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19 Aug 2014, 9:56 pm

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/\ Remember what George Washington said about government being a dangerous servant and a fearful master....

And then he sent 13,000 troops to put down the whiskey rebellion.


Without looking it up I'd say that the "dangerous servant and a fearful master" quote came before he was president. In that case,right or wrong, he did prove his own point that government is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.


But he had also done what was absolutely necessary. Liberty and representative government is one thing, anarchy is quite another, and allowing the instigators of the Whiskey Rebellion take up arms against the lawful government would have been anarchy. After all, the American Revolution had been all about fighting against "taxation without representation," not against taxation - and the representative government had voted to tax whiskey. In truth, Washington understood lawful government was absolutely needed for liberty, so there was no contradiction here.


That happened in or about my neck of the woods (about 200 years earlier) but I not totally knowledgeable about all the facts it. Having said that, In the eyes of the rebels it probably was tyranny and I can't help but wonder if they and the tax collectors ever sat down and talked about it (the tax) before taking up arms. Ether way, Washington's suppression of the insurgency legally was not tyranny since it was a justifiable tax and an unlawful rebellion. Neville Island in the Ohio River down river from Pittsburgh was named after the tax collector of the same name that the rebels either killed or tried to kill during that. I'm doing this off of memory. Now that I've admitted of my own free will that suppressing the rebellion was not tyranny my stand on that will still be the same if this comes up again. You won't see m repeatedly slithering back to any stand other than that.


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19 Aug 2014, 10:23 pm

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Even people with ugly, hateful ideology can be victims - that doesn't make their ideology any less ugly. Just as Vicki Weaver being a victim didn't make her any less of a harradan.
And yes, you did claim more than once that I took pleasure in the deaths of Vicki Weaver and her son.
And yes, your libertarian views do slant your perception of reality - you see a group of people being cracked down on by the federal government, and you assume the feds are always in the wrong, especially if guns are involved. That's the number one reason why you took sides against Trayvon Martin (and yes, I know I'm going to regret bringing him up).
And what context could be at all justifiable in Ron Paul voting against the MLK holiday? He claimed one of his staffers had been using his name when calling the holiday "hate wh***y day." Even if Paul didn't write that, why in God's name would he keep the asshat who had written that on his parole? Why didn't he immediately disavow the statement?
And yes, you continue to provoke statements from me with calling my honesty and intelligence into question. Do you expect me to just role over and take it?

I'm just gonna pull two things out here (although I see more).

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Even people with ugly, hateful ideology can be victims - that doesn't make their ideology any less ugly. Just as Vicki Weaver being a victim didn't make her any less of a harradan.
Why do you think you have to continually remind (or preach to) people that the Weavers held ugly hateful ideology? Do you think we're stupid or are you trying to smoke someone out as a white supremacist? Or maybe it's some half-ass divide and conquer tactic. "All the good people over here. All the ugly hateful people over there" . It's not about the Weaver's or anyone elses' ideology, it's about government thuggery which potentially hangs over all of our heads poised to strike. Why can't you figure that out and make peace with it?

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That's the number one reason why you took sides against Trayvon Martin (and yes, I know I'm going to regret bringing him up).
Unless you can go back and find evidence to back that up (don't pretend you don't know how to) I don't remember anyone taking sides against Trayvon Martin.

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Because I'm stating a fact about the Weaver's ideology.
Over and over, ad nauseam......

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It was racist, and down right insane.
Has anyone to date in this thread disagreed? (Y / N) No? Then why keep preaching?

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Have you ever investigated what they believed?
As a matter of fact I did read the book "Every Knee Shall Bow" but it's been about 5 years ago. I also saw a movie about it but I forgot the title (might be on Youtube).

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Sure, they had the absolute right to believe what they wanted, but I also have every right to speak out against what they believed.
Yeah, and two of them are dead and the rest moved on to other pastures. You harp on it obsessively every time this comes in an ill fated effort to soften what happened to them. Just about everyone has kooks of some kind in their region that not much can be done about. Either make enough peace with to be able to deal with it or just move.

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And as a matter of fact, when the Zimmerman/Martin case was on the news 24/7, there were in fact some voices on WP that were not just Pro-Zimmerman, but who called Martin a thug, and deserving of what he got. In fact, one member who has claimed to have been the victim of street crime by blacks, while arguing with me about the case, told me in no uncertain terms that he hoped I get my head smashed on concrete!
Find it, link it, copy & paste it here, or it didnt happen. With more than twice the post count I have in about half the time it's not like you don't have the time to. I followed those threads and the trial itself as time allowed. I seem to remember some people in those threads actually wanting a fair trial opposed to a lynch mob (imagine that :roll: ) and those that just wanted the lynch mob.


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19 Aug 2014, 11:09 pm

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Now they are arresting ninety year old ladies for protesting.She really looks menacing,granny's ready to riot. :roll: My respect goes out to this woman,age isn't slowing her down any.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/1 ... tail=email


Did they handcuff her? Looks like it from the picture. And they just lodged her walking aid somewhere between her arms. Classy.
Is it common in the US to handcuff everyone that is arrested? I've seen it (on tv) also for non-violent people like people arrested for fraud.



Police handcuff everyone in the US, I've been handcuffed numerous times and have never been arrested and put in a paddywagon and got released at the station without ever being officially arrested or booked, I couldn't complain at the time.



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19 Aug 2014, 11:09 pm

The Aryan Nations are psychopathic Nazis. I do not think that it's unjustified for the feds to try to provocateur one of them for the purpose of gaining an informant.



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19 Aug 2014, 11:13 pm

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Even people with ugly, hateful ideology can be victims - that doesn't make their ideology any less ugly. Just as Vicki Weaver being a victim didn't make her any less of a harradan.
And yes, you did claim more than once that I took pleasure in the deaths of Vicki Weaver and her son.
And yes, your libertarian views do slant your perception of reality - you see a group of people being cracked down on by the federal government, and you assume the feds are always in the wrong, especially if guns are involved. That's the number one reason why you took sides against Trayvon Martin (and yes, I know I'm going to regret bringing him up).
And what context could be at all justifiable in Ron Paul voting against the MLK holiday? He claimed one of his staffers had been using his name when calling the holiday "hate wh***y day." Even if Paul didn't write that, why in God's name would he keep the asshat who had written that on his parole? Why didn't he immediately disavow the statement?
And yes, you continue to provoke statements from me with calling my honesty and intelligence into question. Do you expect me to just role over and take it?

I'm just gonna pull two things out here (although I see more).

Quote:
Even people with ugly, hateful ideology can be victims - that doesn't make their ideology any less ugly. Just as Vicki Weaver being a victim didn't make her any less of a harradan.
Why do you think you have to continually remind (or preach to) people that the Weavers held ugly hateful ideology? Do you think we're stupid or are you trying to smoke someone out as a white supremacist? Or maybe it's some half-ass divide and conquer tactic. "All the good people over here. All the ugly hateful people over there" . It's not about the Weaver's or anyone elses' ideology, it's about government thuggery which potentially hangs over all of our heads poised to strike. Why can't you figure that out and make peace with it?

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That's the number one reason why you took sides against Trayvon Martin (and yes, I know I'm going to regret bringing him up).
Unless you can go back and find evidence to back that up (don't pretend you don't know how to) I don't remember anyone taking sides against Trayvon Martin.

Ah, I almost forgot this....
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Because I'm stating a fact about the Weaver's ideology.
Over and over, ad nauseam......

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It was racist, and down right insane.
Has anyone to date in this thread disagreed? (Y / N) No? Then why keep preaching?

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Have you ever investigated what they believed?
As a matter of fact I did read the book "Every Knee Shall Bow" but it's been about 5 years ago. I also saw a movie about it but I forgot the title (might be on Youtube).

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Sure, they had the absolute right to believe what they wanted, but I also have every right to speak out against what they believed.
Yeah, and two of them are dead and the rest moved on to other pastures. You harp on it obsessively every time this comes in an ill fated effort to soften what happened to them. Just about everyone has kooks of some kind in their region that not much can be done about. Either make enough peace with to be able to deal with it or just move.

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And as a matter of fact, when the Zimmerman/Martin case was on the news 24/7, there were in fact some voices on WP that were not just Pro-Zimmerman, but who called Martin a thug, and deserving of what he got. In fact, one member who has claimed to have been the victim of street crime by blacks, while arguing with me about the case, told me in no uncertain terms that he hoped I get my head smashed on concrete!
Find it, link it, copy & paste it here, or it didnt happen. With more than twice the post count I have in about half the time it's not like you don't have the time to. I followed those threads and the trial itself as time allowed. I seem to remember some people in those threads actually wanting a fair trial opposed to a lynch mob (imagine that :roll: ) and those that just wanted the lynch mob.


If I harp about the Weavers, it's only because you and Dox continually challenge me about the case. And as you go by memory concerning the Whiskey Rebellion, I also am going by memory about Ruby Ridge - and more, I actually lived through it.
As for that post having happened - it did indeed, but as with providing links to cite my sources, I'm too dumb to copy and paste. And while I almost never agree with you, I have never, ever called you a liar - please do not question my honesty.


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19 Aug 2014, 11:22 pm

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The Aryan Nations are psychopathic Nazis. I do not think that it's unjustified for the feds to try to provocateur one of them for the purpose of gaining an informant.


Thank you.


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20 Aug 2014, 12:32 am

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And yes, your libertarian views do slant your perception of reality - you see a group of people being cracked down on by the federal government, and you assume the feds are always in the wrong, especially if guns are involved. That's the number one reason why you took sides against Trayvon Martin (and yes, I know I'm going to regret bringing him up).


My very first posts in the whole Zimmerman debacle were expressing my opinion that it looked like a bad shoot from what little info was available, and progressed from there as more evidence came to light, unlike the people who jumped to conclusions and then refused to budge from them despite all evidence to the contrary. Unless you have a citation for this claim about me, I'm going to have to ask you to retract it, and refrain from mischaracterizing me in the future. If you do not want people to call you a liar, it helps not to lie about them.


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20 Aug 2014, 12:47 am

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And yes, your libertarian views do slant your perception of reality - you see a group of people being cracked down on by the federal government, and you assume the feds are always in the wrong, especially if guns are involved. That's the number one reason why you took sides against Trayvon Martin (and yes, I know I'm going to regret bringing him up).


My very first posts in the whole Zimmerman debacle were expressing my opinion that it looked like a bad shoot from what little info was available, and progressed from there as more evidence came to light, unlike the people who jumped to conclusions and then refused to budge from them despite all evidence to the contrary. Unless you have a citation for this claim about me, I'm going to have to ask you to retract it, and refrain from mischaracterizing me in the future. If you do not want people to call you a liar, it helps not to lie about them.


I never called you a liar - you are mischaracterizing me. Rather, I have accused you of being blinded by ideology and pride - and I freely admit to resembling that remark, myself.


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20 Aug 2014, 1:11 am

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I never called you a liar - you are mischaracterizing me. Rather, I have accused you of being blinded by ideology and pride - and I freely admit to resembling that remark, myself.


I didn't say you called me a liar, I'm calling you one, as you said that I'd come out in favor of Zimmerman because of the gun issue, which is completely untrue, as is borne out by me pointing out that I was initially leaning against Zimmerman, and only came around when the evidence started to support his story, as is clearly documented in the threads. You also never presented any evidence of me being "blinded by ideology and pride", and when I say things like that about you, I back them up.


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20 Aug 2014, 1:24 am

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I never called you a liar - you are mischaracterizing me. Rather, I have accused you of being blinded by ideology and pride - and I freely admit to resembling that remark, myself.


I didn't say you called me a liar, I'm calling you one, as you said that I'd come out in favor of Zimmerman because of the gun issue, which is completely untrue, as is borne out by me pointing out that I was initially leaning against Zimmerman, and only came around when the evidence started to support his story, as is clearly documented in the threads. You also never presented any evidence of me being "blinded by ideology and pride", and when I say things like that about you, I back them up.


As I said, I never once called you a liar, and so I really wish you wouldn't call me one.
I admit, our intellectual sparring has gotten way too personal, and I regret that. For the sake of any amiability, I hereby refuse to carry on this discussion. If I offended you, I apologize, as I realize it's best I forgive any hurt feelings you have caused me. I think it's time for both of us to step back and take a breather.


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20 Aug 2014, 1:54 am

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As I said, I never once called you a liar, and so I really wish you wouldn't call me one.
I admit, our intellectual sparring has gotten way too personal, and I regret that. For the sake of any amiability, I hereby refuse to carry on this discussion. If I offended you, I apologize, as I realize it's best I forgive any hurt feelings you have caused me. I think it's time for both of us to step back and take a breather.


I'm okay with stepping back, we're way off topic anyway, but I really want you to understand why I'm so angry, which is that you keep making statements about me that not only aren't true, but are provably not true, such as this Zimmerman accusation. What am I supposed to make of it when you say something about me that is so false that I can't believe you really believe it? I could care less that you disagree with me politically, I live in Seattle, I'm used to it, it's how you're choosing to do it, by misrepresenting me, that I'm having such a problem with here.


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20 Aug 2014, 2:16 am

Needs moar (to be epic):


crips and bloods doing drive bys (hitting everyone but their target)
drone launched Hellfire missiles on the cars doing the drive bys
NG with M1 Garands (hitting all the iphone media; you know they're just college hippies)
mustard gas (hitting everyone)
broken down NG Humvees (with an irate lieutenant saying nothing is going to happen until they're fixed)
the ghost of MLK hovering over the place weeping
KKK eating in the McDonald's store



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20 Aug 2014, 2:36 am

I don't know what firing on peaceful protesters has to do with Waco and Ruby Ridge, though :?



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20 Aug 2014, 2:37 am

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As I said, I never once called you a liar, and so I really wish you wouldn't call me one.
I admit, our intellectual sparring has gotten way too personal, and I regret that. For the sake of any amiability, I hereby refuse to carry on this discussion. If I offended you, I apologize, as I realize it's best I forgive any hurt feelings you have caused me. I think it's time for both of us to step back and take a breather.


I'm okay with stepping back, we're way off topic anyway, but I really want you to understand why I'm so angry, which is that you keep making statements about me that not only aren't true, but are provably not true, such as this Zimmerman accusation. What am I supposed to make of it when you say something about me that is so false that I can't believe you really believe it? I could care less that you disagree with me politically, I live in Seattle, I'm used to it, it's how you're choosing to do it, by misrepresenting me, that I'm having such a problem with here.


If I misremembered your stance on George Zimmerman, it was hardly intentional.


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20 Aug 2014, 2:42 am

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I wouldn't mind knowing what the hell police firing on peaceful protesters has to do with Waco and Ruby Ridge, though.


(Shakes head) Somehow the subject came up - perhaps even by me trying to make a point - and an unresolved conflict was reignited. :?
But here's a poignant joke: Why are dead Aspies buried with their head above ground?
Answer: Because out heads are harder than tombstones! :lol:
And that's why we get into these endless arguments.


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20 Aug 2014, 3:04 am

I just got notice that this thread doesn't exist, anymore. Obviously it does.


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