OK first of all, sorry I had to go to town and do some stuff AND I had to actually do some work when I get home. :/
And had you gone a different direction with that previous comment we could have maybe had a discussion about it. Don't sweat it though, I say stuff too sometimes that doesn't look as good after it's typed and on the screen as I thought it did at the time. No worries there. I have also learned by my past 7 months or so what's really important in life and I've also learned that while I won't back down when I know something is the truth, I also don't ever go around looking for trouble or enemies. I feel like we wind up with too many of those without actually looking for them.
I realize I'm not going to convince you of anything and you sure as hell aren't going to convince me, but despite the fact that Faux, talk radio, and the far right websites (not to mention most members of organized religion) tell you ad nauseum that conservative are the only ones who "get it" they're the only ones who "are truly patriotic Americans" and so on. I know this because I used to be a BIG TIME Reagan Republican. I was even more sold out and brainwashed for "the cause" than any of you and I realize that's saying something. I know all of their tricks and their tactics cause they used to use them on me.
This is for you and/or any other conservatives who might choose to read this. I realize it won't matter to any of you now, but who knows maybe some day, when these slime balls turn on you like they did on me maybe it'll help. Think back for a moment to my posts, since I've only been back posting a couple of days that won't be too much of a search back through time. Did I only criticize conservatives? Did I criticize anyone else? If I"m pointing out the faults of all sides why did you take my words to negatively? Are you THAT sensitive? Is it that conservatives are just what I say they are and those words hurt? I didn't see any Dems take offense to anything I said, hell sturg didn't even get pissed off and he's way more dedicated to his beliefs than you are. Is it that conservatives are naturally susceptible to the "we're under attack" strategy? Think about it, when was the last time any right wing show, segment, article, etc., didn't use that strategy to pull you in?
Think about this too, you didn't just take offense at something I said, you read something negative about conservatives, I don't even know if you saw anything else I posted or not, and you went ape ****. Now I've already said it's cool, we're cool, etc., so I'm only telling you this to try and help, you saw where someone dared to criticize the conservative party and you went immediately into attack mode, into Glenn Beck, bat****, pitbull attack mode. Why was that? Is it because you've already been classically conditioned to do so? Ask Steak Sauce, I'm disagreed with him numerous times and he's never once acted like that. Are you guys being played by the Repubs?
I"ll be happy to debate, argue, yell and scream (via keyboard of course) even throw down if that's what you guys want/need but I'm not going to not tell what I see to be the truth just because someone doesn't want to hear it. I do assume you'll give me a little extra time to catch my breath though, stamina doesn't come back over night you know.
As for me saying you always take the side of the police, rather than me show you something you said that you can try and spin or justify, show me where you said (and after it was all said and done) that you said the police were wrong. In Ferguson there's little doubt that the cop didn't follow the protocols like he should have. Now with that said if a 300 lb guy is coming towards me I'm going to shoot him too, everyone has the right to defend himself so until new evidence comes out (if ever) that things didn't go down like the last "official version" says then I don't really like what he did, but he certainly has the right to shoot someone who's attacking him.
As for the Garner guy, how many conservatives on here initially said that didn't look right but after all the right wing people and sites weighed in changed their tune to, they were just trying to subdue him. Dude there were 6 of them, they held him down and choked him to freaking death and if you call what he was doing resisting arrest then WTF?????????????????
Anyway, just whatever dude, like me, hate me, ignore me, or whatever but if I think your side is right, I"m going to say so, if I think your side is wrong, same thing.