tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6381166882233929543..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Painful To Read, Worrisome To ContemplateFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-1178464885095618762017-09-16T18:29:58.291-04:002017-09-16T18:29:58.291-04:00I'm too old to matter anymore, but still have ...I'm too old to matter anymore, but still have opinions. I agree that<br />'labeling' according to political beliefs is meaningless. However,<br />the world of instant communication, usually anonymous, has led to<br />broad ad hominem argument. Which according to the laws of logic is<br />a fallacy. I consider myself liberal, but have been labeled libtard, commie, uninformed and traitor. And in return, I have labeled decent people Neanderthal, wingbat and troglodyte. In hindsight, they and I were wrong of course. Such tags are superfluous and unfortunately lead to more divisiveness rather than understanding. As regards 'uneducated', in my career as an explosives chemist and manager, the people most deserving of respect<br />and admiration were maintenance crews; not much college type education, but an ability to quickly and efficiently isolate a problem and fix it. I once had an atomic absorption spectrophotometer<br />go bad, the high priced service engineer only made it worse and it<br />was repaired by a maintenance man from in-house. We all have value<br />and I agree it should be recognized and valued..regardless of who<br />thinks what about politics. Just saying... BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-78315853097493140562017-09-15T14:51:30.220-04:002017-09-15T14:51:30.220-04:00As long as we continue to rescue/aid/bail out thes...As long as we continue to rescue/aid/bail out these idiots, they will not evolve.<br />Don't do it.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-20191710686025275482017-09-15T10:52:29.595-04:002017-09-15T10:52:29.595-04:00Your French is no worse than my Belgian, Dys. And ...Your French is no worse than my Belgian, Dys. And for my money, anyone who'd call <i>you</i> "uneducated" needs to have the pretensions beaten out of him with a copy of <i>Atlas Shrugged.</i> A <i>hardcover</i> copy.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-24174229928276273592017-09-15T10:40:51.422-04:002017-09-15T10:40:51.422-04:00I can vouch for this. Only one of my friends who i...I can vouch for this. Only one of my friends who is left-of-center could even board up his house on his own. The remainder were panicking, evacuating, screaming... whatever.<br /><br />Suddenly I, the 'uneducated' troglodyte was the first on everyone's speed dial. "What do we do? Where do we go? What do we need?"<br /><br />Never mind that by the time they thought to call me, the stores were sold out of everything and there wasn't much I could do to help them anyway.<br /><br />Hell, I covered my last windows with the table top from my wooden lawn furniture, because I ran short on plywood.<br /><br />Us folks on the Right are superfluous, backward, uneducated dinosaurs to them. Until we aren't. Until a disaster comes, or a war happens, or a terror attack - whatever. Then suddenly we must come and save them from their own mistakes. And brother, I'm getting tired of it. Next time lefties who, in all probability, call be a racist behind my back dial me up to come save them, I'm not even going to pick up the phone.<br /><br />Pardon my French, sir... but fuck 'em.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.com