tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post988644436153645276..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Leafy suburban paradise roiled by COVID statsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59641525069354779172020-09-25T15:26:39.969-05:002020-09-25T15:26:39.969-05:00Imagine! The guy's a saint -- an apostle, no ...Imagine! The guy's a saint -- an apostle, no less, with churches named after him -- and 2,000 years later he's still stuck being called James the Less. What a rip. At least it's not James the Fewer... Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77966914880725389022020-09-25T15:22:20.886-05:002020-09-25T15:22:20.886-05:00I think it's very respectful that the sign not...I think it's very respectful that the sign notes the name of our Maximum Leader. He's not shy of publicity, for crying out loud. Being responsible for tens of thousands of deaths is one of the primary features of his reign. What makes the sign so effective, to me, is precisely how innocuous it is. A few simple, inarguable facts, blandly presented. If only one has eyes to see.<br /><br />Neil, in the S-T caption, you write that it was defaced. Will that be the end of it, or have remedies been undertaken, if I may ask? Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5792825870747060012020-09-25T14:53:49.104-05:002020-09-25T14:53:49.104-05:00Was waiting for you to shine your spotlight on thi...Was waiting for you to shine your spotlight on this. Right on Northbrook and Barrister Goodman!Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272846864527724702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15898994346789423762020-09-25T14:49:08.667-05:002020-09-25T14:49:08.667-05:00That sign is considered 'radical?'
Seems...That sign is considered 'radical?' <br />Seems kind of mild to me.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30744458824435222772020-09-25T13:36:10.610-05:002020-09-25T13:36:10.610-05:00Best pro-Biden sign I've seen yet, but not mea...Best pro-Biden sign I've seen yet, but not meant for a front yard. If you put it there, chances are pretty good that someone would torch it. And maybe the house, too. A pickup truck with Trump flags was blown up in a Minnesota suburb, right in the garage. Online, the civil war has already begun.<br /><br /> It takes a long time to get a Joe sign in the mail...weeks...and then many of them disappear. I nailed mine to the front door. The delay must mean that they're really in demand, which would, of course, be a good...um...sign.<br /><br /><br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3442798939770149862020-09-25T12:31:50.240-05:002020-09-25T12:31:50.240-05:00Unfortunately, that's the law...at least as I ...Unfortunately, that's the law...at least as I see it. I'm no constitutional lawyer -- they were all teacher's pets in law school, but I believe that it's clear that if a government entity picks and chooses what speech can be heard and what not, it will probably be sued for infringement of some nut case's right to voice his or her wild-ass notions of how the world works. And it will probably lose.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17134932116100244952020-09-25T10:45:25.926-05:002020-09-25T10:45:25.926-05:00Sorry, but I don't go along with the concept t...Sorry, but I don't go along with the concept that squelching a patently offensive idea constitutes "endorsement" of every other idea that gets expressed. That's what conservatives howl every time one of them gets kicked off Twitter or wherever for gutter-level bigotry.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19158454397000881122020-09-25T10:12:47.897-05:002020-09-25T10:12:47.897-05:00via Wikipedia:
"James the Less is a figure of...via Wikipedia:<br />"James the Less is a figure of early Christianity, one of the Twelve chosen by Jesus."SandyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070366627628604352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76067726948638254622020-09-25T09:07:08.047-05:002020-09-25T09:07:08.047-05:00As much as I agree with the sentiments of the sign...As much as I agree with the sentiments of the sign, if the Village has (tacitly?) approved it, it is now government endorsed speech, not "constitutionally protected free speech" as advertised. Double Shhh on that one, I guess.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30928717636524607822020-09-25T08:18:34.040-05:002020-09-25T08:18:34.040-05:00Shhh...don't give them ideas. Actually, I beli...Shhh...don't give them ideas. Actually, I believe the Village vets the signs before they go up. Part of the outrage is that a sign as radical as Lee's could go up. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22491192951485146452020-09-25T08:06:32.372-05:002020-09-25T08:06:32.372-05:00The Public Forum seems like such a good idea that ...The Public Forum seems like such a good idea that I wonder if someone hasn't subverted it with Nazi or gang messages.<br /><br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com