Comment of the Month

Do you follow us on Facebook?  Just like this newsletter, we try to bring you something that’s occasionally mechanically useful, but we also post things on politics, the environment, politics, humor, politics, science, politics, Portland, politics, Sellwood, politics, and much more.  For those of you who don’t follow us we encourage you to do so here, but for those of you who are already followers you’re probably familiar with… @LeeHill.

Lee’s not quite a troll, but he’s a familiar Commenter on many of our posts.  No matter the issue, Lee is there with a reply marinated in the dank stench of the Righty thought gutter.  Sometimes he’s intelligent, others not, sometimes he’s even surprising on the positions he takes, but a question we often get is “Why the hell is this guy obsessed with Tom Dwyer?”

That question, in a way, was asked on our recent post about the Trump administration’s Federal Occupation of Portland.  A spirited debate had sprung up, and Linda G. had replied to one of Lee’s comments, which prompted one of our own.  That’s why this month’s Comment of the Month is a reply to a reply to a comment on a post on our Facebook page… or something like that.  Here’s our response to Linda G. explaining exactly what the deal is with Lee…

Linda G.’s reply to LeeHill’s comment…

“He’s not from here. He’s a Republican running for office in another state. Comments from other states are popping up in local news comments too. Crazy Republican operation I’m thinking.” 

Tom Dwyer Automotive Services reply to Linda G…

Yes and no. Let me step out from behind the curtain for a sec… I’m Charles, and I’m Tom Dwyer’s marketing director. I’m usually the one you’re talking to when you’re on FB. Lee IS from Alabama and WAS a Republican candidate, but that’s not his connection to us.

Believe it or not, I’ve been friends for 30 years with him. In college, we would often debate political issues with me taking the Left and Lee the Right. He does believe some jaw-dropping things, but on the other hand (thought he’d never admit it) he often takes an exaggerated Right side for the point of argument.

Several benefits to that… if we accidentally post wrong or distorted info there’s someone there to catch it. We have to make strong arguments bcs Lee will pounce if we’re sloppy. And, despite evidence, he’s smart… if there’s a best case to be made for a Righty policy, he at least knows what it is. When he’s reduced to pushing the drivel he’s been on Secret Police in Portland or Kiddie Prisons at the Border (just to name two), you know you’ve beaten the best the Right has to offer. I know that’s damning with faint praise, but there it is.

Another thing about Lee is the issues we all face in our daily lives… how to deal with ‘good’ people with ‘bad’ views? Some people are just toxic on every level and we’re better off running far away. But, we all know people who are generally wonderful yet have some twisted beliefs mixed in. (Don’t forget; you (and we) are that person to other people in our own lives!) Maybe it’s a different time now; maybe overlooking the bigotry, cowardice, and greed in ourselves and others was always wrong and we have to come to terms with that. But we’re still left with living with these people (and they with us) in families, communities, and countries. How do we reach them? I know Lee to be a person of deep integrity, honor, and service, and when I argue with him it’s by appealing to these better qualities. I don’t understand at all how these can co-exist with the qualities he prefers to display, and yet they do. I am boggled. Yet he’s reachable (I stubbornly think) and as people of nominally good will we have a duty to reach out to our fellow citizens rather than shoot them (which I all too often feel like doing to Lee). It’s an ugly compromise, but that’s civilization,

We waffle back and forth about whether Lee adds or detracts from our FB feed, but since we don’t want to ‘thought police’ our FB we haven’t blocked him. On the bright side, we’ll all support you in any abuse you want to heap on him.”

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Latest Automotive Recalls  

Automobiles are just like any other product; occasional flaws in manufacture or design can cause problems once they leave the factory.  When an issue is identified the manufacturers and government work hard to bring the vehicles back in for refit or repair, but not all recalls make the front pages.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains a constantly updated list of recalls from every manufacturer.  The last month’s recalls are below, but clicking the button at right will take you to the full list at the NHTSA website.