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[hodge]

I still haven't seen any news about who drove that car. I'm afraid it was someone who is toward the left. We have to be better!!!

 

[Deleted member 41765]

@Tornadic Thoughts An echo of what @hodge posted above.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

I still haven't seen any news about who drove that car. I'm afraid it was someone who is toward the left....

What makes you think so?

 

[hodge]

I'm just speculating, because we all get angry about white supremicists. And this was a white supremicist march. I shouldn't have said anything. But I was horrified when a liberal shot that GOP congressman a couple months ago and terrorized the others practicing baseball. Unfortunately, evil does not always take sides. Let's just wait and see what is revealed. They have the driver in custody, so we should hear something before too long.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

I don't understand the need to speculate that a "liberal" was driving that car due to the fact that we are angry about white supremacy? That is quite a leap. Also, I thought the man who shot the GOP congressmen suffered from an acute mental illness. Evil?

 

[hodge]

Yes, I also remember he was mentally ill, but also remember he leaned more toward the Dems than the GOPs. I hope I'm wrong with this. I really, really do.

And, as I said, I regret speculating about this.

 

[hodge]

What an awful day for Charlottesville. I'm praying for the families of the people who were killed and for all still suffering in the hospital. Here's what Obama (my president forever) had to say:

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."

He was quoting Nelson Mandela.

My question is, though, how do you teach someone to love instead of hate?

 

[scout86]

I've had a number of people tell me that they thought Barack Obama was extremely divisive and the source of much of the racial tension in this country. I've wondered (and asked) if they ever actually listened to him, because that wasn't anything like anything I ever heard. What I've heard, has pretty much sounded like that, and it doesn't sound divisive to me.

 

[hodge]

I think the fact that he was black is what upset a lot of people. Which is really sad. Because he was only the second president in my lifetime (other than Jimmy Carter) who really always tried to do the right thing and had no scandals associated with him.

 

[hodge]

And, seriously, which of our presidents would anyone most like to have dinner with? For me, Carter and Obama, hands down.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

@hodge Obama. The definition of dignity in my opinion. Thank you for sharing his quote, Mandela's words. I missed this somehow. At this very moment, there is a Bay Area support Charlottesville demo beginning. Already I hear the helicopters. This will not end well I fear.


Also I'd like to attempt an answer to your question but am unable to at the moment. Unfortunately for me, helicopters are a trigger. So far so good though...

 

[hodge]

Yes! Dignity. And No-Drama-Obama. I really, really miss him.

I hope things don't get ugly in your neck of the woods. They don't seem to, usually. At least not as far as I am aware.