PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: invflatspin on August 17, 2018, 08:45:41 AM
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http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/16/couple-bikes-isis-territory/
This is kind of that story where - I want to laugh, but I don't, but I want to inside, but restrain myself, and try a few bars of Kumbaya - while trying to fitfully avoid laughing, but keep it in until I'm in private.
In the end - they did prove something, although not what they set out to prove. My take-away from this is; Liberals are just too stupid to live.
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A more in-depth story - https://www.npr.org/2018/07/31/634373403/d-c-couple-killed-in-tajikistan-attack-were-biking-around-the-world-together
I'm not sure they were out to prove evil doesn't exist. But the quotes in that DC article I think represent a special kind of first-world naiveté. There are parts of this world that are absolutely brutal. It's a kind of brutality that most of us are forever shielded from in the safety of the richest country in the world. It's a kind of shocking brutality that could not be prepared-for, and which I think would make most of us violently ill if we witnessed first hand.
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I didn't have to suppress a full-on belly laugh. I merely let out an amused chuckle.
Asechrest is right when he speaks about first-world naiveté, or at least wishful denying of reality, but it is one of the things that separates liberals from conservatives. Liberals seem to believe that there is some good in all people that is worth saving, and if given a fair shake everyone will perform up to their potential. I think they are sadly but overwhelmingly wrong.
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uhhh,
Austin writes:
“I don’t buy it. Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own—it’s easier to dismiss an opinion as abhorrent than strive to understand it. Badness exists, sure, but even that’s quite rare. By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind. No greater revelation has come from our journey than this.”
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I didn't suppress a thing.......This was damn funny and I laughed. I forget about this forum and need to spend more time here. Good stuf
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Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan left their D.C. government jobs nearly two years ago to embark on a worldwide bike tour. The wide-eyed, optimistic couple kept track of their trips on a website where they posted stunning photos of their travels and whimsical musings on evil, the media and the goodness of people.
In one post, Austin — who is a vegan — said he worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development during Obama’s presidency
Two, Far Left Loons who essentially decide to commit suicide. This is who is populating, and running our governments folks.
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I didn't suppress a thing.......This was damn funny and I laughed. I forget about this forum and need to spend more time here. Good stuf
Welcome back.
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Sorry, but riding thru enemy territory is not smart. Oh well, Darwin wins another few...
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This couple reminds me of the couple that loved non-violent grizzly bears and got eaten by the sweet little things.