Who Are WE RV'ers Really?
It has occurred to me that much of the contentious discussion on this site that so infuriates the moderators and others is due in part to the varied ideas we have about just who is an "RVer" and the d...
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dewey02 wrote:
If we really want to explore this subject and classify people on this forum the way some suggest, then perhaps the OP should develop a taxonomic key.
For those not familiar with this term, it is a classification system that poses a series of questions that basically have a yes/no answer. Each answer takes you down a different path to more yes/no questions until you arrive at the answer for the specific thing you are trying to identify or determine.
A classic example of this is a taxonomic key for determining what species of tree twig you are looking at.
However, I say this all in jest, as I think the OP's premise that people disagree because they are different types of RVers is faulty. People disagree because they are people. Even since Cain and Abel had a falling out it has been thus. We are all people and we all have our own ideas and opinions about things (yes, even Walmart stays).
Here is a very simplified version of a taxonomic key for classifying minions (and perhaps RVers).
A taxonomic key is a great idea but too time consuming and sleep inducing for this audience I fear.
My point about disagreement on this site is this: Much of what I read in posts to a topic is clearly from the perspective of a certain kind of RV'er vs another (see my list). Often the responses are combative and out of sync with the OP's posting...(see two of the responses here for an example).
The disagreements, I am suggesting, are borne out of the different experiences and world views that different kinds of RV'ers have based on their particular way of approaching the "RV Experience"
Certainly all of the other reasons for people to disagree are in play here also and i never suggested there was only one. But the one I see much of was the basis for my post.
