The modern brownshirts in all their glory

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Oerets

No loop holes or tax giveaways to build sports arenas or factories. Good and equal education for all!
Helping those less fortunate in general.

Khanacademy.org is free, so there is no need for any of us to spend one thin dime educating kids that our not our own. The only reason countries have public schools is to have a more educated population than competing countries, giving them a leg up as a country. It's not about "helping people" other than to ensure they belong to a country powerful enough to protect the country itself and everyone living in it.

Regarding the Sports Arenas. I agree with you. However, I understand their reasoning. It's like the tax break Trump got for building Trump Tower. All those rich people moving in, more than made up for it. It completely changed that area for the better. Sort of like when the Tower Records store was built in a blighted neighborhood there. They were just not savvy enough to ask for the break.

And regarding helping those less fortunate, that is a big thing for Christians. But it is also called the law of giving and receiving. That is, the giver voluntarily gives, rather than compelled by the government at the barrel of a gun. That is never good. It is also interpreted differently by the receiver. Government has no place in it.

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Oerets

We were granted a life and all of what is has to offer. Choosing to make life one of helping others suffering over self enrichment. To me seems like a great way of paying back this opportunity.

I agree. I believe that the only two things that matter in this life are your relationship with God and, a subset of that, your relationship with your fellow man.

My religion admonishes us to help others, commune with others, etc. But when the government takes a massive chunk of your fruit of your labor and "redistributes" it among others that, truth be told, are not the ones you would choose to share it with, things become problematic. In fact, I know people that say, "I don't need to give to the poor since the government does it for me." That destroys the whole concept. The reason? It's not about ensuring people can eat. It's about the process of helping others itself. i.e. it's the journey, not the destination that counts.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Not Insane

To a degree, yes. That is because it is and has been the human condition for recorded history. But every now and again it gets really ramped up. e.g. Jim Crow, KKK, slavery in the US, all of which the democrats own.

Another deflection back to your half truth revisionist point.

[donquixote99]

Half? You give him too much truth-credit there....

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Now, it's getting personal.
Apparently the Trumpist neo-Nazi brownshits paid us a klandestine visit last evening, blasting our Biden/Harris yard sign with birdshot and leaving this spray painted symbol in the street at the foot of our entry road.

Follow-up;
Biden-Harris sign stolen sometime last night, Doug Jones sign remains. I have several of those, if needed.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Half? You give him too much truth-credit there....

In this case half is accurate, but I see your bias.

[Chicks]

'F*** black lives!': Trumpkin brownshirts scream 'white power' in parade

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...y-b511700.html

Donald Trump supporters were seen during a car parade in which “neo-Confederate” members shouted “white power” and other obscienties at bystanders.

About 200 cars took part in the convoy that passed through Elon, North Carolina, on Saturday, the Elon News Network reported.

Members of a neo-Confederate organisation called Alamance County Taking Back Alamance County (ACTBAC) were said to have set-up the pro-Trump parade.

Founded by Gary Williamson, ACTBAC has been designated as a neo-Confederate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Elon News reported.

The OP must be so proud of his brethren.