So, if you're a Christian, does that make you an Egyptian pagan?
I'm told some of the facts in the below image aren't accurate, but the point remains the same: the Christian's Jesus is a mythical figure based off of earlier pagan gods.
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Somehow I was labeled an internet "Troll" by Lauren after daring to post on one of his anti-gun Google+ posts that the real issue with Friday's massacre isn't that people have guns, it's the people themselves that are dangerous. He deleted my comment and then commented that no "NRA propaganda" will be allowed in his stream. I then posted a comment asking why my post was deleted then, since I did not mention the NRA (I actually dislike the NRA) but merely stated it's people who go about shooting others, not guns themselves. He then deleted my comment again and said he blocked me.
I'm getting really fed up with with internet, lately. Especially Google+. I have "known" Lauren for years. We have talked many time about politics, technology and current events. Now that I think about it, he never comments on anyone else's posts but his own and that's after someone comments on his.
Regardless, how is trying to have a discussion about a subject "trolling?" I dislike the NRA. I dislike their lobbying and their agenda. I have told them so when they tried to recruit me (I am a white, gun owning veteran, after all) and I have publicly told others, both in person and social media.
Just because I happen to believe the root cause of gun violence isn't the guns themselves doesn't mean I agree or support the NRA. I believe the root cause of any violence is much deeper than an individual action or the tool used to bring about that action. In gun violence, obviously it's a gun. However, a gun didn't shoot itself; a gun didn't drive itself to a school; a gun didn't target innocent children and teachers and a gun didn't load and re-load itself.
A person did.
But apparently that opinion will label someone a "troll" and be block-worthy. Especially by someone whom I've been connected and friendly with for (three?) years.
ADDENDUM
I sent Lauren an email with a link to this above blog post and his response was just as disregarding of other points-of-view as his above post:
I'm getting really fed up with with internet, lately. Especially Google+. I have "known" Lauren for years. We have talked many time about politics, technology and current events. Now that I think about it, he never comments on anyone else's posts but his own and that's after someone comments on his.
Regardless, how is trying to have a discussion about a subject "trolling?" I dislike the NRA. I dislike their lobbying and their agenda. I have told them so when they tried to recruit me (I am a white, gun owning veteran, after all) and I have publicly told others, both in person and social media.
Just because I happen to believe the root cause of gun violence isn't the guns themselves doesn't mean I agree or support the NRA. I believe the root cause of any violence is much deeper than an individual action or the tool used to bring about that action. In gun violence, obviously it's a gun. However, a gun didn't shoot itself; a gun didn't drive itself to a school; a gun didn't target innocent children and teachers and a gun didn't load and re-load itself.
A person did.
But apparently that opinion will label someone a "troll" and be block-worthy. Especially by someone whom I've been connected and friendly with for (three?) years.
ADDENDUM
I sent Lauren an email with a link to this above blog post and his response was just as disregarding of other points-of-view as his above post:
I am sick to death over the death of 20 beautiful children, and I am
similarly sick to death of gun apologists. They have wiggled and
schemed and lobbied and lied and turned this country into the
laughingstock of the world. And when someone -- anyone, I don't care who --
figures that an asinine statement like "guns don't kill people, people do"
is going to advance a discussion by one iota, my patience is gone. There
is no room for discussion on the basics of this -- with me -- any more.
Guns shows must meet the same rules as gun stores. Private ownership of
assault style weapons and associated ammunition systems must be restricted.
Past that, I'm open for discussion. Since your opening comment on the
thread in question was the quintessential NRA platitude, I saw no evidence
of your being willing to accept those initial two premises. If I'm
wrong in that assumption, do let me know. Otherwise, I'm afraid my
capacity for continued communication, friendship, or whatever you want
to call it with you has been decimated by those tiny little bodies in
holiday clothing, riddled with bullet holes from a Bushmaster, and the
slimy faces of the gun fetishists in interviews spouting their "what we
really need is more guns!" excrement. I'm sure there are people out there
willing to conduct endless scholarly discussions on such points. I'm not.
Capice?
Thursday, 29 November 2012
So, this happened on Facebook and is living proof on why I don't spend a lot of time over there. Granted, I see Tea Party racists on Google+ and all over the internet, for that matter, all the time, but the level of idiocracy is overwhelming on Facebook, especially from people in Florida. Sure my answers are short and sweet until the end and that is due to replying from mobile (I rarely get on FB via desktop anymore). Please note: I went to high school with Nadine and Brian. I remember nothing from high school about Nadine except she was (and apparently still is) a bitch. I nearly didn't Friend her on FB except my policy was to befriend everyone from high school: we all change, right? At least we all should have changed by now. Brian I remember as being a class clown -- a goofy kid who didn't take anything too seriously. I don't know any reason for him to refer to President Obama as " a bastard from an whore mother" other than him being some sort of racist (which while his statement isn't inherently racist, I can think of no other reason for his hatred of the president.) Anywho, the whole scenario annoyed me and I thought I'd share.
[also, sorry for the formatting, but I copied/pasted into blogger and everytime I hit it makes one of those lines like the one above and below this sentence.]
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