Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC

stealthycat · Saturday at 7:58 PM

better than an LGBT pride flag IMO

braindrain · Saturday at 9:11 PM

The Brad Dad said:
Not a rant even a little. An accurate description of life in America, and it directly related to your post’s argument.

No it was very clearly a rant. And one that has no bearing on what I posted.

Simon W. Moon · Saturday at 10:18 PM

braindrain said:
Not having more influence does not mean you need to make all kinds of excuses for Islam.
Pretending like we would not be seeing lots of posts calling the person a bigot and an islamophobe is just denying reality. And deep down you know it.
None of those questions explain the decide making and defense of Islam we see when ever someone from the right talk bad about Islam. Which is the point.
Seeing as I am not religious your comments fall a little short. Pointing the obvious double standards by the left has nothing to do with victimhood.

I am glad you decided that I had presented reasonable explanation for your wondering. ↓

braindrain said:
And there we only ever see the left bitching about Christians.

braindrain · Sunday at 4:14 AM

Simon W. Moon said:
I am glad you decided that I had presented reasonable explanation for your wondering. ↓

If that is what you have to tell yourself the you do you.

Simon W. Moon · Sunday at 12:07 PM

braindrain said:
If that is what you have to tell yourself the you do you.

so you could NOT follow this line of reasoning?

when you switched over to only discussing your comments about the defense of Islam,
[ like you did here ↓ ]

braindrain said:
Not having more influence does not mean you need to make all kinds of excuses for Islam.

I assumed that meant you were able to follow this line of reasoning:

Americans express more thoughts about the things which directly impact them than the things which do not directly impact them

[ agree? or disagree? ]

Christianity and Christians have a greater impact on the day-to-day life of most Americans than other religions and religious adherents do.

[ agree? or disagree? ]

Therefore, Americans are more likely to complain about something a Christian did than something a Muslim, Jainist, or Zoroastrian did

[ agree? or disagree? ]

Which part of the above is giving you trouble?
Line 1, 2, or 3?

braindrain · Sunday at 6:55 PM

Simon W. Moon said:
so you could NOT follow this line of reasoning?

when you switched over to only discussing your comments about the defense of Islam,
[ like you did here ↓ ]

I assumed that meant you were able to follow this line of reasoning:

Americans express more thoughts about the things which directly impact them than the things which do not directly impact them
[ agree? or disagree? ]

Christianity and Christians have a greater impact on the day-to-day life of most Americans than other religions and religious adherents do.
[ agree? or disagree? ]

Therefore, Americans are more likely to complain about something a Christian did than something a Muslim, Jainist, or Zoroastrian did
[ agree? or disagree? ]

Which part of the above is giving you trouble?
Line 1, 2, or 3?

I understand that you are struggling to follow along but let me see if I can help you out here.

Your questions are irrelevant to my point and are not going to become relevant just because you keep repeating them.
Had my point been that the left complains about Christians more then they complain about muslims then you might have a point. But that wasn’t my point.

None of your excuses change the fact that the left is constantly making excuses for and defending Islam while attacking Christianity.
And none of your excuses change the fact that if someone had posted the exact same post but swapped Islam for Christian we would be seeing numerous posters from the left calling that person a bigot and an islamophobe. And yet zero people from the left have posted anything remotely foot it and in fact all we have is people like you trying to make excuses for the lefts obvious double standard.

Simon W. Moon · Sunday at 7:28 PM

braindrain said:
I understand that you are struggling to follow along but let me see if I can help you out here.
Your questions are irrelevant to my point and are not going to become relevant just because you keep repeating them.
Had my point been that the left complains about Christians more then they complain about muslims then you might have a point. But that wasn’t my point.

You mean your point in this post I replied to? ↓

braindrain said:
And there we only ever see the left bitching about Christians. And make excuse after excuse for Muslims.
Strange.

imho
It looks like your point is that the world is "strange".

It looks like you offered up an example of the strangeness—the comparatively different levels of bitching about the followers of two different religions.

Christians: "we only ever see the left bitching about Christians"

Muslims: "And make excuse after excuse for Muslims."

But, if you say that this is not a comparison of how often The Left™ complains about Christians versus Muslims,
I'll assume anything that looks like a comparison is a matter of mere coincidence.

braindrain · Monday at 4:14 AM

Simon W. Moon said:
You mean your point in this post I replied to? ↓

imho
It looks like your point is that the world is "strange".

It looks like you offered up an example of the strangeness—the comparatively different levels of bitching about the followers of two different religions.

Christians: "we only ever see the left bitching about Christians"

Muslims: "And make excuse after excuse for Muslims."

But, if you say that this is not a comparison of how often The Left™ complains about Christians versus Muslims,
I'll assume anything that looks like a comparison is a matter of mere coincidence.

That you are ignoring my whole post and trying to focus on one sentence and one sentence only is nothing more then dishonest nonsense.

I get you are getting desperate to try and make excuses for your double standard but it’s not very convincing.

Simon W. Moon · Monday at 10:23 AM

braindrain said:
That you are ignoring my whole post and trying to focus on one sentence and one sentence only is nothing more then dishonest nonsense.

fwiw, I posted about each of the three sentences AND how they related to one another.

Let me break them apart so it is more obvious that I was responding to each part

braindrain said:
And there we only ever see the left bitching about Christians. And make excuse after excuse for Muslims.
Strange.

sentence #1 "And there we only ever see the left bitching about Christians."

Simon W. Moon said:
It looks like you offered up an example of the strangeness—the comparatively different levels of bitching about the followers of two different religions.

Christians: "we only ever see the left bitching about Christians"

sentence #2 "And make excuse after excuse for Muslims."

Simon W. Moon said:
It looks like you offered up an example of the strangeness—the comparatively different levels of bitching about the followers of two different religions

Muslims: "And make excuse after excuse for Muslims."

sentence #3 "Strange."

Simon W. Moon said:
imho
It looks like your point is that the world is "strange".

braindrain said:
I get you are getting desperate to try and make excuses for your double standard but it’s not very convincing.

Can you remind what double standard I am desperately making excuses for?

braindrain · Monday at 10:33 AM

Simon W. Moon said:
fwiw, I posted about each of the three sentences AND how they related to one another.

Let me break them apart so it is more obvious that I was responding to each part

sentence #1 "And there we only ever see the left bitching about Christians."

sentence #2 "And make excuse after excuse for Muslims."

sentence #3 "Strange."

Can you remind what double standard I am desperately making excuses for?

Sorry but the excuse of well there are more Christians in America doesn’t justify the lefts defense of Islam while attacking Christian’s

Yes making excuses for and defending Muslims while constantly attracting Christians is what’s known as a double standard.

If the post I responded to had said Muslims instead of Christians there would have been a flood of left wing posters calling that poster a bigot and a islamophobe. And yet all we have when he attacks Christians is you making excuses for why the left defends Muslims.

I doing care how you try to justify your double standard, it’s failing remarkably short.

Simon W. Moon · Monday at 10:46 AM

stealthycat said:
better than an LGBT pride flag IMO

Are you all in on the what the Appeal to Heaven flag commemorates?

Ambushing sleeping cops and beating the shit out of them

Simon W. Moon · Monday at 10:48 AM

braindrain said:
And yet all we have when he attacks Christians is you making excuses for why the left defends Muslims.

Do you recall which of my sentences did this?

Are you able to share that sentence with me?

or no?

stealthycat · Monday at 11:21 AM

Simon W. Moon said:
Are you all in on the what the Appeal to Heaven flag commemorates?

Ambushing sleeping cops and beating the shit out of them

you'll have to be more specific in what you're talking about

Simon W. Moon · Monday at 11:36 AM

stealthycat said:
you'll have to be more specific in what you're talking about

The Appeal to Heaven flag.
LOL

You have never looked up what the flag commemorates.

The Appeal to Heaven flag commemorates the time when citizens ganged up, disguised themselves, and beat the shit out of sleeping cops.

The Pine Tree Riot

stealthycat · Monday at 11:41 AM

Simon W. Moon said:
The Appeal to Heaven flag.
LOL

You have never looked up what the flag commemorates.

The Appeal to Heaven flag commemorates the time when citizens ganged up, disguised themselves, and beat the shit out of sleeping cops.

The Pine Tree Riot

Well ... I'm with them. White pines greater than 12" should be able for private land owners to cut.

In 1722, under the Broad Arrow Policy it became illegal to cut down white pine trees larger than 12 inches in diameter in New Hampshire in order to reserve them for use as Royal Navy masts. This law was not strictly enforced until 1766, when Governor John Wentworth began enforcing it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Riot#cite_note-:2-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>

On April 13, 1772, Sheriff Benjamin Whiting and Deputy John Quigley discovered a sawmill in Weare, New Hampshire, violating this law. They arrested the leader, Ebenezer Mudgett, and released him on bail. The next day, Mudgett and twenty men attacked the Sheriff and Deputy at the Quimby Inn, beating them nearly to death with large rods and sending them out of town on horseback. This incident is credited with inspiring the Boston Tea Party, which significantly contributed to the start of the American Revolutionary War