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If you’re poking someone with a stick don’t be surprised when they get mad .
originally posted by: Liquesence
Hat’s off Hoyt do what needs to be done and be willing to take the consequences!
So you're ok with destruction of property?
originally posted by: TheLieWeLive
Seriously, he shouldn’t have laid a finger on the balloon. It’s not his property, it’s like slapping a MAGA hat off of someone, it’s childish behavior.
So it’s a baby representing Trump, big deal, at least it is funny and even cute. Let them unwittingly parade around more advertisements for Trump.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Five grand to rent a balloon? I doubt if any sane person would pay that much to rent a balloon. Maybe I should go into the political balloon rental business and start renting out balloons. I wonder what the value of the balloon actually was? Maybe those people who gofunded the event used most of the money to buy them and their friends lunches and drinks. Maybe doughnuts and coffee venders got their prize money too.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: Fallingdown
a reply to: DBCowboy
I view that what Hoyt did was to express himself.
Was the Boston tea party an act of senseless destruction or was it a statement ?
It’s a double edge sword .
Ummmm, I'm having a hard time equating the two. Because, by your reasoning then, Antifa has justification for burning cars, damaging property and harming people.
That's not free expression.
originally posted by: Fallingdown
a reply to: DBCowboy
Read my edit .
Your position is the Boston tea party members were criminals .
Can’t have it both ways .
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: Chance321
a reply to: DBCowboy
I just see it as two separate things. That balloon which is childish and petty just needs a little duct tape slapped on it and it's ready for the next hate rally. Statues are monuments to our history and people should be offended if they are toppled or removed.
If the balloon was childish and petty, which I think it is, then any serious attention to it only elevates the importance to it.