Happy Juneteenth!

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Noogies

Nobody should put another Polichat member on their Ignore list because of political affiliation. It's kind of reflective of what's the matter with society today.

Now if you put him on ignore because you think he's an asshole, well, that's another matter altogether.

Some one's political affiliation doesn't sway me one way or the other.

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Oerets

If there is orignal sins with the founding of this country.
Slavery must be tied with the treatment of the native peoples as them.

To declare all men are created equal with the right to pursue happiness. Then acting as they did. Still do to this day.

By acknowledging and giving a day to celebrate the end of slavery is the least the country can do. Now lets do the all men are equal part, with the right to pursue happiness.

The one segment wanting to ignore the others of our society. Have better heed this, the day they stop wanting to be treated fairly and start wanting retribution....

All nations are founded in sin. All of them. Rather than living in the past and weeping over it, learn from it - and do better. And that is what most of us are trying to do. But you don't do it through government. You do it through personal relationships. That's the secret. It's not about how the government forces you to treat people. It's how you personally choose to treat people. That is the whole point of the words of Christ: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

So, if we all followed Jesus' teaching, we'd live in a very different world. But what you and I can, individually do, is follow His instruction. Just as a neighborhood is kept nice by each homeowner maintaining their own yard, a commuinity is kept "nice" by individuals treating those with whom they come into contact according to Jesus words.

It's why I don't call people names here, and truth be told, I see a lot of people I spar with here as just folks that are still fairly young, and see things the way I did when I was a young man. Of course, I also see this mantra in action: "With age, comes wisdom. But sometimes age comes alone." I sometimes see that in people I meet in real life as well. I'm in a small town, so you don't see a lot of them because most of them either die young or rarely get out.

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Noogies

Nobody should put another Polichat member on their Ignore list because of political affiliation. It's kind of reflective of what's the matter with society today.

Now if you put him on ignore because you think he's an asshole, well, that's another matter altogether.

Yep. I've only put one person on ignore in any internet forum. It wasn't that he was a jerk, or that I disagreed with him. Rather, his posts made zero sense. I mean, they never addressed the issue at hand, were always "centered" text, and seemed to be private jokes between the two sides of his brain.

But that's the only one. And I find it comical that someone, anywhere, likes to brag about having someone on ignore. They are always saying more about themself than about the person they have on ignore.

That said, I ignore posts all the time, for a lot of reasons. Often it's just that they are not relevant to me. No reason to respond.

[RickeyM]

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More idiotic blathering as usual no doubt

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Idiotic blathering as usual no doubt

I'm kinda like Matt Walsh in "What is a woman". I don't use ad hominem attacks against people. I let their words speak for themselves.

[Noogies]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Idiotic blathering as usual no doubt

Sort of missed the point there, Rickey, didn't you?

The only way to get out of this mess short of civil war is if we all emerge from our bubbles and take a good look around.

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Noogies

Sort of missed the point there, Rickey, didn't you?

The only way to get out of this mess short of civil war is if we all emerge from our bubbles and take a good look around.

You are spot on. This site really needs a "like" button.

FWIW, this is actually why I sometimes hang out on leftist sites. Back in the day I could do that a lot - and sometimes got my mind changed. The last couple of years, though, if I simply ask the wrong question I can get cancelled. Fortunately, that fad seems to be waning.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Noogies

Sort of missed the point there, Rickey, didn't you?

The only way to get out of this mess short of civil war is if we all emerge from our bubbles and take a good look around.

I'll engage with anyone who makes an honest effort to discus topics, ideas or even theories. Those just trolling or being contrary aren't worth the bandwidth.
Are you aware that a great many Republicans consider Democrats their enemies? I consider them not enemies but just misguided.

[Noogies]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Are you aware that a great many Republicans consider Democrats their enemies? I consider them not enemies but just misguided.

And that condescending attitude is what pisses them off no end. It's what makes them consider you their enemy. They call it political elitism and it's what motivates them to say and occasionally do outrageous things just to see if they can make a snowflake cry.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Noogies

And that condescending attitude is what pisses them off no end. It's what makes them consider you their enemy. They call it political elitism and it's what motivates them to say and occasionally do outrageous things just to see if they can make a snowflake cry.

The great majority of the Republican electorate believe the election was stolen from tRump and consider Joe Biden an illegitimate president. What would you call them?