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Intimidation

November 10, 2021 by Guest Post

by Rick Borden, Hamilton

To the parent(s) of the young boy (I’m guessing 11 or 12 years old) who was walking across the UM footbridge after Saturday’s game vs Southern Utah repeating “Let’s go Brandon” — what are you hoping to accomplish by allowing him to do so? Would your parents have approved? I realize I’m a 70-year-old “fogie,” but I also know what my parents’ reaction would have been, and it wouldn’t have been a laugh and a smile such as yours.

Also to the young adult male (probably late 20s to early 30s) my brother-in-law and I encountered Sunday evening as we entered Super 1 Foods in Hamilton. Your facial expression definitely indicated you were not happy that we were wearing a mask as we entered. I did hear your comment of “nice mask,” but missed the next word or words. My question, what gives you the right to criticize my choices and actions when I am doing nothing at all to you, except minding my own business?

Anyone else tired of all the intimidation tactics?

 

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  1. Linda schmitt says

    November 14, 2021 at 7:53 AM

    Thanks for writing, Rick. Enough with this public abuse. It’s about time for a return to good manners, simple as that sounds.

  2. Gomez says

    November 11, 2021 at 7:03 AM

    What else could we expect from a cult that worships a bully?

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