That happened in Chicago? Surprised to see George W isn't riddled with bullet holes.
Chicago has strict gun laws which holds back a lot of shootings there. :sunglasses:
That happened in Chicago? Surprised to see George W isn't riddled with bullet holes.
I was once a GI Joe now, I think I should join Hydra. Heil Hydra!Not to mention all the Left Coast attacks from Antifa. But hey, remember that one guy in Charlottesville is a Nazi. So ALL of the other left wing attacks are now null and void because of that.
This is something a lot of people aren't understanding. It really is an apples and oranges comparison. Washington and Jefferson may have been slave owners but both served as key parts of the creation of this free nation. At best, the confederate monument is a participation trophy to the losing side in a war against the United States. At worst, they are a scarecrow to black citizens. Either way, there is no logical excuse to support them.Washington led the Revolutionary Army, is widely recognized as the father of the country and Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and both were presidents. They didn't wage war to tear the country apart (like the Confederate generals did).
Fact are facts. You may not know there is data and lists for this kind of info. I'm sorry it makes you feel bad but the truth is not an insult it's just a bad situation. You from Kentucky? BTW I checked this years listing and we have jumped to 46th! A veritable galaxy of geniuses.First sentence lament how it is being discussed, second sentence generalize and insult a whole state. Great transition!
BTW, a guy from liberal Illinois went to a park a few weeks ago and tried to assassinate a dozen or so sitting congressmen. I am sure you think they deserved it.
Well, while I understand her point, she is simply wrong. Washington led the Revolutionary Army, is widely recognized as the father of the country and Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and both were presidents. They didn't wage war to tear the country apart (like the Confederate generals did). I don't necessarily think being a slave owner in the 1700s, when it was common practice, should negate every other act in your lifetime. Are we going to start blowing up our own history, like ISIS is doing to their ancient structures in their occupied Caliphate? There is a line to be drawn somewhere.
As I stated earlier, it is clearly a slippery slope. Princeton University is either studying taking Woodrow Wilson's name off of one of their buildings, or has already decided to do so, because of his racist views, and he was President of both Princeton and the US. That too is ill advised. At least IMO.
Fact are facts. You may not know there is data and lists for this kind of info. I'm sorry it makes you feel bad but the truth is not an insult it's just a bad situation. You from Kentucky?
This is something a lot of people aren't understanding. It really is an apples and oranges comparison. Washington and Jefferson may have been slave owners but both served as key parts of the creation of this free nation. At best, the confederate monument is a participation trophy to the losing side in a war against the United States. At worst, they are a scarecrow to black citizens. Either way, there is no logical excuse to support them.
Only 40% of African Americans want statues to come down and less than half of Dems want them to come down. But, pls continue your terrible argument to bend over backwards to insult everyone from KY. Just stellar. I could also show you some awesome maps of transition from 2008 to now if you need them.Fact are facts. You may not know there is data and lists for this kind of info. I'm sorry it makes you feel bad but the truth is not an insult it's just a bad situation. You from Kentucky? BTW I checked this years listing and we have jumped to 46th! A veritable galaxy of geniuses.
yep, Lexington dealt with itIt is a local issue in many cases.
yep, very reasonable and warrented wanting them to come down but there is a slippery cliff staring at the left on this and they have no way of holding it back.Most of the early US Presidents owned slaves. Even Grant owned one prior to the war who he freed in 1857.
Out of control health care costs
Opiod crises, methamphetamine
Lack of work ethic in the country exacerbated by social policies
Islamic extremism
Nuclear proliferation
Long term expansionist goals by the Chinese
Aging population
And we're consumed by a bunch of statues that have been up for a hundred years or more????
Nope, that is just a start. Some have been saying that white people are the problem too so, when the statues are gone they will come for you. This is all that the left has and they are milking it for what is worth. They really don't seem to care about what happens to America. Wiping out our history to start anew is what I think is their goal. Be careful what you ask for liberals. When you eliminate a lot of hard working people who pay a lot of taxes, none will be left to support your system and you will eventually have to do it yourself with a lot less benefits.It's about identity politics and victim mentality, which is about all the left has in their arsenal these days. The "progressives" will not stop until they have destroyed America and have installed a Marxist government.
Wake up, you can't reason with these people. Go ahead, take down all the confederate statues. Do you really think THAT will satisfy them? It's not even their goal.
Amazing, isn't it? Why is left wing violence off limits to talk about? There are tons of examples of violence from BLM and ANTIFA. I'd break my fingers typing them all out.Not to mention all the Left Coast attacks from Antifa. But hey, remember that one guy in Charlottesville is a Nazi. So ALL of the other left wing attacks are now null and void because of that.
At best, the confederate monument is a participation trophy to the losing side in a war against the United States. At worst, they are a scarecrow to black citizens. Either way, there is no logical excuse to support them.
Let me give you a few examples of the left's "slippery slope" (and how they brainwash decent democrats over time).
1. Normal democrat: Hey, I think all the pollution we humans produce is not good in the long run. Maybe we should recycle??
Slippery slope leftist: I have a better idea..... Let's tax the **** out of everyone's carbon footprint and if people disagree we will call them earth-hating republicans who want us all to die of sun posioning.
Normal democrat: well, I don't want to be part of the earth hating republicans who want us all to die, so okay.
2. Normal democrat: (once they were finally brainwashed into accepting gay marriage, culminating with Obama's change of heart around 2010). Hey, you know, if you love someone you should be able marry them no matter who it is.
Slippery slope leftist: GREAT! Now let's make sure girls with dicks can go to their preferred bathroom. And let's teach our elementary school kids that's it perfectly okay to want a dick if you don't have one. Or get rid of it if you do have one. And if you ain't cool with that, well, you must be a gay hating, transgender phobe republican who wants to kill all gays and transgendered people.
Normal democrat: well, who are we to judge anyway. Right?
3. Normal democrat: I mean, healthcare costs are out of control. Maybe we should get government involved.
Slippery slope leftist: Yes, yes. Let's do that. Wait, you know what? How about we just let the government run the whole God Damn thing? Single payor style. If you dont think that's a great idea, then you are an evil republican who wants kids dying in the streets.
Normal democrat: uh.... Yeah, I don't want that.
Coming soon.......
4. Normal democrat: I can understand wanting to remove confederate statues. They were treasonous, racist ******** after all.
Slippery slope leftist: that they were, normal democrat. That they were. You know who else were racist ********? Those white, racist founding fathers. Let's Get the bulldozer. If you don't like it you are nothing but a white privelaged, Christian racist who hates anyone not like you.
Normal democrat: well, when you put it that way.
There are many more examples of the slippery slope leftist, but I'm tired of typing. Long story short.... There aren't any normal democrats. They are not allowed to be.
I hate to tell y'all this, but the Monumental Bronze Co. pulled off an epic, EPIC, troll job back during the late 1880s-1890s regarding some of these statues. From the Washington Post:
At left, a Monumental Bronze Co. sculpture of a Union soldier, erected in Westfield, N.J., in 1889. On the right, a sculpture of a Confederate soldier, by the same company, erected in Windsor, N.C., in 1898.
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Lol, this is what the people pulling the strings want man. They thrive on it - divide and conquer, trying to make everyday folks choose between nazis and communists
Don't fall for it! Ignore it! They thrive on attention
Neo Nazis are morons.
They hate and show stupidity.
The Nazis were dangerous. Neo Nazis are just stupid.
I'm thinking it's higher than that. As immoral as their rhetoric is, I think it appeals to a very significant portion of the population and could be viewed as a minor concession to voting for their own interests.
I know people who have this same view point and think they have a very skewed and manipulated view of history. I keep hearing about heritage but it is simply a heritage based on racism and hate. There's nothing wrong with southern culture, but the confederacy was literally what I called it above - a defeated enemy of the United States.
I'll give credit, that's the real slippery slope. Jefferson wrote about a democracy being able to vote it's own end and I suppose we would have to abide by a legal vote.........probably...?...maybe.SO if your nation goes totally off the damn rails
And starts bombing other nations and destabilizing entire regions
Acting like a drunken, cross eyed, malevolent marine on shore leave......
Then doesn't your state have to DO SOMETHING?
I've had to deal with several people fresh from India before and agree, the average 'murcan is an amateur. We should have nowhere near the volume of drama we do. I normally don't get too vocal but this is one that I've always had a problem with.I've seen MANY more egregious manifestations of racism over seas --- **** that would make even the hardest of American Marxist cry on their panties
Everyone is going to have to determine their own line in the sand, in both directions. Everyone should have a pretty good idea of where that is already. You folks see my opinion here but in Bizarro world paddock I would look like one of this paddock's resident 'wingers.There are PLENTY of intelligent, Traditional Leftists who see what time it is as well
I'll give credit, that's the real slippery slope. Jefferson wrote about a democracy being able to vote it's own end and I suppose we would have to abide by a legal vote.........probably...?...maybe.
I've had to deal with several people fresh from India before and agree, the average 'murcan is an amateur. We should have nowhere near the volume of drama we do. I normally don't get too vocal but this is one that I've always had a problem with.
Everyone is going to have to determine their own line in the sand, in both directions. Everyone should have a pretty good idea of where that is already. You folks see my opinion here but in Bizarro world paddock I would look like one of this paddock's resident 'wingers.
There are PLENTY of intelligent, Traditional Leftists who see what time it is as well
Don't be shy now
Just curious. And I'm not trying to provoke you or anyone else. ,,,
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The left is trying to conflate the two groups as part of an anti-Trump campaign. I get that. But its like trying to call every supporter of Bernie Sanders, even those who like him basically because of his trade policies, a Communist.
[QUOTE="qwesley, post: 6073122, member: 1800"Maybe there are secret groups of communists (I have no idea), but a lot of people just want to.
So, California can secede? South Carolina could not. The Ag area of California has no interest in being governed by the coastal region. Would they be denied their right to secede from California?
Most of the early US Presidents owned slaves. Even Grant owned one prior to the war who he freed in 1857.
Out of control health care costs
Opiod crises, methamphetamine
Lack of work ethic in the country exacerbated by social policies
Islamic extremism
Nuclear proliferation
Long term expansionist goals by the Chinese
Aging population
And we're consumed by a bunch of statues that have been up for a hundred years or more????
So suddenly - there are naZis everywhere
Duke university took down an Robert E. Lee statue.Yes there are but the culture they created will not allow ANY disagreement or challenge. Zero.
Los Angeles TimesVerified account@latimes
Traveler, USC's mascot, comes under scrutiny for having a name similar to Robert E. Lee's horse http://lat.ms/2waD1KZ
It's the oldest trick in the book, bait and switch.Most of the early US Presidents owned slaves. Even Grant owned one prior to the war who he freed in 1857.
Out of control health care costs
Opiod crises, methamphetamine
Lack of work ethic in the country exacerbated by social policies
Islamic extremism
Nuclear proliferation
Long term expansionist goals by the Chinese
Aging population
And we're consumed by a bunch of statues that have been up for a hundred years or more????
I love coming on here to enjoy hypocrites at its peak.
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Entertainment at its best! [thumb2]