Quote: @JimmyinSD said:

The @Bolstad79 said:

@"Viking Bob" said:
Just curious, when are we destroying the MLK statues, as he was against gay marriage and Jews?? 

Did he join the confederate militia at some point and betray his country? 

Are you trying to be cute or are you really not able to see the connection bob was making?

Quote: @Bolstad79 said:

@Vikes45 said:

@Bolstad79 said:

@Vikes45 said:

@Caactorvike said:

@greediron said:
I think the roots go much further back, but I agree with your last paragraph.  We are a part of the mess and how we interact definitely affects the outcome. 

I was no fan of Trump and saw some hints of incendiary tactics/language in his early campaign.  Once he was elected, I hoped he could do some good.   I think he has done some good, but it is often hidden or partially negated by his crassness and argumentative nature.

As to the current situation in Charlottesville, part of the responsibility is also on the media who love to whip up the anger and unhappiness for the sake of clicks/$s.  Nothing sells like anger and hatred.  They have been driving the divide for quite some time now and are a huge factor.

utter and complete bullshit.  the anger and unhappiness you mention was on full display and needed no "whipping up" by the media.  dont blame the messenger.  You "hoped he could do some good"?????? just exactly on what did you base that hope?  Surely not on his past statements and behavior. His father was arrested at a Klan rally.  He paid a huge fine for racist housing practices.  he was the instigator behind that birther bullshit.  He claimed not to know who David Duke was or what he stood for.  He called out the  "many sides" involved.  there is no other side.    if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...
 i can think of nothing he has done but weaken this county in the eyes of the world and fuel the racial animus that has was waiting to step into the sun.  His senior advisors are Bannon, Gorka, and Miller.  lie down with dogs and wake up with fleas.  or ( to continue the animal metaphor) birds of a feather....

You honestly believe the media is not in this for the money?  Here's a video that keeps getting taken down because it pretty much sums up what happened in Charlottesville.  The White Nationalist idiots were not all in the wrong.

Nationalist idiots are all ways wrong.

If you fly a Nazi flag or a confederate flag, you support a group of losers.  They literally got there ass kicked by the US.

So it's your opinion they should not be allowed to march or have the right to speech?  Just to be clear.

You are correct, it is my opinion that those two flags should not be allowed to fly, because of what they represent.

Now I do understand that just like the Westboro Baptist Church gets to Voice their worthless opinion, so do these tiki torch carrying white nationalists.

Just to be clear.

Quote: @Bolstad79 said:

@JimmyinSD said:

The @Bolstad79 said:

@"Viking Bob" said:
Just curious, when are we destroying the MLK statues, as he was against gay marriage and Jews?? 

Did he join the confederate militia at some point and betray his country? 

Are you trying to be cute or are you really not able to see the connection bob was making?

I think I automatically assumed he was referring to Dr King.

If he is referring to MLK Jr I don't see the connection, I don't see how you can compare a monument or memorial dedicated to a man that tried to bring us together, compared to man that fought a war against his former brothers.

Just don't see how someone can connect those dots unless they're trying to be cute.