I think anyone who has been on here for any length of time has had an experience or two like you describe, Deb....I get stubborn too. Mostly it kicks in when some proposed expert tells someone they "can't" do this or that method because it will kill/cause to suffer/otherwise be a bad thing to the animal.
An alarmist sets off my stubborn bone quicker than anyone, I think. They like drama and they love to warn folks about things and will flip out some stray research done in the 70s that will support their warning, even though the research states "in isolated incidents" or some such jargon. And then they will finish off their diatribe with "better to be safe than be sorry" and "I'd rather not take chances with the lives of my animals...I love them too much". Implying, of course, that anyone who loves their animals will take this warning and stamp it on their foreheads for eternity so they won't ever, ever think out of the box nor color out of the lines again in their animal paradigms.
That sticks in my craw. Big time. Dire warnings, getting their panties in a bunch if someone doesn't agree with their warning and continuing to beat that dead horse until it revives just to get away from them, etc. Those kinds of folks like to get newbies into a tizzy and make them doubt their own judgement calls and stunts their curiosity and natural learning process by demanding that they only follow the USDA recommended protocol as put down in stone by Storey's Guide to Chickens.
We've all been there...sometimes a person just has to stand up and say, "ENOUGH!" when it comes to drama queens, argumentation specialists, naysayers and emotionally immature folks who drag their baggage to a chicken forum. It's a place of learning and fun and should always be so, but not everyone sees it that way. If someone doesn't stand up to them and point out the obvious, pretty soon they rule the roost and no one comes here at all.
So, salute to the stubborn folks...sometimes we are necessary.
