Originally Posted by
axolotl
staehpj1, are you perhaps being blinded by Ryan singling you out for praise?
Originally Posted by flyinryan08@gma View Post
Lets keep it to the bike, not your own meritocratic beliefs that anyone who works hard gets what they deserve. Y'all are getting a little too close to calling this concept a welfare queen's expedition. I know many of you put in long miles during the Reagan Administration, but I hope you have since seen the light.
Originally Posted by flyinryan08@gma View Post
Some call it Idealism, I call it young black and educated. I know most of you don't come into contact with this on the regular, but don't get it twisted, I'm no scam, con etc. I'm a naïve young man with a dream. I appreciate the wisdom of the sages, but accompanied by your patronizing tones, many of your postings have lost respect with me.
Sean's advice is great, but i won't be flying anywhere soon, i leave Tuesday. I also consistently appreciated staehpj1's advice. There were many others on this forum that helped me as well.
As for the rest of you I'm done here. Educate yourselves on your history as your whiteness is showing through.
First... I didn't think those comments were all that out of line considering the nature of some of the posts he was replying to. Did he step over the line a bit, probably. Was he provoked, yes. There was some less than perfect manners shown on both sides. Big deal.
On whether I am "perhaps being blinded by Ryan singling you out for praise"...
No cut him some slack from the get go. I offered encouragement in posts 7 and 8 of the original thread. I offered him a place to stay in post 10 of the original thread. I did criticize the exorbitant requests for sponsoring expensive luxury items. I also criticized his proposed timetable and at various times gave other criticism. I also said that I didn't care for funding a tour with donations. I didn't criticize his ideals or his politics at any point though.
OTOH: When I did criticize, I did it in a more civil manner than some here. I applauded his ambition and idealism. Ryan said he was "a naïve young man with a dream" and maybe I am just a sucker for that, but I also remember what it was like to be young and a bit naive. I also remember the folks who were kind to me on the the road.
To Ryan's credit I think he is a quick learner and is willing to take advice. I believe he saw that the list of luxury items were a mistake and removed the list from the site. He saw that the time table was unreasonable and moved up the start.