Editor,
Last Monday, the Redwood City Council approved a resolution recognizing Black Lives Matter and affirming a commitment to racial equity. Black Lives Matter activists participated in the meeting, and some were notably hostile and rude.
Editor,
Last Monday, the Redwood City Council approved a resolution recognizing Black Lives Matter and affirming a commitment to racial equity. Black Lives Matter activists participated in the meeting, and some were notably hostile and rude.
Black Lives Matter advocates who spoke up supporting police reforms are not wrong when they do so. However, calls for defunding the police are wrong, and the general public does not support this position. Only a month ago, NPR published the results of a Pew Research Center poll about defunding the police. NPR reported, “73 % said they thought funding for the police should stay the same (42%), be increased a little (20%) or a lot (11%).” Those percentages are likely higher in cities like Chicago where there has been a recent increase in homicides and other serious crimes.
Black Lives Matter advocates who spoke up defending the anger and emotion expressed during protests are not wrong when they do so. They are passionate, and that is a good thing. However, impugning the integrity of elected officials without cause then justifying such remarks because they are angry is wrong. That is simply an attempt to squelch points of view that do not conform to their own beliefs.
Robert. F. Kennedy said: “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.” Defunding the police is an extreme measure, but do we really need its advocates bringing offensive rhetoric to this discussion?
Ray Fowler
Redwood Cit
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(45) comments
RWC just needs citizens who that respect the police to show at meetings. Fight fire with fire.
Your sentence made no grammatical sense...
Huh? That sentence makes no sense. Mike--It's interesting. Conway always talks about his superior Catholic School education, yet his grammar and English skills are terrible. I went to public school and have excellent grammatical skills. Not bashing private schools, rather addressing his constant insistence that private education is superior. He often proves otherwise.
Dirk and Conway are the best representatives of racism deniers on this forum. They apparently haven't left their bubbles to talk with folks who have experienced racism. It's a shame.
He needs an editor. I don't, however, recall him claiming he had a superior education. I read posting where he was pro-choice in education. Perhaps I missed the others.
Does praying loud and clear for better grades work in Catholic schools? Wouldn’t be surprised if it does, as proof that “God” exists and listens. I grew up under a school system where the teacher had no say in the final grades, based on written exams graded in secrecy by someone who didn’t know you. For the final exam in English in my grade school, Trump wouldn’t do better than a C, if that well. No chance to do better with his spelling and grammar, - if he even got the point in the story read and to be recalled in writing. Tough? Yes, and fair.
Amen Tommy, but then again CC is all about old family wealth.
You are the shame Tommy, sorry you live in a racist circle, most of us do not. Good luck with your life, you are going to need it.
Been in this town since 1964 and I am third generation. How about you Mr. Anonymous #2. Best things about liberals is they all stay anonymous, kind of like little peeps in the dark. .
Made no logical sense, either. Nothing new there, from that fact-shielded corner of the world.
Well Jorg - you conveniently overlook the facts that Obama's grades from High School, his Oberline college days, and later on at Yale have mysteriously disappeared. He was a smooth talking used car salesman who served the purpose of the left. You may say what you want about Trump but at least we know where he comes from. Now we have a female Obama who is pushed onto the scene by Wall Street and the mega internationals. She has no background either and was defeated early on in the primaries. Yet, she is on the ticket. Please explain why?
Dirk,
As long as you mentioned "Please explain why?" Please explain why an unqualified, incompetent, racist conman and TV huckster is President.
Your existence makes no sense
RWC just needs citizens who respect the police to show up at these meetings. Fight fire with fire. There fixed it for you.
I didn't shine in English classes when I was in school but shouldn't your comment be "There,(comma)fixed it for you"?
I guess when you don't have an argument, you make comments like the one you just made
I didn't claim to have an argument, I was just pointing out something that didn't look right to me.
I am beginning to believe that the BLM supporters are finally wearing out their welcome. It has already become an empty slogan that will hopefully soon be forgotten.
Good morning, gentlemen
Did anyone listen to the City Council meeting last Monday night? I would like to get your thoughts on the "defund the police" discussion. With respect to calls for defunding, I would cite Robert Kennedy again. He said, "Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on." If extremist advocates are successful in defunding RCPD, what kind of criminal would Redwood City then deserve? And if the department was defunded, what kind of law enforcement could we then insist on?
Ray Fowler
BTW... the tag line "Extremism fine, but intolerance not" was inserted by the staff.
Dirk: your nonsense doesn’t deserve an answer, but I’ll do it anyway, for your own education, without knowing if it helps at all! President Obama graduated Magna C*m Laude from law school, just a notch from the top Summa C*m Laude. Trump? Couldn’t even do his SAT without paying someone, while his grades were so bad from a mediocre college graduation that he had to threaten lawsuits if anyone dared do expose his poor grades. People with good grades don’t brag, those with poor grades may even claim to be “very stable geniuses”, while speaking at the mid-grade school level. Anyone in your family Summa C*m Laude? And, as far as Kamala Harris? She can speak for herself, whether people like you understand it or not.
Jorg - it seems like you need to carry the water for our first white shame president. He graduated from Harvard within the top 10% of his class. That entitled him to the Magna C$m Laude degree. If you had done your research, he was also in that category because of his race, for which extra points were provided. He was a typical affirmative action student who sailed from Columbia into Harvard. Not to get too personal, but one of my brothers graduated with an MCL from a famous medical school in Holland and one of my daughters-in-law from UCSD with an MCL degree in bio-engineering. I am not so sure whether you can take personal credit for Obama's inflated, artificial accomplishments.
Good, Dirk, - at least you have some well educated family members, who clearly outshine someone like Trump, who had to pay someone to take the SAT for him, and whose grades from a mediocre college degree were so bad he had to threaten law suits against anyone who dared to expose his academic fiasco. Yet, he classified himself as a "Very Stable Genius", bragging publicly about being able to recall 5 short, very common words, - whether he can spell them correctly, or not. What a genius!
If people with good grades don't brag, why are you always bragging Jorg?
Just another blatant lie from you Chris! No decency whatsoever, - just throw out something you know nothing about, and see if it sticks or stings! I have never bragged about my grades, and you know that! If I did, it would be meaningless anyway, because of the different grading system I grew up under, fortunately! While the top grade, A, is very common here and easy to obtain, the top grade, S, where I went to school, is so rare that you shouldn’t even dream about it. So rarely given, that for the engineering thesis only a single S was given in my class, and so rare that the professors couldn’t remember the last time it was awarded. Even for the final exams at the end of elementary school, there was only a single S in English in the entire city, - an exam graded in secrecy by someone who doesn’t know you, and where the teacher has no say in the grade! In that exam, I’m confident that Trump wouldn’t score better than the C-level, - with his low level of grammar and spelling, - not to mention if he would even understand the point in the story the instructor read, and subsequently written down by memory.
Look forward to after the election with Trump still as our president. Democrats will stop with all the Black Lives Matter nonsense until the next election when they need the black vote again. Funny how all this racial rhetoric always comes around election time. Anyone else notice that?
Chris: After all Trump’s incredible blunders, and all the damage he has done to the country, do you really believe there are still enough uneducated, fact-challenged, gullible and easily fooled voters left to keep such an inept and incompetent liar as Trump in the WH for another disastrous period? Are the remaining minority of Republican voters such slow learners? Or, do you think that the usual Republican tricks and voter suppression, together with foreign help, will do their dirty job again, like in 2016?
Jorg,
No doubt about it. Tricks, suppression and foreign help is their only hope.
Christopher Conway uttered - Your existence makes no sense. Hello Chrissie - as in Chris Evert, before you make that glum assertion, ask my wife, kids and fellow Padre Alum friends. YOUR Mrs. doesn't most likely agree with your political stance.
How could I, you remain anonymous like most liberals who comment on this site. Plus I guarantee, you wouldn't want me to find out who you are.
That sounds like a threat, - or is it just another silly example of something you haven't really thought through?
Can't make a threat on someone you do not know. Maybe you should think before you type. Do you know what Anonymous means Jorg?
"Plus I guarantee, you wouldn't want me to find out who you are." certainly sounds like a threat to me, Chris! And, yes, for the record, despite English being my second language, I do know what anonymous means, - and not only because you find the same word in many different languages! I also know how to spell and pronounce the word, which is more than you can say about your Vey Stable Genius in the WH. However, your English doesn't look like it is your first language, or what?
Chris, do you remember uttering 'there is no racism here'. How about respecting the knowledge of Officer Dave Norris, or like Trump, are you going to call Officer Norris some disparaging name? You and Trump have the same tactic. If they don;t agree with you, you call them names. https://25sam16.com/2020/08/12/lets-take-a-step-back-so-that-we-can-move-forward/
WOW Chris a physical threat from a St. Gregory's, Serra High School and Elks tough guy just like Tony Soprano. We are all so scared. God bless the real estate broker in your family.
Christopher Conway wrote 'Been in this town since 1964 and I am third generation. How about you Mr. Anonymous #2.'
* Chris, do you really think all people that sign on using 'Bill Smith', 'David Lee Murphy', 'Sylvester Thomas' are all the owners of those 'board names', or are you really that dense and haven't read the fine print on the sign up page?
Yes; the latter.
another comment from Anonymous #2.
What is your name?
Chris Conway is in his own bubble and thinks San Mateo, Redwood City and San Mateo County does not, never has had a racism problem. Gee Chris, have you ever been further from the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkUrnHT1VvI
You say you are a Serra Padre. I beg to differ. No Padre would attack another Padre anonymously. If you are indeed a Padre, what is your full name. Or do you just want to attack me from a distance like the little twit you appear to be.
Christopher,
I don't know if JustMike is a Padre or not but it sounds like you believe in the same doctrine as the blue line of the police that won't say anything against another officer even if he/she is corrupt. It sounds to me like JustMike actually learned real values of truth and honesty, whether at Serra or not, and like a whistle blower will say something. Because of your blind and unwavering support for the most corrupt and dishonest President in our great countries history I will have to believe truth and honesty are not in your vocabulary or beliefs.
Hello, Tafhdyd
I disagree with your characterization of the "blue line." Are there officers that cover for others? Sure. And those officers as well as the corrupt officers they are covering should be rooted out and dismissed. Local police union members do not support corrupt cops. The rank and file know that police misconduct not only damages the public's perception of them, but it can also negatively impact their effectiveness in serving the public.
We've all heard the stories about how difficult it is to fire the bad actors. However, local chiefs of police don't want corrupt cops in their organizations. Local elected officials don't want the liability of rogue cops acting outside the law. Locals don't want to deal with officers who have a history of disciplinary issues. But as long as the statewide police unions keep pumping money into reelection campaigns, we will have a legislature that allows the bad actors to keep their jobs. So, while I disagree with your characterization of the blue line, we do agree that corrupt cops should not be wearing a badge.
Ray Fowler
Redwood City
Ray,
I totally agree with your comment. Bad cops, bad executives, bad teachers, bad whatever should be dealt with. I know that the overwhelming majority of police are top notch and do their best. I only used that analogy for Mr. Conway because of his preaching about his support of the police. He believes everything to the letter of what President Trump says regardless of the obvious lies and false statements. He may also relate to corrupt police in the same way. Thank you for expanding on the subject.
"A Padre would never attack another Padre."
Hilarious.
anonymously, read the entire line Tommy T. Unless you went to Serra you would not know what I am talking about.
Go to Serra Tommy?
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