Well first off, we re pretty territorial. Turf battles are not uncommon in the OHV world. Membership struggles are a constant reminder that we want to hang onto our own. Secondly, we re self-serving sometimes. We certainly, again, do not want to lose our membership to other groups or organizations.
People get pretty possessive about the sport and organization they love.
Third, we have learned in today s society to distrust. We don t trust government. We don t trust the anti-access folks. And many times we don t trust each other. And if a big national group is not doing something immediately recognizable for a local group, the distrust surfaces instantly.