Another ROUND with IDA...

Well, the fun never ends when you have a group of people who value the lives of dead animals from the other side of the planet over their fellow humans or, dare I say it, LIVING ANIMALS in Portland!!!

Let me explain.

Last Saturday I stopped in Schumacher's to introduce myself to Linda. She wasn't there but I explained who I was to the people who were so it was cool. I'm hoping to be able to meet Linda face to face soon.
Anyway, while I was there, a rather 'small' group of protesters was outside being unusually quiet.
That is, until, some other customers walked in.
There were some remarks made but the shocking noise was made after the innocent customers walked out of the store. They were greeted with what sounded to me like a wounded dog or maybe the mating call of a rather large animal.

I was kind of wrong as the sound was coming from a rather large woman.

Later that afternoon Mike and I walked passed the store to get some food, MEAT, and had to walk around the rather large woman.

(Now, anyone who knows me knows that I've NEVER been one to pick on someone who was fat, stupid, ugly, ect...that is, unless, they DESERVED it.
This woman did.)

From the website of the IDA protesters: Do not block the sidewalk for foot traffic.

That's rule number 2.

She was blocking the sidewalk...of course, she couldn't help it, she would have had to stand in the middle of the road in order to NOT block the sidewalk.

So, we walked AROUND her and I was about 2 blocks away when she started screaming a bunch of crap about how the blood of some stupid dead animals was on the hands of the people in the store and it'll 'never wash off.'
I would try LAVA soap. That stuff is industrial, my dad uses it to get car grease and crap off his hands. It'll work on anything.

So, I walked back up to her and asked her why she had to be so loud.
Of course her reply was 'freedom of speech.'
That's ALWAYS their response because they have nothing to actually back their argument up with. I told her that her 'freedom of speech' only go so far, it ends when it begins to impeed on the rights of others. And my right to enjoy a nice Saturday afternoon without her baying was certainly being impeeded upon.
I guess she was more American than I am because her rather simple-minded response was SHE has the right to scream a bunch of bullshit while I don't have the right to tell her to keep it to a reasonable volume.
I asked her if she knew she was disturbing the peace. In her...mind she wasn't. She was within the law because AND I QUOTE "I lower my voice WHEN THE POLICE HAVE TOLD ME TO."

Lady, I got news for you, if the police have to tell you to shut your hole, then you aren't within the law. From the moment they have to say something to you, if you continue to do it, you are no longer within the law.

(now, the asshole part of me wants to make some remark about how it would be difficult for someone her size to remain withint ANYTHING much less the law but I won't)

So she goes back to saying my discussion with her is preventing her from speaking her...mind and I need to leave.
Huh....
So I stated: It's alright for you to say all this crap but when someone is actually willing to stand up to you they have to leave? You have to right to say whatever you want but I don't? Sorry, but the only people in this country the First Ammendment doesn't cover are those criminal scum bags who are here illegally.

Then they tried a new tactic: They tried to embarrass me!
This was done by some guy with hair I saw on a cartoon character somewhere. He walked up to me and told me that by being there people are going to think I was part of their group.
I guess he wasn't thinking. If I were part of that group A) they wouldn't be yelling at me to leave and B) I would have a drool cup tucked under my chin.

And of course their mascot, some mental case who couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag without swearing was there. I was told he has 'issues.' And to that I say tough shit. When you enter the arena of ideas and you enter any level of a political debate then you open yourself up to everything you dish out. Retarded or not. 13 years old or not.
If your going to dish it out, then you damn well better be ready to take it.
While I was there Retardo screamed at some people in a passing car calling them "fucking yuppies"
From their website again: 3) Do not make personal attacks on people

Okay so today we learned that in their twisted version of America only THEY have freedom of speech, they can break any law they want as long as the police aren't there and their own rules on their own website don't mean a damn thing.

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Now, about the LIVING ANIMALS remark I made. I was thinking about these loonies the other day and it occured to me, their hypocrisy knows no bounds. Not only do they hate businesses that sell fur yet work and/or shop at others who sell meat, not only do they claim to hate fur because the poor animals are killed to make it yet support PETA, a group that murders over 2,000 cats, dogs, puppies and kittens a YEAR, they also seem to care more about animals on the other side of the globe yet ignore whats right in front of their faces.
I overheard one of these people tear into a guy who dared to disagree by saying 'I'm doing something, what are you doing to make the world a better place?'
To this I say the best way to make the world a better place is to make your HOME a better place. While these so-called animal lovers are pissing and moaning about animals from China, we have HOMELESS animals here in Portland that they don't give a damn about. How many people have seen these bums and beggers harrassing people on the street for money they are to lazy to work for themselves and have a dog or a cat? I saw some twit with 2 dogs and a kitten once begging for money. If these so-called animal lovers actually cared about what they claim to care about they would be doing something about getting these poor animals into solid homes, not trying to put a family out of business.