[Vision2020] Pat nails it on Iraq

[Saundra Lund]

Roger Falen wrote:
"Tony has been tring yo be more civil ( with some relapses)."

What fairyland are you living in?!?!?  Truly, Roger -- you've always
impressed me as in intelligent man.  Surely you've not fallen for Tony's
latest tactic of cushioning his insults of and attacks on individuals and
groups between empty, insincere, and sarcastic platitudes?!?!

Besides, didn't your family or your church or your school or your friends
ever teach you that you get back what you put out in this worlds?  Sometimes
that accountability happens on Judgment Day, and sometimes it additionally
happens here & now.  That some people are sick & tired of being attacked and
maligned by Tony and others is perfectly understandable.  Indeed, one might
think those responding to his nonsense are performing a community service
:-)  It is feedback from our peers that helps us learn what is socially
acceptable and what isn't, and as long as people try, there's always the
*hope* that something might penetrate that thick little skull of Tony's.
I'm not holding my breath, but . . . 

Roger also wrote:
"Tony should be entitled to his opinion . . . "

Everyone IS entitled to their opinions, Roger, and it's rather disingenuous
of you to imply otherwise.  However, with the expression of opinion comes
accountability.  If Tony or others consistently choose to express that
opinion in the hateful, insulting, and/or attacking manner that's become
their V2020 signatures, then none of us should be surprised when they get
back what they put out.  Lord knows that Tony & others have proven time &
again that facts and reason mean nothing to them . . . 

Roger also wrote:
". . . do you think it is ok for those on the left to demean people with
right wing view. Lets apply the same standards to every one."

Why, Roger?  You *certainly* didn't apply the same standards to everyone.

I'm incredibly disappointed that when someone who has been ***directly***
attacked and harassed responds, you take her to task.  Yet you've ignored
Tony's repeated sexual harassment of V2020 participants, you've ignored his
racism, and you've remained silent about his ugly and vicious attacks on
liberals, local and otherwise.

I'm disappointed, and I fear what you've chosen to remain silent about is
just as telling as what you've chosen to speak out against in this instance.


JMHO,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
- Edmund Burke

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