IF ONE OF THESE PICTURES OFFENDS YOU...

[StoneByStone]

Absolutely positive. It wasn't easy, growing up never is for most Americans, but I'm happy where I've been for the past ten years. I know a person like you can't tell the difference, but most calm and reasonable people can see the difference between me and those who are venting their hate by claiming half of America are traitors, liars, bent on domination, religious crazies, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. I hope you are happy too one day. It takes work, but you can get there if you want it.

#strawmanning

That's actually how I know you're miserable.

[Doc Dutch]

#strawmanning

That's actually how I know you're miserable.

You are free to both run from the point and also to project your misery on others.

IMHO, a big difference between good people and bad people is that good people are willing to consider all options, including both sides of a disagreement. Bad people are highly biased and always blame the other side for problems while never accepting any responsibility of their own. Sound like Trump? Yes, but it also sounds a lot like the most partisan people on both sides.

Consider these posts and the character of their writers. Posts #64 and #65.

The commonality is striking. More than one thread is generating discussion on this. It is a pertinent discussion.

You might actually be more retarded than Into the Night.

[ThatOwlWoman]

You were here before me.

Yep, and I was posting about the subject matter, not attacking the author of the OP. That is because, of course, it is not a troll thread like you claimed.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Then put me on ignore.....oh, wait. You won't because you're just another young, white, atheist/anarchist male venting his spleen about not getting an allowance anymore being undervalued by the business market. LOL

Um, actually she's an accomplished female with an engineering degree. That being said, I do not and never will agree with her racist stance on segregation of the races.

[Truth Detector]

Your offense is noted.

Does this one offend you too?

Do scary looking rifles offend you?

[ThatOwlWoman]

I was positive you wouldn't understand and I was right.There is a bond between members who have served in the military they understand the trials and tribulation fellow members have endured. As to combat there is a special bond between people who risked life and limb. I could spend days telling you what life in combat is like but if you have never experienced it you cannot imagine what it's like.

That's great. I could spend days telling you about the bond between nurses and physicians that you non-medical ppl will never understand. LEOs have the same bond with each other. So do many other professions, particularly those that deal with life and death of others. So what?

As to you snitty assed remark about those who saw combat being better than those who haven't I never said any such thing! That must be some off the wall liberal shit you pulled out of your ass. I said combat vets have experiences those that haven't seen combat will never understand nor comprehend.

Yes, that's what you said. You also said that Christiefan and I wouldn't understand because we don't have relatives who (according to you) saw combat, as though you're better than our relatives for that reason. I told you that my uncle served in WWII and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. You of course ignored that because it doesn't jibe with your notion that we mere women don't know jack.

No, I don't know what combat is like, thankfully. You don't know what it is like to hold a person you've taken care of for a year in your arms as she dies, because her family was too scared to touch her. That doesn't make me better or more deserving of respect than you or anyone else.

Your opinion is that Kaep was somehow disrespecting the memories of servicemen/women because he knelt during the Anthem. Fine. It's your opinion. Like assholes, we all have them. My opinion varies, of course. Sorry, but your side doesn't own the flag or the Anthem.

[Tacomaman]

Hello Dutch Uncle,



I would call that one very troubling.

Child soldier training?

War is not something to be glorified.

It is awful.

This kid is simply a product of stupid parents.

[Tacomaman]

Do you know who made Kap a big deal? It was the reds who just had to start bitching because he did not know his place. If they just watched the game and shut up, he would have been ignored and he would have played ball. Maybe a few more players would kneel, doing the same thing to rightys....nothing. It probably would have faded away.
I don't want him to kneel before games. I do not approve. Take away his job and his rights and replace them with mine. Reds are so crazy.

Nothing exemplifies the sheer stupidity of a typical racist Rump supporter more than the Kaepernick deal. Most of them have no clue about the Anthem or how the NFL treated it.

[Doc Dutch]

Um, actually she's an accomplished female with an engineering degree. That being said, I do not and never will agree with her racist stance on segregation of the races.

We can agree to disagree on "accomplished". As for gender, some people are a lot more fluid than others.

[Doc Dutch]

This kid is simply a product of stupid parents.

Nothing a good Totalitarian Socialist state couldn't cure with a few reeducation camps, amirite, Comrade?

[Controlled Opposition]

I was positive you wouldn't understand and I was right.There is a bond between members who have served in the military they understand the trials and tribulation fellow members have endured. As to combat there is a special bond between people who risked life and limb. I could spend days telling you what life in combat is like but if you have never experienced it you cannot imagine what it's like.
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? If you have then you know that you can never describe it. It must be experienced.
As to you snitty assed remark about those who saw combat being better than those who haven't I never said any such thing! That must be some off the wall liberal shit you pulled out of your ass. I said combat vets have experiences those that haven't seen combat will never understand nor comprehend.

And then there are those veterans who lie about their experiences, inflating their "combat" experiences, including service in "spec ops" when, in actuality, they were in the rear with the gear. You probably know a couple of people like that.

[Tacomaman]

Nothing a good Totalitarian Socialist state couldn't cure with a few reeducation camps, amirite, Comrade?

A better bet would be to send his parents to counseling.

[RB 60]

A better bet would be to send his parents to counseling.

Why? Because the kid probably has been taught the respect and safe use of a firearm?

[AProudLefty]

Let me just say this... kids have been taught how to use weapons and hunt since the dawn of mankind.

[Tacomaman]

Why? Because the kid probably has been taught the respect and safe use of a firearm?

I saw no display of safe firearm use. Where were his safety goggles?

Honestly, you trumpanzees can distort anything these days.