Zack Hill by John Deering and John Newcombe for December 30, 2020

’Holier-than-thou"? More like common sense, especially “kindness is everything”

at least Vince is trying to make a cause without Carl snarking it

Virtue signaling at its finest.

Oddly, the holier than thou types believe in none of that.

and on January 20th the sign will say “Don’t let the door hit you on the a$$ on the way out”

Well, Carl, you just proved that the sign is needed.

I bet the love and kindness goes right the door anytime someone has a different political leaning.

Amen!

actions, not words – words mean nothing without action – we have become a T-shirt- bumper sticker -sign culture. the saddest part is that we seem to mostly base our response of hate/love/apathy to other people based on the words and emotional response ‘generated in us’ by those words and not the actual actions of the person(s)

If you are less holy than the sentiment of that sign, then the fault is with you. And, you really need to work on that.

I love it! Go, Carl!

Good old Carl, love him

And how do e feel about the growing number of “Don’t tread on me” signs?

I’m sorry, but when I walk down the street, I can tolerate safety signage but personal “billboards” become annoying after the first read.

Someone has this backward. Honoring science, love and rights of others is a humble position, wanting to help, wanting to make life better for others. It’s the “holy” people who seem to judge, demean and rule over others. I trust good atheists, scientists and rights fighters a whole lot more than I trust anyone who claims they are fighting for their imaginary god who seems to allow them to be greedy and tribal. What’s wrong with wanting to love and help others?

Actions speak louder than words.

In this house we believe that simplistic platitudes trite tautologies and semantically overloaded aphorisms are poor substitutes for respectful and rational discussions about complex issues

Maybe you’d prefer this one?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/862058611/we-believe-conservative-yard-sign

Or how about this one?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/902732700/conservative-we-believe-2nd-amendment

Those aren’t holier-than-thou, oh no, not at all…

The funniest thing I ever saw related to these signs was the article about a BLM riot in Oregon where the crowd was swarming down the street trampling the yards. One of the yards had these signs. The owner came out and confronted the crowd telling them he was on their side, and a woman got all in his face and told him to get his arse back in the house if he valued it. Poor fool actually thought his signs would save him from the rioters. In our little town on Lake Michigan there are a few of these signs. All are in front of Million+ dollar homes on the lake shore, I’m sure that the signs are all that those rich people do for the minorities. In fact a lot of the homes are owned by Chicago people who have fled the city during the pandemic and riots. A friend cleans a lot of these homes and she told us that the people from Chicago are trying to sell their Gold Coast homes in Chicago and never look back.

I agree with Carl on this one. When did this become the norm? To put a yard sign up declaring you are loving and kind? I’m not sure what is more troubling: that people put out big signs in the yard to tell the world how loving and kind they are or that others don’t find that hypocritical. And what does “love is love” mean anyway? It’s like saying “sky is sky” or “food is food” Meaningless.