Why was the AARP thread closed?
 

Just wondering. Did the OP request it (too much of that lately, IMO) or did someone ahem whine about it because it wandered away from the prevailing 50+ ethos?

I was looking for honest replies and opinions about an alternative to AARP. It got too political so I closed it. I didn't want it moved to P&R.

You started a clearly political thread (yes, I read it) and didn't want it moved to P&R? A mod should know better.

OK. As I was saying, just wondering. I'll drop it.

In fairness to the OP, he was much more likely to get a response about AARP on this forum than he might have gotten on, say, the fixie forum.

Now, before everyone starts whining about Glenn Beck, please close this thread down.

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There was a whiff of the odor of politics in the first post.

Once I clicked on the link, and saw "that person's" picture staring at me, I knew everything was headed downhill.

The smell of fish was strong that night, my friends.:D

This reminds me of my favorite phrase coined by one of the Hitchens brothers. Guess which one:

This has the stench of totalitarian slander, paving the road to suppression and persecution.

I let my party affiliation show; led to a general meltdown.

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Threads about AARP would probably be better served here than in P&R.

You go boy! :thumb:

You provided a link to a radical right organization, were then called on it, and took your toys home. Take your politics somewhere else and, while you are at it, work on the difference between lame excuse and apology.

:lol:

Channeling Saul Alinsky, are we?

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x40/TWLBA/0222.jpg

Those Russkies built some nice bikes, though.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1190/...3cc8734979.jpgSoviet bicycle design by iamtdj, on Flickr

Can I get a discount on that bike through AARP?

Da, ya lyublu rusknich dyavushich (horrible transliteration, actually sounds better in Russian).

I certainly would be more interested in a discussion of AARP here (where we have some experience with them) than in P&R, where there will be reactions that are all over the map. The discussion will get sidetracked no matter what, but the sidetracks here will not tick me off nearly as bad.

I missed the original thread, however.

Hmm, I suggested in another recent thread that someone who just turned fifty join AARP and had no idea AARP was so controversial ... and I still don't on account of the AARP thread disappeared. Is AARP related to bicycling? ... well http://aarp.duvine.com/?intcmp=ASI-RR-FIT-DUV yes. BTW DuVine looks like they have some very nice tours.

AARP was not the controversial part of the discussion. The thread is still there, it is just closed. You can read it but not post to it.

Look at AMAC as an alternative to AARP. AMAC is a far better organization. www.amac.us

The very first headline on their page is political (very political). That's not what I would be looking for either there or at AARP. I'm more interested in being 64 and finding an organization to represent me without the politics.

Thanks, I read the thread. My only observation is that if I quit every organization where I disagree with some of their stands I wouldn't belong to any. My local AARP has been very good about advocating for pedestrian issues and this very often helps cyclists as well. They were right on top of it when I asked for their support when a bill allowing bicycles with electric motors to be classed as bicycles was amended to remove three wheeled bicycles from the bill. They understood right away that this would have a negative effect on seniors and got it fixed, so I'm not about to turn in my card anytime soon, even if I don't always agree with them on some of the national issues.

The link is trash. More extremist whining. That stuff gets old.

Stop calling people you don't agree with names. That stuff gets old.

It's always extremist when you don't agree.

One of the joys of the thread that was closed was that it gave the Weak Link a chance to refer to Seattle's mayor as a nut case (I can't recall the exact phrase).

Our mayor -- Mike McGinn, former head of the Sierra Club, and a long-time bike commuter -- is known locally as "Mayor McSchwinn."

As a service to The Weak Leak, I thought I would provide a link to an article in the local business paper in which Mayor McSchwinn has been lambasted by the most powerful landowner/developer in the area, Kemper Freeman, who owns a billion dollars or so of real estate and malls in the East Side. McSchwinn is a huge advocate of bikes and mass transit; Kemper Freeman is a huge advocate of, well, malls and cars (he's financing a number of legal actions intended to stop the spread of light rail into "his" suburb.)

Here's the interview:

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b...le_retail.html

(Hey Weak Link -- thought you would enjoy this)

How long until this thread about "why was the AARP thread closed" is closed?

Then we could have another thread

Why was the thread about the AARP thread being closed, closed?

From Little Britain, "When people in Britain want to buy a pet, they go to a pet shop. If they want to buy a pet shop, they go to a pet shop shop. If they want to buy a pet shop shop, well, they're just being silly. "

I think this thread is silly enough.

Seattle's ticked off because it's not Portland.

That's it.