I was there. I know what I felt. Believe me or don't -- that's your choice.silvercamaro wrote:Bob, how old were you when you developed this fear of being drafted -- 6, 7, 8? Even younger? Perhaps you were in kindergarten when -- because of your high IQ and superior nursery school education -- you began to worry about the draft? If not, this may be the dumb-assiest argument "against violence but in favor of confrontation" e-v-e-r. You seem to be working way too hard to build some kind of mythology for yourself about what a brave and brilliant lad you were (and by extension, you are.) I just don't see that a lot of people are buying that.Bob78164 wrote:
Here's the thing. You think the things Donny is accomplishing are good, and that's why you don't like the resistance. We're fighting for our lives and our family's lives against a Republican Party that wants nothing but more and more power. And the Republicans are implementing their agenda by smashing more and more of the unwritten rules that used to hold us together. Playing nice is no longer an option. It's time to play to win, and that's what I expect from my elected representatives.
I draw the line at violence. But I have no issue with confrontation, as long as it's effective. Maybe that's because I'm old enough to remember being scared that I'd get drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. --Bob
Several times in the past, you have shared your outrage at what you perceived as being the subject of mockery. My unwanted advice: if you don't want to be mocked, stop being so damn mockable.
You probably also believe that today's 11-year-old DREAMers won't remember 40 or 50 years from now their fears stemming from today's political climate. I'm guessing you're wrong about that as well. --Bob