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13th February 2018, 07:11 AM | #81 |
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Really? THIS thread is about the CNN glurge about some people who are threatening to voluntarily leave the country.
And if we got that wrong, how can we take seriously your blanket claim that anyone who does not see everything exactly your way "are at least ok with racism." "are at least ok with racism," boy that is a mouthful! Next time just call them racist. |
13th February 2018, 07:17 AM | #82 |
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13th February 2018, 07:48 AM | #83 |
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13th February 2018, 07:51 AM | #84 |
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Sure everyone knows he is constantly lying, but they all seem to think that THEY know which 10% of what he says he actually means. I have had people seriously argue that the wall was never about a physical wall because that is a dumb idea but it was a metaphor. Trump was always perfectly clear that it was a large concrete reinforced wall, but some how they know this was not what he meant.
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13th February 2018, 09:08 AM | #88 |
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"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people." -John Quincy Adams * Oh wait, I guess he meant to say: **"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, unless it seems mean" Seriously, you are all failing civics 101. |
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What, you didn't expect the Spanish inquisition?
This is not where we debate the merits of hobbesian versus Rousseau philosophical viewpoints, nor the dangers of arbitrary power versus heartless inflexibility. You are simply evil, and should be flamed until you recant. |
13th February 2018, 10:09 AM | #94 |
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So why are you so focused on getting rid of people who grew up here?
This was of course a real win for the law and reinforcing how his abusive parents didn't love him enough to make him a real american. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/u...uth-korea.html Because if there is anything adopted children need to understand it is that they are less than real children. |
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Having "teams" outside of games is pretty stupid.
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- I’m against abortion!
- - Even in cases of rape and incest? - The life of the helpless child must be protected and cherished! Jesus weeps at this travesty! -vis- - Deport the Dreamers! - - Y’know, many were brought here as infants, toddlers. Wouldn’t you agree they were helpless and, even though years have passed, we should cherish and protect them? Isn’t that the Christian thing to do? - No exceptions! Arrest! Deport! |
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13th February 2018, 12:39 PM | #102 |
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Societies and teams aren't the same thing.
Depending on the issue, I sometimes side with liberals and sometimes with conservatives, etc. I don't have a team because that'd mean I'd have to have opinions that fit with the team rather than having my own, and support what the team does regardless of whether it's good or acceptable. |
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Yes.
But lets stick with your analogy to se if you can see where it fails. Contrast your statement with: If I am banned, I'm not going to post here. Is that a threat?
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Tut tut, lets mold our analogies to fit the actual fact pattern actually presented by the actual OP:
IF iSkep does not remove the Sword of Damocles that is banning from this site, then I will leave this website.* threat? *it should go without saying that this hypothetical is not and should not be construed as a commentary on moderation or forum management |
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I hate it when theprestige is so right. Your analogy was flawed from the beginning and I have no way to fix it. There is no comparable status on this site for the unwanted who chooses to leave prior to being forcibly removed. Thus are the efficiencies of our online environment.
If asked to leave, I will leave. If told to leave, I will leave. If the law says I may not remain, I will not remain. None of that is threatening. You could go find something that is threatening, but I didn't see any dreamers quoted in that article that were threatening. Why do so many see aggression in what is clearly a statement of resignation? Is it some sort of projection? Why is their sadness portrayed as anger? |
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Instead of inventing fake conversations, why not have a real conversation with a real person about a real opinion?
This one, for example, seems like it could lead to some interesting discussion across the aisle. |
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I mean, if you can't follow the conversation, OK. I know multi-quotes can be confusing to some. Just throw out a or a "'K" post and we all know to stop bugging you.
Or, you know, you could back up your claims that dreamers in the CNN article are "threatening to leave" and "caterwauling to CNN". |
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Before you say something stupid about climate change, check this list. "If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. " Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies Vol. 1 |
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