I'm struggling here, I've been on this forum for awhile, we used to have very heated discussion, lots of stuff back and forth, before the days when there was a need for rules on discussing religion and politics there were some stout threads that were more heated than now but never personal and could end in a hand shake, things have changed for the worse.
Steve and I have had some stiff differences over the years over bullet construction but when he started turning some bullets I was jacked to give them a fair shot, they proved to perform above expectations especially after testing other monos for bullet companies but unlike anyone else Steve was interested in feed back of all kinds, only bullet maker I have not get offended at honest feed back.
So the other day I'm cruising YouTube and found several LONG videos specifically and personally made against Hammers, I watched them through and it was a total hit piece that has zero basis in actual shooting game or factual knowledge of the product, after watching that I can sympathize with Steve deciding to maybe not just roll over, I certainly would have a very hard time in a similar situation, I don't think a few years ago his response to some would be needed or prudent but times are not what they were, I had to remove a long time customer from the my shop because he could not be respectful of even a secretary or the guy who has taken care of his dumb *** for years
The last two years has changed us all for the worse I think, we have lost the ability to allow let alone understand differing perspectives, it's ground we are going to have to regain and relearn or we will divide into our little tribes throwing rocks at each other while our way of life erodes around us!!
I've been in the back ground of several forums, LRH is the least sponsor driven of any of them, I've moderated some that I eventually left because honest experience and real discussion while the initial objectives were replaced with dollars driven by socials and follows and moderators and writers are just pimps steering each thread, I've seen some pretty low life crap behind the scenes that why I just stay with LRH and Len, not that it means anything but at least there is freedom to have an honest conversation here!