Random Thought Thread: The Sequel

[Allhallowsday]

So....
Does that make it okay to hate Biden for his history of bigotry, racism & racial gaffes?

If that were true, I'd hate him too. 

[LilCerberus]

So....
Does that make it okay to hate Biden for his history of bigotry, racism & racial gaffes?

If that were true, I'd hate him too. 

It "IS" true. Google it.

[pacman000]

Once I wandered the Land of Metaphor...

I came to a city. A great crowd had gathered, listening to a speaker. He said terrible things about men in the city who wore white robes with gold trim. I left there, taking a mountain pass to the next city. On that road there was a cliff. I saw a man wearing white robes with gold trim hanging off the cliff. The speaker was there, & he offered the man his hand. “No,” said the man in the gold-trimmed robe. “I would rather die than be helped by you.”

[Allhallowsday]

So....
Does that make it okay to hate Biden for his history of bigotry, racism & racial gaffes?

If that were true, I'd hate him too. 

It "IS" true. Google it.

Why don't you calm down?  I simply stated IF.  And no, I don't believe your assertion.  It's self-serving aside from stupid.  To the point, it's another example of WHATABOUTISM.  More to the point, I was responding to ER's question.  Not you. 

[indianasmith]

How about this: Hate bigotry.  Pity bigots.

[LilCerberus]

I am calm...
And, this was a statement of fact, not a belief on my part, which is why I suggested you Google it.

Conservatives have been called "bigots" for several decades, and we learned to brush it off for just how silly of an accusation it was.
Then, after 2016, we began to realize just how seriously people believed it when they made these obscene statements.
And now, all of a sudden, the new language states that conservatism is some sort of "cult".

The language is growing increasingly dangerous, and this is why I take issue with the question being an absolute or a relative.

[Allhallowsday]

...The language is growing increasingly dangerous, and this is why I take issue with the question being an absolute or a relative.

Yeh, genius?  I see BIGOTRY as an absolute.  Does that mean we agree? 

[LilCerberus]

...The language is growing increasingly dangerous, and this is why I take issue with the question being an absolute or a relative.

Yeh, genius?  I see BIGOTRY as an absolute.  Does that mean we agree? 

Well, for for example, ever since I came back to this town from TX 30yrs ago, I occasionally tend to encounter people who will speak only with glowing praise & love for people that I personally knew only for their wickedness....

Will I speak out & tell them they are wrong?
No.
I'll simply sit back & respect that knew a different side of them than I did......
Dissent shouldn't be shut down as it has been lately, but rather, room needs to be made for enlightenment.

[Allhallowsday]

...The language is growing increasingly dangerous, and this is why I take issue with the question being an absolute or a relative.

Yeh, genius?  I see BIGOTRY as an absolute.  Does that mean we agree?  

Well, for for example, ever since I came back to this town from TX 30yrs ago, I occasionally tend to encounter people who will speak only with glowing praise & love for people that I personally knew only for their wickedness....

Will I speak out & tell them they are wrong?
No.
I'll simply sit back & respect that knew a different side of them than I did......
Dissent shouldn't be shut down as it has been lately, but rather, room needs to be made for enlightenment.

It was a yes or no question.  
I think you are a fool.  Not because of your political opinions, but because I thought we were friends.  I think it is foolish to trash friendship.  I do not think trashing friendship is enlightened. 

[RCMerchant]

...The language is growing increasingly dangerous, and this is why I take issue with the question being an absolute or a relative.

Yeh, genius?  I see BIGOTRY as an absolute.  Does that mean we agree?  

Well, for for example, ever since I came back to this town from TX 30yrs ago, I occasionally tend to encounter people who will speak only with glowing praise & love for people that I personally knew only for their wickedness....

Will I speak out & tell them they are wrong?
No.
I'll simply sit back & respect that knew a different side of them than I did......
Dissent shouldn't be shut down as it has been lately, but rather, room needs to be made for enlightenment.

You don't do it in public? Just on the intenet, then!

Because you scream "fake nooz" at anyone who disagrees with you.
Scream in ALL CAPS!  
Mellow out, man. Life goes on.  Unless you have a stroke by being so p**sed all the time.

Remember when you used to write about BAD movies? Remember that?  
Here's enlightenment-
Take it easy! It's a new day. It's a new world.
Live today- because tomorrow we die!
And I think that's from a movie.
A No-Prize for anyone who can tell me which one. Because I ain't sure. 

[pacman000]

The Bible, roughly: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%208%3A15&version=NKJV

Ecclesiastes 8:15
New King James Version

15 So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

To avoid taking the above too much out-of-context:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+12%3A13-14&version=NKJV

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
New King James Version
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.

[LilCerberus]

...The language is growing increasingly dangerous, and this is why I take issue with the question being an absolute or a relative.

Yeh, genius?  I see BIGOTRY as an absolute.  Does that mean we agree? 

Well, for for example, ever since I came back to this town from TX 30yrs ago, I occasionally tend to encounter people who will speak only with glowing praise & love for people that I personally knew only for their wickedness....

Will I speak out & tell them they are wrong?
No.
I'll simply sit back & respect that knew a different side of them than I did......
Dissent shouldn't be shut down as it has been lately, but rather, room needs to be made for enlightenment.

You don't do it in public? Just on the intenet, then!

Because you scream "fake nooz" at anyone who disagrees with you.
Scream in ALL CAPS! 
Mellow out, man. Life goes on.  Unless you have a stroke by being so p**sed all the time.

Remember when you used to write about BAD movies? Remember that? 
Here's enlightenment-
Take it easy! It's a new day. It's a new world.
Live today- because tomorrow we die!
And I think that's from a movie.
A No-Prize for anyone who can tell me which one. Because I ain't sure. 

The people I was talking about respecting were in reference to adults I knew as a child... These other people were adults at the time... Very long story... Spoon River, two sides to every coin, & so on & so forth....

And there was a time once when the people who spoke to me this way would do so online, but wouldn't do so in person, and it was mutual....
This changed in late 2017, when I was asked to volunteer at WRWK...
I was board opping for two angry talk show hosts who literally had NO IDEA what they were talking about, and after a short time, found myself having to pipe up...

One quickly realized she was in over her head & dropped out... The other realized she had to start reading up on what she was talking about, and quickly earned my respect, in spite of our opposing political views.
I even learned quite a few things that were wrong with the KeyStone Pipeline that the environmental crowd & the lamestream nooz didn't think were worth bothering with...
Point being, yes, I can be this way In public if necessary, and if necessary, I am willing to engage those I find unreasonable.
BUT, if a reasonable counterpoint is presented in a reasonable way, then I'm open to it.

[RCMerchant]

^ as long as they agree with you.
Cerb- I think your a good guy, and your heart is in the right place, but I think you were hoodwinked by a pro con artist.
And don't believe all the bulls**t you read on internet chat rooms.
This is the age of Bulls**t. I stay off social media (except here and my Tumblr blog-shamless plug  )
I try to think for myself. Background noise don't help.

[LilCerberus]

^I'll just say, calling me names doesn't work.

[Allhallowsday]

Today is TONY WILLIAMS birthday - Raffine.