Positive Stories that Give Hope for 'Murica Thread

AerchAngel said:
to be honest, to keep the flow, you should have left my failing Obama is a good thing for America because it leads to a change for the better thing alone and we wouldn't be discussing it.

So.........................

Like Bedell said, what is positive for anyone without upsetting anyone.

Should have let it be, SAV. Some people agree with me, some don't just like your posted article, some agree with the students like I do, but not what they are protesting.
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I disagree. I don't think anyone could hate on this!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/dog-finds-a-tiny-kitten-risks-everything-to-save-her
 
50PoundHead said:
I disagree. I don't think anyone could hate on this!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/dog-finds-a-tiny-kitten-risks-everything-to-save-her
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Who said hate on what they did?

I am disappointed in why they are doing it. If it was for another cause I would give them a double dose of cool.

For instance, a teacher gets fired for alleged assault of a student and turned out it was bogus and they didn't reinstate for probable cause because of past friction. If they sit on that, I would be proud of that.

Sitting in for a teacher for breaking the rules is borderline anarchy. If we do not teach our kids today about the consequences of breaking the rules, then we shouldn't give them rules.
 
KeithLockhart said:
LOL ok.

You and maybe Bedell think I posted that kids story to purposely piss you off and incite you and offend you.

I posted it because I'm happy to see kids organize and peacefully demonstrate for something they believe in. Just because you think they're stupid for doing so, that's your own personal belief. I posted it because of what they were doing. Go to my post, did anywhere I bring up anything about the church or catholic school and what they should do? NO. I posted the link and was praising the kids for their actions.

You and Bedell went off and ran with the ball, creating tension for no reason.

Bedell posts a WestJet Christmas flash mob stunt and then a Charlie Brown video. One a publicity stunt by a CANADIAN Airliner, the other just a cartoon. I didn't complain about either one of those things even though they had nothing to do with this thread.

You come in and post a useless article about Obama's approval numbers sinking. How exactly does that fit in with the theme of this thread? Obama has 3 years left in his term, so it has nothing to do with "hope for the future". The next 3 years could be great for our country, we don't know yet because they haven't happened. But since you want to go ahead and say they're going to be ****ty because he's President then go ahead.

It still does not change the fact you did it to troll. It's clear trolling. You damn well know Obama is a controversial subject and a lightening rod for heated debate. Why the hell would you post that in a thread meant to promote optimism?

I'm optimistic that those kids are standing up for something. It happens to be something that you disagree with. But the fact teenagers and millenials get such a bad rep for being lazy, non-assertive, and entitlement, they go and do something together because of something they believe in, there's no telling what things they're capable of in the future.

I don't care how the hell you spin it, I think it's absolutely sad you think Obama failing and his numbers falling gives you a happy feeling and warms your heart.

I'm not an idiot AA, I've been posting on internet forums for 15 years. I know trolling when I see trolling.
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Here's a suggestion my younger friend. Take it for what it is worth. Either say,

"Yeah, I was trolling y'all with that first story. Carry on."

Or,

"I seriously wasn't intending to troll. I'm sorry, I wasn't making the connections between a RC school firing a guy over his breaking his contract with them per his SSM, and his students supporting him and A&E indefinitely suspending Robertson for his religious views-speech about homosexuality and his fans supporting him. I should have but I just didn't. I definitely see how that was controversial."

I'm fine with either of those responses. :-)

But again, what's your intent with this thread going forth? Post anything we think is a positive story (which is why I posted "just a cartoon" about what I believe is the most positive story of all stories - I guess I could have just posted the text of Luke 2 instead) or what is "positive" according to some general consensus? Cause if it is the latter, then forget about it. There ain't such a consensus, evidenced by you saying that neither of those stories I posted had anything to do with this thread.
 
Thanks Bedell.

I am not good at posting like you are. That positive thingy offended me greatly, not about the kids, which I admired their courage, but the message they sent weren't on what really happened.
 
AerchAngel said:
Who said hate on what they did?

I am disappointed in why they are doing it. If it was for another cause I would give them a double dose of cool.

For instance, a teacher gets fired for alleged assault of a student and turned out it was bogus and they didn't reinstate for probable cause because of past friction. If they sit on that, I would be proud of that.

Sitting in for a teacher for breaking the rules is borderline anarchy. If we do not teach our kids today about the consequences of breaking the rules, then we shouldn't give them rules.
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My lighthearted comment was aimed at Bedell's line that almost every post will not illicit the same reaction (which is true); what some find positive, others will find negative. I just tried to find an innocuous story that was so innocuous that it would not offend anyone. Except, come to think of it, if that's a feral cat, it's a problem!
 
50PoundHead said:
My lighthearted comment was aimed at Bedell's line that almost every post will not illicit the same reaction (which is true); what some find positive, others will find negative. I just tried to find an innocuous story that was so innocuous that it would not offend anyone. Except, come to think of it, if that's a feral cat, it's a problem!
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Ah, I see.
 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/moments-that-restored-our-faith-in-humanity-this-y

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