I don't think GG ever ended the first time around, it just massively leveled up. GG became MAGA, at least for me. Of course, I was GG before GG was a thing, since I am Gen X who is also a firearms enthusiast, and therefore remember the Clinton years of scandals, and the three plus decades of media lies about firearms.
Reminder to everyone that the original KIA tried to ban all Trump supporters and still believed that "GG is a Left Wing movement" for most of its run, if not still.
I'm aware, that's why KIA became the shitshell it is.
Because most of those users weren't willing to admit the problems they were dealing with came from within the Left as intentional instead of just bad seeds. Its why there was a constant effort to keep the focus small, because people kept noticing things and that was making it harder to be an open Leftie because it made you look like a fool or hypocrite.
And so, we reached the point where it just became a little hugbox for milquetoast Lefties to act like they weren't the "bad ones" while anyone too spicy got banished (or left willingly in the cause of myself) to KIA2.
I don't think GG ever ended the first time around, it just massively leveled up. GG became MAGA, at least for me. Of course, I was GG before GG was a thing, since I am Gen X who is also a firearms enthusiast, and therefore remember the Clinton years of scandals, and the three plus decades of media lies about firearms.
Reminder to everyone that the original KIA tried to ban all Trump supporters and still believed that "GG is a Left Wing movement" for most of its run, if not still.
There were enough polls on KiA that showed that early on a ton of users were placed on the leftist axis.
I'm aware, that's why KIA became the shitshell it is.
Because most of those users weren't willing to admit the problems they were dealing with came from within the Left as intentional instead of just bad seeds. Its why there was a constant effort to keep the focus small, because people kept noticing things and that was making it harder to be an open Leftie because it made you look like a fool or hypocrite.
And so, we reached the point where it just became a little hugbox for milquetoast Lefties to act like they weren't the "bad ones" while anyone too spicy got banished (or left willingly in the cause of myself) to KIA2.