05-25-2018, 09:26 AM
(05-25-2018, 09:21 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Here's the problem with your argument. I agree that, for many of the players, the objective of their protests is not to denigrate the country. However, you don't get to decide how your actions are perceived by others. If others view it as offensive to the country the fact that you disagree doesn't immediately render those opinions invalid.
Here is something I completely agree with. I just want to reemphasize that both sides of this debate have been filled with people approaching it as if these opinions are somehow objective facts. The inference of the protests is subjective, and until people come to the table to have discussions about the issue with that in mind, we will never get anywhere. This isn't a zero-sum discussion but people try to turn it into one.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
