Capitol attacked

Casey2296 · #1 01-07-2021, 07:42 PM

I misread the Title.

Michael B · #2 01-07-2021, 09:05 PM

This subject may teeter on the edge of politics. Some of the great people on here may drop their guard and say something against the rules. Perhaps it would be better if Leon locks this thread and despite the unpleasantness we try to focus on our passions in the collecting world.

BobbyStrawberry · #3 01-07-2021, 09:15 PM

Personally, I have found it rather difficult to ignore yesterday's events and instead focus on the hobby. I wonder if other board members have had a similar difficulty.

Steve D · #4 01-07-2021, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Personally, I have found it rather difficult to ignore yesterday's events and instead focus on the hobby. I wonder if other board members have had a similar difficulty.

You're not alone Matthew; I feel the same way.

All we can do is keep pushing forward and try to help with the healing we all so desperately need.

Steve

Michael B · #5 01-07-2021, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Personally, I have found it rather difficult to ignore yesterday's events and instead focus on the hobby. I wonder if other board members have had a similar difficulty.

Yes, impossible to ignore. I work in D.C. If not for the current situation and working from home I would have run smack dab into it. Yes, it does bother me greatly. I take a deep breath, thank God I am alive every day and keep on doing what I need to do; take care of myself and my wife.

Casey2296 · #6 01-07-2021, 10:57 PM

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RTK · #7 01-08-2021, 06:37 AM

I believe the country will rebound from it all. It definitely sobered up some people.

timzcardz · #8 01-08-2021, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by RTK

I believe the country will rebound from it all. It definitely sobered up some people.

And it has me thinking about drinking.

<Airplane mod> I guess I picked a bad week to start dieting. </Airplane mod>

todeen · #9 01-08-2021, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RTK

I believe the country will rebound from it all. It definitely sobered up some people.

In response: I'm hoping the rebound includes bipartisan legislation for at least 12 months. Wouldn't that be nice? But I'm probably dreaming.

I'm a history/civics teacher. My students had lots of questions. My answer was the same that it always is:

1) Rhetoric has consequences. Rhetoric inflates inflates inflates, and then bursts. Then the process repeats.

2) Politics is a game. And if you always look at it like a game, you understand politicians have strategies to accomplish things. Yesterday was a failed strategy. Was it ugly? Yes. Is it a black eye? Yes. Will people learn from it? Hopefully. But the strategies will change now, and people will use different tactics to continue to play the game. The strategies for the Georgia senate race had winners and losers. The strategies for the Presidential election had winners and losers. The GOP is making a new strategy beginning to today. The Democrats are making a new strategy to help President Biden. And tomorrow the sun will rise, and the sun will set, and politics will continue.

Jim65 · #10 01-08-2021, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Casey2296

I misread the Title.

Any day Tom Wilson gets his ass whooped can't be too bad

Shoeless Moe · #11 01-08-2021, 09:25 AM

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