For the record, I didn’t report anyone. I reported Mitch once, years ago for the reason everyone knows.

If someone intentionally misconstrues my post, outright lies about what I’ve said, or accuses me of being some kind of “ism” because I don’t kneel to the alter of some wokeness, I’m going to give them the response they want.

Anyone who’s been around here knows I go to great effort to explain why I have the opinion I hold. And if I’m wrong or get an interpretation I find superior to my own, I acknowledge it.

Outrageous and heinous ideas get spread through uninformed people. 9/11 was an inside job, Obama was a Muslim, Kenyan socialist, Trump was pissed on in Moscow, Clinton’s emails were evidence of some mass pedophile financial ring. Take your pick. People are free to believe what they will, and god bless them. But when someone puts forward utter nonsense and demands others see them as an intellectual with an opinion of value, no fucking way. I’ll respond with articles refuting those points, or respond to articles others provided with a thoughtful contribution.

There’s one poster here who causes problems. One. Every single one of us here has lost our cool and been a dick. Some more than others. I certainly have more than once.  But when someone calls me a racist by manufacturing what was said, I take that personal. I came from a piece of shit, white trash ignorant back woods part of the country. Before I went to college, I believed (knew) gay people were corrupted by Satan and were going to hell. I believed embarrassing stereotypes. All this was from ignorance and what my community shaped me to be. My journey through my 20s was a constant effort to correct those beliefs and improve my ability to better consider and process information. I’m fucking awesome at it, have the academic credentials, life accomplishments, and professional achievements to prove that. This isn’t arrogance. It’s acknowledging that I’m intelligent and well informed, and capable of admitting when I receive better information. Aristotle famously said “the mark of intelligence is the ability to entertain an idea without accepting it.”  That’s what the forum and these discussions represent to me.

All of that is a way for me to say that I feel my effort of thought is apparent in my post, so when someone ignores that effort, and assumes or fabricates a statement or idea they can dismiss as “ist”, I’m going to respond to resolve that inaccuracy. If someone repeatedly does this, I’d be abnormal if I didn’t take it personal.

That one person is incapable of doing anything but misrepresenting and inciting others.  I’m fully responsible for my actions, but we all know (those who participate regularly here) the difference between acting in good and bad faith. And it’s very hard to remain civil to someone who is only interested in acting in bad faith to resolve whatever internal flaw compels them to behave that way. It’s not accidental and it’s not unintentional. It’s even harder when that person plays a victim.

I’m not in favor of “no rules”.  But I am in favor of discouraging posters who repeatedly misrepresents others, and then make heinous accusations against that other poster.

If someone posted they were happy that a school was shot up, or that a village of civilians was blown up, we’d condemn that right?  Like that behavior, if done repeatedly would be at least as bad as repeatedly using a racial slur, correct?  If I started posting “Fuck Mexicans!” and celebrated their deaths on the trek here, id be called out right?  I’d be banned if I repeatedly said this and stood by it?  Then why can the antagonist celebrate the deaths and destruction of COVID-19 with impunity. This poster is telling us we deserve this, and goes around accusing other posters of being horrible humans because they don’t hold whatever unintelligible opinion the poster holds at this second. And you’re curious why this forum is hostile. Read the past 30 pages and tell me in all that dialogue, what stands out. You’ll have your answer.

So did white supremacist murder black people in their sleep last night, or have we realized the media trying to blame the violence on anyone but ANTIFA is a poor attempt to cover their culpability in protecting and promoting this dangerous group.

If anyone can link something showing white power groups starting attacks or fighting in any numbers, please link your sources.  Google gave me this site trying to make that argument:  https://www.justsecurity.org/70497/far- … remacists/  But all their videos who Antifa.  The group being bailed out by Joe Biden's people and who the leftward media has praised for the past 2 years.  They seem in an uproar that Trump wants to declare them a terrorist organization.  After my quick acceptance of the official narrative with Floyd, I want to make sure I have video evidence before I make that mistake again.

Everything I've seen so far shows "peaceful" protest led by local #BLM groups in these cities, then some antifa thug dipshit smashing something, and others joining in.  If this is the most accurate representation of what's happening, this should be the story.  Not an attempt to shield the media and some mainstream celebrities support of Antifa by pretending Antifa thugs are actually White Power dipshits, and can then be blamed on Trump.

This NYT article from yesterday makes mention of White Power groups being filmed holding signs, but no video evidence of any violence or vandalism.  Plenty of Antifa evidence though:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/g … ntifa.html

So please, share the links you have that show different.

Will be interesting to see the credentials of the person who performed this autopsy and if the family immediately destroys any chance of a high profile objective opinion. This will matter greatly in the trial.