Brandtb,

I know you asked Chris to explain, but I'll take a shot at it.

Those words are judgemental, derogatory, and insulting to some. They have nothing to do with the topic of this forum and only stir things up, promote topic drift, and cause Chris and Doug headaches. No positive purpose is promoted by their use. There are plenty of political smear forums available on the web for people to visit and ETS isn't one of them.

I admit that I have been guilty of using the sheep term on other forums in the past, but I realized a while ago that it only hurt my "causes" instead of helping. Divisive language never helped anybody's cause. People on one side yell "PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER." while those on the other side yell "commie", people are converted to labels, and the real issues never get addressed.

Not everybody on this forum has the same political or idealogical agenda and Doug and Chris both work very hard to make sure that things stay neutral so that the topic, survival preparedness (not survivalism), stays the focus.