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Blue Lives flag is racist.

Meh....

Just another faux-rage article.

Our condominium regulations, much like most other C.O.A. regs, clearly spell out that no flags or banners are to be displayed at the individual units. (An exception is made for July 4th and Memorial Day here.) The regs also cover holiday decorations, etc.

When people start playing the racist card at every turn, it diminishes the legitimacy of actual claims.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
To where all lives matter, where all lives are recognised as having been created as equal and that all lives equally matter.

Do I need to remind you of the 2nd passage of the Declaration of Independence as you often say you are an American?
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As far as I am concerned, all lives do matter as under the Constitution. It seems odd to me that anyone would say they don't.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
No, you just have many more miles to go for those words to actually mean anything beyond simple platitudes. When those words were first written, they meant nothing to a large part of the population (note I don't say citizenship) and they still don't to this day. There are also huge and very rich vested interests in making sure those words are never meant to come true. The groups and foundations will always have more influence, money, time and energy than those trying to achieve the present you think exists.

Especially money., they fund science, research and books designed to make sure all lives are not seen as equal. This is a long way from the blue lives matter subject of the thread but equally, that phrase resonates because of past problems.



Yeah, the words were never really meant to apply to all were they. ;) Certainly wasn't what the founders actually thought they meant.
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So you think human affairs are imperfect? You are right. As it is, however, I don't see that the situation concerning life and death is so badly handled in the US. This does not mean that the ethics are applied totally consistently nor that the solutions like capital punishment or abortion are all sociologically or economically satisfactory. But comparatively?
 
The exterior of one's home should not be a political or religious statement.
 
It looks like the desecration of an American flag. I get the black and white together with a blue line concept, I just don't like the looks of it. I would have made it a black and white checkerboard with a blue line across the middle.

It's ugly and should not be flown anywhere. And I back the blue.
 
joG said:
As far as I am concerned, all lives do matter as under the Constitution. It seems odd to me that anyone would say they don't.
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If you think I don't think they matter equally then you're misunderstanding my post.

joG said:
So you think human affairs are imperfect? You are right. As it is, however, I don't see that the situation concerning life and death is so badly handled in the US. This does not mean that the ethics are applied totally consistently nor that the solutions like capital punishment or abortion are all sociologically or economically satisfactory. But comparatively?
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Comparative to whom? To where? When? I admire your blue eyed optimism but that's all it is. You have 400 years of US history and recent history by a whole army of groups, bodies and foundations whose aim is to maintain historic inequality in your country.
 
Liberals will never get it... the more you call conservatives racists, bigots, etc. and continue to control every move we make... you will get MORE of The Donald. Hey but rock on, maybe you'll lose another 1000 seats!
 
This is the first time I've heard of or seen this flag, but I have a highly negative opinion of it.

It strikes me as a desecration of the American flag, and I don't like it.

If the coppers want a flag representing them, they should not play off the American flag, but get something uniquely representative of themselves.

As to the OP story, it sounds like faux outrage to me. The association has it's bylaws disallowing the flag, and we're only hearing the story from the party that has been ruled against.
 
Chomsky said:
This is the first time I've heard of or seen this flag, but I have a highly negative opinion of it.

It strikes me as a desecration of the American flag, and I don't like it.

If the coppers want a flag representing them, they should not play off the American flag, but get something uniquely representative of themselves.

As to the OP story, it sounds like faux outrage to me. The association has it's bylaws disallowing the flag, and we're only hearing the story from the party that has been ruled against.
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I maintained a Community Association Manager's License (known as a C.A.M. License) in Florida from 1991 to 2010. This license indicates specialized knowledge to manage Condominium Associations, Cooperative Associations, HOAs, and Timeshare Associations. Each form of Association has a dedicated section of applicable Florida Statutes... i.e: Chapters 718, 719, 720 and 721. Each Association generally also applies for and receives active Florida Corporation status. Associations have a Declaration, Bylaws, Rules & Regulations and a Board of Directors.

Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine
 
chuckiechan said:
Well if a neighbor turns his house into an illegal alien half way house with 10 tenants and 10 cars parked all over the place, you have recourse.
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So does everybody... police, ICE and various laws protect us from that.
 
Vox said:
BlackLivesMatter is a racist organization.

BlueLivesMatter is a racist organization.

Both are, in their own way, advocating for a specific race.

Both are ok.

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What specific race does Blues Lives Matter represent?
 
Carjosse said:
Does anything else need to be said. Homeowner's associations have to some of the most useless organizations on the planet, governed by power hungry housewives.
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There is no way I would ever buy a house that fell under a homeowners association. I don't care if I could buy a million dollar mansion for a dollar, but had to join a home owners association. I wouldn't do it.
 
Roadvirus said:
Homeowners Association...there's your first problem. Probably the only group in all of America that is allowed to rule with an iron fist.
Everytime i think of the HOA, i think of that one X-Files episode with that anal retentive gated community with the sludge monster.

Second thing: How's it racist? That's stupid as hell, but that is the mentality of almost everything in America these days. This is racist...that is racist. Piss on those race-baiting pricks. Anti-BLM? Please! A group that has connections to many incidents of hateful Anti-Cop rethoric and acts of violence and destruction. Those pricks make MLK do 360s in his grave everytime they "protest".
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I would never live where there is an HOA. I'll be damned if some board is going to tell me what I can do with my own property, or what color I can paint my house. AND charge me for the honor.
 
rhinefire said:
The exterior of one's home should not be a political or religious statement.
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I think people should be able to do whatever they want to the exterior of their own home, within the law.
 
Bodhisattva said:
What specific race does Blues Lives Matter represent?
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White.......as you should know, BlackLivesMatter regards black police officers as white.

:2usflag:
 
Vox said:
BlackLivesMatter is a racist organization.

BlueLivesMatter is a racist organization.

Both are, in their own way, advocating for a specific race.

Both are ok.

:2usflag:
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So a group that's based on a person's job is racist??? Would Street Sweepers Lives Matter be racist as well?? How about Grocery Store Clerks Lives Matter??
 
Infinite Chaos said:
To where all lives matter, where all lives are recognised as having been created as equal and that all lives equally matter.

Do I need to remind you of the 2nd passage of the Declaration of Independence as you often say you are an American?
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I think most people would, shockingly, agree with your statement that all lives matter

The problem is that there are certain politicians whose careers thrive off of the uproar/support of minorities. This is a matter of fact whether or not you think racism is still a problem or not.

As for my personal opinion, a lot of it comes down to a lack of education. Many people who live in impoverished communities (and statistically they are Black and Hispanic) are told that they are in the place they are in because of; institutionalized racism, because they are oppressed, because they are hated etc.


Want to know how you can jump over the poverty line in America?
Check out this article by the Brookings Institute, which is a left leaning organization that outline statistically, the three simple steps to joining the middle class.

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/...teens-should-follow-to-join-the-middle-class/
 
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