Stupid shit in Medellin

**Paulie97** · 10-24-21 00:24

Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]

I'm right there with you on that subject. The same people who were spitting on me, spilling drinks on me, trying to start fights with me, even throwing beer bottles at me in 1981 because I was wearing the uniform are the same people waving their flags and saying "thank you for your service" today.

I doubt it. As a Navy nuke you were a special target in the 80's, but it was primarily religious pacifists and the like objecting to the arms race. Could we have a bit of embellishment with the spitting accounts? Wink. Sounds like a lift from the 60's. I traveled the US in sales from '80 to '86, exclusively military towns, mostly army, and never once witnessed such activity. The only nuke spot I went to was New London, CT, which was near our home office. The nukes were great guys and I made a lot of sales.

Military men serve their country, and regardless of their motives, they still do it. This doesn't necessarily make them heroes. You erect a straw a man with that. They do however do things worthy of thanks. I do the same for cops on occasions, and firemen. Damn my mother for baking a pecan pie for the firemen that stopped our kitchen fire, as they put themselves in little danger, plus one or two might have been stealing from their bunkmates lockers. Wink. I thank Covid workers a lot, though some might be in it mostly for the money. Anyone who objects to these kinds of thanks is the one with a chip on their shoulder. Find a better cause.

**Paulie97** · 10-23-21 23:24

Forgot a few.

We have the best imperfect legal system in the world. We saw how far Trump and Rudy's soft coup got in the courts. Then comes the violent coup and the criminals are now being prosecuted. Like everyone else, all are allowed quick bail hearings, a vigorious defense, right to speedy trial, innocent until proven guilty standard, and jury of their peers trials if prison time is on the line. SWEET. Try that in Colombia or most of these other countries with the cheap pussy. Justice is served all day every day in our courts. Only the seeming failures, or more often, the slanted whinefests from right wingnut media get the most attention.

There's plenty of excellent and useful information in our universities. They are of the world's finest. Most complaining about them have never attended one and are just parroting Faux News and the like. At my alma maters there were conservative and liberal profs in every department. This is the norm all over. Some have more of one than the other. For example business schools will have more conservative. History or English, more liberals. Students interested in learning hear both sides, talk to profs one on one which all love to do, do some of their own research and make up their own minds. Those just after the paper so they can get a job or satisfy their parents usually aren't listening in those classes anyway. They take notes to regurgitate. Plus more often are off in technology fields where politics and historical interpretations are much less of an issue. Plus there are conservative and liberal leaning schools in every state. You make the choice. People complaining about the evil professor boogeymen are typically opportunists scoring political points and morons who've never stepped foot in a college.

Same thing with this whining about critical race theory which has been around for decades. Did Faux News ever tell you about the piccaninny tales? Of course they didn't. Look it up I'm not doing all the work. What about the black children asktrays, leaning on their backs eating watermelon? Like white people don't like watermelon? Yea so snuff out the cigarette in the kid's belly. Or the black house servent front lawn statues? You can find these on Ebay from time to time. Minstrel shows, blacks in servile roles pictured on food products, Fat black maids as cookie jars, etc. An aquaintance of mine showed me one the other day and she refused to acknowlege the evil in it. That's why we need critical theory. Shoving it all under the rug like Faux News and their followers want to do leaves the wound to fester. Bringing it out in the open to show it as the evil that it is gives us a chance to heal. It's our history, and this motifs have been tools of subjugation and still exist in our national consciousness, and by default, in our institutions. Banning the discussion is not only the exact wrong thing to do, but is ironic coming from people who so often whine about censorship.

The media? Well we have two 24 hour news sources. One is to the left, the other to the right, though the later is the most extreme. The big three are more balanced. There are other sources, but you must gather from multiple to get at the truth. Newsmax and OANN are complete jokes, as is Fox for the most part, but that's the biggest part of the problem. So many only view right wingnut sources as they have believed Trump when he dismisses everything else as fake news. Yawns. But to conclude, the truth is always more complicated than buzz words and soundbites. The former though stirs more emotion and naturally draws more attention, and thus more votes for politicans and money for internet hacks, and of course grifters like Trump.

**Paulie97** · 10-23-21 22:18

Originally Posted by Spidy [View Original Post]

It is true, Chris Hedges, is very astute writer and political activist and well known for being left-winger and having leftist tendencies in his political views.

Definitely a surprising post...interesting indeed!

BTW, hardly "Stupid Shit in Medellin", but whatever.

There's always been abuses, but only attention seeking propagandists make such inane sweeping statements. Banks offer a lot of good services and safety for our assets. Governments do a lot of good as well. In fact many running their mouths got their education through Pell Grants and student loans. Some that tore up the capital traveled and splurged on loans from the Cares Act. For every Cleflo Dollar, Joel Osteen, or Roman Catholic molestor priest there's 100 neighborhood pastors offering sound guidance and comfort during times of distress, and for little pay. For every Big Pharma drug gone bad there's 100 more that improve living, like PPIs and Viagra, and others that save lives like beta blockers, and more recently Regeneron. For every incompetent doctor there's many more offering great care. A team of four back in 2018 saved my sight in one eye with daily monitoring and compassionate, highly competent care. I've experienced the same with a surgery, an invasive throat procedure, and very recentily an amazing young female DO cured my chronic heel pain.

So the moral of the story is this, when you find yourself agreeing with obsessive "Stupid Shit" posters like Marquis de Twat and JustTK, who might even be the same person, give it some more thought. And yes, that post did belong in "stupid shit. " Whether left, right, or center, was just the words of another internet shock jock trying to make $ stirring the pot with illogical sweeping assertions.

**Spidy** · 10-23-21 21:36

Originally Posted by JustTK [View Original Post]

"We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy. " ― Chris Hedges.

Originally Posted by MarquisdeSade1 [View Original Post]

Chris Hedges is a very intelligent writer.

It is true, Chris Hedges, is very astute writer and political activist and well known for being left-winger and having leftist tendencies in his political views.

Definitely a surprising post...interesting indeed!

BTW, hardly "Stupid Shit in Medellin", but whatever.

**JjBee62** · 10-23-21 21:30