White Subjugation

Found this while perusing a Twitter thread. Found it interesting that, one, people would willingly do this and secondly, people who are protesting against racial injustice would require "white folks" to behave this way.

Take Heed

This was found a month back. Considering all that is going on right now, I thought a post to the old blog was in order. And timely.

We are not protesting social distancing. We are protesting government overreach. We are protesting dad's getting handcuffed for playing at parks with their kids. We are protesting a line fisherman being ticketed for providing food for their families, simply because their boat had a motor. We are protesting the silencing of civilian voices in our democratic process. We are protesting the unnecessary closure that is crippling small, seasonal businesses in our state.

My Thoughts on George Floyd

George Floyd, while not on the straight and narrow, did not deserve to die. Especially in the manner in which his life was taken.

That being said, the whole "Let's burn down a bunch of inner cities" narrative and actions is just beyond stupid. The entire country saw what happened to Mr. Floyd and condemned it with no hesitation or quantifiers. We all knew Floyd was being arrested for committing a crime, but we didn't care about that. His murder was unjustifiable, plain and simple. When the riots and looting happened, all that support dried up. While his murder was completely unjustified, it should not be used as an excuse to loot, piliage, and kill like a bunch of Vikings invading Northumbria.

Random Thoughts

A lot of stuff has been happening over the last several months. To say 2020 has been a dozey would be an understatement.

Jobs lost

Businesses shuttered

100,000+ lives lost to a virus

Downtown areas destroyed and looted

Lives unjustly taken, whether by a cop or by rioters

This post is going to be random thoughts and stuff I've posted on social media.

The following was a snarky response of mine to someone who mentioned how folks look at our Bill of Rights and spout off about them when convenient.

Melanie, So true. It was really amazing to see former anti 2nd Amendment folks suddenly feeling the need to purchase a weapon for home protection, only to find out how the "common sense" gun laws they insist be passed were now interfering with their ability to purchase a gun of their choice.

Next is a comment I made regarding how police in some localities were being quite forceful when dealing with protesters, especially those causing damage.

While I freely admit to not keep up to the minute updates on the goings on with respect to all that has gone on since George Floyd's murder, I haven't seen police violently disperse PEACEFUL protests. Last night a very large group of protesters shut down the Burnside Bridge in Portland. After disrupting traffic for several hours, they were told to go home, which they did, grudgingly, peacefully.

However, in nearly all the incidents I've seen where more forceful means we're used, they was an element of violence going on with in the protest group. Let's call them looters and rioters. Let's not conflate the two.

I know a lot of folks, when forceful methods are discussed, will point to the DC church and Trump. While I am a supporter of Trump, I'm not an apologist. My initial take on take on that event was to shake my head and wonder if somebody overstepped. But once one digs a little deeper, one finds out there is a bit more to the story. The church had been attacked the night before, and after asking the crowd to disperse several times, and being refused with belligerence, matters become more direct. Could it have been handled differently? Very possibly. But how?

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I want my readers, all three of you, to understand that I utterly and completely condone the murder of George Floyd. But in no way do I support the methods being employed by ANTIFA and their surrogates.