"Just, in general, I would hope it is not too much to ask for people living in the United States to refrain from murdering people or repeatedly punching them in the face, even if they are very mad at people they believe look like them."
Robin, you're a great writer and very insightful so there's no way in hell you don't know the answer to that question.
I commented something similar on the original article about that poor child. Attacks on Sikhs spike whenever there is strife anywhere in the Middle East or Southeast Asia. Bigots cannot seem to wrap their head around who Sikhs are and where they come from.
It's called stochastic terrorism. And it has been utilized very successfully by the previous administration and the "religious" groups that support them.
This is what a terrorist state looks like. Trump gets applause for his "punching Joe Biden" bit, which has nothing that might explain the applause *except* the permission it gives his audience to act out his violent fantasies.
The terrorist-in-chief is a coward. But among his fans--and those of the movement he brought into the mainstream--are many just waiting for the light to turn green.
One day Jesus was walking down the road to Caparnum with a few of his disciples. They came to the intersection where the Nazareth-to-Caparnum expressway crossed the Bethel-to-Jerusalem turnpike. Jesus and his men had stopped at the intersection to let a Samaritan salesman driving a donkey cart to cross in front of them. Jesus and his disciples had waved and smiled at this Samaritan salesman but the Samaritan returned their greetings with curses and violent threats! He actually stopped in the middle of the road, jumped down from his cart with a stout club in his hand and began a violent assault upon anyone who was not quick enough to get away from him. A small group of Roman peacekeepers nearby heard the commotion and intervened to restore the Peace of Rome to the troubled traffic altercation. By the time the Romans were done the Samaritan and his donkey were dead, Jesus himself had a broken arm and an entire nearby roadside tavern was completely on fire with everyone inside dead. Every single disciple had contusions, cuts and severe pain. Jesus had to stop his journey long enough to administer some miraculous first aid to everyone still left alive before they could go on.
As the band of disciples limped along on their journey Simon Peter asked Jesus if Jesus understood why everything had gone so wrong so quickly.
"No Pete. I cannot say that I understand one little bit of why that whole thing went so badly today. But let me ponder the thing for a few days. Maybe I can salvage a good parable from all this yet."
Right after 911 I was assigned to work at an ag factory in central IL with a Canadian Sikh. A wonderful man. Pretty sure he would have been punched or worse if I was not there to repeatedly say he was not Muslim - NOT THAT I SHOULD OF HAD TO DO THAT. So yeah, I am going with hate crime. (Also too, hard hats and Sikh's don't go well together.)
Most of my experience with Sikhs are with these two guys who run a festival food cart and will feed you Indian curries until literally dawn while dancing around to Bhangra music. They were incredibly popular with the crowd.
Wow. Way to go, Gilbert. Not only did you destroy a whole innocent family but you also likely ruined your whole life because you were a big effing baby who suffered a minor fender bender. I hope he gets the book thrown at him.
I get to work from home the next 3 mornings to take online training. The cat is so pleased! I will try to concentrate and not surf here all day long in between PP screens. Operative word is 'try'.
"Just, in general, I would hope it is not too much to ask for people living in the United States to refrain from murdering people or repeatedly punching them in the face, even if they are very mad at people they believe look like them."
Robin, you're a great writer and very insightful so there's no way in hell you don't know the answer to that question.
The worst part? I'm hardly surprised by any of this,in fact I even expected such cases to occur after conflict erupted at the Gaza strip.
I commented something similar on the original article about that poor child. Attacks on Sikhs spike whenever there is strife anywhere in the Middle East or Southeast Asia. Bigots cannot seem to wrap their head around who Sikhs are and where they come from.
It's called stochastic terrorism. And it has been utilized very successfully by the previous administration and the "religious" groups that support them.
This is very sad, and scary. What perplexes me is that I catch a lot of shit for not believing there's ever any excuse for anybody to kill anybody.
This is what a terrorist state looks like. Trump gets applause for his "punching Joe Biden" bit, which has nothing that might explain the applause *except* the permission it gives his audience to act out his violent fantasies.
The terrorist-in-chief is a coward. But among his fans--and those of the movement he brought into the mainstream--are many just waiting for the light to turn green.
(from the gospel according to Maury)
One day Jesus was walking down the road to Caparnum with a few of his disciples. They came to the intersection where the Nazareth-to-Caparnum expressway crossed the Bethel-to-Jerusalem turnpike. Jesus and his men had stopped at the intersection to let a Samaritan salesman driving a donkey cart to cross in front of them. Jesus and his disciples had waved and smiled at this Samaritan salesman but the Samaritan returned their greetings with curses and violent threats! He actually stopped in the middle of the road, jumped down from his cart with a stout club in his hand and began a violent assault upon anyone who was not quick enough to get away from him. A small group of Roman peacekeepers nearby heard the commotion and intervened to restore the Peace of Rome to the troubled traffic altercation. By the time the Romans were done the Samaritan and his donkey were dead, Jesus himself had a broken arm and an entire nearby roadside tavern was completely on fire with everyone inside dead. Every single disciple had contusions, cuts and severe pain. Jesus had to stop his journey long enough to administer some miraculous first aid to everyone still left alive before they could go on.
As the band of disciples limped along on their journey Simon Peter asked Jesus if Jesus understood why everything had gone so wrong so quickly.
"No Pete. I cannot say that I understand one little bit of why that whole thing went so badly today. But let me ponder the thing for a few days. Maybe I can salvage a good parable from all this yet."
Right after 911 I was assigned to work at an ag factory in central IL with a Canadian Sikh. A wonderful man. Pretty sure he would have been punched or worse if I was not there to repeatedly say he was not Muslim - NOT THAT I SHOULD OF HAD TO DO THAT. So yeah, I am going with hate crime. (Also too, hard hats and Sikh's don't go well together.)
Most of my experience with Sikhs are with these two guys who run a festival food cart and will feed you Indian curries until literally dawn while dancing around to Bhangra music. They were incredibly popular with the crowd.
Really nice people. Great food. Even at 4:15 am.
Wow. Way to go, Gilbert. Not only did you destroy a whole innocent family but you also likely ruined your whole life because you were a big effing baby who suffered a minor fender bender. I hope he gets the book thrown at him.
I get to work from home the next 3 mornings to take online training. The cat is so pleased! I will try to concentrate and not surf here all day long in between PP screens. Operative word is 'try'.
Robyn:
The article you referenced has been amended to indicate the suspect has now been charged with a Hate Crime. JFK this shit is getting so old.
OT:
𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀' 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 '𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽': 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁
https://www.rawstory.com/jenna-ellis-rudy-giuliani-fulton-county/
Do they want him to flip, or is he the “flipee”? Him and fuckface?
Roodles will go down with the ship - he inherited his sense of omerta from his Mafia enforcer dad.
Only in America!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dash+cam+road+rage+shooting
This is sick and demonstrably deadly.
This nation's obsession with firearms is psychopathic. We actively propagate violence on the free world with the weapons industry.
https://substack.com/profile/117400549-boaty-the-plural/note/c-42406447
OT but should Fanni Willis be allowed to use the Force on defendants? Or hypnotism? Or whatever she’s doing?
She's using the most powerful thing we have to fight criminal fascist: facts.
Hey, they deployed the Krack so I say YES!!!
Your final plea seems like a very reasonable ask. Still, I'm sure there are those who will think you've gone too far.
"Both"
Oh, I was answering my other joke.
Maybe not quite fully sorted.....
But I don't get it. Both? Coffee! Jenna! Get me some cofeevee!
There is nothing to get.
It's a nonsense "joke".
Doh!
Okay.
I'm sorted out.
My nephew reminded me of a joke.
"How many legs does a sandwich have?"
(Regretful sigh) How many legs does a sandwich have?
...both
?
OT: Jenna Ellis does a really sucky "Blanche DuBois" imitation...