my response as a snidy dig. My intention was to give you constructive feedback on something you may not have realised you were doing.

As for the forum being a shadow of its former self, its just going through growing pains. Mutual respect, trust and encouragement to contribute by more experienced preppers like you and the others you mention are some of the things that will to take it to a higher level.