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Longhornfan1024

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  1. 2 hours ago, Reagan1k said:

    Whoever stated earlier that Ring is behind all the Nextdoor hysteria is 100% accurate IMO.

    I looked at it for a few minutes last night and they've got to be trolling the shit out of that site in a way that would make the Russian bots proud.

    Ringing a doorbell has become a crime against humanity and every housewife now writes reports on there like she's Detective Joe Friday.

    Some of these folks are living life in fear and only viewing the world through the lens of their Ring camera.  Sad really, but funny as shit too.

    Some fucker in the marketing dept. at Ring is getting a nice payday.

    Sounds like a future episode of Black Mirror.

  2. 50 minutes ago, TahoeHorn said:

    My favorite fast food place is Wendy's.  (I like their burgers but not so much their fries.)  Wendy's founder was an orphan and supports a lot of orphan-oriented philanthropy.  I also think highly of his philanthropy.  I have no problem with ads supporting that.  I have no problem with signs in a store about it.  But if some cashier, at Wendy's or elsewhere, expected me to listen to their orphan spiel, however brief, I'm picking a ne fast food place.  I would find it offensive.

    When I go to an SEC football game and I see people walking to their seat during the national anthem I get pissed.  And so do many others.  Most people heed the many signals of disapproval, stop and show respect.  If they don't the signals often get stronger.  It's part of the culture.  I live in a world where club meetings always begin with a prayer and the pledge.  All clubs I know.  If somebody showed obvious disrespect as a way to protest an issue people would get very, very pissed.

    The NFL protest has two strikes against it.  And if they wanted to sell their cause they'd do it without pissing people off.  I think pissing people off is the objective.

    For those of you who think the objections to the tactics are about race there is a simple test: Use different tactics.

    Don't take my time selling your product and don't show disrespect for US symbols and you won't piss people off.  Do your protest on Colin Cowherd where I don't have to watch to get my NFL game.

     

    The problem is that they have used different tactics.  Black people have protested against police brutality and societal oppression in many ways for a long time now.  But no matter what method they use--sit-ins, kneeling, peaceful protests, marches--according to people like you and the people you support it is always wrong.  The reason is because you don't actually care about the method of protest that they use.  The problem that you and the people you support have with the protests is the message that is being sent; you and the people you support benefit from and support the oppression that black people have faced throughout the entire history of this country and want to see it continue.  The "method of protest" complaint is nothing more than a pretext for your actual concern--that black people may use these protests, whatever form they take, to achieve equality.

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  3. I've seen rumors of Melania missing on here and some jokes on late-night comedy shows, but have not seen one story from a news source about her missing other than to mention her undergoing surgery about a month back.  Were real news sources actually reporting rumors about Melania missing because she left Trump, attempted suicide, had a face lift, etc.?  Or is this just another Trump mis-truth in an effort to malign the news media?  

  4. Without knowing how much we're spending on each guy, I'm pretty much with you except that Kenedy should stay on loan and Cahill should go.  We can get leadership in the back from Azpi and it seems like Rudiger is starting to step into a leadership role.  Depending on their salaries and what we can get, I'd consider selling Barkley and Pedro.  

  5. 8 minutes ago, TahoeHorn said:

    It means that team team has indicated that they do not intend to be gracious guests.  Sending 4-10 players is not behaving graciously.  It's insulting.

    It must be a weird world that you live in where part of a team declining an invitation in reaction to a host's sexist and racist comments indicates that the part of the team that accepts the invitation intend not to be gracious guests.   As is stated above, he could have welcomed the individuals on the team who are willing to come since there is no indication that they would not have been gracious guests.  He could also have not lied about the reason he cancelled the event.  But, he's an insecure pussy and a serial liar, so that's what we get. 

  6. 1 minute ago, TahoeHorn said:

    As a big supporter of the free enterprise system I fully support the owner's right to run the team as they see fit.  They can decide to support the players or produce a product for fans like me who want a show of respect for the flag and the anthem to be part of the product they sell.  If they don't provide a product I like I won't buy it, but I don't think they are obligated to provide a product I want.  The behavior of the players is between them and the owners.

    Trump doesn't have any obligation to host the players at the White House, particularly if they don't plan to be gracious guests.  Trump did the thing which was in his interests, as he should.

    This wasn't an issue of them being gracious guests.  It was an issue that most of the team wasn't planning to go, so Trump is pulling the "Nuh uh, I broke up with you; you didn't break up with me" card.  He's just being a thin skinned little pussy, like always.  

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  7. Perhaps a dumb question, but how do I get the evidence packet.  The FAQ on the TCAD website says there should be a check box on the protest form, but when I look at the protest form there isn't a check box for receiving the evidence packet.  

  8. There's a great bikers vs. drivers argument currently ongoing on my Nexdoor because some lady had to move into the left lane to get around two bikers who were riding in the right lane on Jollyville.   

  9. 7 minutes ago, Red Five said:

     


    Anything negative is fake. That’s not scary at all Coming from the President.

     

    And also anyone reporting anything negative about the President should lose their credentials.  That seems safe.  But at least the Tahoes of the world can be happy that the president isn't black.  

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