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bmudd14474

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What is the SMF?

Above all SMF is a Community of people from all different backgrounds, races, religions, and belief. Some on here would say its a family and I would have to agree with that for the most part.

A community or family doesn't always agree on things. When this happens you have the choice to be respectful and work thru differences or to draw a line in the sand and say its your way or the highway. We don't have to agree and its ok to agree to disagree as long as you can still be respectful to the others.

Right now I have have seen some comments as of late that aren't very community/family centric and its been bothering me a bit. SMF is a collection or recipes, procedures, and ideas that were all generated by our community/family.

I know that the political climate has caused some uneasiness with folks and this is why we do not allow politics on SMF. Some folks are ecstatic with the election and some people feel like hell is here. The great thing about SMF is that we can be a community/family that focuses on this hobby that we all love doing. For some smoking/cooking and sharing that here with you all is a break from the struggles in everyday life. We never know what each other is truly going thru and seeing friendly, welcoming, helpful, and caring post helps them get thru the day.

Now introduce the snark, negative, and not helpful comments. This can take that person that is barely hanging on and put there over the edge or at least to the point that they do not want to be here any longer. It can make it so that someone new sees it and doesn't post asking for help because they think that this is the response they will get and they move on.

I know we are not perfect people and it will happen. All I am getting at is that sometimes we need to do a self evaluation of ourselves and how we interact with those we value and make sure that we are being kind and understanding even if we do not agree with them on certain levels. I also know that its hard to judge intent when text. Some people are just blunt and its how they are wired. Some people aren't. When you are face to face with someone talking you can see expressions, inflection in their voices, tone, and hear more words from them then they would actually type.

There are several forums out on the web and I won't talk down on any of them. What I will do is say that I want SMF to continue to be what it was started as and what we want it to continue to be and that is a community/family where everyone is welcomed.

I hope that everyone that reads this is doing well. If you are struggling and need someone to just talk to send me a PM. Please know that your forum family is here for you even thru we are imperfect people.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.
 
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