LOVE HATE AND FREE SPEECH

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Is this my safe space? Can I do my healing here? 

I stopped writing a while back, a good while back. It wasn't an intentional act, I just ran out of things to say. Rather I just ran out of the need to say things. Also, it has always been a struggle for me to say things in a coherent way. I majored in sleep studies in high school. One of my favorite places to sleep was English comp class. That is why my punctuation is sorely lacking, e.i. The sentence above that starts with the word "Rather", I'm pretty sure that sentence should have been part of the sentence before it. I just didn't know for sure how to hook it up properly. I was supposed to use a conjunction maybe? Or a dangling participle? I am sure a dangling participle does not apply, I just never get an opportunity to say it. Dangling participle hehehehehehe.

Ok now I have that out of my system I do have some things to unburden, without fear of recrimination, (good word huh?).

That fact is I have made some people I care about very angry with some things I posted on FB. I even pissed off someone after Castro took the dirt nap.

All I said was "One Castro down, one to go". Later I posted a meme about Obamas list of many failures. This resulted in some back and forth that led us to our neutral corners and we haven't spoken since.

The problem is some of my liberal peeps out there are beside themselves with angst and in general almost all of Hillary and Bernie supporters found out that participation trophies don't buy as much as they used to.

We had to put up with 8 years of the divider-in-chief and most of us were expecting to have to survive 8 years of one of the most notorious politicians in history.

I mean hell, the Clintons had to be the inspiration for the Underwoods, the similarities are striking!

Anyway, the good news is since I am trying to tone down my rhetoric on FB I will resume my venting on my blog. 

The bad news is since I am trying to tone down my rhetoric on FB I will resume my venting on my blog.

Blame Joe.

THE REAL HATE GROUP

Finally the press gets it right. The Westboro Cult IS a hate group, but that's all the press got right about these ghouls. They are not Baptists, they are not a Christian church, they are not a church at all. They are a large family of inbred freaks. That’s not ad hominem; they have to interbreed, who the hell else would have them?

I’ve tried to figure this cult family out for years, but it’s hard to wrap your mind about their so-called theology. Years ago, I spent a great deal of time researching different cults, trying to figure out what different people believe and why. Some are personality cults; some are based more on an idea.

The Branch Davidians who were torched in Waco, were a personality cult who believed their leader David Koresh (Vernon Wayne Howell) was the second coming of Christ. He had complete control of his cult. In reality he was nothing more than a narcissistic lunatic and child molester.

Scientology is more of an idea cult created by a hack sci fi writer named L. Ron Hubbard. He was quoted that he could made some big money by inventing a religion based on his science fiction bullshit.

Sorry Maverick, but I don’t believe the planet is infected with alien ghosts, maybe they are illegal alien ghosts.

Trying to put the Westboro cult into a specific category is like herding cats. Why protest the funeral of a 9-year-old little girl killed in the Tucson shooting? How does that get you closer to God? I’ve read the bible from cover to cover, even the hard parts and I don’t remember anything in there that gives you authority to defile this precious little girl, or anyone else’s child that’s being laid to rest. I’m certainly not the first one to point this out, but it bears repeating; the soldiers you are desecrating are the very ones that give their lives so you can have the freedom to act like the jackasses you are.

The whole controversy about whether they have the right spew their hatred on families who are already crushed by the death of a loved one, will be debated for a long time to come.

I don’t have all the answers on this, on one hand I am a free speech guy, it is one of the most important rights granted us by the constitution. On the other hand, I understand there are consequences for shouting fire in a crowded room (unless there really is a fire) and burning the American flag (unless the flag is tattered and worn in that case burning the flag is permissible but must be done with the utmost respect) there are good points to be made on both sides of this mess.

Since I am so wishy washy on the whole free speech of Fred and his Westboro inbred cult family; last night I joined the Patriot Riders. This is a great organization that rides to a funeral of the fallen if invited by the family and shield the family from the inbreds zombies and give the grieving family some measure of privacy as they lay their loved ones to rest.

My joining this group is mostly symbolic due to the fact that I am getting ready for cervical spinal fusion on 2 levels and this is my 4^th operation in little over a year.

So I won’t be getting on my bike for a few months and even after that I won’t be able to ride for more than a couple hours so I may have to trailer the bike (I know that’s a sissy move) or I will have to limit my range of participation.

The bottom line is, I have to do something and I know this will incite my little sister to do some protesting of her own, but like I said Rita, you have to give me a pass on this one, you know it’s a good cause. Hell you may even want to ride with me!