I refuse to let bad people appropriate everything. It’s getting so if you display a flag you’re assumed to be an extremist nutjob. If we say we aren’t going to fly a flag or give an OK symbol we are effectively ceding these to racists and I’m not willing to do that.
I remember going to a movie with some friends probably in about grade 9, I think at the time you had to be 14 under the rating system back then. They let all my friends in no problem but weren’t going to let me in, took a bunch of persuading that I was old enough. The kicker was, I really was old enough (I was short for my age), but I was the oldest of the group and none of the guys they let in unquestioned met the age limit.
When I was a soccer goalie (stopped playing when I hit 50 since I was getting too many injuries) I used to have to touch both goal posts before the game. I’m not otherwise superstitious at all but I think playing goal does weird things to you :)
Not only that but they all get their gas from the same place (the city where I live has 2 bulk facilities where it comes in but they are next to each other and fed by the same pipeline, the different chains just mix in their own additives) so they are paying the same price, and margins are actually fairly low – they make more money off their convenience stores.
I learned not to keep much junk food in the house. I’m quite happy eating healthier food, but if there is chocolate, chips, candy etc. in front of me next thing I know it is gone.
I refuse to let bad people appropriate everything. It’s getting so if you display a flag you’re assumed to be an extremist nutjob. If we say we aren’t going to fly a flag or give an OK symbol we are effectively ceding these to racists and I’m not willing to do that.