[Tvflguy]

I’m the OP. Very disappointed that so many of the posts are Political. Where are the Mods???? I recall making a very minor mention of politics months ago and got an infraction. I guess it comes down to the Mod on duty and their leaning.

No “standards” re political mentioning on TOTV. Simply go back and check off the posts that ARE political-mentioning. Still there. And really they all seem to reflect “one side”. Enough said.

[dfc3008]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

Crazy nutty out of control environmental protesters around the world.

You may have seen these nuts on your news sources. Throwing paint and stuff on museum paintings. Barricading roads. Protests. AND… gluing hands and feet etc to roads or floors.

Current example at the US Open tennis tournament in NY last night. A 40 minute delay due to protesters in the stands screaming etc. 4 idiots. One actually glued their feet to the floor. So play disrupted due to these out of control crazies.

What do they accomplish? And who funds these nut jobs. OK protest to your hearts content but do NOT impact others.

If I was in charge last night, kick the 3 out of the stadium as they did. And leave the glued-feet nut job right there all night. Sweep the floor around them. Bye bye. Idiots.

And, I guess climate change deniers are not nuts when 99% of the scientist that have publish papers say that burning fossil fuel is causing the planet heating up. We are very close to the tipping point. You are causing your grand and great-grandchildren to inherit a plant that is uninhabitable. I do not think you are nuts. Instead, I think you and those like you are stupid.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

I’m the OP. Very disappointed that so many of the posts are Political. Where are the Mods???? I recall making a very minor mention of politics months ago and got an infraction. I guess it comes down to the Mod on duty and their leaning.

No “standards” re political mentioning on TOTV. Simply go back and check off the posts that ARE political-mentioning. Still there. And really they all seem to reflect “one side”. Enough said.

Aye.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

Crazy nutty out of control environmental protesters around the world.

You may have seen these nuts on your news sources. Throwing paint and stuff on museum paintings. Barricading roads. Protests. AND… gluing hands and feet etc to roads or floors.

Current example at the US Open tennis tournament in NY last night. A 40 minute delay due to protesters in the stands screaming etc. 4 idiots. One actually glued their feet to the floor. So play disrupted due to these out of control crazies.

What do they accomplish? And who funds these nut jobs. OK protest to your hearts content but do NOT impact others.

If I was in charge last night, kick the 3 out of the stadium as they did. And leave the glued-feet nut job right there all night. Sweep the floor around them. Bye bye. Idiots.

The next to last paragraph says "Protest to your heart's content, but do NOT impact others" - is basically an impossibility to achieve. The point and purpose of ANY protest is to influence others and bring them around to your way of thinking. The WHOLE idea for doing a protest REQUIRES that it "impacts others".It is a little bit like the MOST annoying advertisements on television.....people don't like them, but they tend to REMEMBER them.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

The answer is to arrest and prosecute them, and give them a long prison sentence. But, today there is very little accountability for people who commit crimes.

I disagree - there is just as much accountability today for people committing crimes as there was in the past. In fact, with all the video cameras recording everything in public places - this probably gives MORE accountability today. In some high-profile cases, someone gets away with something. But, as Abe Lincoln once said, "You can't fool ALL of the people ALL of the time.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

What about the crazy kids putting graffiti on national monuments? Their excuse goes something like this. I had no idea the Collosseum was a historical monument nor how old it was. My deepest and sincere apologies to all Italians. What did they think they were visiting? Universal Studios or Disneyland? If I was there, I would have bought them more glue giving the police more time to arrive. Then sat back and watched in amusement.

There are GOOD protests and BAD protests depending on which side a person is on. Take the famous Boston Tea Party. People in the Colonies liked it. People in England in that era saw that action as an illegal protest. The recent incident at the US Open Tennis Championship was about some aspect of protesting climate change.
.........Which personally, I see as the #1 problem in the world right now. Personally, I would NOT have done what they did. But, I also can relate to the idea that the problem of Global Warming is being grossly ignored by the average citizen. While scientists are screaming it to the rooftops and few are listening.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I (and I doubt the majority of others who post here) have no problem with protesting, as long as it is done within the law. Cities have laws that govern where, when and how a protest must be conducted. But for example when your "protest" closes down a major freeway and blocking traffic for more than an hour (as I have personally witnessed), or other such actions that impede commerce or (as in all too many cases) endangers lives, then it is no longer a protest but instead, civil disobedience, with legal penalties that vary from state to state.

Sure. Protest. But don't trample on the rights or the well-being of others in the process.

The irony is that the environmental protesters that block highways cause hundreds of cars to just sit and idle, causing more pollution than if there would have been otherwise. D'oh!

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I recall going to a protest in Colorado in 1983 or 1984 where we were trying to create a human wall around something or other but not sure what exactly it was. I think it had something to do with an ammo dump but not sure.

Wow, good thing you were there. It was obviously so important to protest that you forgot what it was about. Oops.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

The next to last paragraph says "Protest to your heart's content, but do NOT impact others" - is basically an impossibility to achieve. The point and purpose of ANY protest is to influence others and bring them around to your way of thinking. The WHOLE idea for doing a protest REQUIRES that it "impacts others".It is a little bit like the MOST annoying advertisements on television.....people don't like them, but they tend to REMEMBER them.

Ya, cuz when I'm horribly inconvenienced and irritated, I immediately change my view to whatever the idiots irritating me think. Everyone does! Immediately!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I recall going to a protest in Colorado in 1983 or 1984 where we were trying to create a human wall around something or other but not sure what exactly it was. I think it had something to do with an ammo dump but not sure.

Actually this was it. I was probably trying to impress some fellow U of Denver female student or maybe my old neighbor from the Milwaukee area who had moved to Denver whom I caught up with while there.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal - Wikipedia

I remember in 1965 when several young guys I knew went to protest SOMETHING (?) in D.C. I said to one, "That is a very aware thing that you have done". He said, " I just went there to meet chicks"!
......I wonder if that is the motivation for most social change?

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

there is just as much accountability today for people committing crimes as there was in the past. In fact, with all the video cameras recording everything in public places -

That is patently false. It doesn't matter if no one gets arrested and no one is prosecuted. You clearly have no idea what is going on in NYC, Chicago, LA, SF, Philly, etc.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Note that in those last two examples you didn't mention anything illegal being done. What would you have government do about those two cases, stop someone from speaking because the message was offensive?

Florida has hate crime laws and statutes. From the state's PDF on the topic:

A hate crime is an act committed or attempted by one person or group against
another - or that person's property - that in any way constitutes an expression of
hatred toward the victim based on his or her personal characteristics. It is a crime in
which the perpetrator intentionally selects the victim based on one of the following
characteristics: race, color, religion, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sexual
orientation, homeless status, advanced age or mental/physical disability.

Wearing Nazi insignia (including some who proudly sported SS pins) while lined up on public walkways while shouting "Jews will not replace us" to passersby is considered intimidation and, by definition, a hate crime. Here's the pdf link:

https://www.myfloridalegal.com/files...mes+Report.pdf

[mtdjed]

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If I was in charge last night, kick the 3 out of the stadium as they did. And leave the glued-feet nut job right there all night. Sweep the floor around them. Bye bye.

Wouldn't that be cute when he asked to be loosened so he could go to the rest room or to get something to eat or drink. No one there to help.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Pat2015

That’s not a party that’s some whack jobs that went too far and they are not representative of an entire party. Many examples could be provided for the other party’s bad behavior as well if that’s your position. Fact is that most people in this country are middle of the roaders, but a candidate doesn’t exist for us leaving us with far left and right wackos on both sides of aisle. God help us all given the two fools that are currently running! We as a country deserve better 😢

I agree with the concept of the middle being the desired area. I DO HOWEVER find it amusing that so many differences of opinions can be BOILED down to just 2 people. It's like we are still in the 2nd century BC where the LEADERS are considered GODS. How can ONE PERSON be so important? If I ran the world, we would have as our President a 3 or 5 member COMMITTEE, never ONE PERSON. To me it is UNCIVILIZED.
........ONE person can become a Dictator - 3 or 5 people CANNOT!
........Personally, I vote for the party (not the person) that BEST represents my philosophies. Neither is perfect, but one comes closest to my thinking.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by scooterstang

My take on the situation would be anyone who glues themselves to the floor or ground(deserves fire ants) those little suckers hurt but won't kill ya.

Interesting punishment - ignoring the fact that fire ants are rarely NORTH of Tn.