Clod

Me as a conservative, now that there is an interesting theory of yours, but I'm not here to talk about your impressions.

Leaving soon, that's an actually good idea. Tension around here grows in seconds disregard who do you side with or if you stay neutral. Also, being horsefamous within this place grants you far too much power with people. That there makes the forums a minefield. Upset the wrong user, even if you mean to help, and you can expect a mob at your door -and sometimes warns or even temporary bans-. Even befriending people can explode on your face if you're careless. Take your chance and find a better place, or stick to the ones who remain neutral elsewhere.

And if you ever wonder why am I here, well, I put the blame on being loyal to those who help me up. Despite all the dramas and the thick GoT like plotting, there's still a few decent peeps around. Probably not worth stepping into the minefield.

i don't really need a lesson on this place

Trust me, these last 3 months have been a rollercoaster and I noticed more cynism about such things lately. I think these kind of communities are probably the worst around the fandom and they get worse over time. Amino and this forum roll pretty much the same way with the play nice policies that get bended by a few users. Can't say it is a newbloods thing since we had several problems in those little circlejerks back in 2011 outside friendly communities if not back at 2010 at /co/, but even back at derpy and the IRCs we had less people shitting on each other (if any, usually the troublesome people were Seth and his guys who made it big anyway). Hopefully a couple years ago this forum had no need to shut down entire subforums and ban people over politics. I wasn't here to know anyway.

It's funny, reminds me of something an anon once said. Is not that we all changed, is just that some people is no longer willing to tolerate each other and that's what makes the fandom fall apart.