Reverting to tribalism?

[BehindBlueI's]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ys-he-refused-service-to-a-sanders-supporter/

Tow truck driver won't tow car due to owner supporting Sanders. Apartment building that won't lease to Trump supporters. Come the eff on. Is this really what we're going for?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Disabled too? What a despicable human being.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Someone who supports Sanders believes I'm evil. They think I am stealing their money, should pay way more than I currently do in taxes, and essentially demand that I leave my family to work more to maintain current status quo.

Yes, it is time to come to that because the left has been attacking me and my family non-stop for forty years. Game on.

If a thief steals your tractor, you go get your tractor back and confront the thief. If his buddies are sitting there telling him to rob me, the buddies are just as evil as the thief.

 

[jd4320t]

Just to stimulate conversation....


I've read on INGO that people should be able to refuse business to other people for being gay.

Is this really any different?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Just to stimulate conversation....


I've read on INGO that people should be able to refuse business to other people for being gay.

Is this really any different?

Nope, it's not.

 

[GunSlinger]

Yes it is BBI. As well as you and Kut should know dealing with the folks you have to deal with daily.

It is my belief if we lose two more I.Q. points as an average across the US population we will revert to Neanderthals.

 

[hoosierdoc]

It is my belief if we lose two more I.Q. points as an average across the US population we will revert to Neanderthals.

Neanderthals would thrive in our current system. They would have ample opportunity for food, shelter, and their work ethic would make us all feel lazy. Our country would be better off if we were more neanderthalish

 

[Tombs]

Disabled too? What a despicable human being.

She wants more of his money taken away by force, to give her a better life.

I don't know how you reconcile how he's despicable but she's innocent?

 

[Kutnupe14]

She wants more of his money taken away by force, to give her a better life.

I don't know how you reconcile how he's despicable but she's innocent?

Sorry, he's a despicable "Christian" (how about that?). And you have no idea her motives for being a Bernie supporter. Any "man" that leaves a disabled woman stranded on the side of the road, regardless of her political affiliation or other views, isn't a man at all. He's a person that has no honor, is weak minded, and lacks an understanding of common decency.

 

[jd4320t]

The disabled card was played because it's all they had.

She was driving, standing and talking normal. Seemed to be perfectly capable of most things to me.

Maybe the problem is how easy it is to be considered "disabled".

 

[Kutnupe14]

Just to stimulate conversation....


I've read on INGO that people should be able to refuse business to other people for being gay.

Is this really any different?

I think it is. In the gay reference, the owner has made clear his prohibitions prior to undertaking the task. In this instance, assumedly, the terms were agreed upon and the service put into motion, prior to the owners exceptions being made known to the customer. Had the tow company made the customer aware, at the onset, like in the gay instance, then the customer could have made other arrangements in short order. By failing to do so he, upon his refusal, purposefully inconvenienced the customer. For this to be similar to the gay instance, a bakery would have to agree to make a cake, prepare it partially, and when the customer is preparing to pay say "sorry, you're gay I'm not completing this service."

 

[Kutnupe14]

The disabled card was played because it's all they had.

She was driving, standing and talking normal. Seemed to be perfectly capable of most things to me.

Maybe the problem is how easy it is to be considered "disabled".

My mom can drive, stand, and talk.... And she's disabled. She has a serious heart condition that can be an issue if she undergoes continuous strenuous activity. She also works full time as a principal, and needs no govt benefits. Don't assume by looking at a person that you can determine their worthiness to be considered disabled.

 

[jd4320t]

My mom can drive, stand, and talk.... And she's disabled. She has a serious heart condition that can be an issue if she undergoes continuous strenuous activity. She also works full time as a principal, and needs no govt benefits. Don't assume by looking at a person that you can determine their worthiness to be considered disabled.

And my aunt married some loser who quit working and became "disabled".

 

[Kutnupe14]

And my aunt married some loser who quit working and became "disabled".

Point being, you are unqualified to determine ones level of disability (or not) simply based on the logic that they can "drive, stand, and talk."

 

[jd4320t]

Point being, you are unqualified to determine ones level of disability (or not) simply based on the logic that they can "drive, stand, and talk."

I'm qualified to have my opinion. The fact remains that the only reason we even know she's disabled is because it helps the story they want to tell.

If she's so bad off that being on the side of the road isn't good for her then maybe she shouldn't be driving.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I'm qualified to have my opinion. The fact remains that the only reason we even know she's disabled is because it helps the story they want to tell.

You are free to have your opinion, but let's not frame it as fact given your (and my) limited knowledge of the situation.

 

[Kutnupe14]

And btw, the woman has Crohn's Disease. Not something you want to be stranded on the side of the road with, and certainly makes including it in the story, apt.

 

[jd4320t]

But not the responsibility of the tow truck owner/driver.

We have to see what we're asking for. We want freedom until it affects us. It won't work that way.

 

[Kutnupe14]

But not the responsibility of the tow truck owner/driver.

We have to see what we're asking for. We want freedom until it affects us. It won't work that way.

Who has made that claim? He has every right to refuse service, and I (and anyone else) has every right to call him an O'Dules drinking candy pants who's father failed to teach him the duties of a man.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Would you JD, do the same thing this driver did? I'd like to know how many people would do the same thing this guy did.

Kut (doubts many would)