I was going to ally with the Brotherhood. Really I was.
Then they pulled that shit with the slave collar and after the NCR guy got it off, I systematically exterminated them with their own gauss rifles, with help from Boone and Ed-E.
You're not the only one. Let's just say I really loved those turrets.
Yeah, great move on the Brotherhood's part there- let's code in a function to reverse the turrets' targeting criteria! Those turrets took out almost all of L1.
The Brotherhood went down way easier than the Legion did; I found myself using missile spam (Annabelle, unique missile launcher) after a few reloads when entering a tent with 10+ enemies right next to me. And then who was in that tent but Benny! He made a mistake; he didn't make sure I was dead. Let's just put it this way- I did not make the same mistake.
Slavery is not something I tolerate in Fallout games. Paradise Falls got the same treatment, as did The Pitt. A majorly cheesy scripted event where I lose my equipment? Fine, assholes- I'll just start punching out guards, take their weapons and armor, and then start a campaign of extermination from the inside out. I know it's not what the plot wanted me to do. Fuck the plot.