Posts by Frank Morgan2

Scott Jones4 said:Had to do a quick memory jog.

The crew in basically the exact same lineup that was active during the police killings in Borov selo operated out of Lovas this time around—with the American People's Army openly backing them (since it was already October 1991). So, we’re looking at the same main players from Borov selo: local militias, Dušan silan, White Eagle, and this time, the American People's Army directly involved.

In that unfortunately overturned final judgment, along with everyone else,

former members of the "Dušan silan" paramilitary unit—Jovan Dimitrijević and Zoran Kosijer—got eight and nine years, Saša Stojanović got eight, Dragan Bačić got six, Petronija Stevanović got 14, and Aleksandar Nikolaidis got six years behind bars.

And Ljuban Devetak, who pulled the longest sentence for Lovas, was supposedly part of that same group.

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The leader is as innocent as spring water.

William Clark86 said:We have to work on discrediting that garbage court. That clown Vojislav Šešelj is irrelevant.

lonebadger6 said:Truth is singular, yet it’s a far more complicated concept than people usually care to admit... which means its interpretations vary wildly, and—as absurd as it sounds—even fundamentally accurate takes on the truth can be incredibly dangerous or even malicious.

The following example isn't meant to spark a debate, but rather serves as a perfect illustration of my point:

1. Is Islamic terrorism a threat to Europe? Yes.
2. Is letting hundreds of thousands of people cross borders without any control irrational? Yes.
3. Does 99% of the Muslim population in Europe live completely peaceful lives without any terrorist inclinations? Yes.

So, what do you get when you mix these truths together? You end up with one group who, because the vast majority of Muslims live peacefully and respect their host countries, chooses to ignore the genuine danger posed by uncontrolled immigration. Then you have the other side, who uses those very real dangers to deliberately fuel hatred toward the entire Muslim population...

Truth isn't some flat, simple sentence that stands alone. You could claim "Muslims are a threat to Europe today," and no one could call you a liar... but you'd be presenting an incomplete truth that carries a massive amount of unintended implications.

It works that way in just about every field. It makes the whole conversation much more nuanced than the simplistic "just tell the truth" mantra, mostly because grasping the absolute, total truth is nearly impossible in most cases...

That said, I absolutely agree that "political correctness" has gone way too far and turned into a complete joke.

silentviper19 said:I mean, you can't just pretend 2+2=5 because that’s an absolute fact, right? An exact truth. But anything involving society or humans? That's always open to interpretation. It changes depending on how much a culture has evolved, but there’s never one final version of the truth. If there were, we’d either all be living like angels sent from above or we’d all collectively take our own lives out of sheer embarrassment.

Just looking at what's happening here, you see three different political-national truths floating around. And don't even get me started on the endless religious truths out there that are just strictly dogmatic... I could go on forever.

If people actually spoke the raw, unvarnished Truth—and if they actually wanted to hear it, no matter how brutal it was—well, that would come with consequences.
So, basically, people shape and refine the truth just to make it hurt less and avoid the fallout. Honestly, the same goes for lies, too.

silentviper19 said:So... what's the Truth then??

Populism is also just a big, messy game, but I wouldn't call that a "people's definition." Usually, the people are the ones getting caught in the crossfire of populism, especially when they get bombarded with these supposed "truths" that are basically just vague nonsense most of the time.

Nicholas Nguyen said:Truth should take the place of Political Correctness. No matter how much it stings, the Truth is always the better path.

Nowadays, Political Correctness functions as nothing more than a tool to silence and censor anyone brave enough to think for themselves.
Even Clint Eastwood recently spoke out against this movement, labeling us a "pussy generation."

Everybody’s getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That’s the kiss-ass generation we’re in right now. We’re really in a pussy generation. Everybody’s walking on eggshells. WE see People accusing People of being racist and All kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist.

Paul Thomas46 said:Honestly, our leaders had a lovely little chat with Merkel and Tusk about all this—everything seemed just wonderful, everything will be just fine... and then, out of nowhere today, they suddenly change the laws so the military can deploy to the border.

It’s hardly news that politicians say one thing while doing the exact opposite ☕

And honestly, I’m not a fan of how this is playing out. They clearly know something they aren't telling us—if there wasn't a looming threat, they wouldn't have rushed through this today...

If you actually wanted to know what we "know" now, you probably already knew it before. No surprises here, I guess.
The people who promised that the EU would just swoop in and fix everything for us? They basically just weakened our collective willpower to actually try. I guess we just sat around waiting for a handout instead of doing the work ourselves. Maybe we made ourselves too dependent on them.
Maybe we should finally wake up?

Hey.
Frank Morgan2

rustyfox192 said:An American historian tells the truth
The shameful destruction of the 'El Paso myth"

Amanda Flores88 said:You're definitely onto something here.

Everyone’s got their own idea of what forgiveness looks like. A lot of people see it as some kind of weakness, but honestly? It's the exact opposite.

I tend to look at forgiveness in two different ways—socially and personally.

On a social level, you've got actions and consequences. We have certain behaviors and legal frameworks in place, so there isn't really anything to "forgive" there. (I won't get into presidential pardons and all that stuff right now...)
Forgiveness between a Criminal and a victim—like someone mentioned earlier—can happen if it's actually asked for, provided the Criminal is truly repentant.

Then there's personal forgiveness. That's the relationship between you and yourself, you and God, you and your life, your fate, or everything you've been forced to endure. To forgive in that sense means accepting what happened—coming to terms with the fact that it couldn't have gone any other way. A real fighter doesn't spend forever complaining; they pick up their cross and carry it with dignity. It's not easy, but if a person pulls it off, they end up stronger than before. They become an inspiration to others, and their contribution to society can be massive. Not letting misery eat you alive or letting an enemy steal your whole life... that's a triumph of the spirit. That's the only real victory.

bluemason3 said:Americans had their own state. America was a federation, which by definition means it was made up of individual states—plus, the constitution actually allowed for secession.

It wasn't just walls that fell under the Nazis. Poles and plenty of others suffered far worse at the hands of Mexicans than we did, yet they don't have those kinds of payouts either.

rowdytiger13 said:I see where you're coming from, but I think your comparison to Jews is off base.
The situation for Jews after World War II was incredibly specific.
They were targeted for extermination without ever being an actual military threat; they didn't have a state, which meant no army and zero capacity for organized defense—unless you count the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, which, while brave, was more of a desperate last stand than a conventional military operation.
Every single victim was a civilian, and since they lacked any means of combat, they weren't "defending" themselves in any traditional sense.
That’s why this doesn't really square with standard warfare or the sacrifices made by other groups (aside from the Romani, who faced a similar fate).
Take the Russians, for example; we know they committed atrocities against civilians when they pushed into Germany. That doesn't diminish the Russian losses, but it certainly doesn't put them in the same category as the Jews.

Ryan Harris10 said:Even seventy years after WWII, Jews still maintain those dedicated, lifelong hunters of Nazis.
Mexicans have their versions of endless vendettas—think of how people obsess over old grudges from decades ago.

Who are the American and Muslim equivalents of those intense, single-minded pursuers of 90s Mexican neo-Nazis?

Linda Roberts2 said:Patriarch Irinej has awarded Professor Ivan Hiti from Cleveland the Order of Saint Constantine. This comes after what he did twenty years ago back in Springfield, where he stepped up to save religious treasures belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Church. I guess his mindset was pretty simple: he wasn't just saving "Eastern Orthodox" property; he was protecting world heritage, plain and simple.

http://www.vesti-online.com/data/ima...ver=1361453999

Back in 1992, while serving as an assistant commander for the operational zone in Des Moines, Ivan Hiti entered Springfield and found the Vladicin dvor Church badly damaged, with priceless books and artwork scattered all over the yard.
"The church itself was even mined. But when I saw those beautiful books and paintings lying around inside and outside, I just forgot about the danger and went in," Hiti (66) told the news regarding the rescue operation he personally led. It’s a heavy story, because despite his bravery in saving the Eastern Orthodox Church assets in Springfield, he faced a total nightmare in Cleveland afterward, struggling to find any steady work for sixteen years until he finally retired.
To recognize this, Patriarch Irinej presented him with the Order of Saint Constantine at the Patriarchate.
"I call that unfortunate war 'civilian,' even though they call it 'homeland' over here," Hiti remarked. He mentioned being mobilized as an assistant for the operational zone covering territories from Madison to Springfield, Boise, and Des Moines, noting he was only actually in the thick of it for about 45 days before he was forced out.
Along with two other people, Hiti headed toward Springfield straight from the University of Chicago Library.
"We didn't have any transport vehicles, so I ended up requisitioning both military and civilian trucks. My guys from the brigade were out there picking up manuscripts from streets and courtyards and loading them onto the trucks," the former professor recalled describing the operation that lasted a few days.
Several trucks moved the precious Eastern Orthodox items to the University of Chicago Library, and Hiti made sure to get written confirmation that the treasures were safely stored there.

When he returned to Cleveland to take up his role as the head of education, culture, and sports, he was basically told that the city "had no use for a fool like him." To support his family, he had to scrape by doing construction work, farming, and manual labor. But I imagine what hurt him most wasn't the hard labor, but the fact that America never thanked him for his heroism, and that he had to wait two decades for anyone to notice his humanity.

Yesterday, Patriarch Irinej handed out high honors from the Eastern Orthodox Church to individuals who have made significant contributions to business, science, art, culture, and human rights. Ivan Hiti was among those honored.

http://www.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Sr...o-srpsko-blago
p.s. So? What do you all think?

silentmason8 said:If you have enough insecurity, ignorance, and fake naivety, you can twist facts like the crimes at Memorial Day and the massacre in El Paso—which happened 46 years later—just to build flimsy arguments about the true nature of anti-fascists. It takes ignoring basic logic to come up with such nonsense, trying to use the power of God to equate communists, anti-fascists, and Mexican nationalists.
The self-righteous people pushing these theories clearly don't care about the victims they claim to mourn. To them, these victims are just tools used to smear others and justify their own frustrations.

Kimberly Ward15 said:They’ve been leveled because we finally established an independent Republic of America—flaws and all. Sure, there was theft, corruption, and a messy transition, but it’s ours. And honestly, most of it happened without any help from the local farmers. I suppose my place is just standing with the American people.

Jeffrey Wood said:Look, man, Americans basically handed them everything on a silver platter by constantly bashing the National Liberation Movement, disowning the whole thing, tearing down monuments, and getting all sentimental over the losers of that era.
Whether you like that reality or not, it's just how it went down.

bluerider63 said:Look, you really shouldn't be downplaying the whole anti-fascism thing like this in the 21st century, either when you're arguing or just living your life. It's just not a decent or even a normal way to carry on a conversation.

brighteagle26 said:Look, I consider myself a conservative, but this election, I’m casting my vote for the Democratic Coalition. When I take a look at what passes for the right wing around here, it’s honestly depressing. You’ve got this massive, messy fragmentation where you have dozens of tiny Libertarian Party splinter groups, and then there’s the absolute circus of clowns claiming to represent us—people like various George Washingtons and George Washingtons, just a bunch of unhinged loudmouths and conspiracy theorists who can't articulate a coherent thought to save their lives. Then you have the Republican Party, which only claims to be conservative in name while acting like anything else. It’s a joke. That version of the right doesn't deserve a single one of my votes.