So, there appears to be some feelings going on over the election. Portland descended into chaos, but Portland is always in a state of chaos, so that’s normal. Seattle had some protests too. What struck me as kind of funny about Seattle is that not long ago they were gathered in the same place as May Day protesters, anarchists. A few months before that they were Occupy Everything protesters. Yesterday they were President elect Trump protesters. I’m starting to believe Seattle just has a resident group prepared to take to the streets for any cause.
I really love democracy, our right to gather and assemble, our right to make our grievances known on a public street, but it was a bit sad to watch the confusion and listen to what people were saying, like Democracy didn’t work. The election was stolen. The people’s vote didn’t count.
It all struck me as very sad because there’s such a lack of leadership, a lack of education, a lack of guidance. There’s no understanding of how our country works, no awareness that other people may not share your vision and that they have a right to different views. There were the usual cries of “uneducated and racist,” with no recognition of what a stereotype that is, how demeaning and dismissive of your fellow citizens. If you truly want to understand what happened in the election,than you need to sit down and talk with some of those “uneducated imbeciles” you would deny a voice to.
Sad too, an entire public school in Seattle walked out in protest, and while protesting is certainly a democratic right, so is an election and honoring the fact that the people have spoken. Our kids are not learning that anymore, nor are they learning to respect other views, or how to exist in a world that may not always agree with you.
I must be getting older because my patience for such things is growing shorter.
I have a flag that was getting a bit tattered, rather than red, white, and blue, it was looking a bit pink, orange, and gray. So I took it down and washed it because that is what women do, we wash things. I also have a child who is smart, defiant, and prone to chaos and disorder. She has piles of laundry everywhere, and stuff, and it all makes me very crazy. I came home yesterday and there on top of the heaps of laundry, was the most beautifully folded flag, this perfectly pressed triangle, set so respectfully on top the mountain of mess.
I had forgotten she knows how to fold a flag. That little tattered bit of pink, orange, and gray handled so respectfully and carefully, set on top of the chaos of our lives meant the world to me.
Jim said:
nice post. we had protests last night in St. Paul near the capitol which then moved to downtown St. Paul. I can appreciate why people were protesting and why they were upset but it’s not going to change the outcome of Tuesday’s election.
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ColorStorm said:
Love the context of chaos against your tattered, respected, faded, folded flag. Whole lots of unspoken love there by your girl.
Brought a tear and a smile to your eye I betcha.
Good stuff MsB.
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Wally Fry said:
Love the flag thing…touched my heart it did. Sigh, if you had asked me yesterday I would have wondered what was wrong with you West Coast people…now I see stupid has invaded the hinterlands also.
Great post
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newenglandsun said:
There’s going to be protests for a bit right now. There’s even being calls made to eliminate the electoral college. I think the EC makes the elections more interesting and is a better service to our Federalist Republic. The EC is a matter of states’ rights.
But most of it definitely seems to be backlash against those who “Why would they ever destroy our nation like this by electing Donald Trump instead of our Hillary lady!”
It’s going to be intense because the ~59,900,000 who voted for Hillary really hated Trump and they did everything they could to present him to the people as a bigot, a racist, a misogynist, (and most importantly his followers were portrayed that way as well) etc. I think a lot of people who are trying to swipe away the hatred though are mostly non-partisans. The ~59,500,000 who voted for Trump, IDK what would have happened. They maybe would have been seeking to urge the Republicans to make certain Clinton’s power was checked and reduced to a minimum. There was much more violence this election cycle carried out by leftists as opposed to Trump supporters. Which of the two candidates had an assassination attempt carried out against them in the Summer, experience their campaign sites being vandalised, saw their supporters’ property being vandalised, and saw one of their party’s own bases in North Carolina fire-bombed? I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t the Wicked Witch of the West.
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PARTNERING WITH EAGLES said:
https://partneringwitheagles.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/electoral-college-under-attack/
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newenglandsun said:
Yes. Great read. Most don’t understand how the electoral college is designed to favour small states as opposed to larger states. They think–“this state has that many EC votes! huge advantage for more populated states!” But in reality, not accurate.
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dpmonahan said:
Funny how the Trump haters are everything they accuse Trump supporters of being. That is pretty common – the traits we hate most in others are often the ones we ourselves have.
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Desdi said:
So true. Now I am in BIG trouble ☺
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auroraroschen said:
What has really struck me over the past day is how much the cries of “ignorant racist” actually highlight the accuser’s own ignorance and racism.
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Desdi said:
The Left project their own demons onto everyone else –
a collective sociopathic spirit is what they possess
(rather – what possesses THEM ha ha ha )
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Julie (aka Cookie) said:
as she may continue to set upon and proudly wave over the midsts of our mess…amen
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MJThompson said:
Here in Orange County California our ‘local’ news comes from the major networks in Los Angeles where THOUSANDS of ‘protestors’ marched onto the 110 Interstate closing it down for about 8 hours last night. I only guess ‘about’ because they were still there when I went to bed for the night. Sadly, although several were interviewed on camera about their protest – NONE were clear as to why – they just saw others doing it and joined in!
Anarchy in infancy, they wrecked construction ‘a-frames’, spray-painted graffiti (which was no organized message – but merely obscenities). They ‘kidnapped’ hundreds of unsuspecting motorists who could not continue their commute.
To me, the worse thing is that it was clear from the video coverage that these were mostly teens – not even eligible to vote! An earlier ‘protest’ showed whole high school campuses ‘marching’ in defiance – of what? Why did the adult administration allow such insubordination? Who’s teaching who? The one banner the reporter focused in on permanently hangs on the school’s fence – “COEXIST”. Ha!
How enduring is your story about the flag and your child. As for your comment – “I must be getting older because my patience for such things is growing shorter.” – I remember mid-life realizations of mortality and its direct correlation to patience (somewhat more realistically an oxymoron because the younger one is the LESS patient they are). But mid-life maturity pales by comparison to later-life where ‘patience’ is replaced by tolerance. Sure, philosophical argument demands patience to have tolerance. But when you’re as old as I am, you’ve given up on patience, along with relevance, endurance, stamina, roller-coasters…
A funny thing about patience is that the ‘shorter’ it becomes the ‘taller’ it gets noticed by others. Conversely, even the smallest amount of tolerance goes a long way. My neighbors proudly fly the flag every holiday, and at half-mast on days of relevant tragedy. Its too bad these ‘protestors’ can’t fly the flag at half-mast in recognition of their perceived national tragedy. But alas, their heroes are NOT even respecting the flag at athletic events these days.
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Julie said:
I think a lot of them are paid protesters, that’s why they can’t articulate what they are protesting. There’s no passion. It’s just, “Hey, kid, wanna’ make a buck” and the kid is like, “Sure.”
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Desdi said:
I see LOTS of passion. Violent dangerous passion.
Satanic passion.
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Julie said:
I agree. I had the pre-election protests in mind. There is definitely (dangerous) passion now.
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Julie said:
Well told and heartwarming flag story by the way. God bless your girl.
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Andy Oldham said:
What a precious and patriotic girl. God bless her! Makes you forget the chaos around us….well, for one special moment anyway. As a disabled veteran please tell her o said thanks for the respect shown our flag!
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Desdi said:
I want to state publicly that the rabble of lost youth parading around with hammers and sickles, black banners, and rainbow transgender solidarity flags are shameful, ignorant and dangerous. They are displaying symbols that connote the liquidation of millions of people in the name of Antichrist political agendas. The Bolsheviks were very few in number, but they terrorized their way into power — and Russia went under for 70 years ! This is no joke. To hell with them. It’s time to clean up and dispose of the social scum. But of course, as Christians, (sigh) we have shut up and pray for their conversion. God forgive me but I say F— these losers and wipe the street with them. They disgust me:
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Pastor Randy said:
If we were a true and pure democracy, people would be right in protesting. But if we were a pure democracy, we would not be having these conversations this week because we would have collapsed as a nation a long time ago. We are a representative republic, this is our form of government. And if you don’t get your way, go somewhere else and start your true democracy and see how long it lasts…sorry, patience runs thin sometimes
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SLIMJIM said:
I’m also getting older and have more of a critical and tired spirit hearing these protests..,
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JaimiH said:
The simplicity of that symbolism….beautiful.
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TheChattyIntrovert said:
That’s been my big question here, and I can’t seem to get a decent answer. The people spoke (who decided to use the ballot box like they’re encouraged to) and they picked Trump (with the help of the Electoral College, but that’s the law, so there). So what exactly are they protesting? I understand they may find the man personally deplorable, but the election is over. I keep wondering what they think they’re doing…I’m for protest, but there has to be a measurable goal for it. What’s the goal? Why are they protesting? What do they think is going to happen if they’re taken seriously? How do they define success? Simple stuff that’s gotten lost in a riotous shuffle…if they had it in the first place.
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