Comments for Obama sign torched at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.theind.com Sun, 26 May 2013 01:08:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/3352#comment-174 Posted by Avery: "I wonder how many David Duke signs were vandalized? I can't remember any." That's b/c those clowns illegally nailed the durn things 20 feet high on public telephone/power poles, which were then *illegal* for public agencies to take them down. And the signs ended up stating "Duke Country" in a paternalistic manner of the place belonging to him, and his supporters and nobody else. I despise the use of the word country in that context, or in any other which expresses ownership or possession of the common public trust/realm that we all share and is freely open to all. Furthermore, as for Mr. Goode's signs, it is sad and unsurprising that the number of clowns who would deface a sign have only violence to express their dislike, and it bespeaks of their greater internal revulsion for Mr. Obama, which I shall say is born for rashly emotional reasons, rather than cooly thought out reasons. Keep in mind that reason is still based within the mind according to instant emotional association. So even a reasoned position is based upon emotion. This is beginning to be understood by cognitive scientists. Finally, it's the same mentality of exploit, and separateness, I would say in the minds of the vandals, that would lead them to be the kind of people who if they cared, would have defaced the many "Save the Horse Farm" signs Mr. Goode has thankfully promoted upon his fences; blaming it on "hippies and tree-huggers" and further if in a position of greed, these vandals appear to be the type who would have opportunistically paved the horse farm for their own self enrichment, rather than being able to see it as a piece of the public trust, meant, and needed for preservation as open-public-greenspace for all the citizens of this area. Simpletons with guns are a dangerous lot as they know not when and why they fight, merely that they do until they have broken everything, including themselves. - Jason Faulk Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:37:10 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/3352#comment-171 I had an Obama/Biden bumper sticker on my car. One evening in downtown Lafayette, someone ripped it off, crumpled and magled it up, and threw it on top of my car. This behavior is unacceptable. Free speech is one thing; vandalism is another. - Amy Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:16:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/3352#comment-170 What is wrong with people? When did this kind of behavior become okay? Personally I blame Newt Gingrich and the media for pitting Americans against each other. And this "culture war's" soldiers are the same idiots that take a LSU vs. Alabama game way too seriously. I wonder how many David Duke signs were vandalized? I can't remember any. - Avery Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:50:40 +0100