Thanks for the responses gentlemen, while my opinion on this discussion might be different than most of yours, you were all introspective and willing to take the time to say why.
SS! I often mention proximity to people or incidents, for good or bad, when I am discussing them individually but I’m of the opinion that someone who lives near the individual or the incident may have more opportunity to see, hear, encounter a little more than someone living a long distance away that only has second hand knowledge about the person, place or thing. Like you said, it is usually harder to know a lot if your 3,000 away and never had direct contact.
Truth is, if you knew me better, as some on MM do, you would know that I have my issues and my problems, same as anyone else. Some that know more about me seem to believe I’m not so bad, others that know me equally well, can’t stand to be in the same room with me. I have my moments.
Just saying proximity helps and my proximity to Wade Lemon hasn’t biased my opinion or absolute truth about him. However, things I have been told by other people have biased my opinion about Wade Lemon, I free admit I’m biased but not regarding these charges, because I don’t know what are facts and what are not, at this time. Rumors are ugly, ugly things and yet, I’m also quick to agree that where there is smoke there is “usually” fire, but……. not always……a lot of times smoke is rumor and nothing more.
In Wade Lemon’s case, the fact that I’ve lived within 50 miles, for 47 years, travelled through his home town/area hundreds of times, and he through mine, I don’t know him other than by reputation, and even living that closely to him, I still don’t know many, if any, actual truths about him. Some folks love him, others despise him.
To a lesser degree, I see myself in very much the same way. I’m just saying, maybe we should, regardless of our bias, wait to see what a more comprehensive examination of the facts provide before deciding guilt or innocence…..regarding these two specific charges.
Now, we’ve shared a lot of opinions and beliefs about the man and this case here on MM, if you’d care to read the some of the general publics foolishness espoused by the many misinformed, uniformed, geniuses that responded to this news article, I added below. Right now there 123 comments, mostly totally silly. Their assumptions and the bases of their comments come from a completely naive and biased perspective. I think they would the same thing to you or I, if someone filled charges against us, be they true or false……. Let the system do it’s job and then let’s all share our opinions. But what’s the chance these folks are going to ever do that? Never. They would go after you or I, with the same lack of knowledge as they are going after Lemon and Trump Jr and Sr.
It’s the price we pay for free speech……… it’s worth the price…… but I’d prefer we give our own community the benefit of the system to play out before cinching down the noose around their neck.
A Utah big game hunting guide is facing a felony accusing him of baiting a bear that was killed by Donald Trump, Jr. during a 2018 hunting trip in eastern Utah.
www.ksl.com
After all this it might be hard for them to give a free hunt away.
Trumpy like Old Man Trumpy- always one step in front of the Hanging Mob with rope in hands !! Get ‘em Boys !!!!!
