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By TB on Feb 27, 2012 | In TB's Soapbox
I thought I would write a quick blog for all my "fans" who are just typing up a storm on Facebook. I mean Bob has gotten more action on his FB site posting about me then he has in sometime. ;) Maybe you should start asking for donations Bob! ;) Since the Evil TB picked on you, this would be a great opportunity to raise some cash as everyone hates a negative guy right? Then again, Tina should be thanking me, trust me Tina, I have way more haters then you could ever imagine and they will all want to be your friend. ;) It's all good, I really could care less on all that. But what this blog post is about is the fervor that some of these people would love to abridge my ability to speak my mind. Funny, it is a lot like politics today isn't it?
Some examples to put into context?
People on the left who defend Wikileaks, yet want the FCC to ban right wing pundits like Rush Limbaugh or maybe folks on the right who defend Rush Limbaugh’s right to free expression, but want to characterize Wikileaks as terrorists.
Yep this is a lot like that. See I just posted an opinion here and not really a bad one. I mean it isn't like I called her bad names or that she was a horrible mother or something even really personal. I simply said what a lot of people have been muttering behind the scenes in the industry. ;) I just put a face and voice so that all her friends could just sit around and spin tales about themselves and how great they all are and the 'good' that they are all doing for the paintball industry. Even had a few poke at me that they don't know me, so I must be a nobody. Hmmm.... let's see. Ask your industry friends about me, I am sure they will fill you in. But here is the thing, all of my issues with people in the industry and more all stem from me having an opinion. They have tried to silence me and I don't really understand why. I mean, either I am a nobody (one school of thought) or I am somebody who can single handed destroy paintball and should be purged from the fold. But really? I mean I post here on my purchased site, sponsored by me and Satan. ;) And I am struck in awe by some of these nuggets of positive people. Maybe they should stop being so fundamentalist and embrace their own message. Some examples?
"WOW TB none my friends are on or ever will be on your site.... you pretty much are a low life human and should stay at the bottom!!!!!I will stay at the top with all my paintball brothers and sisters : ) Team Trigger Happy : )"
"Ok, after reading both the "rant", that that links goes to, and also the "rant", concerning Tina GoldenGirl Ruzzo, I have come to the conclusion, that that guy is an immature punk, or as Kristopher Shithouse Burge said, he's an a-hole."
"I think I vomited in my mouth reading that! He missed the whole concept altogether. I hate I even went there and gave him another hit on the site. "
And from Bob himself: "This is now exactly the response I was hoping for... and that is MANY people checking out his SITE but then deciding to never return!! Congrats. Soon he will be totally personna non grata and completely irrelevant. I will be happy to be the one who DARES ,as he implies, to Challenge his copyrights of hie attacks on Tina,et al. and now me."
"The more I read on this little boys site, the more my blood boils. Tina you KNOW where my loyalties lie. And thats where they will remain! I fully support you, RPBA, Bob, and anything/anyone else that pushes our sport foward in a positive manor."
"I just looked on his Thunderstruck face book page and we should actually never speak of him again !!! Just look at him and you will all understand very quickly and should feel sorry for his Teammates : "
Aren't those gems just the best, I mean some people got real personal with me all the while chiding me for getting personal with Tina and did I really? LOL, they make me laugh, about as much as the Occupy X movement. In fact, I wonder if maybe they wouldn't show up at a paintball event I will be at to sleep in front of the field with signs and such. Maybe, how is that for some field advertisement. But we get even better, it isn't enough that they aren't happy with me. They have decided that anyone who reads my site and even likes something I say is now bad for paintball and eligible for the same treatment. Funny how quick these people are to flush their "friends" all over some words that were not even defamatory. Here are some good ones:
To all who wrote on TB's(the nasty ones) page and LIKED it you should be very ashamed of yourself and Take yourself out of our Great sport and never come back if you have TB's same outlook on our great paintball community....I went and saw a couple of the names that liked it and am very dissapointed with who I saw,so step back and look at the big picture for what it truly is and see a person who REALLY cares for the sport and wants to GROW it the way we want it to be!!!! Team Trigger Happy Supports Golden Girl : )
Well said Jeb!! I know I personally deleted people that agreed on his sorry excuse for a rant . Anyone who would bash ANY positive figure for our sport should be ashamed!!
And from Golden Girl (the queen of positive paintball): This is when my friends list gets revised... On and off the field.. and Jeb,, the sad part is this,, some of our "friends/players,, atleast I thought were friends,, made comments in the post and hit like and placed it on Facebook for everyone to see..., very sad,,, and talked to me right in my face this weekend.., like we were friends.., a shame,,, and i played for their side and gave them my full support at the game knowing on friday before the game that they had done this... my opinion is this.. To like or share this way of thinking.. TB's way of thinking,,, you do not deserve my friendship.. Thats all...
And from that pillar of the community, MOATI of Spec Ops fame (and we all know what I think about Spec Ops): I learned long ago not to waste any energy on certain people and their opinions...so I don't have any idea what he's gone and said this time...so I will speak on what I do know. Tina is one of the most stand up people that I've had the privilege to meet on or off the field. She has my support, respect, and friendship.
And Golden Girl's response: Thanks Moati! You are such a great friend! And we all know what's going on .., "haters" and we are family and it can't be "broke" ;)
I mean really? Outside of attempting to make themselves feel good by attacking my maturity, age, playing ability, and whatever else they have to say, was anything said that was really positive? Is this really all that is needed to have them stop turning the other cheek and gird on their shield and armor and come wading into the good fight?
I am going to end it with this, and some of you people who are over the age of 25 should really give this some thought. Most folks support freedom of speech until they disagree with it and then they want it tailored so that only they have the freedom of speech. I mean Tina was leading the charge about the PSP not letting Valken sell paint at their events (well within their rights) and that was ok to call them all sorts of names and call for a boycott right? But someone says a little something and boom, here you are screaming for my head. Free expression is an ugly beast at times — the uglier the beast, the more one needs to embrace it. Just saying! My moderate sensibilities see obvious hypocrisy in their positions — I urge one standard for all, as outlined in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution {Bill of Rights}:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Want to get smarter? Or debate back with me on where I am coming from? Just one book you might want to read:
Multiculturalism and moral conflict by Maria Dimova-Cookson
It's a great read but if you cannot get through one of my posts without your head hurting, you might just want to read the summary. ;)
2 comments
If I went through my friends list, deleting people I had political disagreements with, there would be less than 5 people left.The lack of emotional maturity is unfortunately unsurprising.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ~Noam ChomskyI find it humorous that someone who has been deemed "irrelevant" by the talking heads of paintball, someone who was banned from the land of Milk and Cookie and left to fade into footnotes of paintball history, can cause such an uproar among the 10 to 30 people (obviously cretins themselves) that actually still read this blog.
That is unless, as the man has stated, there are more people that read this than care to admit and then run back and stir the shit-pot amongst those who would prefer that the rock they tried to drop on TB and Thunderstruck would stay put.
I went and perused the RPA website and couldn't help but think that the best thing that could actually happen for this sport is if the PRODUCERS actually read, agreed to, and stuck to their warm and fuzzy pledge on the front page.
The problem is that producers are primarily businessmen (and women) and are in this sport, like all business men (and women), to make money, and baby when there's money involved then shit goes south quickly.
I've seen players talk trash, and start blog fights and forum wars and all sorts of anonymous bullshit that usually disappears when people come face to face and start slinging paint.
But I've seen producers pretty much piss on each one of your warm and fuzzy ideals in an attempt to further their own agenda in the BUSINESS of paintball.
And you people can't take the bloggings of, what you describe as, one "irrelevant" individual?
One of the problems with warm and fuzzy paintball is that too many people wear their feelings on their sleeves. They spend too much time worrying about what people think about them instead of playing the game.
Which brings us back to the blog at hand. If these people are so secure and have such solidarity in this movement (which I don't necessarily disagree with, and even if i did...i wouldn't deny them the right to have their opinions), then why are you so concerned with one opinion?
Taken from the RPA facebook page
"GG, You were awesome yet again. You and the Soldiers are always respectful and awesome to shoot at, hang out with and be around. I hope whoever tb is will realize negativity and bad mouthing will not be tolerated. Way to go Jeb. Well said sir."
Negativity and bad mouthing will not be tolerated? Its my divine right to be negative if I so damn well please sir.
Not tolerated? I dare say you will tolerate it. That's the entire principle that this country is founded on, the tolerance of another person's opinion regardless of your opinion on the matter.
I'm not here to debate the validity of TB's post. I don't have the years in the political machine that is the sport of paintball to draw a perspective on this subject, although I didn't really see anything in his post that defamed the individual in question. I will, however, defend his right to express this opinion in public, just as I will defend the right to disagree with it.
