Nicely said, Charlie.
On Jun 22, 2015 5:06 PM, "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Well this has been an interesting read but as it is far off topic and
> incendiary at best, I am going to grab Thomas' List Mum Hat and call an
> official end to this thread after I put in my $.02 worth. Then we can
> return to less controversial topics like pick up trucks, computer OS and
> BBQ:
>
> As a true Moderate, one of the few remaining of what appears to be a
> dying breed, I continue to be saddened by the further political
> polarization of this country on both the right and left. And since each
> reacts to the other it will only get worse. All civility has disappeared
in
> much of social intercourse and particularly in political discussion.
> Hyperbole is the order of the day.
> As some of you know Charleston, SC is my home town and I still live
> here. I have never been prouder of this city in how we have reacted to the
> horrific events of last Wednesday night. The outpouring of community
> support gives some feeling of hope after such a horrible act by a deranged
> individual.
> Regarding the Confederate Flag flap (no pun intended), it will have to
> be dealt with for as a symbol it has been completely hijacked by all
manner
> of peoples ranging from simple ignorant a**holes to the truly vicious. In
> this I agree with Bob. Now I am a descendent of a Confederate veteran. My
> Great, great Grandfather served with the German Artillery that mustered
out
> of Charleston. He had a small bakery and I would love to know what
> motivated him to serve. To my knowledge he owned no slaves but did employ
> Free Persons of Color in his shop. I have admired him from afar but only
> for surviving the conflict, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this post.
That
> having been said, the Battle flag should be removed from the Statehouse
> grounds, in fact the entire Confederate Memorial should be relocated
> elsewhere in Columbia and no flags should fly.
> I do disagree with Bob on two points; and don't go looking for them
> here, he made them on Facebook. The individual who committed these acts IS
> mentally ill. Anyone with that degree of hate, particularly at such a
young
> age, and to act with such unprovoked violence clearly falls in to some
> antisocial personality disorder. Who knows where it began. Some minor
> perceived slight as a child or adolescence nurtured by the sewer pipes of
> the Internet. And to act alone apparently. Secondly, it is about guns too.
> We are awash in them and the rest of the world looks in and shakes their
> head in wonder. Personally I think the Second Amendment is obsolete, the
> need seen by the Framers no longer exists. But I see no hope of ever
> reversing its effect.
>
> Time to go home,
> Charlie
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Chris Crawford <
> chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Last Saturday, I photographed this building covered in anti-Obama
slogans
> > in
> > the small town of Hicksville, Ohio.
> >
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