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Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion
RE: Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion
(August 13, 2018 at 8:18 am)alpha male Wrote:
(August 13, 2018 at 8:11 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Shhh!!!    That doesn't fit the narrative!

Yeah...and when Trump is nationalist, the proper label is xenophobic. What was I thinking?

I can see that a little, but I think that it is more that he is just less political, diplomatic and PC then is perhaps desired. He doesn’t always think before he speaks, and certainly doesn’t think about the prooftexters, who are going to try and twist everything he says.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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RE: Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion
Quote:I can see that a little, but I think that it is more that he is just less political, diplomatic and PC then is perhaps desired. 

Nope but those are lame excuses 


Quote:He doesn’t always think before he speaks, and certainly doesn’t think about the prooftexters, who are going to try and twist everything he says.
He's expressive of his true beliefs and no we don't need to twist his words what he says says it all .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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Quote:Protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday night pulled down a Confederate monument known as Silent Sam, which had stood on the campus since 1913. University officials had argued that state law forbade them from moving it without a panel’s approval.

NY Times
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Now my question is which pro confederate bigot group commissioned the statue in the first place to try glorify them .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

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RE: Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion
University Alumni and Daughters of the Confederacy.  

A real gem from the dedication speech.

Quote:One hundred yards from where we stand, less than ninety days perhaps after my return from Appomattox, I horse whipped a  wench until her skirts hung in shreds because she had maligned and insulted a Southern lady, and then rushed for protection to these University buildings where was stationed a garrison of 100 Federal soldiers. I performed the pleasing duty in the immediate presence of the entire garrison.
-Julian Carr.  Dead Racist and Traitor, lol.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion
No, I'd say harassing any person is wrong. There are ways to voice opposition without resorting to harassment.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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(August 21, 2018 at 1:08 pm)Khemikal Wrote: University Alumni and Daughters of the Confederacy.  

A real gem from the dedication speech.

Quote:One hundred yards from where we stand, less than ninety days perhaps after my return from Appomattox, I horse whipped a  wench until her skirts hung in shreds because she had maligned and insulted a Southern lady, and then rushed for protection to these University buildings where was stationed a garrison of 100 Federal soldiers. I performed the pleasing duty in the immediate presence of the entire garrison.
-Julian Carr.  Dead Racist and Traitor, lol.
Thought so their slimy hands are usually on Confederate monument .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

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Amusingly enough, the current incarnation of the daughters of the confederacy agrees with removing these statues, and has been moving them on their own dime.

It's just the "statue enthusiasts" that think they should forever remain in place.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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Auschwitz and Dachau should remain standing forever as a reminder and warning to all future generations.
<insert profound quote here>
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(August 23, 2018 at 4:45 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Auschwitz and Dachau should remain standing forever as a reminder and warning to all future generations.

I invite you to organize tours of the confederate statues to highlight how vile were the institution these traitors to their country killed their fellow countrymen to protect, like tours of sushwitz and dachau highlight how vile were the exterminators racial policies of the very same Nazis whose flags were waved by those (fine men, according to YOUR president) seeking to protect these statues.

Are you game?
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