Lent

From: James Howard 
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 1:23 PM
To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

Are you saying that UBNT is one of the 4 letter words that Chuck said we need 
to stop using?

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 2:17 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

 

it doesnt have to, all you have to do is accept that butter is a primary food 
group and kale has no business on a plate. Fish Food is for fish, not people. 
That truly is the only way to move forward. That and not using UBNT

 

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 2:12 PM Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote:

  Aaaanddd it just keeps going. 

   

  On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 2:07 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

    You can call Godwin's law if you want to, but I am going to draw a certain 
parallel with history:

    A lot of people in Germany were convinced in their heart of hearts that 
certain groups of people were destroying their country: Jews, Communists, 
Slavs, Gypsies, etc.

    A lot of people in this country are now convinced in their heart of hearts 
that certain groups of people are destroying their country: pedophiles, 
communists, "elites", the gay agenda, Hispanic migrants, etc.

    The parallel is that they were utterly, factually wrong in both cases, but 
in both cases they were so sure of their correctness that they were willing to 
take drastic action.  As long as people cling to their alternative set of facts 
the logical conclusion will be that they have to take action to stop the evil 
pedophile, communist, etc people who are destroying their country.

    You're thinking they've blown off steam and it's over, and I hope you're 
right, but I think it's just starting.  

     

    On 1/7/2021 2:54 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:

      So, since I have the bully-pulpit I will unfairly fire a final shot and 
then obey my own Lent proclamation.

       

      My thoughts behind my post yesterday were along these lines:

      We have had hundreds if not thousands of protests in DC.  

      Pretty big one in 1812 that burned down the Capitol building...

      Politics have protests.  

      1968 was another banner year.  Lots of folks killed that year.  

       

      You and I obviously feel differently about an attack on the democracy.  

       

      To me, this was a bunch of rednecks trying to occupy a federal building 
like the Bundys did in Oregon.   Blowing off steam.  The capitol building is a 
public place.  If you behave yourself you normally have pretty much free run of 
the place as a visitor.

       

      Surprised the cops didn’t shoot more of them but still, political 
gatherings and protests are part of our rights to assemble.  We want the cops 
to deescalate.  I think they held themselves in check pretty well yesterday.  

       

      In my opinion it was not a “literal attack on the heart of our democracy” 
because there was NO WAY it could have succeeded.  But half the news media 
tried to make the case that it was.

       

      The worst thing they could have done was to delay a pro-forma procedure.  
And they delayed it.  Even if they had occupied the capitol, the lawmakers 
would have convened somewhere else and done their job.  If they had killed all 
the lawmakers, there is a procedure for the states to send new ones.  

       

      We have a pretty self healing system here.  Stand back and let them spend 
their pent up anger.  Not helping much that POTUS enabled/encouraged it but, 
hey, he is gone.  His legacy is crap, this just made it more crap.    He will 
become a worldwide pariah.  That will amuse me.  

       

      So while you see one thing, I see a different thing.  I see folks that 
get themselves worked up by 4chan and Qanon and Fox and Rush.  Folks itching 
for a fight.  Folks that never learned how to get along with others.  So the 
sharks and jets had a rumble.  Now it is over.

       

      But I stand by my metric of counting the magnitude of a riot.  People 
times time + damage caused.  Who cares why they were rioting, these things are 
measurable.  Science B*tch.  

       

       

       

      From: Carl Peterson 

      Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:35 PM

      To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group 

      Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

       

      I shouldn't have used "BS".   

       

      As others have pointed out, one was a literal attack on the heart of our 
democracy, encouraged and incited (IMHO) by the president of our country.   Not 
much can come close to that.  You could burn all of Portland and it wouldn't 
come close.  Then again I care a lot more about our democracy then I care about 
Portland.  

       

      Just say what the rules re OT politics are.  We will follow them.  

       

      On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:24 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> 
wrote:

        I could argue number of people involved, number of days in protest, 
number or people hurt, number of cops hurt, $ of damage done etc etc and 
compare the two by the numbers.  

         

        Pretty sure I am right.  Just crunch the numbers.  There is no “side” 
to simple counting of participants times time.  

         

        But to you my comment “one sided inflammatory BS” . 

         

        Sorry I offered ANY opinion or commentary.  

        My comment came very late in the day, the political argument started 
far earlier.  

         

         

         

        From: Carl Peterson 

        Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:14 PM

        To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group 

        Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

         

        Chuck, 

         

        I know it is your list and your rules, but you can't say crap like "The 
DC crap today does not hold a candle in magnitude to the Portland and Seattle 
crap largely done by the other side.  Give and take."  and not expect it to 
start a political argument.  I think you are abundantly and dangerously wrong 
about that but I'm (mostly) holding my tongue.  We can't have a list where one 
sided inflammatory BS like that is allowed but countering it is not.   We 
either allow political discussions, which I'm fine with, or we make a no 
politics rule.  The latter seems to be the best option as there are too many 
brilliant minds who we will lose if we keep it up.  

         

        On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:37 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> 
wrote:

          Sorry.  I don’t want to go back to the days of lent, but we have to 
remain civil to do so.  

           

          The DC crap today does not hold a candle in magnitude to the Portland 
and Seattle crap largely done by the other side.  Give and take.

           

          Folks wanna blow off steam.  It will be history tomorrow.  

           

          No need to pollute our list here with that energy, from either side.  

           

          From: Steve Jones 

          Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:32 PM

          To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group 

          Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

           

          youre no fun dad 

           

          Lent?

           

          On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:31 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> 
wrote:

            Kill thread.  We had been well behaved but nobody wants to see a 
bunch of F words in a subject line.  There have been complaints.  

             

            From: Mathew Howard 

            Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:23 PM

            To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group 

            Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Fucking Bullshit

             

            That's the real problem. I've come to the conclusion that almost no 
so-called news having anything to do with politics is honest or reliable, no 
matter which side it comes from. Almost all of it is slanted (if not outright 
dishonest) to either fit their own view or manipulate their consumers into 
supporting a particular agenda. Unfortunately, there seems to be very little 
that can be done to fix it.

             

            On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:17 PM Craig House 
<[email protected]> wrote:

              " a nugget of truth with a layer of bullshit on top"  Is exactly 
how I take every bit of news from every outlet on every station.   It is even 
more the case when the source is a politician or anyone with a political 
agenda.  This includes most of the people on this list.   Very few on either 
side can really provide an objective argument on politics today.  I'd include 
myself in that group therefore I tend to just delete or not reply to these 
group messages because it only furthers the divide.   I honestly dont see any 
long term solution to the divide we have today.   Mainstream media isn't going 
to help.  Congress isn't going to help and Trump isn't going to help.  Neither 
is anyone's opinion on this list 

               

               


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              From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
              To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]>
              Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 4:09:22 PM
              Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Fucking Bullshit

               

              Look at the evidence closely and in each case you'll find a 
nugget of truth with a layer of bullshit on top.  That so many people are so 
thoroughly fooled by it is the most distressing part.  Look closer.  Stop being 
a fool.

              The "coup" is when the loser thinks he can win by pretending hard 
enough.

               

              On 1/6/2021 5:05 PM, justsumname wrote:

                an election that is not conducted according to law is not an 
election.   it's a coup. 

                Worse... if the 'election' is not transparent, verifiable, and 
treats every voter the same, it's not an "election".

                Worse ... if poll watchers are bullied and physically 
threatened... that is intolerable. 

                 

                hereistheevidence.com   --- in case you dare open your mind to 
truth

                 

                Patton was correct, and so was that McCarthy guy, who was 
probably a commie plant because he did a great job discrediting 'his' message.

                 

                All that is left is communism or war.   That was the plan all 
along and only 'crazy' people  -- and people who escaped communist societies to 
come warn us -- saw it or believed in it.

                 

                I'll sign off with this, because this is probably The End:

                 

                “In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion 
that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not 
to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality 
the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told 
the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies 
themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to 
obvious lies is...in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to 
resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated 
liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has 
the same effect and is intended to.” ~ Theodore Dalrymple

                 

                You arrogant asses, you've killed us!

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                On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:30 PM Steve Jones 
<[email protected]> wrote:

                  go drink some tecate, youre losing your mind

                   

                  On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 3:26 PM Jaime Solorza 
<[email protected]> wrote:

                    Did you just hear his tweeter video bullshit? Fuck Trump... 
Kruchev predicted it... Trump enabled it. 

                     

                    Go ahead and get off this list

                    Fuck Trump and his Trumpicans...

                    This is an Insurrection..Rudy called for trial by combat, 
Trump said it was going to be wild ...

                    So fuck them to hell.

                     

                    On Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 2:11 PM Steve Jones 
<[email protected]> wrote:

                      IKR, slides biden is demanding potus go on national TV to 
quell it, unlike during the biden obama administration when he didnt demand the 
same. god this is funny. sad they havent shot more of these mopes today and 
historically

                       

                      On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 2:50 PM Jaime Solorza 
<[email protected]> wrote:

                        WTF...third world country tactics... 

                        Insurrection...

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