johnnybangkok

Hard to bring down the “moral standards” of Bishopbriggs but I agree. Resentment masquerading as religion with a good splattering of tribalism. After all, Everyone wants to belong. Weve both seen how incendiary rhetoric can incite an illogical level of hatred and this GOP crusade doesn’t help. It invigorates the homophobe, the religious nutter, the right-right of right into this kind of abhorrent action. It’s handy for a cultural war though and that’s exactly why the GOP will keep on it mercilessly. Expect more or worse than this to come.

Yeah! For Gods sake don't stick up for your beliefs or your morals or advocate for peace and love for fear of being attacked by intolerant, hate-filled bigots who can only opress through violence. If we all did what you suiggested there would be no womans vote, slavery would still be a thing and no workers would have any rights anywhere in the world.

I think I would disagree on this part Chomper. I think the GOP and right wing media are on a crusade to demonise the LGBTQ community resulting in a 52% increase in anti-L.G.B.T.Q. hate crimes around the country in 2022 means it could easily just be someone 'being upset at seeing an LGBTQ+ flag'. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/politics/anti-lgbtq-report-adl-glaad.html)

I did mention in my original post saying 'excluding N.I.' (Northern Ireland) which is basically what the Rangers v Celtic fued is really all about. The original poster said 'But you can certainly be attacked for displaying the British flag in Britain' which most certainly wasn't about Rangers v Celtic and was more infering that 'ordinary' British citizens are getting targeted for flying the Union Jack. I was calling BS on that.

I am from Glasgow and I'm a Celtic fan and have been to many games so I can speak with some authority when I say that sort of incident has absolutely nothing to do with flying a Union Jack flag and everything to do with warped religous affiliations.

You've really excelled yourself in your posts so far but let's take soem of your points one at a time. "But you can certainly be attacked for displaying the British flag in Britain'. Didn't happen. I couldn't find one instance of someone in the UK being attacked for flying the Union Jack (excluding N.I.). 'Unfortunately LGBTQ++ issues have become very politicized and quite vitriolic on both sides of the debate, while also offending various religious groups'. No they haven't. In America, they have become 'vitrolic' almost exclusively through the GOP (DeSantis in particular) and right wing media. '.....her decision to firstly to fly the flag and secondly to confront the individual who objected to it was very brave, but perhaps somewhat foolhardy' - this is the very definition of victim blaming. 'Strange that there are no details about the killer. No name, no photo. I wonder if his identity doesn't fit the narrative? ' Pure Tucker Carlson there with your inference of 'doesn't fit the narrative'. What narrative would that be then (that we can't already guess)? 'You may be aware but homosexuality is not promoted by various religions (Christianity, Islam etc.).' Irrelevant. It's perfectly legal to fly a rainbow flag in the US so it's the attacker who is completely at fault. 'I am not suggesting she deserved it. Far from it, I think it is a terrible incident and condolences to her family. I am merely stating that people should be aware that by flying their Pride flag or any other flag with potentially divisive political/religious connotations they run the risk (rightly or wrongly) of offending certain people.' So what's the solution? Do we all have to kowtow to the religous extremist or the uneducated right wingers who threaten violence rather than dialogue? Should everyone stop expressing their perfectly legal support for a minority group for fear of retribution from some nutter with an agenda? The most divisive flag in the world right now is probably the Stars and Stripes yet I don't see you telling people they 'run the risk of offending certain people' by flying it outside their door. Your whole response smacks of 'well if you're stupid enough to fly a flag in support of the LGBTQ comminity then you kinda only have yourself to blame'. And you're not kidding anyone with your faux pearl clutching whilst you're doing it.

You need to seek some help. That is just not normal behavior.

As has been pointed out to you by many posters here, what you did wasn't karma; it was vengeance. Not to mention the illegality of stealling a wallett, stealing a phone, instigating violence on a stranger and shaming a dying man on social media. If you can't see for yourself how wrong all of these things are then there really is no helping you.

Thanks for your post. At first glance I had a tendency to go with other posters and question the advantage a trans chess player would have over female players (pretty obvious in other sports where physicality is a factor) but your post has cleared that up. It also reminds me that as amazing as Venus and Serena Williams are, they still couldn't beat a man ranked 203 in the world. I'm all up for trans rights but when it comes to sport, the physical (and now mental) superiority of men means trans women should never be allowed to compete with 'natural' women. Thankfully most sporting bodies are now seeing this as well and imposing similar bans.

So you stole a guys wallett, a young girls phone, had a go at a dying man on social media for all his family and friends to see and instigated violence on a complete stranger? That's not karma, that's just psychotic behaviour.

This man is just the worst. How anyone thinks he is fit for POTUS is beyond me.

You seem particularly fixated on this 6 am part. You do realise the FBI and all law enforcement prefer to do raids at sunrise for some very good and obvious reasons:- 1) it is dark outside and easier to approach unnoticed 2) most people are asleep and therefore at home. 3) sleeping people are easier to creep up on, and take longer to wake to an alert state to be combative 4) some agencies have night vision devices and/or other tech that gives them an advantage in low light/darkness 5) there is generally fewer people up and about so less likely there will be collateral damage. I think it's fairly obvious to state the 'safety' of the target is far less important than the safety of innocents and their own safety.

You should only be worried about getting raided by the Fashion Police! ????

Well certainly not you. However, I would like to think I give credance to anyone with a good point who can argue their stance with facts and logic (something you struggle with). But your post wasn't about "friends' on AN but farangs in Thailand in general and you have again shown your intolerance for others which by sheer coincidence you also show here on AN.

You're not being attacked; you're being debated and very effectively if I may say. You are just full of straw-man arguments, deflections and ad homien nonsense such as this. You haven't brought up one salient point regarding the topic in hand other than you like the fact Trump pi$$es people off and for that reasona and that reason alone you feel the need to argue the point, often without a point. We are not 'Biden Biddy's' but we also aren't Trump fans either. What we are is bringing up facts and figures to try and demonstrate why this man is facing the charges he currently is and how unsuccessful he was as a one-term POTUS. Try and stick to the topic. It might help your cause.

Oh god, what a surprise. I take it you're the only one here who really knows the truth? The only one that can 'think outside of the (insert colour) box? The one that understands the 'deep state', the illuminati or whatever nonsense noun you are using this week. Here's a heads-up; you aren't.

I'm not the one having to come onto an online forum and basically tell everyone you don't get on with people. And judging from the vast majority of your posts, I can easily see why.

Ever think it might be you?

Your post asserts 'The FBI chooses to raid his house at 615am. A time when he is probably asleep and will be startled by the sudden noise and commotion. Why? Obviously to provoke a response that will let them play Robocop.' This is wildly disingenuous. Why would the FBI want to basically execute a US citizen (which is what you are trying to infer here) with all the subsequent publicity and investigations that they will face? This dangerous nonsense that the FBI are now some sort of death squad for the Dems is the kind of BS that is causing these situations in the first place; a self-confessed Maga zealot threatens the sitting POTUS (several times) and when confronted by the FBI with a legitimate warrant, he is so threatened by the FBI, he thinks it's a good idea to brandish a weapon rather than surrender and have his day in court. These are extreme consequences for his extreme actions but I don't necessarily blame him. At a recent rally, Trump said “The FBI and the justice department have become vicious monsters, controlled by radical-left scoundrels, lawyers and the media, who tell them what to do.” This massively inflammatory rhetoric is why you are seeing situations like this in the first place and I'll wager it won't be the last. But I doubt if any of you guys will admit Trump is responsible for fanning any of these flames. For some bizarre reason he is blameless in all of this. Funny that eh?

And here we have the REAL reason Trump is so popular.

Deflection at it's finest. At least you're consistent.

What a silly thing to say. Lying is illegal whenever it is used to commit or hide a crime. So this includes lying to get welfare, to get a loan, to commit fraud or many material things including your taxes. You can't lie under oath, you can't lie to the police or lie about a crime you witnessed and last but not least, you can't lie when you are involved in a federal investigation.

John Luman Smith (born June 5, 1969) is an American attorney who has served in the United States Department of Justiceas an assistant U.S. attorney, acting U.S. attorney, and head of the department's Public Integrity Section. He was also the chief prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, an international tribunal at The Hague tasked with investigating and prosecuting war crimes in the Kosovo War. So in your opinion, yet another professional with impeccable credentials has all of a sudden decided to risk his reputation, his career and his future on a pack of lies that can be easily found out in a court of law? If he was just making it all up do you really think that a court case with this amount of coverage would be the time to gamble it all? That now is the time to throw the dice on his career and yo say “hey, what the hell!”? So many true patriots have sacrificed their careers to tell you just how bad Trump is but none of them have any credibility as far as Trumpers are concerned because the word of Trump is all that matters. Where is your objectivity? Where is your logical thinking? Where is YOUR integrity?

I think both Walker 88 and Tug have summed all of this up much better than I ever could. It is quite astounding that people who dare to call themselves patriots have not appreciated the true patriots in America who have sacrificed their own careers in trying to either block this man or at least call him out. Time and time again senior professionals from the military, economic world, intelligence community and (some) from the political arena (even R) have gone out of their way to tell you just how dangerous this man is. None are surprised he still denies he lost the last election; none are surprised he tried an insurrection; none are surprised he bribed a porn star, defrauded his own charity and let’s state secrets out in casual chat. I hope he is jailed. For a long time. So long that people might be cured of whatever the hell it was that made them think he was the solution to Americas problems.

And your point is? People also murder people all the time so are we just supposed to ignore the next murder because, you know, it happens all the time? There's so many inconvenient truths about Trump that Trumpers just have to resort to 'well it happens all the time' whataboutisms because the mental gymnastics required to continually defend this man must be truly exhausting. Here's another, less exhausting solution; just admit the man is not fit for POTUS (never has been, never will be) and things will be a lot easier in your life.