DejaHo

I faced this issue twice in SL. I chose to whack the name(s) from my friends list so I would not have to suffer the indignity that LL would bring to the equation. I made peace with myself because I said my goodbye, and on my terms.

Amethyst Jetaime wrote: Syo Emerald wrote: I knew someone would come and not stick to the question and instead, make everyone else look bad by implying that we try to rule what our man would be wearing. (Or that we are all shallow for not putting a disclaimer about character or personal qualities into our comments). :smileyindifferent: I did answer the question by choosing C instead of A or B because, as I said, my answer was neither or both. I had no intention of implying that you or anyone rules how their men dress or is shallow for not putting in your disclaimer. I never said or implied anything of the sort. In a world like SL where someone can change their looks in a heartbeat, having to choose A or B isn't relevant. I believe most women would like a man that takes the initiative when it comes to dress. I have met many men in SL that either don't have a clue or just don't care and are content to wear the same jeans or black pants or whatever someone tells them is cool for months. If you want to take my comments personally as a reflection on you or any woman, you are totally misconstruing my post. In a thread about men styles a cat fight breaks out . . . /ROARS!

JoeKingleigh wrote: I am all for supremacy. I think the intelligent should take advantage of the stupid, and the strong exploit the weak, and practical eugenics will ultimately weed out those who are not fit to survive. I think a group has already beat you to this one. Check out President Obama and his Cabinet.

JoeKingleigh wrote: I am all for supremacy. I think the intelligent should take advantage of the stupid, and the strong exploit the weak, and practical eugenics will ultimately weed out those who are not fit to survive. But, but it's all about the flag! Where's the flag, Joe, where's the flag? You can't have a supremacy without a flag. So many ideas come to mind. . .

MadelaineMcMasters wrote: That's ^^ a brilliant shot.

It's funny how lots of married people wish they hadn't. Go figure.

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: Kwakkelde Kwak wrote: Amethyst Jetaime wrote: How many have to die before you think that slavery wasn't as bad athenazies? This type of evil is evil, regardless of the number who actually died.. If you read back a bit, you will see that I do not consider the amount of casualties any kind of benchmark. That amount is not measurable anyway. What sets slavers apart from nazis, is the fact that slavers acted on economical basis, they swapped whites for reds just as easily as the reds for blacks. Their view on the value of human life is not one I share, but it's not as horrible as blaming an entire group for something they didn't cause, then exterminating them altogether. In the slaver's mind it is their right to prosper on the loss of others. In the mind of a nazi, it's fine to commit genocide without any valid reason. That is exactly the point people are trying to make. In many minds the people waving the confederate flag would like nothing more than to see blacks wiped off the face of the earth, or removed from the US at the least. Which makes them just as bad if not worse than the Nazis as they are spouting about racial purity when they aren't pure themselves. You have no reference for this statement. NONE. Again you interject statements that have zero validity. Yes, the US has neo-nazi's running around playing their white supremacy games while waving the confederate flag, but it is NOT indicative of every southerner; whether they have a flag or not. Again, like I wrote to Theresa, you are content in your ignorance, Drake1. Imo, this is your third fail in this thread. Try reading a book. PS Stick your 'white' guilt up your arse, It doesn't play well to blacks OR whites.

Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Then you can't fault us for our ignorance. No; only for being content with it. You assume, and you are wrong. I am content with nothing in life. However, you have offered nothing but questions of those who don't seem to follow your doctrine. Show me. Teach me, but don't spit platitudes and make assumptions of me. And your assumption is wrong because you think I am defending the confederate flag; or even racism. I am defending the right to fly what ever **bleep**ing flag you want to fly. And I am willing to die defending your right to do so. Even if you would not defend my right to do the same. Talk about being content with ones ignorance, Theresa. Um... did you miss Theresa's first post to this thread where she stated, "I personally don't believe in preventing others from using symbols like the [flag that sort of looks like one of the various Confederate battle flags although usually the wrong shape and/or having the wrong color blue]"? ...Dres Did she read my first post? Because I don't make the jump from the confederate flag to that of the atrocities of Nazi Germany it is assumed I . . . ?

Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Then you can't fault us for our ignorance. I don't. I fault those who hide behind the Southern pride/heritage argument for their support of what they damn well know is a symbol of white supremacy. Especially those who do so for the specific purpose of political expediency. ...Dres That's a fair post, Dres. However, I must have missed that connotation in all those Dukes of Hazzards reruns. I guess I was too distracted by Daisy's shorts.

DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Then you can't fault us for our ignorance. No; only for being content with it. You assume, and you are wrong. I am content with nothing in life. However, you have offered nothing but questions of those who don't seem to follow your doctrine. Show me. Teach me, but don't spit platitudes and make assumptions of me. And your assumption is wrong because you think I am defending the confederate flag; or even racism. I am defending the right to fly what ever **bleep**ing flag you want to fly. And I am willing to die defending your right to do so. Even if you would not defend my right to do the same. Talk about being content with ones ignorance, Theresa.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Then you can't fault us for our ignorance. No; only for being content with it. You assume, and you are wrong. I am content with nothing in life. However, you have offered nothing but questions of those who don't seem to follow your doctrine. Show me. Teach me, but don't spit platitudes and make assumptions of me.

Then you can't fault us for our ignorance.

Dresden wrote: I was born and raised in the deep south and I assure you, there's nothing to misconstrue. The Southern pride thing is a convenient cover story. Everyone knows what that flag really symbolizes, they just don't talk about it in mixed company. ...Dres If deep south Southerners just don't talk about it in mixed company then how can a northern New Yorker or a Canadian be blissfully ignorant? Unless deep south Southerners enjoy 'us' not knowing.

Madelaine McMasters wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Perhaps you're laboring under the misconception that the confederate battle flag is simply a symbol of Southern pride... it's not. ...Dres Perhaps I am Dres. This is what I have been taught. This is what I witness. Yes, there are those who abuse and misconstrue its meaning to support their own hatred, but I do not. What if what you've been taught is wrong? What if what you've witnessed is incomplete? What if it's actually you who's misconstruing the meaning? Vilification of that battle flag and the Confederacy is part of the cultural revolution in America that flowered half a century ago. Among its goals was the demoralization of the American people by demonizing their past and poisoning their belief in their own history. P. Buchanan How exactly does that answer my question? I don't think he was answering your question so much as proving your point. I was proving my point. Your ignorance and manifestations of favoritism is once again on display, McMasters. Has Theresa not yet sippeth from the cup?

Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Perhaps you're laboring under the misconception that the confederate battle flag is simply a symbol of Southern pride... it's not. ...Dres Perhaps I am Dres. This is what I have been taught. This is what I witness. Yes, there are those who abuse and misconstrue its meaning to support their own hatred, but I do not. What if what you've been taught is wrong? What if what you've witnessed is incomplete? What if it's actually you who's misconstruing the meaning? Vilification of that battle flag and the Confederacy is part of the cultural revolution in America that flowered half a century ago. Among its goals was the demoralization of the American people by demonizing their past and poisoning their belief in their own history. P. Buchanan How exactly does that answer my question? The answer to your question is 42.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Perhaps you're laboring under the misconception that the confederate battle flag is simply a symbol of Southern pride... it's not. ...Dres Perhaps I am Dres. This is what I have been taught. This is what I witness. Yes, there are those who abuse and misconstrue its meaning to support their own hatred, but I do not. What if what you've been taught is wrong? What if what you've witnessed is incomplete? What if it's actually you who's misconstruing the meaning? Vilification of that battle flag and the Confederacy is part of the cultural revolution in America that flowered half a century ago. Among its goals was the demoralization of the American people by demonizing their past and poisoning their belief in their own history. P. Buchanan

Theresa Tennyson wrote: Derek Torvalar wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Drake1 Nightfire wrote: DejaHo wrote: In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . . None of your examples ar symbols of atrocity.. You have: a stolen holiday, a sybmbol of equality and love, and a countries flag. And you Godwin'ed the thread with your first post. I disagree... it's not a Godwin when it's a fair comparison. ...Dres Do you really think Nazi Germany = Southern CSA? It is a totally disproportionate analogy. I am not a southerner, but I never made the leap to equate the two. Probably because you're white? You are being obtuse. And intimating that because a person may be white that they cannot discern the obvious differences between the two without being biased. I wasn't the one who suggested it was a fair comparison in the first place, now was I? I'm just suggesting that what race you are may have some impact on your opinion of a group of people who built the "cornerstone of their society" on thoughts like these, from Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (and a moderate among them, mind you) : The 'flag' flew over the battlefield. It was raised and flew on the mast of the USS Columbia in WWII. It flew on retaken conquered islands in the Pacific. If flew on the tanks and jeeps of southern soldiers in Vietnam. It, as far as I know, has never flown over the housing quarters of slaves.

Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Drake1 Nightfire wrote: DejaHo wrote: In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . . None of your examples ar symbols of atrocity.. You have: a stolen holiday, a sybmbol of equality and love, and a countries flag. And you Godwin'ed the thread with your first post. I disagree... it's not a Godwin when it's a fair comparison. ...Dres Do you really think Nazi Germany = Southern CSA? It is a totally disproportionate analogy. I am not a southerner, but I never made the leap to equate the two. Probably because you're white? I am white. Are you telling me I should not be proud to be white because it offends others? Right. I don't fly the confederate flag, or the rainbow, or celebrate Christmas. . . but I have the right to do so if I so choose. . Shouldn't a German have the right to fly a flag that represents the period of Germany's highest power in world affairs as evidence of his/her ethnic pride? What? This ain't Germany. However, the Germans were among the first settlers of this new country. German was once considered to be the official language of the USA. The christmas tree is a German introduction to the USA. Why would any American German want to raise a swastika - it is NOT a symbol of ethnic pride - it is a symbol of ethnic embarrassment. Perhaps you're laboring under the misconception that the confederate battle flag is simply a symbol of Southern pride... it's not. ...Dres Perhaps I am Dres. This is what I have been taught. This is what I witness. Yes, there are those who abuse and misconstrue its meaning to support their own hatred, but I do not.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Drake1 Nightfire wrote: DejaHo wrote: In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . . None of your examples ar symbols of atrocity.. You have: a stolen holiday, a sybmbol of equality and love, and a countries flag. And you Godwin'ed the thread with your first post. I disagree... it's not a Godwin when it's a fair comparison. ...Dres Do you really think Nazi Germany = Southern CSA? It is a totally disproportionate analogy. I am not a southerner, but I never made the leap to equate the two. Probably because you're white? I am white. Are you telling me I should not be proud to be white because it offends others? Right. I don't fly the confederate flag, or the rainbow, or celebrate Christmas. . . but I have the right to do so if I so choose. . Shouldn't a German have the right to fly a flag that represents the period of Germany's highest power in world affairs as evidence of his/her ethnic pride? What? This ain't Germany. However, the Germans were among the first settlers of this new country. German was once considered to be the official language of the USA. The christmas tree is a German introduction to the USA. Why would any American German want to raise a swastika - it is NOT a symbol of ethnic pride - it is a symbol of ethnic embarrassment.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: DejaHo wrote: Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Drake1 Nightfire wrote: DejaHo wrote: In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . . None of your examples ar symbols of atrocity.. You have: a stolen holiday, a sybmbol of equality and love, and a countries flag. And you Godwin'ed the thread with your first post. I disagree... it's not a Godwin when it's a fair comparison. ...Dres Do you really think Nazi Germany = Southern CSA? It is a totally disproportionate analogy. I am not a southerner, but I never made the leap to equate the two. Probably because you're white? I am white. Are you telling me I should not be proud to be white because it offends others? Right. I don't fly the confederate flag, or the rainbow, or celebrate Christmas. . . but I have the right to do so if I so choose.

How about we rename all the streets named after CSA Generals - Lee, Jackson, just to name two. Let's put the entire civil war behind us and pretend like it never happened.

Dresden wrote: DejaHo wrote: Drake1 Nightfire wrote: DejaHo wrote: In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . . None of your examples ar symbols of atrocity.. You have: a stolen holiday, a sybmbol of equality and love, and a countries flag. And you Godwin'ed the thread with your first post. I disagree... it's not a Godwin when it's a fair comparison. ...Dres Do you really think Nazi Germany = Southern CSA? It is a totally disproportionate analogy. I am not a southerner, but I never made the leap to equate the two.

Drake1 Nightfire wrote: DejaHo wrote: In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . . None of your examples ar symbols of atrocity.. You have: a stolen holiday, a sybmbol of equality and love, and a countries flag. And you Godwin'ed the thread with your first post.

In a PC world, humor is a capital offense. No, LL should not follow the likes of others and ban images of the confederate flag. What's next banning Christmas perhaps? The rainbow flag? How about the Russian flag raised at the UN? Wal-mart and others are following the John Ashcroft model - cover all the naked statues . . .

Dillon Levenque wrote: irihapeti wrote: i just looked at my stats i have read 44,158 messages and replied to 1,145 so I am about 40:1 lurkerer maybe more even. bc I reply to myself quite a lot (: 333079 read 3350 replies Ratio = 99:1 I am lurkier than thou. ;-) Oh course you are, Dillon. PS Hi