Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All photography is political, but let the images do the talking OTOH, writing down one's opinion is discussing politic, which is always a dangerous past time in a photo list / forum. For example, now I feel the need to argue with you, but I won't. I know enough to just rant and vent on my FB wall ;-) On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Shrill? > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > > > On Nov 7, 2016, at 9:37 PM, Christopher Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > > Sonny, > > > > Tina Manley implied earlier today (post subject: Milestone) that she > might > > leave the country if the election doesn?t turn out as she likes. I didn?t > > see any of your shrill outrage over that. To be clear, I am not upset by > > Tina?s post; its a free country and if she wants to leave its her right. > > It?ll be a great loss to our nation; but its her right to live where she > > wishes, and her right to voice her opinions. > > > > As I said in my last reply to you, I am not going to stop what I am > doing. > > I explained why quite clearly, and I stand by it. > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > On 11/7/16, 10:03 PM, "LUG on behalf of Sonny Carter" > > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > > sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> My comment was not about your art. There are plenty places to voice > your > >> opinion, and the forum is one such place. Don't embarrass yourself. > >> > >> from my iPad > >> > >> Sonny Carter > >> > >>> On Nov 7, 2016, at 8:51 PM, Christopher Crawford > >>> <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I?m not going to stop voicing my opinions. > >>> > >>> That is my job, I am an artist. We make people think and we sometimes > >>> make > >>> people uncomfortable. Those of us who work in the medium of photography > >>> document life; we?re historians, sociologists, psychologists, > >>> anthropologists, and artists all wrapped into one. > >>> > >>> Sometimes the real world is crazy, scary, dangerous, uncivilized, and > >>> cruel. We cannot put our heads in the sand and refuse to confront our > >>> world; to do so allows the triumph of evil. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Chris Crawford > >>> Fine Art Photography > >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana > >>> 260-437-8990 > >>> > >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >>> > >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > >>> Become a fan on Facebook > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 11/7/16, 8:48 PM, "LUG on behalf of Sonny Carter" > >>> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf > >>> of > >>> sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I stood up for you when the subject of your images was under fire > here. > >>>> > >>>> However, when you voice your own political opinion, I'll suggest you > >>>> take > >>>> it to the forum. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> from my iPad > >>>> > >>>> Sonny Carter > >>>> > >>>>> On Nov 7, 2016, at 7:17 PM, Christopher Crawford > >>>>> <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> This sign pretty much sums up my feelings about the 2016 Presidential > >>>>> Election. Lock Both Up. > >>>>> > >>>>> This handmade sign was posted in the middle of West State Boulevard > on > >>>>> the > >>>>> western edge of Fort Wayne, Indiana. > >>>>> > >>>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2535 > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Chris Crawford > >>>>> Fine Art Photography > >>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana > >>>>> 260-437-8990 > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > >>>>> Become a fan on Facebook > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>