... some big @$$ crowd of a bunch of unknowns, from who the hell knows where, converging in any town just because they want to ...
Wrong. It was a well-publicized event promoted well in advance with flier and announcements. It was to discuss legislation in the state of Texas regarding motorcycles. It represented a coalition of clubs, from bad-boy one-percenters to benign buddy clubs. Club member or not, motorcyclists were welcome, at least as far as I can discern. So the entire false assumption that this was just a bunch of bikers "converging in any town just because they want to," could have been avoided had you invested the time to learn the core facts. I invested that time, and I have to say it is annoying when after all this time, there are still people who are supposedly seeking the truth, who are still under the impression that this was just a bunch of bikers invading a restaurant.
Finny, I think this is the best of your posted comments to which I should reply. The reason I think it is the best of our trail of comments for me to be able to attempt a reply is that I can identify with your first sentence, which was about your own initial response to the Waco story. You said it was your “...automatic response...”.
That is just how I responded to it, as you said, from the same “starting point”.
That is where I still am, for the time being. I just wanted you to know that’s but for. the. time. being.
For the time being and only because I am not following it, nor have I read or combed through any of the previously posted threads here, entirely, or through out, so I did miss the poster you referred to who was rich with information.
Just this morning I noticed on DRUDGE that a story is up on the protest forming against the continuing biker arrests. I have not yet read it. (Been out of town, so it may be days old.)
I have not posted any more comments on the Waco threads, except for you. It seems to cause too much consternation to those who are closely following it to have to hear from those who are not.
Wanting to side with the cops is becoming hazardous. :)
Anyway, I appreciate that you should even care what I think, and if all the evidence from both sides does shake out to the side of the bikers, as many here say, I will get to the place where you are and want to follow it too.
Presently, I think Waco is possibly just one more sign of orchestrated collapse of our country, that a break down of law and order is a requirement that has to be accomplished. In that effort, I have a fear of being a useful idiot, shaped by events as they appear to be, and unable to recognize what is really behind what we see. I am biased in favor of the law and order side, given the nearly 12 months of demoralizing cops being the mission of Marxists and fools.
BTW, if this were reversed, I would be just as exasperated, but I would be always interested in what you think, also. Thanks, Finny.