tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post489578603319142681..comments2024-01-15T14:14:40.035-05:00Comments on Citizen Rider: This is The Renaissance of Hatecafiendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-29533529509480130582016-03-10T09:07:51.996-05:002016-03-10T09:07:51.996-05:00Hey, I want to say Thanks for your XC ski blog! I ...Hey, I want to say Thanks for your XC ski blog! I posted a comment but I notice there are zero comments over there. I run a website that might be said to have a similar tone to your efforts. Any feedback or idea-sharing appreciated! Jeff PotterJeffOYBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087632143369804638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-69683746142570511702016-03-10T07:06:07.566-05:002016-03-10T07:06:07.566-05:00I watch no cable news, but I did just lose a broth...I watch no cable news, but I did just lose a brother in law who spent his last couple of years on the Internet, sharing depressing information and opinions about our need to be armed at all times. That combined with plenty of news items about exchanges of unkind behavior proliferating globally can lead to the conclusions I expressed in this piece. It's not about the bike. The bike-related incident seemed to exemplify the mind set that it's not only okay, it is TIME, to take up arms against that which offends you. Refuse to take it anymore! Stand up to the (insert target here). It's a human problem.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-80036373438707062682016-03-09T21:10:23.976-05:002016-03-09T21:10:23.976-05:00IMO, I suspect you've been watching too much c...IMO, I suspect you've been watching too much cable news about politics lately. MOST people, just as MOST motorists (not that the two are different species), are good. In both cases, the jerks catch our attention dis-proportionally. Of course, haters are kind of like "aw s##$s" - it only takes one to wipe out a thousand "attaboys."Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-29841822446095481842016-03-08T12:23:27.359-05:002016-03-08T12:23:27.359-05:00Yes, well said indeed. The culture of division, po...Yes, well said indeed. The culture of division, polarization and hate has taken over the US and it is no longer recognizable as the same country. It has become a frightening place. When I was in collage in the early 60's, there was one place (a large public central library) where a lot of students worked part time. We had a lunch hour debating society. We sat around a a table and debated religion. There were two Southern Baptists, a Roman Catholic, a Mormon, a moderate, tolerant atheist (me) and a rather militant atheist. We could talk, disagree, and still work together after lunch, greet each other outside of work. I don't think this scenario would be possible today. <br /><br />Within a few years, the divisions were of a different quality, then came a series of assassinations. I was shot at once. I left. I went to the other side of the world, learned a foreign language and redefined myself in a other culture. It was a long haul. Well worth it from my perspective now. Don't just joke about leaving. Consider it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241204.post-35548751495463354262016-03-01T09:44:43.614-05:002016-03-01T09:44:43.614-05:00Well said. Sometimes i feel like i ought to ride u...Well said. Sometimes i feel like i ought to ride up to the border just to check to see what country i'm really living in...mike w.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10317710564489321690noreply@blogger.com