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<blockquote data-quote="Great Asp" data-source="post: 16462882" data-attributes="member: 53322"><p>“I have to admit I truly enjoy this site. Not because of the car stuff but the characters here. don't take that as a bad thing because we all have different personalities and that's what makes it fun. But I figured the one thing that we would all agree on is the concept of America and what she means to us.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In a word for me?,….Freedom. I don’t like the idea of someone that thinks they know better for me, or is operating under the guise of one cause in name, in order to affect the change in something else. Hate people that believe they are morally superior.</span></p><p></p><p>“It is truly disturbing to see some people cheering that there are federal officers with no identification beating on people that are protesting.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I’m not cheering for anyone getting hurt or violence conducted. At my age, I can’t even watch those damn videos with skateboarders crashing. And I used to like those videos. I hate waste, or destruction of something that someone else built/paid for.</span></p><p></p><p>“Now I'm a True Believer that if you break the law you must deal with the consequences.”</p><p></p><p>Yup</p><p></p><p>“But that's not always the case and like it or not we all know it.”</p><p></p><p>Yup</p><p></p><p>“One person being mistreated thrown in a van and taken away only to later be released and told they did nothing wrong it's not acceptable. Whether you believe in whatever it is a person is protesting or not is not Material.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As a general rule I trust law enforcement, and certainly in the middle of an “event” I trust law enforcement. The main reason I do is because you can use the legal system to get square after an event if law enforcement acts badly. Not so much true the other way around.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Also, people lie. They lie when they are affronted in the midst of committing shenanigans, they lie after, and they lie even when they are shown the evidence or proof of their shenanigans. Then you have the next level liars that change describing words, make excuses, omit relative information.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">So if law enforcement sees someone that they think is, or did, commit shenanigans, yeah I think it is material.</span></p><p></p><p>“What is is the fact that some of you are okay with them being beaten for no good reason at all.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Beaten for no good reason?....no good reason? Assuming you are referring to the current events in Portland or Seattle as an example, there are people conducting mayhem against citizens, citizens property, attacking law enforcement, theft, and random acts of violence. Why would a person put themselves in harms way to be there, unless they wanted to be a part of those things?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I like a good rally, and even a protest. But that is not the only means by which to protest. And frankly the way they are going about “protesting” like blocking traffic, pulling people out of their cars and beating them, blocking interstate highways (a remarkably bad idea), pulling down statues, and moving on to destruction of property, theft, and arson I’d say there is more than enough reasons.</span></p><p></p><p>“Additionally a lot of folks don't like athletes expressing their political stance. I have no issue if you don't like it it's your call. What I do find funny is the hypocrisy you exhibit by saying athletes should not express their political views when you turn around and do the same thing. So are you suggesting that only politicians should speak about politics?”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Anyone can say anything they want in my view. I am not looking for some higher knowledge to come out of Taylor Swift, just some music. Because someone is good at one thing, does not make them good at something else. We could have a discussion on that topic by itself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">And lots of politicians don’t make any damn sense either, and we elected them.</span></p><p></p><p>“Some of you guys are such a joke and you can't even see it.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I make fun of myself more than anyone else I think. </span></p><p></p><p>“I'm sure a lot of you are going to call me names that I promised you would never say to my face. That's fine by me. But at the end of the day look in the mirror and have an honest conversation with yourself. You can lie to the world, but if you can lie to yourself then you have issues far greater than the ones you are pointing out about our society.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I would not call you a name, like I wouldn’t call someone else, or anyone a name. If I have to resort to that, I’ve already lost the conversation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Glad you posted, and always glad to have a conversation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">E</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>E</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Great Asp, post: 16462882, member: 53322"] “I have to admit I truly enjoy this site. Not because of the car stuff but the characters here. don't take that as a bad thing because we all have different personalities and that's what makes it fun. But I figured the one thing that we would all agree on is the concept of America and what she means to us.” [font=Verdana]In a word for me?,….Freedom. I don’t like the idea of someone that thinks they know better for me, or is operating under the guise of one cause in name, in order to affect the change in something else. Hate people that believe they are morally superior.[/font] “It is truly disturbing to see some people cheering that there are federal officers with no identification beating on people that are protesting.” [font=Verdana]I’m not cheering for anyone getting hurt or violence conducted. At my age, I can’t even watch those damn videos with skateboarders crashing. And I used to like those videos. I hate waste, or destruction of something that someone else built/paid for.[/font] “Now I'm a True Believer that if you break the law you must deal with the consequences.” Yup “But that's not always the case and like it or not we all know it.” Yup “One person being mistreated thrown in a van and taken away only to later be released and told they did nothing wrong it's not acceptable. Whether you believe in whatever it is a person is protesting or not is not Material.” [font=Verdana]As a general rule I trust law enforcement, and certainly in the middle of an “event” I trust law enforcement. The main reason I do is because you can use the legal system to get square after an event if law enforcement acts badly. Not so much true the other way around. Also, people lie. They lie when they are affronted in the midst of committing shenanigans, they lie after, and they lie even when they are shown the evidence or proof of their shenanigans. Then you have the next level liars that change describing words, make excuses, omit relative information.[/font] [font=Verdana]So if law enforcement sees someone that they think is, or did, commit shenanigans, yeah I think it is material.[/font] “What is is the fact that some of you are okay with them being beaten for no good reason at all.” [font=Verdana]Beaten for no good reason?....no good reason? Assuming you are referring to the current events in Portland or Seattle as an example, there are people conducting mayhem against citizens, citizens property, attacking law enforcement, theft, and random acts of violence. Why would a person put themselves in harms way to be there, unless they wanted to be a part of those things? I like a good rally, and even a protest. But that is not the only means by which to protest. And frankly the way they are going about “protesting” like blocking traffic, pulling people out of their cars and beating them, blocking interstate highways (a remarkably bad idea), pulling down statues, and moving on to destruction of property, theft, and arson I’d say there is more than enough reasons.[/font] “Additionally a lot of folks don't like athletes expressing their political stance. I have no issue if you don't like it it's your call. What I do find funny is the hypocrisy you exhibit by saying athletes should not express their political views when you turn around and do the same thing. So are you suggesting that only politicians should speak about politics?” [font=Verdana]Anyone can say anything they want in my view. I am not looking for some higher knowledge to come out of Taylor Swift, just some music. Because someone is good at one thing, does not make them good at something else. We could have a discussion on that topic by itself. And lots of politicians don’t make any damn sense either, and we elected them.[/font] “Some of you guys are such a joke and you can't even see it.” [font=Verdana]I make fun of myself more than anyone else I think. [/font] “I'm sure a lot of you are going to call me names that I promised you would never say to my face. That's fine by me. But at the end of the day look in the mirror and have an honest conversation with yourself. You can lie to the world, but if you can lie to yourself then you have issues far greater than the ones you are pointing out about our society.” [font=Verdana]I would not call you a name, like I wouldn’t call someone else, or anyone a name. If I have to resort to that, I’ve already lost the conversation. Glad you posted, and always glad to have a conversation. E[/font] E [/QUOTE]
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