Did I "do the right thing"?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (219338)
Walnut Creek, California
October 30, 2020 11:14am CST
Yesterday, I took a short cycle (about a mile). I just wanted to loosen up the old bones. At the entrance to the bike path, I saw the word POLICE, written in kids' sidewalk chalk. Looking more closely, I saw that someone had written DEFUND POLICE, and that someone else had erased DEFUND.
After my ride, I grabbed my Diablo Valley College chalk and my camera, and returned to the scene. I wrote what you see in the picture. I am curious to see if others write more. In my fantasy, others would write: gays, straights, blacks, whites, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, hummingbirds, kitties, dogs, parrots, warthogs, Demorcrats, Moderates, Republicans, etc. all around what's there. We can dream, right?
Did I do the right thing? This is my first experience a a graffiti artist!
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@FourWalls (68435)
• United States
30 Oct 20
I’m happy you used chalk so nobody has to come out and paint over it!
Love God, love your neighbor. How hard is it???
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Clear and to the point. I always did think that word "defund" wasn't exactly the right word.
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
30 Oct 20
very proud 'f ya, hon. yepperz ya done good. i've yet to figure how some feel that defundin' the police 'tis a good idea. they've proven the need fer more fundin' 'n respect. reverse psychology?
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
30 Oct 20
@TheHorse lol, yes sir, that'cha'd be. they 'nly continue such disregard coz 'tis been 'llowed. not one ounce 'f respect fer others, not e'en 'emselves. though they profess the latter.
i miss the days when bein' put'n jail 'twas more'f a punishment. now many've t.v., internet, 't least 1 phone call a day that lasts longer'n 2 minutes. can've nike tennis shoes, get free education, etc. they rape, murder, pilfer 'n plunder yet've all the rights outside'f bein' able to go where they please.
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@TheHorse (219338)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Oct 20
@crazyhorseladycx It's a tad odd, isn't it?
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@TheHorse (219338)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 20
@crazyhorseladycx Yep, save the tranquilizer darts for the looters. Ideally you could put some anesthetic on the ends of the darts, so it just feels like a mosquito going in. Have I talked enough about the women's prison I worked in? I'll say more later. It was for non-violent criminals who COULD be rehabilitated. But for those would would damage property and steal sh*t, a small cell, a toilet, and bread and water is enough. Dang, I'm pretty law-and-orderish for a Liberal, ain't I?
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@DearAphrodite (194)
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30 Oct 20
We need a lot more positive going out in this world. It's sad we can't realize we are all the human race.
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@DearAphrodite (194)
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30 Oct 20
@TheHorse I can only guess that it is the only way they can feel good about themselves. They are so full of hate and bitterness that it is the only way they know? Thats a question for the ages. There have always been people that have had rough lives and over came without blaming the world or another group of people, but I am sure there have always been lots of haters.
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@TheHorse (219338)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 20
@DearAphrodite Yes, it's almost a "cliche" in psychology that you have to love yourself before you can love others. I fear that many "haters" dealt with unsupportive parents or were bullied along the way and never recovered from it.
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@GardenGerty (160777)
• United States
31 Oct 20
Well, it certainly wasn't wrong. I like it.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
31 Oct 20
It is a good message.
You did the right thing there. Not a fan of the abuses that the police are doing but I do not agree that defunding the police force is the way to go.
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@TheHorse (219338)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Nov 20
What abuses are the police doing? I think they're doing the best they can, given the circumstances. Of course, as a common sense individual, I voted for Joe Biden. I just hope he has a good plan for honoring and supporting the police, while simultaneously supporting First Amendment rights.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
31 Oct 20
Maybe you shoulda CARVED it into the path, so that in future millenia they could dig it up and suppose that GOD wrote it!
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@wolfgirl569 (107025)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Oct 20
It looks very good. Hopefully it gets added to.
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@lovebuglena (44651)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Oct 20
Way to go! Do robots count as living beings?
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@TheHorse (219338)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 20
@lovebuglena She said she wouldn't marry me. I'm done with her.
@lovebuglena (44651)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Oct 20
@TheHorse That rules out Siri then. 
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@snowy22315 (181221)
• United States
31 Oct 20
You have very neat printing...kudos! I like what you wrote!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
30 Oct 20
my rule is if someone one of a minority says that minorities' lives matter, I agree. If someone asks me my personal opinion and doesn't say xyz lives matter first,
I always say lives matter.
i think you did the right thing
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