“I am reminded of getting a ticket for walking across a red light at 3 a.m. in Oakland with no traffic in sight ( except for the officer behind me). I consider that a chickens*** ticket. Perhaps you don’t.”

In that case I agree. And it can be highly,provoking.

Received a citation in N.C. for not having a vehicle inspection sticker on my car. After the car was classified as a year old, you needed to get one. Registration and insurance were in order, and I had paid the 400 plus car import property tax or whatever it was they were charging you to bring or have your car in the state at the time.

I pointed out to the officer the car was only one model year old and should not need a sticker. She pointed out I had owned it 13 months. I pointed out that I had not even been in the state more than 8 months. She said it didn’t matter and I could contest it in court. I truthfully said I was just back in the state for a couple of days; having already given up my apartment and would be leaving town for good within a week.

She replied that I could either pay a fine or attend drivers education classes commencing in about two weeks.

I thanked her, and then told NC to piss off, and left.

12 or 15 years later, state databases were connected (thank you Muslim terrorists) , and the puzzled clerk at the DMV informed me that there was a hold on my renewal. She was unable to figure out why. Then she discovered it did not originate in my state but was from another.

“Did you have a commercial license in another state?” No

After some period of research the Sec State informed me that I had to call a number in NC. The number was always busy, and when the menu was reached nothing made sense.

After months of trying I finally talked to someone

She said North Carolina wanted their 50 dollars.

I had loved the countryside in N.C. And I liked the average folks of the state, though they could not compare with Texans, and seemed to live in a more socially stratified and less optimistic environment.

But it’s hard to express the rage I felt at N.C.s pathetic rule-the-peasant bureaucrat mentality and parasite pettiness, so I won’t.

“OKBecky Says:
May 21st, 2018 at 1:36 am

I don’t know how many people caught that the Rev failed to signal a LEFT turn. That is more hazardous…”

I did not. And you are right.

Gringo Says:
May 18th, 2018 at 5:51 pm

I don’t see the point of stopping someone for failing to put on a turn signal.”

You may not see the point, but it is done regularly for failing to signal an actual turn. I have been pulled over for it. And then let go.

As for the officer, he sounded just like every officer who’d ever pulled me over for anything. I’ve never received a ticket for anything, for which I’m grateful. I always get anxious if I’m pulled over; I think everybody does. But some people try to deal with that anxiety by saying the police are unfairly targeting them. I’m reminded of some people I knew in high school who would deliberately do poorly in a class, and claim the teacher “didn’t like them” so they weren’t going to waste their time trying to satisfy the teacher. Myself, if I knew a college professor was biased, I didn’t take her class. If I took a class and the professor acted like they didn’t like me, I’d do extra-well on the work just to blow that prof out of the water. My performance was not going to suffer just because of my perception of their emotions.

So this Rev was pulled over for failing to signal a left turn; he could easily have gotten a ticket. His documentation was improper; the officer gave him the benefit of the doubt when the Rev said why he’d thought his documentation was fine. The officer spoke respectfully and let the man go with a warning and some helpful advice. The Rev then seems to think he’s been shamed in front of his neighbors because they may have seen him pulled over by a cop. (A) He’s assuming his neighbors have no experience being pulled over nor that they themselves likewise feel embarrassed about it, and (B) he decides that it is better to slander a police officer than to be humble and confess he did something foolish (and dangerous) and got caught doing it.

2. Possibly the good rev didn’t see the camera or presume its possible presence. But it could be that he could count on two results among his flock–those seeking offence–which would be “don’t care, he’s on our side” , and a knowing nod, “I know what I know” often deployed when overwhelming evidence is jumping up and down to the contrary.

Wrt deposits in the moral authority account;
https://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/09/13/have-we-got-matthew-shepard-all-wrong

Article in The Advocate about the possibility that St. Matthew was, in fact, killed by some methed-out freaks whom he knew and wanted his money or were just out of control on drugs. Not gay-bashing homophobic thugs. Point is not which side looks most likely, but the discussion as to what the gay community gains or loses depending on which answer is generally accepted as the motivation for the murder.
There are references to other articles about the motivation of the Pulse night club shooter. I didn’t read them but I get the impression the same question is being discussed.

People object to what makes them emotional. It is an excellent control technique. It works as well on high IQ as low IQ, as for doctor class and Mexican worker class.

The Democrats use it on Leftists and conservatives: red vs blue.

Look at that emotionalism and core. People think they are being rational when their very response mimicks SJW trigger safe spaces. It’s not that bad yet, but it will only get worse as time goes. This isn’t even a major election cycle.

Actually, there’s a few number of anti Catholic and anti Jesuit society people here. I didn’t understand what they were talking about 3+ years ago, but now I do.

MollyNH Says:
May 19th, 2018 at 3:24 pm

Talking about teaching new gun owner things will trigger gun instructors here. I’ve seen it before.

That is true even if nobody is actually teaching new gun owners. Just the very idea will create a backlash.

State Religions have been killing people long before I arrived on this Earth. Me talking about it is something that offends people who want to ignore history though.

Also, if a Southerner starts talking about the Civil War, I guarantee that the counter topic I raise will trigger them if they were unaware of the facts.

Anything that triggers a backlash from people that don’t want to see it or hear it, is perceived as a screed.

To clarify something, I am anti all religious hypocrites and State Religious bullsh. It doesn’t matter what you call yourselves or your control scheme.

I’m pretty sure the rule of just about all religious orders would prevent him from retaining any of his notional salary. You live communally, are subject to strict limits on the chattels you may possess, and get a modest stipend from your order.