tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4694551127508910202..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: But it's my right!Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15034196938251713852020-08-04T20:20:23.000-05:002020-08-04T20:20:23.000-05:00So did a whole lot of Chicagoans.
When Collin...So did a whole lot of Chicagoans. <br /><br />When Collin's Nazis were finally banned by the courts from marching in Skokie, he went to Chicago's Loop. I believe the date was Saturday, June 14, 1978. So we had our riot downtown, instead. <br /><br />I remember assisting an out-of-town reporter from Los Angeles, who was hopelessly lost and freaked out by all the flying debris and the chaos that ensues during urban rioting. She was from Rolling Stone. Or maybe the L.A. Times. Me? I was a combat veteran by then. Chicago in '68, and San Francisco, and other places.<br /><br />There were plenty of mounted Chicago coppers, who provided plenty of "stuff" to throw at those Illinois Nazi dirtbags. We had us a time! It was great fun! The shit certainly hit the fan! Mostly their homemade shields. They really, really needed them that day. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3470608951380790412020-08-04T16:16:38.495-05:002020-08-04T16:16:38.495-05:00The flag is simply a chip on their shoulder daring...The flag is simply a chip on their shoulder daring you to knock if off so they can spew their venom at you. However they express it, whether it be a loser’s flag, not wearing a mask, displaying a Trump sticker, the message is the same. “I’m a bigot and proud of it.”<br />They are sore losers, “morons”, and only about themselves (in the guise of being good Americans).Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16853522468444855642020-08-04T16:11:54.732-05:002020-08-04T16:11:54.732-05:00One of Neil’s better quotes for sure.One of Neil’s better quotes for sure.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10369490933859054872020-08-04T13:06:59.079-05:002020-08-04T13:06:59.079-05:00Then there are people who think everyone gets to e...Then there are people who think everyone gets to exercise their rights whether you agree with them or not. Larry Flint comes to mind. <br />It's a shitty world and never going to be perfect. But I like it better than a place where the government gets to decide who gets to say what. I prefer when we the people get to tell the government to take down offensive flags or monuments or change the names of streets , parks, military bases etc. <br />Occasionally they finally listen. And I think it's a shame the teacher in Evanston had to take it upon herself to confront these cretins and let them know how she feels about their flag. I wish we all understood it's offensive and hurtful. Our courts don't see that as grounds to make it illegal. <br />If seeing things this way makes me a bigot somehow. I don't know what to say. I'm not the one displaying the flag. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32441462380753791222020-08-04T12:45:44.869-05:002020-08-04T12:45:44.869-05:00Everyone has the right to hang a flag on their own...Everyone has the right to hang a flag on their own property. The towel flag was placed on a city owned fence and that's the difference. Candace Moore Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240657941612369015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33051719742390049342020-08-04T11:03:11.982-05:002020-08-04T11:03:11.982-05:00I'm not speaking to the motivations of the spe...I'm not speaking to the motivations of the specific individuals who wrote to you about this, but my experience is that most people who defend the display of the Confederate flag on "free speech" grounds are 1) really objecting to criticism of it and 2) have little or no problem with, say, Colin Kaepernick being blackballed from the NFL for kneeling during the national anthem. IOW, they have no problem with some people suffering consequences for exercising their right to free speech, but somehow think racists should get a pass.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45512669626752563502020-08-04T10:28:06.590-05:002020-08-04T10:28:06.590-05:00"Prejudice is a kind of philosophy for morons..."Prejudice is a kind of philosophy for morons,..."<br /><br />Thanks Neil, excellent bit.King Cormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681114801421334441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12022893568559319602020-08-04T10:08:35.952-05:002020-08-04T10:08:35.952-05:00Oh hell yes.Oh hell yes.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76541432456087509332020-08-04T09:55:10.109-05:002020-08-04T09:55:10.109-05:00It just occurred to me that had the United States ...It just occurred to me that had the United States after its victory over the secessionists deprived everyone who took up arms against the U.S. along with their progeny of first class citizenship, the right to vote and the right to hold government office, perpetuating the political situation of Reconstruction, we would have an interesting situation today with rebel Southerners attempting to regain their citizenship and voting rights with those holding political power in the South strenuously resisting those attempts. Certainly, without racial implications, that 2nd class citizenship wouldn't have lasted 160 years. Or would it?<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58088709479485558542020-08-04T09:53:54.918-05:002020-08-04T09:53:54.918-05:00Not the main point, I realize, but the Nazis never...Not the main point, I realize, but the Nazis never did march in Skokie, as it turned out. Coincidentally, I happened to rewatch The Blues Brothers last night. “I hate Illinois Nazis.”Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.com