Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)

Gregory Chavez said:By rejecting us—your well-meaning neighbors—you're just staying trapped by the past, squeezed by the issues that surfaced during this transition period.

You need to explain to a simple guy like me, in plain English, what those radicals are actually doing on the streets this Monday.

I'm your neighbor, just across the Mississippi—watching you from my own front porch.🤣

I don't even have a passport—Edge79 promised to help me out, but nothing has happened yet.😢

Well, I guess you're an outsider now, huh? 🤣

You didn't really claim that identity until just now. 🕺

I guess I don't know what they're doing in the streets; maybe you should just go ask them. Honestly, who really cares what they do out there? That's kind of the whole point, I suppose. 😉

claims he can barely even get a word out 🙏

Look, I'm telling you, back in '45, like 90% of those old-school insurgents just casually switched sides to join the partisans ☕

They basically just tossed their old gear in the trash, ditched the camo, and slapped a red star on their foreheads instead 😉

Adam Williams2 said:Well, I guess you're an outsider now, huh? 🤣

You didn't really claim that identity until just now. 🕺

I guess I don't know what they're doing in the streets; maybe you should just go ask them. Honestly, who really cares what they do out there? That's kind of the whole point, I suppose. 😉

I know a few people in The Crew who ended up having a nightmare trying to make it to work or campus on time because of this.

A pack of wild animals is tearing through the heart of D.C. We’re heading straight to the zombie party.

Adam Williams2 said:Well, I guess you're an outsider now, huh? 🤣

You didn't really claim that identity until just now. 🕺

I guess I don't know what they're doing in the streets; maybe you should just go ask them. Honestly, who really cares what they do out there? That's kind of the whole point, I suppose. 😉

That's how the Democrats call us, too. 🤣

Patrick Martin said:claims he can barely even get a word out 🙏

Look, I'm telling you, back in '45, like 90% of those old-school insurgents just casually switched sides to join the partisans ☕

They basically just tossed their old gear in the trash, ditched the camo, and slapped a red star on their foreheads instead 😉

Here is the other side of the argument. 🤣🙏

Patrick Martin said:claims he can barely even get a word out 🙏

Look, I'm telling you, back in '45, like 90% of those old-school insurgents just casually switched sides to join the partisans ☕

They basically just tossed their old gear in the trash, ditched the camo, and slapped a red star on their foreheads instead 😉

The vast majority of those partisans were Americans. Fact.

Honestly, I couldn't care less what some priest has to say; let him speak his mind. It’s 2016, so we should have reached a level of maturity where people can actually express themselves without being silenced—though I suppose that's a two-way street before those hyper-sensitive liberals decide to clog up the entire USA... if we haven't reached that stage yet, then we're basically just some backwater town far removed from civilization. What actually bothers me is seeing some bureaucrat pull strings to shut down a TV station for three days.

Then again, I don't even know what this station is; I don't think I've spent a single minute watching their programming in my life, yet the mere fact that some political appointee can just flip a switch and turn them off is 🤣

Robin Fox2 said:Honestly, I couldn't care less what some priest has to say; let him speak his mind. It’s 2016, so we should have reached a level of maturity where people can actually express themselves without being silenced—though I suppose that's a two-way street before those hyper-sensitive liberals decide to clog up the entire USA... if we haven't reached that stage yet, then we're basically just some backwater town far removed from civilization. What actually bothers me is seeing some bureaucrat pull strings to shut down a TV station for three days.

Then again, I don't even know what this station is; I don't think I've spent a single minute watching their programming in my life, yet the mere fact that some political appointee can just flip a switch and turn them off is 🤣

See, those bureaucrats—specifically the FCC—just handed this same obscure little channel $300,000 this year alone to keep the lights on. So yeah, I'm also pretty bothered by the fact that we have bureaucrats deciding the fate of a station they're essentially subsidizing. 😁

@Adam Williams2, for God's sake, everyone's out here making excuses when everything south and east of us is already three times more chaotic and completely unhinged, yet now we’re suddenly being interrogated about why a few hundred people in America act the exact same way 🙏

One question: if you catch your second grader smoking and drinking wine, and they hit you with the "But Dad, everyone else is doing it" line, what’s your move? Do you just shrug and say, "Okay, kid," or do you step up, show them why that's total garbage, and hand out a punishment? I'd be losing my mind wondering how they even got down this path, especially when half their class is already following suit. They've been dropped right into a toxic environment.

It doesn't matter what's happening in the world when we're busy dissecting the absolute nonsense our own people pull.

If some other kid is out there getting high and selling themselves just to score a hit, then wanders over to my house to disrespect my kid and act like they own the place, you better believe I’m kicking them straight to hell—at least when it comes to protecting my own. Even if my kid was the biggest mess on the block, I still wouldn't let some random outsider come in here trying to lecture them or treat them like garbage.

Your logic is completely backwards, honestly; look, if the kids at my school are already drinking and smoking, and then some total junkies from the school across town show up trying to preach about ethics, I’m not about to sit there and explain myself to them, mostly because they're fifty times worse than anyone else, but also because I truly don't give a damn about those addicts or smokers.

Surely someone from Reddit 🤣

Peter Thompson4 said:If some other kid is out there getting high and selling themselves just to score a hit, then wanders over to my house to disrespect my kid and act like they own the place, you better believe I’m kicking them straight to hell—at least when it comes to protecting my own. Even if my kid was the biggest mess on the block, I still wouldn't let some random outsider come in here trying to lecture them or treat them like garbage.

Your logic is completely backwards, honestly; look, if the kids at my school are already drinking and smoking, and then some total junkies from the school across town show up trying to preach about ethics, I’m not about to sit there and explain myself to them, mostly because they're fifty times worse than anyone else, but also because I truly don't give a damn about those addicts or smokers.

I think there’s been a misunderstanding here. To me, this whole debate is about what we’re doing ourselves, all because of one priest causing trouble in Chicago. Honestly, by acting like such extremists, they're basically lowering themselves to fascism—take your pick. My point is simple: our goal should be cleaning up fascism right here at home before we start trying to "fix" everyone else. When you say everything south and east of us is three times more chaotic and ask why a few hundred people in America react this way, I take that to mean we shouldn't bother questioning our own issues if there are plenty of idiots worldwide doing much worse things. I disagree. We need to. We are a community and we should strive for an ideal, no matter how crazy that sounds given how this country has been run lately. Let some extremist in Chicago shout whatever he wants, as long as it doesn't hurt us. As a nation, we can respond if it makes sense, but we have to watch our own wild behavior first. Otherwise, it’s just a domino effect.

The mob roaming the streets of Washington, D.C. bothers me way more than some idiot singing nonsense in the USA.

EDIT: see the post above 🤣

I’m also genuinely concerned about whether that priest is actually following the law. It bugs me how they’re making life difficult for everyone here in Washington, D.C., just because of one idiot. Eventually, it becomes our problem too. Honestly, I didn't even know this priest existed until this protest started. I just saw some stuff on Facebook and thought maybe it was a protest over some mess involving the local news station (and if Bujanec is involved in that, too).

I’m not even talking about that, I’m saying I am seriously losing my mind with all these brainless questions from people who clearly don't have a clue what's actually going on or weren't even there to witness how bad things really were. Like, maybe if some random guy from Indonesia asked, I wouldn't care, but no, you've got people from all over Europe acting like they have a right to lecture us about why things are happening this way. Because honestly, we all know damn well that every single country in Europe—and yeah, I'll throw the USA into the mix too since we're being real here—is dealing with its own massive, soul-crushing crises right now.

not really feeling this debate, but gotta say I hate states

let's all just hold hands or something lol

Peter Thompson4 said:I’m not even talking about that, I’m saying I am seriously losing my mind with all these brainless questions from people who clearly don't have a clue what's actually going on or weren't even there to witness how bad things really were. Like, maybe if some random guy from Indonesia asked, I wouldn't care, but no, you've got people from all over Europe acting like they have a right to lecture us about why things are happening this way. Because honestly, we all know damn well that every single country in Europe—and yeah, I'll throw the USA into the mix too since we're being real here—is dealing with its own massive, soul-crushing crises right now.

Anyone can ask whatever they want, especially when it involves a circus like this. We don't owe anyone an explanation—certainly not some "inner circle" abroad—but we shouldn't be letting ourselves fall apart like this; it's pathetic. Personally, I find it hard to believe that those clowns over by the Mississippi have been squatting and causing chaos since 2014 without anyone stopping them. And as if that wasn't enough, they're out there running extremist parades through downtown 🤦 Just blow them away and kick them out; they won't do anything else.

I’m not even talking about that. I have zero desire to comment on whatever is happening down by the Mississippi, and frankly, I don't know anything about this "flower" situation—nor do I care.
It just cracks me up that we're expected to justify ourselves to someone just because they decide to ask some incredibly moronic question, like, "How on earth is this even possible?!" 🙄

To be honest, I couldn't care less about other countries or their internal drama, but it's not that I'm totally oblivious to what's happening globally; it's more that I refuse to act shocked when something extreme happens, because let's face it, every single country has its share of idiots. I at least know a thing or two about history, so I really don't need some guy from Germany or England acting all stunned and asking how something like this could possibly occur, especially since every nation has its own dirty laundry, and quite frankly, they're all collecting stains faster than we are.

I mean, just imagine if I turned around and started grilling Belgians about why their King slaughtered people in the Congo, or asked the British about their massacres all over the globe, or questioned the Swiss about stealing gold and helping out the Nazis—don't even get me started on the questions I'd throw at people in the North America.

So, I see absolutely no point in answering a question from someone living in a country that is easily thirty times worse than ours by any conceivable standard, acting all surprised and asking "how is this possible," as if these things only happen here. 🙄 Think about it.

Honestly, we’ve sat through every single one of those football matches between Americans and their neighbors since '98, plus all those handball championships held over in the States and Mexico. And look at how we reacted to that "God and Country" stuff versus how they acted after that US vs. Albania game.

The minister has stepped down, which is a real shame. 😢
Fortunately, Tomislav Karamarko is still there, so at least we have someone honest on our side.

The Antifascist network in Washington, D.C. pulls in 70,000 bucks a year from the government. 🤣

Let me guess, the head of the association is Saša Broz, isn't she? 🙏