Militant Left Getting Their Way as I Go Galt
Had an interesting conversation yesterday. I happened to be almost home at the end of a jog when a car pulled up. It was our family doctor. We have become good friends, and beer-drinking buddies. He quickly convinced me that a beer was just what I needed at the end of a jog so I stopped by his place (we're neighbors). He was bringing home some beer from a local brewpub that has gained the attention of the militants. Recently, the owner of the pub said on his facebook page something less than supportive of the women's march. I don't know the details. Well, now they are threatening to put him out of business, attack him, etc. I joked that if Doc and I walk in there we might get punched in the back of the head (ala Trump rally). Then, we started discussing how the left really is getting more aggressive...ultimately, how they are becoming more like...Nazis. We actually do fear entering some businesses, saying things publicly that we might have said a few years ago, etc. Sad thought. In that regard, I suppose the new, more threatening tactics are effective. I note this symbiotic relationship between slipping away and self-preservation while I slowly go Galt. Doc was very clear about the need to keep our mouths shut. We sat out on his porch enjoying a wonderful rye as the sun dropped low...enjoying the peace.
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I could be wrong. Every other day when I'm home I hear some anecdote about President Trump's supporters bringing back racism and homophobia. I don't see these redneck idiots or leftist hippies managing their way out of a paper bag. And when I think about the underlying disputes, they seem less intense than in the past. Integration was a big deal. Now what issues are these "drones" and their intellectual vanguard fired up about? I say nothing. There are always people who can get stuff done and want to blame it somebody else. So I don't buy it. If you're right, then people are forming violent factions over what appears to me to be nothing.
The leftist intellectuals who took over the universities are now in all realms of education, the media and political power (e.g. Obama and Clinton). They are leading the drones who are less intellectual but who have absorbed the same premises and sense of life. If those engaging in anarchy in the streets, as opposed to the rest of it, were not still in a minority the country would be in chaotic anarchy instead of its current state of pandering to it. That doesn't make it unserious either now or for where it is headed.
What is a "humanist" and what does atheism have to do with any of this?
"the race baiting by Obama and the left, including their attacks on the police departments"
I think those to whom that notion (i.e. that President Obama or President Trump are fomenting riots/crimes) makes any sense at all are a minority, and it's a small fraction of those who would actually act on it. People who believe this crap are generally not those who get stuff done.
Lib Party has been totally gutted of any consistency....for freedom and liberty...most disgusting...
i got kicked out of the online forum of the Tea Party for pointing out the contradictions of the conservative movement...and told not to come to tea party rallies because i was too logical...unbelievable...
got a girlfriend that i am on the same page with...we are in our late 60's...been retired 15 years...tired of sitting around on the beach waiting to die...bought RV...will be workcampers till we can't....
Boston is a great experience...participate in as many activities as possible...bring a book to read and food in Hopkintons until the race starts (noon...you are bused out at 8 am)...wear layers until the race starts then you will take clothes, book, and food to bus in a carry bag with your number on it for collection at the finish line...if you still can, sign up for tour of Hopkinton and the route...girls at Wasser is like running a gauntlet...Newton hills will destroy your legs...Heartbreak is 20/21 mile marker...then long downhill and then flat death march to finish line...Boston College and Boston U. students will offer you beer...and will throw you back on the course if you try to walk off....great fun...
I was having dinner with a good friend / business partner and his wife the other night... and was lamenting the observation that so many trail runners and mountain climbers are overt modern liberals / progressives. But, I suspect that it's really a matter of libs being highly vocal (rather noisy actually) ... whereas libertarians and conservatives (live and let live / keep your beliefs personal) tend to be on the quieter side. My next door neighbors are total lib: she is a govt teacher (teaches disadvantaged and troubled kids), he is on SSDI. They are good people -- but if the topic of 'politics' comes up, I hold my tongue. I will never change their minds, not with math (economics), logic, reason. At this point in time, however, I have decided not to just let their nonsense slide. If they decide to talk politics, I will shine the bright light of objectivity and reason on their economically absurd nonsense and conceit-enriched hypocrisy. It may cost a 13 year friendship ... so be it. Soon, I will be among like-minded individuals (retirement) and I think that will reduce some of the stress in my life.
Well done on being party to the founding of the Libertarian Party. I was at a few of the early Tea Party rallies ... but that has sort of evaporated ... talking to other Party attendees, we have too much to do (careers, running our businesses, raising families, building a future) -- and don't have the time or priority to be marching, chanting, throwing rocks and bottles ... Looking forward to being among the reasonable and sane in the coming years. Cheers.
i have finished 77 marathons...Boston 13 times...i was at the founding of the Libertarian Party in Ft Collins in 1970...
from quartzsite we travel to Temecula and the boutique wineries (45 of them...more than i can do in one day...ha, ha), which is 60 miles east of San Diego...
Of course is the most likely place for mistakes in math and science. I don't have evidence, but it really doesn't ring true for me. As I said below, I the criminals look over their shoulder for an immediate deterrent and hardly give thought to national politics.
Do you think this is really happening though? It seems like crime happens, and now it's easier to publish a media site or social media feed saying without evidence the crime is part of a trend of rising crime and that it's related to who is president. It just doesn't ring true to me that people committing crimes take into account national politics. I think they look over their shoulder for a cop or anyone else who might stop them immediately.
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