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Over the past few months I, along with several other User Admins, have been hit with complaints about people's behavior. Most of these reports come out of people acting disrespectfully towards another normally centered around a political post. Every day, countless posts from both sides of the political line are posted. I was hoping that after the election was over and people settled back into their routines these posts would start to dwindle in number but sadly, that isn't the case. In fact, I think people's reactions only made people want to share more. Other social media sites are covered as well but here I think it's different.
I understand that for many of you, this is your one stop shop for social media actives. And I understand that you have the right to voice your thoughts and concerns but what I don't get and what I will not tolerate is the name calling and personal attacks. I think for some of you, you are so wrapped up on what others have said or done that you yourself are losing touch with reality. Rather than finding a healthy way to express your feelings you are just so hyper-focus that it's causing damage to yourself. Some of the actions I've seen here are simply not healthy.
When RallyPoint first started. it was started to a place where service members and veterans can come to get connected with others and get answers to their questions. Now, with over 1.1 million members we are still that place but have this dirty shadow following us.
So the question I have for you, as one of the original members and as one of the Senior User Admins of this site; why are you here? Are you here to connect with your brothers and sisters-in-arms and to help provide meaningful answers to questions or are you here in some effort to spread your ideals onto others? Why do some of you feel the need to attack others just based on the fact that they voted for someone different? When will you pause and step away to realize that no one person can make American great again, to do that takes all of us. It takes all of us to come together, support the powers to be and hold them accountable as a collective body.
I understand that for many of you, this is your one stop shop for social media actives. And I understand that you have the right to voice your thoughts and concerns but what I don't get and what I will not tolerate is the name calling and personal attacks. I think for some of you, you are so wrapped up on what others have said or done that you yourself are losing touch with reality. Rather than finding a healthy way to express your feelings you are just so hyper-focus that it's causing damage to yourself. Some of the actions I've seen here are simply not healthy.
When RallyPoint first started. it was started to a place where service members and veterans can come to get connected with others and get answers to their questions. Now, with over 1.1 million members we are still that place but have this dirty shadow following us.
So the question I have for you, as one of the original members and as one of the Senior User Admins of this site; why are you here? Are you here to connect with your brothers and sisters-in-arms and to help provide meaningful answers to questions or are you here in some effort to spread your ideals onto others? Why do some of you feel the need to attack others just based on the fact that they voted for someone different? When will you pause and step away to realize that no one person can make American great again, to do that takes all of us. It takes all of us to come together, support the powers to be and hold them accountable as a collective body.
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Well I am proud that I received the president's unit citation award an a personal citation as well, but it was removed for reporting Fraud, waste an abuse. But still they could not remove my Honorable! ❤️
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First, I didn't realize that RP had been here as long as it has. Mainly I am here to see and hear what is going on in our military community. My personal community begins with my father serving in WWI. His brother joined the AAC in 1933 and retired from the AF in 1953. Then WWII came along and my brothers and other relatives joined up. Then I enlisted in 1954.and retired with 36 years. My family is still serving as my great great nephew enlisted last August. So, since 1933 my personal community has had almost a total of 250 years of service to this great country of ours. There have been 6 retirees from this group. I have commented on a few things but mostly not even though I guess a SGM is suppose to have a comment on everything. Can't do it. Just takes too much time to read everything then have a comment. I'll let the ladies have the last word on things, at least my wife does. This will start another round of comments. Good luck to all of you in your endeavors.
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Thanks for making a great point and asking a great question. I am here to connect and to share ideas and opportunities with those that have served. I don't really mind political posts. I don't usually read the Hillary bashing, or Trump accolades. I did just recently get pretty excited about a post that proposed deleting the words "under God" from the pledge and sitting during the pledge or the national anthem, and that burning the flag should be an acceptable practice in protest because "after all, it's just a piece of cloth". But even in these dialogues, although I was definitely confrontational, I tried to remain civil...well civil to the SM poster, in truth I wanted to beat the little punk that made the video's butt.
I don't appreciate posts, or replies that are simply demeaning, or personal attacks. I hope that we are better than that. But I do hope that we have lively and intelligent exchanges and debate important topics that are relevant to the services, service members and also that cause the former SM community to think and take a leadership role as former service members in guiding policy and in shaping our form of government.
I don't appreciate posts, or replies that are simply demeaning, or personal attacks. I hope that we are better than that. But I do hope that we have lively and intelligent exchanges and debate important topics that are relevant to the services, service members and also that cause the former SM community to think and take a leadership role as former service members in guiding policy and in shaping our form of government.
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I loved RallyPoint when I first joined, because of the reason you mentioned above. The ability to get insight from seniors, peers and subordinates, alike. Then it became a popularity contest. Then it became just another social media page. And then all decorum and respect went out the window.
AD guys would still offer courtesies due to the fact that, yes, if it came down to it and you disrespected the wrong person, it could find you and bite you in the ass.
And then there were others. Lost my taste for Rallypoint for quite a while because of it.
AD guys would still offer courtesies due to the fact that, yes, if it came down to it and you disrespected the wrong person, it could find you and bite you in the ass.
And then there were others. Lost my taste for Rallypoint for quite a while because of it.
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I was curious what thoughts were out there with the military community. have some family members who have either been in the military or still are active members. Great learning place when check in
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Dana Perino told me about this site on The Five one night three years ago. Since then, reading the psychotic, grammatically ignorant, racist, and/or heads-up-their-asses comments and posts of too many people, officers and enlisted, who have served or are serving in our Armed Forces have led me to question why I have stayed. Maybe it's the truly great people that I have met on here, maybe it is. However, shitcanning the points system and 99.999% of the Admins would make this site just about perfect.
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Simply put, there are those that value and respect differing opinions and there are those that do not. As a reflection on society, the squeaky wheel gets the oil regardless of how small. I respect others opinions even if I disagree, unfortunately others do not treat differing opinions the same.
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HOOAH!
Some seem to either not understand or are not aware of the words on the document we swore to defend.
Some seem to either not understand or are not aware of the words on the document we swore to defend.
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SPC Todd Rhoades
To support the brotherhood, sisters as well. We are few among many in this nation.
I was part of an amazing part of military history. One of the cohorts that reactivated the 41 Eng Bn, 10th Mountain Div in 1986.
140 boys from all over this country of all races put together in B Co 589 Eng Bn FLW MO. These 3 platoons became 3 companies with 2,3&4 year enlistments. We didn't always agree, but we always worked it out, respectfully, we had no choice. We realized, from the start we were in it together, and to this day, some 30 years later, that cohesive mentality is still there. We still argue, brothers do, but it is still respectfully, and in the end, we are better educated by it.
In my 50 years on this earth, the most important lesson I have learned is that respect is a circle, if you don't give it, it won't come back around.
I was part of an amazing part of military history. One of the cohorts that reactivated the 41 Eng Bn, 10th Mountain Div in 1986.
140 boys from all over this country of all races put together in B Co 589 Eng Bn FLW MO. These 3 platoons became 3 companies with 2,3&4 year enlistments. We didn't always agree, but we always worked it out, respectfully, we had no choice. We realized, from the start we were in it together, and to this day, some 30 years later, that cohesive mentality is still there. We still argue, brothers do, but it is still respectfully, and in the end, we are better educated by it.
In my 50 years on this earth, the most important lesson I have learned is that respect is a circle, if you don't give it, it won't come back around.
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A unit is not one person, just like a country is not one person. We need each other for help and strength. The militarily taught me that my actions do affect others even when it may not look like it. Think before acting, or typeing.
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