ManglerYJ
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So, looking at the news of late has me really irritated. Well, ticked off. Chapped. Infuriated.
Anyway. Here's my take:
We don't need a protest by neo-Nazis, white supremacists, black supremacists, green supremacists, dog lovers, cat lovers, Yugo Off-Road Performance Enthusiasts, or Pokémon aficionados to show their importance to the world. We get it. You feel that ______________ (Fill in your ethnic group here) has been shafted by years, decades or centuries of being held down by "the man" (insert who you feel "the man" is here). We also don't need a COUNTER protest to protest the protest that we didn't need in the first place.
Because no matter HOW good your protest is, you will not convince the people attending the counter protest that your protest is "right" and they should just go home. That said, lets all save the gas and protest at home. Dump some tea in the local harbor if you feel like having a traditional protest. Obviously THAT original protest managed to get a response. Just don't dump my sweet tea. Then I'll protest. Nobody wants that.
Now, all that being said, if there IS a protest, don't block the road. People get all sorts of freaked out if they can't get to the Bojangles down the road, and will run your ass over. All kidding aside, seriously do NOT RUN PEOPLE OVER. I don't care what their view is or what your view is. Vehicular homicide is vehicular homicide.
This brings me to reactions. The reactions of a politician to events like the UVA drive-thru terror protest needed to wait until he got the facts straight. At that point, the news was reporting a first person account of the incident who described a "Silver Mustang Sedan". Only 1/3 of his information was correct. It was silver, but it wasn't even a ford product and a Mustang (nor the Challenger that was used) is NOT a sedan.
President Trump owed it to the victim to get it right. Agree with him or hate him, you at least need to agree that he needs to slow down his reactions until he gets the facts straight. Then everyone is upset that he reacted too late and not harsh enough.
Which now leads me to the reactions of some heads of corporations who are on a Presidental committee to increase commerce. They are dropping out of this committee in protest of how he reacted (or more to the point didn't react) to the act of terrorism. So how did these bozos get to be the head of their respective corporations by just quitting when someone has an opposing viewpoint or paradigm? How do they think they will affect policy by quitting? And at what point do the two have ANYTHING to do with each other? They are there to advise on commerce, not bigotry. Stick to your job, do it well and lead BY EXAMPLE. Show the world that your corporation does not stand for bigotry by demonstrating that you will fight it, not shy away when something comes up. Trust me, Trump will fire you if he feels you are an opposing mindset, and that looks a LOT better that you were fired for your contrary beliefs (as long as they are righteous beliefs).
In case you are wondering, I don't fit the mold of any preconceived notions about my based on demographics. I'm originally from the North, so by assumption, I should hate the Confederacy and should be supporting the toppling of statues like what was just brought down in Durham. I am NOT happy about it at all. Like it or not, it IS history for better or worse. You can't just erase history by destroying monuments. Good or bad, it made us the country we are today. Destroying a monument is still vandalism of government property even if the current Governor doesn't like it. It was paid for with tax dollars and has been maintained with tax dollars. Tax dollars that have come out of my paycheck. If I go to the Davidson County Courthouse Museum and hook a tow rope to a pillar and yank it down because it's "Roman" style architecture and the ancient Romans were bad people that hung people on crosses, they would lock me up and throw away the key. As they should. It's vandalism plain and simple. In the case of the Durham soldier monument, it was exacerbated by a mob mentality spurred on by hate. Fits the bill of a hate crime, but they will probably just get a slap on the wrist and maybe even a gubernatorial pardon/thank you.
Anyway. Here's my take:
We don't need a protest by neo-Nazis, white supremacists, black supremacists, green supremacists, dog lovers, cat lovers, Yugo Off-Road Performance Enthusiasts, or Pokémon aficionados to show their importance to the world. We get it. You feel that ______________ (Fill in your ethnic group here) has been shafted by years, decades or centuries of being held down by "the man" (insert who you feel "the man" is here). We also don't need a COUNTER protest to protest the protest that we didn't need in the first place.
Because no matter HOW good your protest is, you will not convince the people attending the counter protest that your protest is "right" and they should just go home. That said, lets all save the gas and protest at home. Dump some tea in the local harbor if you feel like having a traditional protest. Obviously THAT original protest managed to get a response. Just don't dump my sweet tea. Then I'll protest. Nobody wants that.
Now, all that being said, if there IS a protest, don't block the road. People get all sorts of freaked out if they can't get to the Bojangles down the road, and will run your ass over. All kidding aside, seriously do NOT RUN PEOPLE OVER. I don't care what their view is or what your view is. Vehicular homicide is vehicular homicide.
This brings me to reactions. The reactions of a politician to events like the UVA drive-thru terror protest needed to wait until he got the facts straight. At that point, the news was reporting a first person account of the incident who described a "Silver Mustang Sedan". Only 1/3 of his information was correct. It was silver, but it wasn't even a ford product and a Mustang (nor the Challenger that was used) is NOT a sedan.
President Trump owed it to the victim to get it right. Agree with him or hate him, you at least need to agree that he needs to slow down his reactions until he gets the facts straight. Then everyone is upset that he reacted too late and not harsh enough.
Which now leads me to the reactions of some heads of corporations who are on a Presidental committee to increase commerce. They are dropping out of this committee in protest of how he reacted (or more to the point didn't react) to the act of terrorism. So how did these bozos get to be the head of their respective corporations by just quitting when someone has an opposing viewpoint or paradigm? How do they think they will affect policy by quitting? And at what point do the two have ANYTHING to do with each other? They are there to advise on commerce, not bigotry. Stick to your job, do it well and lead BY EXAMPLE. Show the world that your corporation does not stand for bigotry by demonstrating that you will fight it, not shy away when something comes up. Trust me, Trump will fire you if he feels you are an opposing mindset, and that looks a LOT better that you were fired for your contrary beliefs (as long as they are righteous beliefs).
In case you are wondering, I don't fit the mold of any preconceived notions about my based on demographics. I'm originally from the North, so by assumption, I should hate the Confederacy and should be supporting the toppling of statues like what was just brought down in Durham. I am NOT happy about it at all. Like it or not, it IS history for better or worse. You can't just erase history by destroying monuments. Good or bad, it made us the country we are today. Destroying a monument is still vandalism of government property even if the current Governor doesn't like it. It was paid for with tax dollars and has been maintained with tax dollars. Tax dollars that have come out of my paycheck. If I go to the Davidson County Courthouse Museum and hook a tow rope to a pillar and yank it down because it's "Roman" style architecture and the ancient Romans were bad people that hung people on crosses, they would lock me up and throw away the key. As they should. It's vandalism plain and simple. In the case of the Durham soldier monument, it was exacerbated by a mob mentality spurred on by hate. Fits the bill of a hate crime, but they will probably just get a slap on the wrist and maybe even a gubernatorial pardon/thank you.
