Posts by rapidfox26

Brenda Taylor13 said:And that’s it. I’ve said my piece on the whole thing, and frankly, I'm done talking about it.

Look, I know where I stand on this one—I’m clearly all for letting same-sex couples adopt children, but honestly? I am just not on board with that.

That’s just how democracy works, I guess—the people with the most votes call the shots, and that’s the end of it. Simple as that.

Honestly, there are way more couples out there dying to adopt kids than there actually are children sitting in foster care. It’s crazy when you think about it! But what stops them? It’s that damn bureaucracy—just this slow, clunky, totally useless red tape that seems designed specifically to make the whole adoption process as complicated and painful as possible. It’s like they’re actively trying to trip people up at every turn.

Look, if they just simplified the whole damn process, we’d see way more people actually adopting—it’s that simple! It's all about cutting through the red tape, honestly.

The bolding was a nice touch. 🙏

Regarding those "majorities" deciding if we should ban Thompson or not—it's 50% plus one, and you can take your show back to the Midwest... 🙏

I wouldn't bet on him not ending up back in the pasture, holding a shepherd's crook instead of a microphone. 🙏

Chloe Martinez7 said:as if
adopting every single child and emptying out every home is the solution ☕

I was just bringing you two up to drive home my point—which is basically the same thing you guys are saying...

Brenda Taylor13 said:Look, let’s call this what it is—it isn't just about "fostering." If we want to get real, we need to rewind the tape back maybe twenty years or so, back when Dorino Manzin was basically running the show for the gay community and those first Pride parades started rolling through town. I remember it vividly—back then, they weren't even asking for same-sex unions or marriage or any of that stuff. They just wanted certain inheritance rights, nothing more. Then, a few years down the line—surprise, surprise!—suddenly they're all over the idea of legal registration, marriage, whatever you want to call it. It's the classic slippery slope: you start small because you can't grab everything at once, but the appetite just keeps growing. Every single time, they push for more.

It’s the exact same playbook with this "fostering" nonsense they're pushing now. You start with one thing, and then a few years later, you'll be demanding full adoption rights "once the public gets used to it," right? That's the game. This isn't the finish line. It won't stop here. In a couple of years, they’ll be demanding adoption, just like how they started out acting all cool just wanting to be heard, only to end up demanding registered partnerships—or they would have had marriage if Zeljko Markic hadn't stepped in and completely wrecked their little plans.

So, yeah, the direction is crystal clear. This is where the story is heading... if you give them an inch with fostering today, you can bet your life they'll be demanding adoption tomorrow.

Harold Davis6 said:Me?

I don't know... just feels like things are moving too fast lately—everything is a mess... honestly, I'm not even sure what to make of it all anymore. Just watching it happen... says:
I?

I?

ruggeddrifter85 said:We're talking about foster care here.
And apparently, per their rules, the age, health, or ethnicity of the child doesn't even matter.
Meanwhile, a massive line of traditional American Catholic couples is just waiting around to foster older kids or children with special needs from the Romani community. 🤣
Even actual Americans 🤣
are being pushed aside.

Plus, they actually went on CNN and basically dared anyone to step up. They said they'd quit fostering if enough straight couples stepped up to take all those kids. But from what I hear, the straight cowards who spend all their time whining about activists are nowhere to be found...☕

Amy Nguyen18 said:Whether I'm right or not is irrelevant. What matters is that once Plenković falls (which might take ten years if that makes you feel better), there needs to be a total internal purge of his inner circle. His people need to be politically sidelined and swept away completely. Only then can the party actually breathe again.

With you, it really just comes down to which one you are:

A) One of those optimists who actually thinks the Republican Party can change...

Or

B) Someone just waiting for their turn to grab a piece of this dumpster fire of a country.

Sandra Brown18 said:So, is it okay to just throw accusations at people here without any proof? I need an answer so I know if I’m breaking the rules if I accuse a member of a crime—like attempted bribery, which is definitely illegal under US law—without showing evidence first.
rapidfox26, look... if you didn't report granitetinker6 or file a formal complaint with the US authorities regarding the crime, then you're basically an accomplice...

Jesus Doe, stop embarrassing yourself 🤦

A criminal offense 🤦

Sandra Brown18 said:and his "admission" was just pure satire...

Just like Bobby’s notarized affidavit 🙏

Sector Style at its absolute finest 🙏

Sorry, I don't recognize your party's authority—you guys have shown us exactly who you are plenty of times already ☕

granitetinker6 said:Look, I get it—anyone can find someone annoying or irritating. The fix is easy though... just ignore them.

The real solution isn't showing up at a town hall crying about being persecuted🤣...

cosmicgull52 said:I don't even follow the Libertarian Party threads, but I just gotta say—based on what’s been written here and in that closed appeal, both those users basically deserve a lifetime ban from the internet. Seriously... why isn't there a moderator for real life? 😁

I'm with you on that.
Total permanent ban for both of them, if you ask me.

The thing is, he won't shut up about it because he's actually getting paid to be here—unlike me... 👍

granitetinker6 said:It’s crystal clear now.

You’re just a pathological liar—a genuinely malicious, twisted person who clearly has zero morals if you can shamelessly double down on slander like this.

After spending all your time stalking me, and after putting that whole bribery "scandal" right in your signature, now you're acting like you don't even archive "insignificant" Democratic Party posts.

🤦

I get it, you don't actually care how this ends. This might just be a burner account for you, so losing it doesn't matter... or maybe you just think the moderators will stay soft on you forever.

But none of that changes the bottom line—you're a liar, a slanderer, and a stalker.

Pathetic.

The only pathetic thing here is you throwing insults without a shred of proof—not that I even need proof, since you basically admitted everything I'm saying is true.

It's also pretty ridiculous how you claimed you were done talking to me in an earlier post, yet here you are, replying again.

Typical behavior for the Libertarian Party and Jane Doe. 👍

granitetinker6 said:So, there’s zero proof. Even after starting a whole other thread just to address that stupid accusation, the guy still can't actually prove a single thing he claims happened...

Is there even any point in wasting our breath anymore...?

Go ahead and Photoshop it then—if you're really that obsessed with your own lie, might as well lean into it...

If I actually wanted to expose something as shady and crooked as people offering cash on this forum, I’d just hand my password over to the admins—let them dive into my inbox themselves and see what's really going on...

I wouldn't just tell the admins—I’d go full rogue. I’d post the password publicly, wipe every other message, leave that one undeniable piece of proof behind, change the password again, and then just... carry on with my forum life like nothing happened...

But that only works if a Democratic Party like that actually existed...

Nah, the Democratic Party just isn't doing anything at all...

Look, I've never once tried to egg anyone on, motivate people, or coordinate anything just to stir up some debate on here... honestly, that's just not my thing...

Never happened. I don't even deal with that stuff. Just some regular guy on an online forum defending the views and values I actually believe in. There’s no backroom deals, no networks, no secret agendas, or anything like that... nothing at all...

Look, I’m cutting this conversation short right here—it’s pretty obvious you’re just trying to derail the whole thing. You're basically trolling to make this look like some pointless, unproductive back-and-forth... all so the mods will step in, call it "unfruitful," and shut the whole thread down without actually fixing anything. And honestly? That's exactly what you want... just like you admitted earlier was your plan for this topic.

So, I'm basically just calling on them to not go through with it... seriously.

Look, this is really just about rules being broken—and whether they actually apply to everyone equally...

If I insisted on sticking to a lie—which isn't even a lie, by the way—you’d probably just slap a "fake Democratic Party" label on me and toss me aside... then I'd be stuck trying to prove whether it's fake or not. But I'm not about that life...

Look, like I told you in that Democratic Party thread—and I’ve mentioned it a few times in this topic too—you didn't break any rules or do anything illegal... so I really don't get why you're expecting me to keep that post archived for months. If I had mod privileges or something, maybe I would... but yeah...

Look, I get why you're expecting that—honestly, coming from someone with such a massive persecution complex, I wouldn't expect anything less... especially when it comes to archiving every single useless Democratic Party post that doesn't even break any laws or forum rules...

Just look at your posts—they're nothing but links to other people's stuff or your own threads that sit there gathering dust for months...
Since you aren't a mod and don't have a search function—and don't even try telling me to just Google it, because that's useless for digging through specific threads like this—it’s pretty obvious what you're doing. You're obsessively hoarding thousands of links to people's posts... archiving them by username and topic just so when someone says something random, you can drop a link and go, "Oh, look what you said four months ago"... simple as that...

So much about the stalking, the harassment, and the constant surveillance...

Of course you’ve got a whole dedicated page in your archive just for your own name—featuring your favorite photo, naturally—filled with a massive pile of links to your old posts where you basically just drag us back in by saying, "I talked about this right here"...

So, let's wrap this up—you basically only post in one thread about the Libertarian Party, yet most of your stuff is actually about the Republican-Democratic rivalry—which totally breaks the forum rules. You’ve got this massive archive of links containing everyone else's comments plus your own, just waiting to fire them off whenever you feel like it. Then there are those endless essays you drop—total propaganda pieces designed to drown out any actual debate. And honestly? You act like you don't even know how the multi-quote feature works just so you can flood the board with volume... you know what, I'm not even gonna bother arguing with you anymore. It's too early for that...

Let the mods just quit already.

🙂

Sandra Brown18 said:I’m with you on this one. rapidfox26 is just being childish—acting like they're actually being funny when, honestly, it's just exhausting, boring, and totally predictable... plus, it adds zero value to the conversation.

boldano - Wait, was I even arguing against that? 🤣

And somehow that's breaking the forum rules? 🙏

Who gave you the idea I was trying to be funny?

Just some random rambling on the fly? 🤣

It's pretty wild how people gather here—just out here doing Democratic Party stuff on a massive scale 🤣

Anyway, everyone's basically glued to the local news feeds 24/7 🙏

You guys are about as transparent as Jane Doe with her public ledger 🤣

Gregory Ward said:The whole debate about the Libertarian Party hasn't exactly been a masterclass in logic or coherent thought, but this recent move of yours—snipping pieces out of granitetinker6's posts and twisting what he actually said... honestly, it’s middle school behavior. On any other subforum, or even just a different thread here, you'd be banned for that kind of stuff.

What adults think, kids say ☕

You and one other person seem to think things improved once granitetinker6 showed up.

Everyone else already made it clear—the guy is just an epic-level troll...

granitetinker6 said:Rule 13 of the general guidelines makes it pretty clear—harassing other members on this Forum is strictly off-limits... When someone spends their entire time replying to just one person—constantly asking what they’re going to do once that person goes offline—that’s textbook stalking or harassment. Seriously. If that isn't stalking, then I’d love to see a real example of what constitutes stalking... or what exactly people mean when they talk about "harassing a forum member" if this isn't it.

You've seriously got no shame—you're basically the textbook definition of harassment... 🤣
So it's not a coalition, it's an agreement? You and Boza Quote are both terrible at interpreting things... seriously. 🙏

granitetinker6 said:Rule 11 clearly states that you can't go around intentionally bugging other people, starting fights, or messing with the flow of the conversation... It's not even like you can hide it—it’s visible from miles away—but you actually went ahead and admitted to doing exactly that too... He was basically telling everyone else to act exactly like that—just to make the whole thread a complete mess, totally unreadable... basically just trying to drive people away from it..

But... I was being sarcastic... 👍

What, now you're telling me it doesn't work for you—you really think you can convince me I wasn't being sarcastic?...

You?

What exactly did you mean by being "ironic" when you said I’d be paying around...

🤣

You want to bring in a dictatorship like they have in North Korea—but here, the mods decide if you get to play along or not...

granitetinker6 said:Alright, here's your chance—step up and prove it. Show me that PPE you claim you offered me, and I’ll take the perma-ban right now without a fight. Stop with the nonsense and the constant repeating without any actual proof... you said you offered it! So, go ahead—show the evidence and let's just end this whole thing...

Look, stop calling me out for being ironic—everyone’s entitled to their own sense of humor... Just show me some actual proof!

Of course you won't. You just can't. It’s nothing but low-life slander—the kind of thing someone with even a shred of decency, character, or integrity wouldn't dream of touching. Only the absolute worst people sink to that level... they don't care about being dirty or playing in the gutter.

Anyone can Photoshop a profile pic—no biggie. But you’re gonna have to actually call my original photo a fake before I buy into that... just chill out until there's an official word on it.

Plus, it’s like we need actual proof—like everything needs to be in black and white...
Ahaaaa, you were being sarcastic, but wait—wasn't I the one saying I was trolling in that last post?

I guess your truth is the only truth that matters.

Ah, classic Bridge move.

granitetinker6 said:Colleague, just stick to following the Forum rules and you'll be fine.

No stalking, no derailing the thread, and no repeating those sick, fake accusations.

If you do that, you and I can go back and forth with arguments all day long.

But just follow the rules and don't be some loser who makes chasing people their whole personality.

P.S. Also, I'm not part of any party—I'm just a sympathizer, strictly.

Like I said, it’s either you or me—I’m not backing down from what I wrote because I’m not insulting you, editing your posts, or twisting your sentences regarding the Republican-Democratic situation just to say Bridge is the same thing.

Maybe I'll misinterpret you sometimes and think you're attacking Bridge, but look—it happens, this is a Forum after all...☕

Let Some kind of verdict decide.

🙂

Let me jump the gun here, because I can already see you obsessively nitpicking the Forum rules—copying piles of links to my posts and yours, just to twist them and inflate 🤣

Look, it’s simple: I’m not refusing to answer you just because you want me to stay quiet.

And I’m definitely not going to give you the sugar-coated answers you’re clearly fishing for.
👍Korea is north of

If I’m breaking a rule, fine—let them punish me. Give me a permanent ban if that's what it takes, no big deal. It's out of my hands anyway... you'll just end up having a monopoly on this thread, pushing your propaganda and acting as free advertising for your political party, all five of you

Let the mods have the final word—either it's you or it's me.
🙂

Getting called out again, so I guess I gotta defend myself... 👍

11. being a troll (posting snarky, rude, or offensive stuff just to annoy people, start fights, and mess up the discussion)

I haven't insulted you once—not a single dirty word said toward you.

In most of my posts, I give 👍 and 🙂

How many times have people in this thread told you that you're annoying, spamming, or being a troll?

Should we run a poll here and see what the results look like?

Nah, we won't, because you know the results would be embarrassing for you ☕

4. swearing, flaming, spamming (repeating the same or similar posts)

Are you kidding me?
You’re basically the textbook definition of this 🤣

13. harassing other users

Man, seriously, what's your problem?

Who's harassing you?

If someone's bothering you, just put them on ignore—what's the big deal?

Does it bother you that I reply to every single one of your posts?

Look, little guy, don't be so sensitive... this is still your forum, right? 😁

I haven't changed a single letter in the posts I quote, nor have I twisted your words to turn ten words into a sentence you never actually said.
It's all your own words and your own way of talking.

I just interpret them my way...

Just like how you admitted to offering money and then tried to play it off as irony.

See how two different people can interpret a post differently and react accordingly? That's what I'm doing with you.

Your entire history in the Bridge thread is nothing but massive trolling and spamming, yet you're accusing everyone else of it.

Why didn't you brag about how many regular visitors to the thread called YOU a troll and gave up on arguing because of your posts?

You hold the record for most posts there, but let's be real, most of them are about who?
The Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Man, they have their own threads.

How many posts did you write in those specific threads?

Why don't you just go to the Republican or Democratic threads and trash them there?

Because you aren't actually interested in them.

That's not your goal. Your goal is to spam the Bridge thread by constantly dragging the dirty laundry of the Republicans and Democrats into it, just so you can wrap up every post with some "BUT BRIDGE ISN'T LIKE THAT AND THAT'S WHY BRIDGE."

If it weren't for the Republicans and Democrats, you'd be posting maybe "three posts" a week in that thread.

That's how much your party is worth now that they aren't in power and the center of attention.

You troll, you spam, you wreck the thread, you get shut down a hundred times, and then you just keep going because you think you're on some mission... you've got your own delusions, your own little movie playing in your head about your "calling"—both here on the forum and for Bridge in the country. You're Rocky, man... and then you get kicked out just because you have a fan who responds to every single thing you say. Unbelievable.🙏

P.S. oh yeah—how many times have you actually used the multiquote tool? while everyone else is being organized about it, you’re just spamming posts like a conveyor belt... even when there’s no reason to—one post per answer—and then you have the nerve to lecture people about spamming and trolling 🤣

Since I'm being called out, let's just settle this right now:

granitetinker6 said:Even though I'm not the type to report anyone—honestly, I've never flagged a single post in my life—this slanderous stalking by @rapidfox26 has become so obnoxious and unhinged that I have no choice but to take it to the admins.

First off, since your BRIBERY ATTEMPT TO KEEP ME QUIET didn't fly on that thread, you went from acting like a big shot to whining here...
Moving on...

granitetinker6 said:It's also super important to address his claim that I offered him money to stop writing things against Bridgebuilders.

Basically, it's a total, 100% pure fabrication. Not only have I never offered money to him—or anyone else for that matter—but I haven't even had any contact with this guy outside of replying to him publicly here on the forum.

When my colleague firstly spread that nonsense, I responded the only way that felt right given how crazy it was—with ironic confirmation. I even doubled down by "admitting" I offered money to everyone criticizing Bridgebuilders, claiming some people actually got rich off it. It’s obvious from an airplane view that it was sarcasm... if it were actually true, there would be way more witnesses, and every single critic of Bridgebuilders on this board would be confirming they were offered cash, which obviously isn't happening. Plus, I later clarified that I was being ironic.

Since I've been ignoring his pointless posts lately, he's started practicing this slanderous lie more and more often. Just the other day, he did it three times: link; link; link. He’s even doing it with all caps (and honestly, I've been warned a few times for using caps myself—example) and bold text.

Since I believe there are tools to easily see who's lying and who's telling the truth, I'm asking for a review of any private messages between us (which, again, don't exist, much less involve any bribery offers). .

If that can't be done, then I suggest we ask him to prove these bribery claims. If any message of mine like that actually existed, it would be such explosive evidence against me that he'd have posted it on the forum immediately. But since he hasn't, he should just show us right here and now—that alleged communication where I supposedly offered him money—so we can finally put this whole dilemma to rest.

Of course there isn't any, BECAUSE YOU OFFERED MONEY.
If there are tools to check this, feel free to ☕

granitetinker6 said:Basically, I think I've made it pretty clear that this is straight-up quote-snipping, stalking, and trolling—stuff that definitely shouldn't be allowed under the forum rules. On top of that, we’ve got this weird tactic of just repeating one insane lie over and over.

From where I'm sitting, there are at least four issues here...
- malicious quote-snipping,
- stalking,
- trolling,
- false accusations
...which I don't see having any place on any internet forum, and I'm pretty sure they're strictly banned here. Then there's the obvious fact that Caps-lock is being tolerated—basically people screaming—while I'm the one constantly getting penalized for it.

First off, you're lying about always getting penalized for yelling—every single time you post "Republican Party=Democratic Party" in huge fonts, you don't get a single warning.

Second, stalking? 🤣
Does that mean I'm not allowed to quote you or respond to what you write?

Where does it say that in the rules??? You're honestly such a joke 🤣

Trolling?
I interpret your posts my own way, and you don't get to dictate how I react to them or what they mean to me.

And of course, you don't see yourself as the troll...

False accusations?
YOU OFFERED MONEY TO KEEP ME OFF THIS THREAD.
PERIOD.
Let them check.

Maliciously snipping quotes?
I interpret your posts my own way, and you don't get to dictate how I react to them or what they mean to me.

granitetinker6 said:Imagine if I participated on the forum in the exact same way. If I started stalking someone, let's say a colleague like @kiss me (mentioning her because she's one of the most active critics of Bridgebuilders on this thread). If I responded only to her posts. If I did it by snipping her quotes to change their meaning and then expressing agreement with those altered points. If I openly admitted and wrote that I was doing it specifically to cause confusion and mess with people following the thread. And finally, to top it all off, using Caps-lock and bold text to repeatedly spread one slanderous lie about her.

How long would I last on this forum before getting sanctioned?

Again, what's the actual problem?
Am I not allowed to quote you and reply to your posts?
Am I not allowed to interpret them my own way and respond?

I HAVE NEVER CHANGED A SINGLE WORD IN YOUR POST!

All of this just shows how desperate you are when That bribery attempt didn't fly.

Total disgrace.

Jason Kern49 said:The US Constitution guarantees the territorial integrity of the United States, and the ultimate guarantors of that are the US Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.

In the event of hostile action, both the US Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security have full legitimacy to use whatever force is necessary to secure the nation's borders and territorial integrity.

But let’s be real—this is all nonsense. There's zero chance of Florida becoming an independent state.

The Italians, Tuscany, the Northern League? Let them try. Seriously, go ahead. Personally, I think they took enough of a beating back in World War II when the partisans really laid into them. 🤷

🤣

Just another guy talking tough from his couch while sending everyone else out to do the actual fighting... 🙏

Listen to this guy—talking about the military and DHS like we're dealing with maybe 150 guys split into three gangs across four blocks, instead of 200,000 people on the ground who would all just say "not a chance." 🤣

But I guess you wouldn't grab a rifle during mobilization just to go tell them they're wrong, right? ☕

Or maybe you actually would... 🕺

Kenneth Cruz67 said:I mean, who is actually stopping them? With open borders like we have here, they can go wherever their hearts desire—just hop on a tractor and head straight over to Italy! 😁

Honestly, all this talk about people in California or Ohio acting like some sort of separatists is just pretty laughable; it feels more like nothing more than the fever dreams of our neighbors to the east. 😛

Seems like everyone's just obsessing over the Germans, but honestly, everything else is going from bad to worse 🤣

Kenneth Cruz67 said:Man, the way you frame things is just wild. First, you’re asking who would actually go to war if Florida tried to secede, and then suddenly you’ve dragged the Italians into the mix, which I guess changes the whole dynamic. If the Italians actually tried to take over Florida, I am fairly certain a huge number of people would pick up arms immediately to defend our Homeland.

Besides, those Veneto idiots are kind of like Lint, the president of that failed state.

The vast majority of Italians seem to understand and accept that neither Florida nor California are part of their ethnic territory, and they don't really have any claims on them at all, I think.

That’s exactly what you’re doing right now...

Kenneth Cruz67 said:Man, the way you frame things is just wild. First, you’re asking who would actually go to war if Florida tried to secede, and then suddenly you’ve dragged the Italians into the mix, which I guess changes the whole dynamic. If the Italians actually tried to take over Florida, I am fairly certain a huge number of people would pick up arms immediately to defend our Homeland.

Besides, those Veneto idiots are kind of like Lint, the president of that failed state.

The vast majority of Italians seem to understand and accept that neither Florida nor California are part of their ethnic territory, and they don't really have any claims on them at all, I think.

Nobody’s arguing that—it's just that nobody was talking about *that* scenario, they were talking about how Floridians want to be with Italy.

You know what, you're right. Better to just shut them all down—my ex and her new guy too. It's crazy how she can't see I'm actually the one for her, plus she's such a piece of work... and there she is, heading to bed with some guy from Verizon wanting 🙏