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pumpf · 03-07-2019, 11:45 PM

https://www.dailywire.com/news/44381/sil...-paul-bois

The guy didn't disrespect the president; he just exercised his right to free speech- but not in a way that attacked anyone or brought unnecessary attention to himself.
I just don't see the problem.
I can tell you this, if I ever got invited to the WH (yeah, like that'll happen)... and a Democrat was in office... I'm sure I would do something similar; maybe just a pin with 2 tiny feet on it (which represents a Pro-Life message).

03-08-2019, 12:27 AM

Obviously we live in the "he did what" social media era of everyone looking for a hot take, but I just don't get why this is a big deal. Not everyone agrees, that is okay. He took some selfies with his pin on, so what.

Just can't get on board with the left or right always looking to "troll" or "own" the other side on social media,

03-08-2019, 01:17 AM

Part of what makes America great. Imagine standing beside Putin or KJU wearing an opposition pin.

03-09-2019, 01:58 PM

I think the only thing stirring the pot here is the article writer. I don't think it's a given that this is a "protest" or a "troll" against the President. You can be for ideas without being against people. I don't think that in any of his pictures you can clearly see him trying to put his pin as the focal point of the picture anymore than him just wearing a pin and being in the photo.

Furthermore I'd much rather imagine the youth of today being politically active in a thoughtful manner rather than just "dissing" or "trolling" people.

03-09-2019, 08:21 PM

I don't understand the outrage going the other way... i'm not used to clicking general links on the web and getting news/commentary spun to the right. lol, is this a conservative news source?

He wore a pin. Big deal. It's something he believes in and he brought it with him to the White House. That's cool. He wore a pin, socialized (no pun intended) with the people present with normality and nothing happened other than a good time. He didn't turn his visit into a scene.

If he wants to leave there and show others his beliefs and the pin he wore, who cares? I find the "troll" definition interesting because that's the only thing that makes his "actions" bigger than they need to be. Who's being "trolled?" A group of people? Who are in on the "troll?" ... another group of people?

I guess i'm labeled as pretty far right by today's standards - I certainly couldn't disagree with socialism any more than I do - but I don't give a fuuuck about the controversy over this guy wearing his pin to the White House. He has every right to do so as an American. I feel better for him doing so than I do about creating a dumb fight out of it.

Really thinking about it - socialism is something that I never heard about as a '90's kid.' We learned about it in school, but it was an invisible thing through media and mass culture. We hear more about it today, more often, than ever. I feel every time socialism at home is brought up as an option is an opportunity for people to truly think about it and debate it. The discussion will certainly prevent the fears some have about it silently taking over.