Guys, I made a mistake. I did something that isn't normal for my character. Let me take a step back and put this in context. Last year, a thread about the K30 that James Merrick had picked up was all over his social media and his YouTube channel. He was pretty pumped over it. A few of us here, myself included made our opinions pretty vocal. While we are each entitled to our own opinion, mine took it more to a personal level and I was out of line. And I went on and on. I did more to stoke the fire than put out the flames.
Merrick found the thread this week while looking for Blazer Bash info and found me via Instagram. He reached out and called me. His main question was why? What did he do to me to justify my going after him the way I did? The honest truth was he did nothing to me. I don't know what got under my skin at that time, but the fact remains I shouldn't have done what I did. There really isn't an excuse for what I did.
I know it's all too easy to hide behind the keyboard and talk smack with no repercussions. It's not something I would have said if he was standing in front of me. The fact that he felt he should call me out was a testament to how off-putting my comments were to him. I said it before, that behavior isn't normal for me. I could have easily put my opinion down without getting hateful but I didn't. I'm sorry for what I said and how I said it. This isn't the old Pirate4x4 and it's crap like that that can drive members old and new from our great site that has always had a wealth of squarebody knowledge and is open to helping anybody with one of these great trucks. Merrick may not be active a lot here right now, but I can see how actions like mine would push him away. I put this out as an apology that I was out of line with how I carried myself and intend to do better to move forward.
The offending thread for context:
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In an effort to not let this thread go sideways and let it be simply my apology, it was suggested by the other mods to lock the thread. If anybody wants to comment, please PM me and I can reopen it. I will not let this turn into another bash session.
Merrick found the thread this week while looking for Blazer Bash info and found me via Instagram. He reached out and called me. His main question was why? What did he do to me to justify my going after him the way I did? The honest truth was he did nothing to me. I don't know what got under my skin at that time, but the fact remains I shouldn't have done what I did. There really isn't an excuse for what I did.
I know it's all too easy to hide behind the keyboard and talk smack with no repercussions. It's not something I would have said if he was standing in front of me. The fact that he felt he should call me out was a testament to how off-putting my comments were to him. I said it before, that behavior isn't normal for me. I could have easily put my opinion down without getting hateful but I didn't. I'm sorry for what I said and how I said it. This isn't the old Pirate4x4 and it's crap like that that can drive members old and new from our great site that has always had a wealth of squarebody knowledge and is open to helping anybody with one of these great trucks. Merrick may not be active a lot here right now, but I can see how actions like mine would push him away. I put this out as an apology that I was out of line with how I carried myself and intend to do better to move forward.
The offending thread for context:
Merricks smoking crack
I know he is a member here and I like watching his videos but I am still going to hassle him. Here's his new video : He got his hands on a nice 1991 V3500. It's a $10,000 truck. A decent one but it's still a rust belt truck. It can be yours for $55,000. High as a f-ing kite.
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In an effort to not let this thread go sideways and let it be simply my apology, it was suggested by the other mods to lock the thread. If anybody wants to comment, please PM me and I can reopen it. I will not let this turn into another bash session.
