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I usually get in trouble or cause alot of attention in here when I comment on issues pertaining to discrimination or the unfair treatment of most minorities...
This forum was once a place where the sort of crap I notice more, and more often than is tolerable these days, was unacceptable!!!
Nowadays, I can no longer stay silent so, I'm probably gonna get in trouble for this but, I'm going to say it anyway... Some of the folks in here are just plain RACISTS!!!!!
On top of that, some of you are nothing more than a bunch of FEAR MONGERERS!!! You're very talented in dishing it out, but when it's thrown back at you, instead admitting your shortcomings, you make yourself look even more IGNORANT!!!
Now I can understand if you want to comment about politics, and how unfair things may be with respect to some of the policies regarding the ones' being pushed through with the current administration, or how bad things were with the previous one, or whatever other political issue one wants to bring up in this section...
However, when it comes to making jokes about a person's race, or color, or making disrespectful comments based on some shabby information, or just plain manipulated soundbites as is the case in this thread... Should not be tolerated at all - PERIOD!!!
I've remained in touch with some folks that used to contribute a ton of useful knowledge & experience in here and yet nowadays, you couldn't pay them to come back and contribute to the quality of content that used to be the norm in here!!!
Sadly to say, I was one of the catalysts for creating this section called the "Off Topic Bar & Grill" because, I felt back then there was a need to talk about important issues, or just to share some jokes occasionally, or talk about one's personal issues that were not directly related to any specific welding topic... Nowadays this section has become a sesspool of hate... I'm embarrassed at what I suggested to create here because of some of the comments that are allowed to continue being posted here!!!
Regardless whether or not there may be some truth to some of the opinions posted in here because, that is really not my point... My point is the fact that some of you folks who dare to count yourself amongst the majority of upstanding professionals, are nothing more than posers, phonies, fakes, in other words - just plain unprofessional and IGNORANT!!!
If you cannot present yourself in a professional, respectful manner in here just as in any of the other sections in this forum, then you should not be allowed to continue to participate - PERIOD!!! Freedom of speech is one thing but, expressing hatred, racism, and anything else that might be construed as something that we all know that the American Welding Society does NOT condone should not be tolerated in here!!!
Larry is absolutely correct in his comments, and that's one of the reasons why I consider him a friend... It's because if he feels something, or someone is out of line, He's not afraid to speak out against it, or them!!! This sort of crap needs to stop - PERIOD!!! I'm not going to go any further other than to say that I used to suggest for the students to get into participating in this forum, and also in this section as often as they could but nowadays, I'm too embarrassed to suggest it any longer because of some of the comments currently being made in here and that is really SHAMEFUL INDEED!!!
Some of you that dare to pretend that you act like Christians ought to be ashamed of yourselves!!!
Hypocrits is the correct title some of you should call yourself but then again, how could that possibly happen when the denial is so deep within you that there's no way one who truly is a hypocrit, or even when someone is hypocritical on occasion could even admit or accept that they are hypocrits! Some of us in here need to understand, and start to become civil, and respectful with their comments and opinions they express in here. The 3 "C's" - Compassion, Consideration, and Courtesy must be thought of before expressing your views in here.
Respectfully,
Henry