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18th June 2019, 11:01 PM | #3241 |
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18th June 2019, 11:15 PM | #3242 |
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And since it was against a conservative, they may actually take notice this time: Mord an CDU-Politiker Lübcke (Focus, June 18, 2019)
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/dann "Stupidity renders itself invisible by assuming very large proportions. Completely unreasonable claims are irrefutable. Ni-en-leh pointed out that a philosopher might get into trouble by claiming that two times two makes five, but he does not risk much by claiming that two times two makes shoe polish." B. Brecht "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions." K. Marx |
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19th June 2019, 06:51 AM | #3243 |
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Yeah, Lapine is one of those "edgelord" types who inhabits a really weird world that vacillates between the center-left and hard-right, depending on the topic. The fact that she's a vocal anti-feminist aligned with some of the less obnoxious MRA groups is what makes her popular with a certain segment of the white male audience. Her casual forays into racism apologetics and defenses of Donald Trump's BS hasn't hurt her standing with that crowd either. |
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19th June 2019, 05:20 PM | #3244 |
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Right, but it turns out that "blowing kisses" was in response to being spat on during a march, which seems to me to fall under "such assaults" as being egged. Being spat on during a political march and "being egged for his views" are similar enough that I think referring to the former as similar to the latter is valid.
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19th June 2019, 05:26 PM | #3245 |
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20th June 2019, 01:51 AM | #3246 |
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20th June 2019, 02:04 AM | #3247 |
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20th June 2019, 03:28 AM | #3248 |
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“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago |
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20th June 2019, 06:08 AM | #3249 |
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I'd rather not get involved in judging one way or the other. I can only say that I originally read your posts that same way that theprestige read them.
Happily you corrected that misunderstanding and when I looked back your correction was in fact consistent with what you originally posted, so I see that the error was mine. |
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