Do you think there is another secret group?

Oh definitely, we have a uniform, a secret handshake and titles. It's very exclusive.

I do!    I didn't think it was secret or private either, just for those interested in the subject.  I agree that most don't seem to post here anymore.  I know the Pea who started it doesn't.  

I see nothing wrong with different/splinter groups.  It's how communities work.  I have no problem with not being invited to them either.  What I think can be childish and mean spirited are the "secret" groups formed purely to drag others down and I wouldn't want to be part of that.  

This still amuses me "I wouldn't want to join a club that would have me as a member" Groucho Marx.

I've wondered about that. I don't think there is anything wrong with being curious about it- it isn't a matter of feeling left out, it is just plain curiosity.

I was a member of Unscrappable back in the day, but it wasn't secret at all. It was fun, too.

I used to read the board that trashed us. I never posted but I'll admit that my curiosity got the better of me sometimes. It was kind of fascinating. I was mentioned once and since I was a pea that went under the radar I thought I had really arrived when they noticed me.

There is probably a board trashing us now, too.

I belonged to another group for a couple of years. I can't remember now how I found them and how they originated. There may have been people there who were on the old board - probably. I think I found them tracing back connections to my YouTube channel wanting to know how people were finding me so I could increase views.

The board was/is (I don't know if it still exists) private so you had to request a sign on. It was supposed to be no politics, no religion and mostly was. However, immediately after the 2016 election someone made a post asking if it was a sunny day or a cloudy day for you. Responses of course indicated your preference in the election. Either you allow politics or you don't. That was not the day to introduce it as it was quite 'cloudy' in my world. Personally I like the politics. If you try to ban it completely you can't talk about any current events.

I'd already been thinking of dropping out of the board as I just couldn't keep up with everyone. They all seemed to know not only each other's screen names but real names and could recall everyone's past family stories. It was more than I could or wanted to keep up with at the time.

I agree, and I wondered if we lost some regular posters bc there is so much US election talk right now. I do hope they come back, bc this board thrives when there is multiple opinions.

All the political posts are clearly marked as such and can be avoided if people are so inclined. The lepers of the NSBR, you know.

This is the kind of groups I was assuming are out there. Some peas with a similar interest started DMing then made a private FB group to all talk and post about that interest.

A lot of Peas have been run off / left for various reasons. A couple that I know of read and just dont reply. Are there other groups? Probably. But just like Im not invited to every party, I don't think I need to be invited to every group (and nor would I want to join some groups). 

Do they sell that at the local Wal-Mart or only specialty stores, I wonder?

There may be a few off shoot groups like this... i don't know how many of what kind.. it isnt like a secret club based on popularity... to bash the main board but that all the members have a certain thing in common...

Some examples all the cancer survivors... or peas who have lost a child... or lost a spouse... or vegan peas... whatever "it" may be...

I think its like the single peas used to have their own thread but it went bad when other peas used what was said as ammo on other threads... the other board has a better fellowship of what happens in vegas stays in vegas kinda thing...

I understand I will probably get push back for this comment/opinion and I am fine with that.  I agree with this, there is a difference between MAGA and Trump supporters and true conservatives/Republicans (although their “party/MAGA supporter members” would probably call them a RINO).  I would be considered liberal and am voting for Democratic candidates in all of the national elections.  However, in my state choices I have a mixture of Republicans and Democratics.  I have done my homework and I know who is MAGA inspired and who is middle of the road.  I also come from a state where I do my homework because there are certainly some that are too progressive, and I don’t vote for them either.

i left drama. glad I know nothing about any of this!!

I view it as I do real life friend groups. There can be a bigger group, but then smaller groups might be closer w/in the bigger group. It's not a bad thing. In my small group we don't say mean things about our other friends. Nor do we say mean things to eachother. We're just women who carpooled our kids, together and became very close and we share a bond. We're also part of a larger group w/whom we enjoy brunches and luncheons. How is that different than an offshoot group here?

I can't speak for everyone on the board.  However, personally, I do make the distinction between Liz Cheney, Adam Kissinger, Chris Christie, Mitt Romney, John Kelly, Will Hurd, Asa Hutchinson,  Cassidy Hutchinson, Joe Walsh, Never Trumpers and MAGA.  I don't agree with their politics, I don't even like a. few of them (Chris Christie) but I do respect them and appreciate their courage to stand up for democracy.  Nikki Haley and Chris Sunnunu criticized Trump but ultimately caved.  There are a couple of others like Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher who resigned from the House.  That's part of the problem, too that the moderate Republicans have resigned, been pushed out or primaried.

Unfortunately, the majority of Republican politicians have put power and party over country and kissed the ring.  And for a lot of us, when our rights and the rights of people we love are threatened, that's a line too far.  So yes, most likely, if you are a politician with an R after your name, you are complicit and drinking the MAGA kool-aid. This might also apply if you support and vote for a MAGA Republican.  

If Trump and MAGA are defeated in November, I genuinely hope that out of the ashes there will be a new moderately conservative party.  Our country needs and depends on two functioning parties.