Sweet, sweet karma

[Perd Hapley]

In which a screeching ninny tries to shame an old Jew in a coffee shop, for the sin of wearing a MAGA hat...



...and she's now been fired from her day job, and her gig on some "social justice" madness factory.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/04/03/political-polarization-sparks-confrontation-at-starbucks-triggering-online-fury

http://thedailyhaze.com/parker-mankey-screamed-elderly-man-maga-hat/

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-harassed-74-year-old-man-wearing-maga-hat-starbucks-get-f-town-231628104.html

[brimic]

We've hit peak TDS... I think

I guess the demand for nazis has long outstripped the supply of nazis.

[lee n. field]

We've hit peak TDS... I think

I was at a personal customer's last night, discombobulating his printer.  He had CNN on.   I'd honestly never watched it before.  (No cable TeeVee, ever.)

Oh.  My.   Goodness.

The utter obsession with Trump, and his evils and putative shortcomings.  And conspiracy theories.  And people actually watch this.

<boggle>

[WLJ]

We've hit peak TDS... I think

They take statements like that as a challenge

[Perd Hapley]

I was at a personal customer's last night, discombobulating his printer.  He had CNN on.   I'd honestly never watched it before.  (No cable TeeVee, ever.)

Oh.  My.   Goodness.

The utter obsession with Trump, and his evils and putative shortcomings.  And conspiracy theories.  And people actually watch this.

<boggle>

Were they talking about the NY Times story about the new leaks from Mueller's team? "It looks pretty bad for Trump!" Boy, where have I heard that before? It's amazing the way the Times is just carrying on business as usual.

[WLJ]

I was at a personal customer's last night, discombobulating his printer.  He had CNN on.   I'd honestly never watched it before.  (No cable TeeVee, ever.)

Oh.  My.   Goodness.

The utter obsession with Trump, and his evils and putative shortcomings.  And conspiracy theories.  And people actually watch this.

<boggle>

Went to eat at a Chilis a couple of months ago and they sat me down in full view of a TV on CNN. Was there maybe an hour and a half and it was nothing but we must tell you why we hate Trump and why you should too stories one after the other the whole time.

[bedlamite]

I was at a personal customer's last night, discombobulating his printer.  He had CNN on.   I'd honestly never watched it before.  (No cable TeeVee, ever.)

Oh.  My.   Goodness.

The utter obsession with Trump, and his evils and putative shortcomings.  And conspiracy theories.  And people actually watch this.

<boggle>

Conspiracy Network News

[HankB]

I'm old enough to remember seeing Democrats like JFK, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, and even, yes, Hizzoner Richard J. Daley on TV. Were I to somehow meet one of these men now as an adult, I believe I could engage in civil discourse with any one of them, agree to disagree, and then after shaking hands we'd each go on about our own business, working toward very different goals.

I think there is a very large portion of today's democrat party with whom civil discourse is no longer possible. On virtually every issue there would be disagreement, and many of today's democrats would begin berating, insulting, and cursing me, mouth threats, and - if they thought they could get away with it - probably assault me.

Things have changed - and not for the better.  

[Hawkmoon]

...and she's now been fired from her day job, and her gig on some "social justice" madness factory.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/04/03/political-polarization-sparks-confrontation-at-starbucks-triggering-online-fury

http://thedailyhaze.com/parker-mankey-screamed-elderly-man-maga-hat/

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-harassed-74-year-old-man-wearing-maga-hat-starbucks-get-f-town-231628104.html

From the first link:

"This week in Palo Alto," Lee said, "one of our neighbors ... allowed herself to be pulled down into that muck when she encountered a man wearing a MAGA hat at a Palo Alto Starbucks and chased him out of the store.

(Lee is a fellow leftist activist, BTW.) No, Mr. Lee, she did not "allow herself to be pulled down into the muck." She shoveled the dirt, poured water on it and mixed it up into muck, and then unilaterally plunged into it ... all by herself. Nobody pulled her down. She obviously didn't need any help going low.

[French G.]

We've hit peak TDS... I think

I guess the demand for nazis has long outstripped the supply of nazis.

Ha! If he looks like he's winning in fall 2020 we will look back on this as the good old days. Put it this way, next spring the time I am planting potatoes. And I never hassle with them if I think they will be cheap at the store that is safe to go to in four months. They will start a shooting war to avoid another term.

[TommyGunn]

I'm old enough to remember seeing Democrats like JFK, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, and even, yes, Hizzoner Richard J. Daley on TV. Were I to somehow meet one of these men now as an adult, I believe I could engage in civil discourse with any one of them, agree to disagree, and then after shaking hands we'd each go on about our own business, working toward very different goals.

I think there is a very large portion of today's democrat party with whom civil discourse is no longer possible. On virtually every issue there would be disagreement, and many of today's democrats would begin berating, insulting, and cursing me, mouth threats, and - if they thought they could get away with it - probably assault me.

Things have changed - and not for the better.  

Back then,  you could disagree and do it respectfully.


In the early 1990s I got interested in talk radio, and was living in S. W. Connecticut at the time,  where most radio came out of New York City.  Before Rush came on,  former mayor Ed Koch had a hour show.   I disagreed a great deal with his politics,  but I did respect the calm, gentlemanly manner he employed in discussing and debating things.

Gone are those days .....

[Ben]

I'm old enough to remember seeing Democrats like JFK, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, and even, yes, Hizzoner Richard J. Daley on TV. Were I to somehow meet one of these men now as an adult, I believe I could engage in civil discourse with any one of them, agree to disagree, and then after shaking hands we'd each go on about our own business, working toward very different goals.

I think there is a very large portion of today's democrat party with whom civil discourse is no longer possible. On virtually every issue there would be disagreement, and many of today's democrats would begin berating, insulting, and cursing me, mouth threats, and - if they thought they could get away with it - probably assault me.

Things have changed - and not for the better.  

Agree. I was actually just thinking along the same lines this morning as I listened to an interview of Howard Schultz. While I still wouldn't vote for the guy, I think I could have an intelligent and civil debate with the man.

For instance, one of the interview topics was health care, in which he said he was for universal health care, but as catastrophic coverage, not for Cadillac care for all. As I'm a big fan of inexpensive catastrophic coverage in lieu of obamacare in the private market, I thought his view could be something I'd be open to debate.

Of course the left hates his views on healthcare and everything else, because his views are not radical enough.

[MechAg94]

I'm old enough to remember seeing Democrats like JFK, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, and even, yes, Hizzoner Richard J. Daley on TV. Were I to somehow meet one of these men now as an adult, I believe I could engage in civil discourse with any one of them, agree to disagree, and then after shaking hands we'd each go on about our own business, working toward very different goals.

I think there is a very large portion of today's democrat party with whom civil discourse is no longer possible. On virtually every issue there would be disagreement, and many of today's democrats would begin berating, insulting, and cursing me, mouth threats, and - if they thought they could get away with it - probably assault me.

Things have changed - and not for the better.  

I think that part is key.  In a few areas, the local politicos are letting them get away with it.  It remains to be seen how bad the voter fraud will become before that can change.

[230RN]

WLJ said:

Went to eat at a Chilis a couple of months ago and they sat me down in full view of a TV on CNN. Was there maybe an hour and a half and it was nothing but we must tell you why we hate Trump and why you should too stories one after the other the whole time.

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I'd love to wear a MAGA hat, but I fear it would put me in defensive situations.

Terry

[Hawkmoon]

WLJ said:
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Didn't we just discuss this thing about a week ago?

[BobR]

I'd love to wear a MAGA hat, but I fear it would put me in defensive situations.

Terry

That I believe is a concern of many people. I may get one to wear on days I go into friendly country.

bob

[Perd Hapley]

I'd love to wear a MAGA hat, but I fear it would put me in defensive situations.

That's why I just ordered one. We can't let these yo-yos stop people from wearing an anodyne political slogan, for the completely bogus reason that it somehow signifies racism, or hatred, or whatever bunkum they assign to it. Who knows if it will help, but maybe if a few more of us "wear the colors," we can keep Republicanism from being the sin which dare not speak its name.

[230RN]

That's why I just ordered one. We can't let these yo-yos stop people from wearing an anodyne political slogan, for the completely bogus reason that it somehow signifies racism, or hatred, or whatever bunkum they assign to it. Who knows if it will help, but maybe if a few more of us "wear the colors," we can keep Republicanism from being the sin which dare not speak its name.

Agreed, but you ain't 80 years old and a coward to boot.

I promised my mommy I would not die in jail, and the way things are going today, even using a legitimate self-defense argument still involves at least a year long "relationship" with law enforcement and probable long-term harassment by the noncompos segment of the population while the police keep my personal defense sidearm "for evidence" for evarrr.

My innocence and the First Amendment notwithstanding.

Terry, 230RN

[Perd Hapley]

Agreed, but you ain't 80 years old and a coward to boot.

I promised my mommy I would not die in jail, and the way things are going today, even using a legitimate self-defense argument still involves at least a year long "relationship" with law enforcement and probable long-term harassment by the noncompos segment of the population while the police keep my personal defense sidearm "for evidence" for evarrr.

My innocence and the First Amendment notwithstanding.

Terry, 230RN

What I meant is that I am going to wear the hat, so that others need not fear to wear it. Je suis MAGA hat, I guess.

[Hawkmoon]

What I meant is that I am going to wear the hat, so that others need not fear to wear it. Je suis MAGA hat, I guess.

We definitely appreciate your willingness to take one for the team.

I call first dibs on your guns.

[HeroHog]

I'd rock one!

[HeroHog]

These days I either wear my NRA or Denizens of Doom Motorcycle Club hat.



 

[Perd Hapley]

We definitely appreciate your willingness to take one for the team.

I call first dibs on your guns.

I don't live in MAGA Country, IL, or Brooklyn, so I'm more likely to get compliments than anything else.

[MechAg94]

Agreed, but you ain't 80 years old and a coward to boot.

I promised my mommy I would not die in jail, and the way things are going today, even using a legitimate self-defense argument still involves at least a year long "relationship" with law enforcement and probable long-term harassment by the noncompos segment of the population while the police keep my personal defense sidearm "for evidence" for evarrr.

My innocence and the First Amendment notwithstanding.

Terry, 230RN

I would be more concerned about someone spitting in my food than trying to start a fight. 

[charby]

I remember a whole lot of Obama Derangement Syndrome or ODS, on here and other more conservative leaning sites and news outlets, not that long ago.

Before that is was W Derangement Syndrome, before that was Bill Clinton Derangement Syndrome... repeat.