I agree 100%!
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
I might not believe in everything on the sign...I'm agnostic in my beliefs...but I'm not offended...but that's just me...what offends me is if those same people that I show tolerance to do not respond in like manner to me and others that might disagree with them...It would be interesting to know how prevalent the flying of the Confederate battle flag is in Harris County, Georgia...my guess is that it's pretty popular...I know it is in Southern Tennessee where I live...and that offends me...but if an individual wants to do so then so be it...it's America.
On second thought the Harris County sign is a public sign and the State should take a neutral position on religious views...in being fair all beliefs the State should show no preference of one over the other...I would think that private businesses and individuals can do whatever they want with their signs...of course with certain restrictions...like obscenities and such.
I'm very respectful of those with opposing religious views...that is excluding extremist views like ISIS and those that might want to get in my face...last night I had a very nice conversation about religion with a devout Catholic friend of mine...he is someone I can respect because he doesn't just talk the talk...he walks the walk...everyone doesn't have to believe like me...and I accept that...but I do have to say that in my remote neck of the woods in southern Tennessee I do not feel free to express my personal beliefs with just anyone...I have to be careful because some people just want to fight and I'm not into creating more negativity than what already exists.
Didn't know I was going to write so much...but started and couldn't stop...I'm off now to eat leftovers from yesterday.
[ November 27, 2015, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: Rusty Bradley ]
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
I guess that makes us politically incorrect around here too.
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
Being that I don't have a regular job, lots of things I have said could be on the politiclly incorrect side. But being that I'm not in politics, I quess I could say anything I please. There is a difference between speaking the truth and speaking in a way that belittles other people around you just to, a, puff up yourself.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
It's only politically correct, if you believe in political correctness.....and I don't.
It's only because of the current occupant of the White House that political correctness has become an obsession and an annoyance.....and an easy source of income for lots of 'ambulance-chaser', lawyers, who will sue for anything, anytime. People have become so 'hyper-sensitized' by progressives' labeling, rhetoric and racializing everything, almost anything you say, could "offend" someone.
I wish all towns would have signs like this, to remind us of many of the precepts that made America great, and the sacrifices of many brave heroes that fought and died for these beliefs.
You and you alone, are responsible for your feelings.....not me; not Rusty; not even OP.
[ November 30, 2015, 10:07 AM: Message edited by: Dale Feicke ]
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Dale...the other day we were going with a group of friends out to eat..When I said..." Well how does Oriental sound?"...I was told that "Oriental" was now considered a derogatory term to Asian people...funny thing was that the restaurant I was referring to actually incorporated the word "Oriental" into their name...I don't know where she got her info from but that kind of thinking is pretty whacky
I absolutely do not want to be offensive to others and I try to give all people their due respect if so merited...but some of this political correctness seems out of hand...although in the big picture I'm not a fan of "The Donald"...I do get a kick out of how he throws caution to the the wind and pays no attention to political correctness or whatever the press might say of him...that is probably his biggest appeal to people...however having said that...I do think "The Donald" might be a little out of control himself as well.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
people ask me my name........ i tell them it is JOSE WASALEWSKI MANUAL LABOR RATIS FINKELSTIEN..............and my indian name is HE WHO SLEEPS LATE..........i cover all minority groups...........as not to offend any of them HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAA
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Jose...I think you just offended them all.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Rusty...I don't know about the other names but Joe's "Indian Name" is completely accurate!!!
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
I tire when I see any sign saying if you don't like something leave. It seems folks that support signs like this are the same ones that holler like hell about stuff they don't particularly like. People need to look in the mirror at their own actions. We all don't think alike. If I was passing through this place, I certainly wouldn't be stopping, that sign is just the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by Curt Stenz (Member # 82) on :
My problem with the sign is that the word "incorrect" is hyphenated. That to me is incorrect.
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
I'm with George on this one...however the sign seems to be missing something...like the Confederate battle flag.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
George, I agree with your thinking, but the people they are asking to leave are the people that want to force their ideology on everyone else.
Posted by Joy Kjer (Member # 3026) on :
I agree with George completely.
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
I think anyone in Letterville who doesn't think like me should leave...except Joe...Joe you can stay.
[ December 02, 2015, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: Rusty Bradley ]
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
As a Canadian, I respect the laws and traditions of Canada. When we, Shirley and I, are in the various areas of the USA we respect the laws and traditions of that country.
As permanent residents of Mexico, we also respect the laws and traditions of this country.
My belief is that anyone who wishes to live in any country should adhere to that country's laws and traditions, if not, then YES leave!
Visitors or recent immigrants have no right to try to inflict their views on any country they adopt.
(The previous comments are those of the person that posted and are not endorsed by any political party in Canada, the USA nor Mexico. They are also not endorsed by Jose Pribish either!!! )
[ December 02, 2015, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
that sure is ..........white of ya rusty)))))))
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
I agree completely with George and Rusty. Whatever you think about political correctness (I dislike it intensely), the sign has a nasty tone to it. Terrible for a community to allow something like that to represent them. And the idea that everybody in the town thinks alike is really weird. BTW, San Francisco, the most politically correct spot on Earth, has a big Asian-owned hotel called the Mandarin Oriental. And there are lots of restaurants, shops, etc., that use the word. The PCs must grind their teeth when they see them.
Posted by Dan Beach (Member # 9850) on :
While I agree that people should not be offended by the phrases listed, I disagree that they belong on a government sign.
Rusty and George are right on. It's sad that people feel the need to actively discriminate against people with different views. I guess their beliefs are so fragile they might just come crashing down if challenged.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
You know, I think it's a shame that we're having this discussion at all.
If this country hadn't been taken over by the PC police, and everything hadn't been demonized, sexualized, stigmatized and racialized, we'd just be going along, living our lives in peace, like millions of Americans have been doing for generations.
We are being divided by racial lines, by ethnic lines, and by fiscal lines.....to try and take the "united" out of the United States of America; and we must do whatever it takes to keep that from coming to fruition.
[ December 04, 2015, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: Dale Feicke ]
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Well said Dale.
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Back in the 60's things were going along pretty well for me...I was in high school...star player on the basketball team...had my own car...pretty girl friend...not a care in the world...however before the Civil Right Act of 1965...in America a whole race of people were denied many rights that I just took for granted...and just because of the color of their skin...we were divided then...it was called "segregation"...I remember separate drinking fountains...subordinate seating at theaters and on buses...separate restrooms...separate schools...signs in restaurant windows denying service to blacks...I remember one that said..."No Niggers or Jews"...one could go on and on...and the ones I've mentioned are mild when compared to things such as lynchings...bombings...unfair treatment in the courts...underpayment in wages.
The inequalities and abuses of human rights that existed at that time for those of color didn't affect me...I was a middle class white boy...now imagine that before 1965...the current President of the United States...whatever you might think of him...he is still the most powerful person on the planet...was not allowed to buy a hamburger or coke from many establishments or even enter the door.
Now is where I start to agree with Dale and Dave...now it seems like the pendulum has swung too far in the opposite direction...and race pimps like Al Sharpton and his ilk are more interested in taking advantage of situations for their own gain and less interested in uniting us...I'm not into offending anyone on purpose...but the PC police make that near impossible at times...enough is enough with some of their rantings and this is coming from someone who...if you haven't guessed by now...leans more left than the right.
[ December 04, 2015, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Rusty Bradley ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
RUSTY........iam with you on all that the negro population had to endure(and still do)the signs went away due to PC, but the minds and hearts of those who used them/liked them......then.... HAVENT CHANGED!!! its only gotten worse as we have a 1/2 black president. it has brought those who enjoyed the pre civil rights atmosphere more out in the open and visible more often in everything we do. iam from pa. most of my formative years was spent there. so the deep racism was never a big thing for me. we owned a bar 1957----and health dept had us put up signs..........WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DENY SERVICE TO ANYONE. remember that one? was no sign for the fact we(by order of the health dept)was not allowed to serve negros with GLASS WARE. they could buy bottle beer, but not DRAFT. nor could they drink whiskey shots from shot glasses. WE never paid any attention to as we only had 4-5 well know black folk that came there. i remember in the city, the segregated lunch counter, and the 2 bathrooms. i was in the AIR FORCE in the 60's when they had the riots in jersey and a lot of the black guys i was in the barracks with was from there. THEY the black airman......took a wing of the barracks and all moved in together. i was 1 of the few whites that was accepted in there. then we had to have race relations classes..........now i live a hour !/2 from SELMA AL. 2 hours from MONTGOMERY, AL. and i would call this the deep(real)south. i see more black people now then at any time in my life. and i SEE.......that not much has changed since the civil rights movement..........the stigmas from that time still pervades most of the white population. when i moved here 1998 i still had black curly hair, darker then normal complextion and was called BOY.... by some old white guy........more then once)))))) this me then....... [IMG][/IMG]
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
OK...OK...we get it Joe...you were a good looking young guy...but I think you need to keep the shirt on these days.
I lived, worked, and went to college in Pensacola a couple of years when I was young...was married there too...married a girl who lived out in the Ensley area...alot of racism there as I recall.
After seeing your picture I think I might have seen you way back then...you and another guy were floating into the downtown San Carlos Hotel...you were the one wearing the powder blue jump suit as I recall.
And on being black?...I'd say do the swab test bro.
I'm even giving The Donald a run for his money on who can be the most politically incorrect today.
[ December 04, 2015, 04:53 PM: Message edited by: Rusty Bradley ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
but miser rusty i be just axin a question.....hahahahahahaaha........ its still here rusty......i happen to have a painting partner, mark robinson, who is a full blown brother of the hood here. if you lived here you should be familiar with BELMONT DEVILLERS area. he grew up there. he and i hung on the corner with some other brothers......did a lot of sign work near there. i had the big van, doors open keys in it...sittin on the street noone ever touched it. it got slolen one nite here...from across the road of our house)))) couple time whe mark an i was working on some wall together.......these really bad white guy informed me not to let that ***** in there building(1998)....iam not joking(((
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Wait a minute Joe......
"when i moved here 1998 i still had black curly hair, darker then normal complextion and was called BOY.... by some old white guy........more then once)))))) this me then......."
And you show that picture of you in 1998???
I met you in person in 1998, when you were 54 years old and you sure didn't look like that at that time!!!
Maybe you posted the wrong picture by mistake??? Or maybe you have the decades confused?
[ December 04, 2015, 07:54 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
that picture is from 1980's......and i didnt get totally gray......till much later.......YOU came to sarasota early 90's. we wer at jimmy chatums 2001. i think, did you make the ft myres meet? i still had black hair then.
[ December 04, 2015, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Joe is generous to a fault. His pictures prove that he always gave the shirt off his back to help someone.
PC to me is a load of bull. Nothing political about accepting people for who they are and not the color of their skin. That should be human nature in a civilized society. I felt things were getting better, slowly but surly, through the years. But our ******** and Al Sharpton have done a lot to put a huge division between people in this country. We've taken 3 steps forward and now thanks to a racist that calls himself a reverend and a ********* who invites the racist tax dodger to the ****** House as an adviser, 2 steps back.
There Joe, all fixed. Happy now?
[ December 05, 2015, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Dave Sherby ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
now your going where WE ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO GO........POLITICAL........ please revise this last post......so it dont go any further....POLITICALLY!
[ December 05, 2015, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Yep...might be time to put the brakes on.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
In grade school, my best friend and I had nicknames for each other. He called me cracker, I called him Hershey bar or graham cracker. I made fun of his food ("why do chitlins taste like sh*t?"), he made fun of my clothes and my hair. We didn't hate racism as much as we thought it was just stupid. Yet we poked fun at political correctness, too. We just didn't know there was a word for it.
I miss him.
Brad signbrad Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
no......just removing a couple word dont change the meaning))))but its not me...........who give a schit.......standing rule on the board no politic or religion......i was just tryin to be nice to ya)))) all of it after: That should be human nature in a civilized society. I felt things were getting better, slowly but surly, through the years. should be gone)))
[ December 05, 2015, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
And meanwhile, Dr. Martin Luther King's entire legacy, and all the years he sacrificed and died, to bring races together.....is being trashed and tossed away.....by those, driving the PC train.....
Just sayin'...............
[ December 05, 2015, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: Dale Feicke ]
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Joe...I arn't as smart as I seem.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
dale........i aint a died in the wool southern born and raised.........iam a yankee transplant.......so i see what MLK did and tried to do.....never really took hold in the real south.......it just became less obvious........but it still was here.......with media, cell phones, social networking....it just shows it is still alive and well. RUSTY......you be smarter then most white folk here)))))hahahahahahahahaha
[ December 06, 2015, 01:29 AM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
yer rite Rusty ... ya caint even spel koreklee!
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Si...
Joe is the worst speller ever!!!!
Rusty is a "Rhodes Scholar" by comparison. And he also uses more correct grammar.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
hey PEN DA HOE...........
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Well Joe, then the entire thread should be removed.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
and you want that? see.....you went off in a totally different tac.......but rather then delete(your bull) you want the whole thing gone.....thank you...
[ December 06, 2015, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
My point is the whole thread is political. It was right from the start. But it was okay for everyone until someone said something you didn't like. Well fine. I tried to fix my comment, like it makes a difference at this point, but it wouldn't let me. Says my time allowed to edit has elapsed. So this is my last presence in this topic in the hopes that it will die a quick death and be forgotten.
[ December 06, 2015, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: Dave Sherby ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
dave.........yes this post has borderline political implications.....and IT AINT ME who made the rules......so dont get you back hair up in the air at me. i was just trying to stop the whole post from going away........i am not the one that can do that........and I.... FOR ONE AGREE........ political correctness......has become a pain in the arse)))))))
[ December 06, 2015, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Yep...Dave is right...it was a political post from the get go...maybe we should impeach Ken for the post...just kidding of course.
YOU DONT MESS WITH TEXAS and YOU (sure as hell) DONT MESS WITH JOE...he takes no prisoners...I think Joe and I have the same politics...and that's a scary thought.
[ December 06, 2015, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: Rusty Bradley ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
my machette persona...........hehehehehehehehee [IMG][/IMG]
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
WOW Jose.....
Tu es muy peligroso!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
GRANDA LOCO))))))
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
... dang Opie ... what happened? You was so good lookin' on page 1 ... but by page 2 - you had to go under the sombrero ..
lol ...
(I love pickin' on you - it's the easiest thang I have to do ...)
Meanwhile I find that I am often not only politically incorrect - but socially incorrect as well - blunt - unempathetic, and dousing conversation with ill-timed comments ... lol, kinda like now I guess ... when was this thread started ... ?
As someone said, kind of a shame that we need to even have this conversation, or that someone in Harris County Ga., or in other places feel they have to make that sign, or how advertisers on the radio include similar messages in their spots (hear it often on the radio here) ...
But in truth, where you have a melting pot, while many come together, some elements simply do not melt and merge. Some unmeltable elements ARE capable of 'sticking' together, but others remain rigid and inflexible in the pot ...
In point of historical fact, which I desperately need to brush-up on (Ha! Punny!) ... there has never been a democracy of extreme religious diversity that has succeeded in maintaining virtually any level of constructive tolerance. It has in other times and places, and will again in this one, become the downfall ...
So you see, this culture is completely doomed ...
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