I speak from the sidelines in the sense of knowing nobody on OOF personally.
With the amount of members there are coming from all parts of the world, cultures, backgrounds, upbringing, beliefs ...... there is always room for arguments. That is of course, if people continue not to accept others have different views, opinions and beliefs on any particular subjects.
Acceptance is what is needed. Everybody needs to accept that people will have different likes and dislikes. Some will repeatedly come up with the old boring cliches, some will spout their political views strongly, whilst others love or hate the royal family. You cannot and will not change someones opinion. It is up to them to change it if they choose to. And frankly, why the hell would you want to change someone's opinion? So they agree and support you? Because you feel so strongly about the given subject so everybody should feel the same? NO.
The Loo-knee, Jimbo thing. It ain't resolved. So, those directly involved need to sort it. Or not. That's their choice. And the rest of us need to stay the hell out of the way. It's nothing to do with us, even if you know one or more of the people personally. No reason why anybody should be naffed off except those involved. If others feel strongly about it, stay away from GenDiss and just consult OOF when you need car help.
There are lots of better things to be doing, and perhaps more pressing things to be concerned about, than worrying about the views of somebody you may have never even met.
Personally, I am not particulary patriotic, not particulary interested in the royal family and don't really care what happens in British politics as I don't live there. As a result, I make a choice as to whether to get involved in discussions. That said if there are those that have opposite views, then great, good for them. We may not understand each other, or we may understand but not agree, but so what. Each to their own. I may be judged for those views. So what. I won't judge you though, that's my main point. Live and let live.
It has been said more than once. OOF is a great forum and credit due to the Admin / Mods who look after it, as well as the members who participate.
If you don't like the chat area, find another website to chat on.