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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Hedo, please don't take this personally, but we have been through the blocking traffic complaint here before and it sounds like the musings of a selectively enraged curmudgeon.

    If a person chooses to live in a mega city, (LA and Chicago are the 2 usually being talked about) traffic delays are part and parcel of that wacky life.
    Nobody comes screaming when some silly gladitorial circus blocks the streets for hours, Muskydan applauds it and forgoes the enforcement of the law for them, but let some young people who have passionate feelings about the future of our country perform the same action and suddenly they are a bunch of idiots and it is reprehensible??? That's ignorant.
    The fat, drunk, and pathetic sports fans get a pass, but the people trying to change the world for the better get slandered?
    It's bullshit.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    gambo, I don't think the idiots who smashed out a police car and tried to overturn it (why target the police if they're there "rallying" against Trump?) were working for positive change. Those are the assholes I have a problem with...and B, I don't need to know their story. Their actions spoke to that.
  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,759
    edited April 2016
    rgambs said:

    Hedo, please don't take this personally, but we have been through the blocking traffic complaint here before and it sounds like the musings of a selectively enraged curmudgeon.

    If a person chooses to live in a mega city, (LA and Chicago are the 2 usually being talked about) traffic delays are part and parcel of that wacky life.
    Nobody comes screaming when some silly gladitorial circus blocks the streets for hours, Muskydan applauds it and forgoes the enforcement of the law for them, but let some young people who have passionate feelings about the future of our country perform the same action and suddenly they are a bunch of idiots and it is reprehensible??? That's ignorant.
    The fat, drunk, and pathetic sports fans get a pass, but the people trying to change the world for the better get slandered?
    It's bullshit.

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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Indifference said:

    rgambs said:

    Hedo, please don't take this personally, but we have been through the blocking traffic complaint here before and it sounds like the musings of a selectively enraged curmudgeon.

    If a person chooses to live in a mega city, (LA and Chicago are the 2 usually being talked about) traffic delays are part and parcel of that wacky life.
    Nobody comes screaming when some silly gladitorial circus blocks the streets for hours, Muskydan applauds it and forgoes the enforcement of the law for them, but let some young people who have passionate feelings about the future of our country perform the same action and suddenly they are a bunch of idiots and it is reprehensible??? That's ignorant.
    The fat, drunk, and pathetic sports fans get a pass, but the people trying to change the world for the better get slandered?
    It's bullshit.

    Drivel
    Hahaha sure it is, to a sports fan. Cognitive dissonance.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited April 2016
    hedonist said:

    gambo, I don't think the idiots who smashed out a police car and tried to overturn it (why target the police if they're there "rallying" against Trump?) were working for positive change. Those are the assholes I have a problem with...and B, I don't need to know their story. Their actions spoke to that.

    Vandalism is entirely reprehensible, just shitty behavior.
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  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    These people are fucking awesome!! Love that they are making their voices heard in such a constructive way.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNQ9upvMTk


    This guy deserves a medal, not for supporting Trump, but just for having elephant balls to express it in the midst of that madness...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NITRphE07Q
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Oh man, Shawshank - I watched the first clip and felt for the poor people in that car. I cannot imagine being in that situation.

    And played the beginning of the second one...agree with you there.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Those people are just as bad as the Trump supporters SMH
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Extremists, no matter the view, are a problem. They leave no room for compromise. You can't govern a diverse country without compromise.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Earlier, I was thinking it's somewhat ironic - 24 years ago today, I drove home early from work (as we all did) under ashes gently raining down as the LA riots went into full fucking gear. Once home, from nine floors up, saw so many fires burning in my city. TV on, watched businesses burned, looted. Cars bashed, smashed. People too. Signs put up on storefronts to declare which race owned what. Sobbed as Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck and beaten...I don't even think "beaten" suffices for what was done to him.

    Protest, people. Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud.

    But when you turn into an animal, fuck you and your cause. And that goes for those last night as well.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    hedonist said:

    Earlier, I was thinking it's somewhat ironic - 24 years ago today, I drove home early from work (as we all did) under ashes gently raining down as the LA riots went into full fucking gear. Once home, from nine floors up, saw so many fires burning in my city. TV on, watched businesses burned, looted. Cars bashed, smashed. People too. Signs put up on storefronts to declare which race owned what. Sobbed as Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck and beaten...I don't even think "beaten" suffices for what was done to him.

    Protest, people. Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud.

    But when you turn into an animal, fuck you and your cause. And that goes for those last night as well.

    I agree with you but try not to forget that it's much easier to see things clearly from 9 floors up than it is from the bottom of the chaos.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    It's only going to get better when he is elected
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    rgambs said:

    Those people are just as bad as the Trump supporters SMH

    I'd say just a wee bit worse since they are the ones going out to instigate trouble.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,255
    One day the left will win and free speech will only apply to topics they agree with.

    When you are labeled racist for supporting legal immigration and not illegal immigration, you know the country is a lost cause. The brainwashing started in schools and in the media 20-30 years ago has worked. Congratulations.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    bootlegger10 said:

    One day the left will win and free speech will only apply to topics they agree with.

    When you are labeled racist for supporting legal immigration and not illegal immigration, you know the country is a lost cause. The brainwashing started in schools and in the media 20-30 years ago has worked. Congratulations.

    I really ought to bump that victim thread for you.

    The racist label comes from a lot more than that and the evidence has been presented over and over.
    When so many people are so ignorant they will vote for such a clown, that's when you see a lost cause.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    hedonist said:



    But when you turn into an animal, fuck you and your cause. And that goes for those last night as well.

    Agreed. I have no tolerance for idiot protesters who are primarily interested in causing trouble rather than furthering their cause. Hell, most protesters that end up getting interviewed have no actual message, so I don't know that they even have a cause to further, other than creating drama and being dipshits. The WTO protests in Seattle years ago cured me of the romantic notion of modern day protest as a form of civil disobedience, because these days the message has been lost and it is all about violence, vandalism, and mayhem rather than solidarity around a cause. Seattle gets hit with mayday protests every year, and hopefully since it falls on a Sunday this week, it won't be a typical idiot fest. But we get starry eyed college kids and black hoodie wearing anarchists from Eugene, OR, and neither group has any idea why they're there. Almost every time there is a march or protest planned by a responsible group with a real message, they get hijacked by troublemakers. Bunch of fucking morons that take away from the message the original organizers are trying to communicate.
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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Had no idea you were in SoCal, hedonist. I'm an 30-60 minute drive away from where that happened. Many cousins on my dad's side live nearby in the OC.

    I agree as well. They say that he who fights monsters...
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    rgambs said:

    Hedo, please don't take this personally, but we have been through the blocking traffic complaint here before and it sounds like the musings of a selectively enraged curmudgeon.

    If a person chooses to live in a mega city, (LA and Chicago are the 2 usually being talked about) traffic delays are part and parcel of that wacky life.
    Nobody comes screaming when some silly gladitorial circus blocks the streets for hours, Muskydan applauds it and forgoes the enforcement of the law for them, but let some young people who have passionate feelings about the future of our country perform the same action and suddenly they are a bunch of idiots and it is reprehensible??? That's ignorant.
    The fat, drunk, and pathetic sports fans get a pass, but the people trying to change the world for the better get slandered?
    It's bullshit.

    Yup.
    With all that is happening....people protesting is the thing to lose your shit about. Give me a break.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    dignin said:

    rgambs said:

    Hedo, please don't take this personally, but we have been through the blocking traffic complaint here before and it sounds like the musings of a selectively enraged curmudgeon.

    If a person chooses to live in a mega city, (LA and Chicago are the 2 usually being talked about) traffic delays are part and parcel of that wacky life.
    Nobody comes screaming when some silly gladitorial circus blocks the streets for hours, Muskydan applauds it and forgoes the enforcement of the law for them, but let some young people who have passionate feelings about the future of our country perform the same action and suddenly they are a bunch of idiots and it is reprehensible??? That's ignorant.
    The fat, drunk, and pathetic sports fans get a pass, but the people trying to change the world for the better get slandered?
    It's bullshit.

    Yup.
    With all that is happening....people protesting is the thing to lose your shit about. Give me a break.
    My shit is intact, thank you very much!

    I'll never condone "protests" that involve violence or destruction of property.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    hedonist said:

    dignin said:

    rgambs said:

    Hedo, please don't take this personally, but we have been through the blocking traffic complaint here before and it sounds like the musings of a selectively enraged curmudgeon.

    If a person chooses to live in a mega city, (LA and Chicago are the 2 usually being talked about) traffic delays are part and parcel of that wacky life.
    Nobody comes screaming when some silly gladitorial circus blocks the streets for hours, Muskydan applauds it and forgoes the enforcement of the law for them, but let some young people who have passionate feelings about the future of our country perform the same action and suddenly they are a bunch of idiots and it is reprehensible??? That's ignorant.
    The fat, drunk, and pathetic sports fans get a pass, but the people trying to change the world for the better get slandered?
    It's bullshit.

    Yup.
    With all that is happening....people protesting is the thing to lose your shit about. Give me a break.
    My shit is intact, thank you very much!

    I'll never condone "protests" that involve violence or destruction of property.
    Your language would suggest otherwise, but carry on.
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