(Jeremiah’s post is at www.northcoastbbq.com/2026/01/31/fed-killings-fact-checking-and-some-fury/)
I would like to add a few thoughts.
In his post, stayhuman@tutamail.com says “TEAM RED VS TEAM BLUE needs to end.” Yet he also goes on to say “My main problem with the left, and why I will NOT be joining the protestors along HWY 101 in Nehalem, is the left thinks Team Blue is ALWAYS RIGHT, and they as a whole tend to be extremely self-righteous about it, even as they traumatized our children with mandatory masks at school for months – just one example I can highlight.”
So, though he wants to end “teams” he is still making grand, insulting assumptions about the beliefs of the people who are protesting. Has he talked to them? How can he know what they think and feel? How can he assume to know them and why they stand on the street corner championing democracy? Has he even read the thoughtful responses to why they are there as posted on the bbq? There have been a couple of posts, here is one: www.northcoastbbq.com/?s=Nehalem+protest
How is this doing away with teams? We are still the “other” to him. Yes, I have stood on those corners and will do so again. It is my constitutional right. I am there to stand up for democracy and EVERYONE’S right to a safe place in our community where everyone eats, everyone has a decent place to live, everyone gets good health care and education, everyone has access to jobs that actually pay a living wage and where everyone can share their unique talents and be themselves.
stayhuman@tutamail.com, please stop labeling and lumping a whole group of people with your made- up description. We can’t get rid of teams if we don’t stop “othering” those who think differently.
I do agree with him that it is the rich (mostly white men) who are doing everything they can to make themselves richer at the expense of the majority of us who are not rich, white or men. After all it was how our country was founded—by rich, white men. They committed genocide on the Native Americans, enslaved Africans and their descendants, and treated them and women as property. Anyone who didn’t fit the acceptable mold was in danger if they stepped too far out of their bounds.
And they also gave a structure to address those ills—the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the three branches of government—legislative, executive, and judicial, which possess specific powers to limit, monitor, and check the actions of the others.
That system is in great peril by this administration, led by a convicted criminal, whose behavior is atrocious and morally corrupt. They are doing all they can to dismantle the democracy we have enjoyed for over 200 years. No other administration has come close to this travesty.
One day I believe and trust that the rich will no longer be in control. (Call me a dreamer, I hope you join me.) I agree with laniciaduke@gmail.com, “It’s time for us to begin sowing in love so we can begin reaping in love.” She is hosting a Community Gathering of Love on Valentine’s Day at the White Clover Grange at 10:00am.
www.northcoastbbq.com/2026/01/30/community-gathering-for-love/
Join us there or on the corner.
Barbara McLaughlin
Jeremiah Shepersky signed his name, too.
(I notice stayhuman@tutamail.com did not sign his name)