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Originally posted by bettysnephew:
Here in little old fly over Cedar Rapids, Iowa I have noticed an exceptional lack of presidential campaign signs of both sides.

…snip…

I have temporarily blocked posts from a couple of overzealous long time friends until after the election.


We traveled about 950 miles (admittedly about 90% interstate) over Labor Day weekend and saw only three presidential campaign signs in people’s yards. With people being so polarized on the candidates, that may not be all that surprising, with the campaigns putting their cash into advertising that might mean something to someone and people being afraid to risk adverse reactions from fanatics on the other side.

While there have been some polite political discussions among my FB friends, I’ve only seen a few being really rabid about one candidate or the other. Like you, I’ve put a couple of the more vocal long-time liberal friends on snooze for a while (rather than upping my blood pressure medication!).


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^^^^^^^^

We all know which side has 'fanatics' who destroy property and attack people for showing political gear/signage/etc.

In other words, Trump supporters don't display signs because they don't want their property vandalized, whereas there really aren't any 'harris supporters.'. .

When have you ever heard of somebody being attacked for wearing a Democrat hat or shirt?



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Hound Dog, I think you're pretty right on here.




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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
^^^^^^^^

We all know which side has 'fanatics' who destroy property and attack people for showing political gear/signage/etc.

In other words, Trump supporters don't display signs because they don't want their property vandalized, whereas there really aren't any 'harris supporters.'. .

When have you ever heard of somebody being attacked for wearing a Democrat hat or shirt?


Um . . .

quote:
Ohio man kills neighbor because ‘he thought he was a Democrat’

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News

November 9, 2022·2 min read


A southwest Ohio man was killed by a neighbor who “thought he was a Democrat,” according to the victim’s shocked widow.

Austin Gene Combs confessed to shooting Anthony Lee King “several times with a revolver” while the 43-year-old victim and his wife were doing yardwork shortly before noon on Saturday, The Journal News reports.

The victim’s son called police to report the 26-year-old alleged shooter had come over “multiple times making statements” before killing his father in their Okeana, Ohio backyard.

“He’s insane,” the boy told a dispatcher, according to the Journal.

The victim’s wife reportedly told the dispatcher, “He has come over like four times confronting my husband because he thought he was a Democrat.”

She added that Combs had approached the victim four times before opening fire as she struggled to understand what had just happened.

“Why?” the woman asked. “Please, I don’t understand.”

The killing reportedly occurred when King’s wife came indoors to let the dog come inside. She heard gunshots, then saw Combs walking away as her husband laid dead.

The Journal News said Combs was booked on a murder charge and is being held on $950,000 bond in the Butler County Jail. He will appear in court Thursday.

Political violence leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections has crossed party lines.



This was big news where I live. Link


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How about yard signs saying "You Know Who" with stars, stripes and banners?




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Originally posted by Milliron:


Um . . .

[QUOTE] Ohio man kills neighbor because ‘he thought he was a democrat.]


Ok, that's ONE.

People killed a guy for wearing a Longhorns shirt in Oklahoma. There are always crazies.

We all know the VAST MAJORITY of political violence and terrorism is from the leftists.

Do I really need to explain that?



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Regarding Milliron's post, other than the claim from the deceased's wife that the murderer shot her husband because he thought the husband was a democrat, has there been any confirmation of such? So far the articles I've come across in 2022 and 2023 say that it was the person who called 911 (the deceased's wife) and the son making the thought-he-was-a-democrat claim.

Has there been any verification of the family's claim about being killed for being democrat from the murderer, his mental examiners (dude has a history of mental instability), or the court?




 
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The simple fact is that we have become much more polarized with less (in some cases much less) capability, interest, or willingness to listen to and try to understand the other side.

When I was younger, it was commonly understood that we all wanted what was best for the country and while we believed the other side was confused about what was best, we didn’t doubt their motives or sincerity.

These days it seems like each side is sure the other side is bound and determined to destroy the country.

I’m not convinced that it isn’t really the politicians and their string pullers acting to further their own interests, line their own pockets, and further inflame tensions between citizens on both political sides so that we are too busy fighting each other and too distrustful of each other to get together and ask, “Should we really be fighting each other or should we unite to oppose these ‘folks’ who are robbing us blind and truly destroying the future of our country?”

Politically, some might say that I would be placed to the right of Attila the Hun, but I have some friends who are afflicted with the leftoid mind virus / TDS / whatever you want to call it. They are not evil people, they don’t want to destroy the country, they give of their time, energy, and treasure to make the community a better place, and I respect them for what they do for the community, but we will not discuss anything political because they actually listen to and believe the party line as pushed by the current administration, the Lame Stream Media, and big tech.

It sure would be nice to get back to a time when there is honest unbiased information generally available and we can all discuss and both agree and disagree rationally…
 
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Originally posted by bettysnephew:
Here in little old fly over Cedar Rapids, Iowa I have noticed an exceptional lack of presidential campaign signs of both sides. <<snip>>

I see practically no signs here in Madison County, AL. The last 2 elections the county has voted blue, along with Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. While the rest of the state is solid red, these 4 areas are fairly solid Dem, though Madison County just turned that way in the past 4 or 5 years because of the thousands of transplants moving here for the new companies that are coming it. I guess nobody wants a Kameltoe sign in their yard...


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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
We all know which side has 'fanatics' who destroy property and attack people for showing political gear/signage/etc.

In other words, Trump supporters don't display signs because they don't want their property vandalized, whereas there really aren't any 'harris supporters.'. .
<<snip>>

That's exactly the reason I don't have one in our yard! Too many crazies these days, and I already have enough issues with idiots around here as it is. We've been in the house for a little over 8 years now and my mailbox has now been destroyed for the 4th time as of a few nights ago! Mad


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Milliron, everyone here knows your political leanings.

That is a terribly story. Who knows if there is a "rest of the story" component. If not and the guy is a lunatic then he should receive exactly what he deserves.

Hound dog is absolutely correct though.



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Milliron, everyone here knows your political leanings.

That is a terribly story. Who knows if there is a "rest of the story" component. If not and the guy is a lunatic then he should receive exactly what he deserves.

Hound dog is absolutely correct though.


I’m not sure what any of this has to do with my political leanings. This happened.

But for those who want more information about the Okeana shooting, here is some. But be warned, it may not fit your preferred narrative.

Reuters article


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But be warned, it may not fit your preferred narrative.



I make an attempt to form my own opinions without the media telling me what I should believe because they've "done the work" so I don't have to.

I watch videos on Youtube pretty regularly. I've seen those on the right go into events held by those on the left (and vice versa) in order to get reactions, but I notice almost all of the swatting/hitting/grabbing/sign stealing etc is pretty exclusive to one side.

Are you saying that what I've seen isn't real?

I can even toss my amateur psychological opinion into my own observations which makes perfect sense. The right tends to be rational, and the left tends to be emotional. The right tends to make decisions based on what they perceive to be facts, where the left tends to make decisions based upon how they feel.

This explains the constant flip flopping from the left (because their feelings change), and also explains their outbursts.

What say you?


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I’m not sure what any of this has to do with my political leanings. This happened.

But for those who want more information about the Okeana shooting, here is some. But be warned, it may not fit your preferred narrative. "Quote"

It only fits your narrative Milliron. That is what is has to do with your political leanings.

So now you have the answer to your question. You fool no one here.



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What say you?


I’ve seen plenty of emotional responses on the right. As to the “left”, that’s getting a bit hard to determine, as what seems to be regarded as “the left” is now fully 2/3 of the electorate. Presumably this includes Democrats, “RINOs”, and the actual left.

I’ve heard your description before. But I assure you for every clueless lefty you can find on YouTube, I can find an equally clueless conservative. So maybe this isn’t the best metric.

While on the topic of political violence, I do have to say that I think all this big talk tends to primarily aggravate the legitimately insane, be they left or right (if that’s even an accurate way of thinking about it). The vast, vast majority of people don’t want any part of it.


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It only fits your narrative Milliron. That is what is has to do with your political leanings.

So now you have the answer to your question. You fool no one here.


What’s my narrative? That this happened? It did happen. That’s not a political opinion, it’s a fact.

I assure you I’m not trying to fool anyone. At least not half as much as you’re fooling yourselves.


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Robert Heinlein

 
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for every clueless lefty you can find on YouTube, I can find an equally clueless conservative. So maybe this isn’t the best metric.


But I'm not talking about cluelessness. I'm specifically talking about one side getting physical with another.

Are you saying that for every example I can provide of a leftist (which isn't 2/3 of the population by any stretch) getting physical because they disagree with somebody, you can provide an example of a right leaning person doing the same?


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Don't try reason with him alabdj. It is a waste of time. Every one of his post in this thread consecutively gives you more insight to his bullshit.
It shows itself every time. It is like a re-run of the pee-wee herman show. It is old hat by him.



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OK, enough. Milliron is a longtime member of this forum and he's done nothing wrong.
 
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From: March 18, 2024

Austin Combs has been assessed eight times by forensic psychologists and has spent months in a Cincinnati treatment facility, but there remains no conclusion about what should happen to the man accused gunning down his Morgan Twp. neighbor in November 2022.

He's a loon.



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