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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere are good people out there.
I dropped my bike and was trapped underneath it until motorists stopped and picked it up off of me. If they had checked out my political leanings they might not have as I live in a very red state. No one asked and I wasn't in a position to discuss politics.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they as well as us might do the right thing from time to time. Events often predispose actions.
When get gets to shove, I think that people behave honorably. Forget the bias and hatred that often permeates the daily discourse of the 24/7 news channels. We're all in the same game.
JI7
(89,247 posts)i don't think that is true.
Burgman
(330 posts)I'd like to believe it was a natural reaction.
TexasTowelie
(112,131 posts)when a human being is in pain, suffering, or in danger.
You made no mention of the severity of your injuries, so I hope that you are okay and recovering well.
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)...full stop.
TexasTowelie
(112,131 posts)The qualifiers were due to the topic that was posted.
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)Just being silly.
TexasTowelie
(112,131 posts)I understood the humor in your post and no offense was taken.
After all the hassle that I get on the blogs of a small RW newspaper it is nice to be among friends at DU.
Burgman
(330 posts)From bending in ways they aren't intended to bend. Otherwise, pretty much unscathed thanks to protective gear.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)That's a tad hard to imagine. What the hell do you ride anyway?
Hope you heal soon.
Burgman
(330 posts)I ride a 600# bike that is a beyotch to get up off the ground when she lays down. It trapped my foot which was really embarrassing.
ejpoeta
(8,933 posts)(motorcycle) and he was lucky he had his phone on him to call for help.
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)"Politics are trivial and meaningless when a human being is in pain, suffering, or in danger."
More people die weekly from denial of medical care for preventable problems than happened on 9-11.
And that is all about politics. People don't give a shit if they can maintain the fiction that it doesn't affect them directly or infect their beautiful minds with disturbing sights. As long as it is happening to "others" they are fine with it.
Tribalism abounds in America.
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)It was fascinating to have someone let me borrow their tools, or have them mow my grass for free (riding lawn mower), while bashing Democrats or social policies or being outright racist. I couldn't really put a finger on it, it was a really peculiar experience. I never brought politics into the discussions, though.
I liked the free lawn mowing.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)I hear that kind of shit quite often and it is always unsettling - but, I enjoy tormenting conservatives so southern living suits me
unionworks
(3,574 posts)About the southern people I met was their incredibly good manners. And they instill that in their kids, too. Puts a lot of us Yankees. To shame.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)About how in the very final analysis,
we indeed ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
Whether that is the point you were
intending to make may be another question.
JI7
(89,247 posts)or based on where they stand politically.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)I've gone from apolitical,
to 60s far-left hippy activist,
to 70s drop out, to 80s "evangelical Christian",
to 90s married with children,
to 2000 at the WTO in Seattle.
And funny thing,
all along the way as you say,
there were good "people" and "bad" people.
But were they really good or bad?
or just mirrors of happy and sad?
This is the question I'm sitting with at the moment.
Burgman
(330 posts)out there and they most often behave according to their mindset. Mirrors of states of being are a really sucky way to be.
Edweird
(8,570 posts)I know from first hand experience that plenty of rabid RW'ers will help others selflessly.