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06-14-2016, 05:20 PM | #1 | |
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That's not so important as your lead intake. Some real men using their brains in Orlando somehow forgot that. Guess they weren't worried about a government dictatorship. Guess they weren't worried about lead from other sources. Ignorance is bliss, sometimes permanently. |
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06-15-2016, 10:44 AM | #2 |
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Extremists know their followers must be told how to think. There followers will only believe the first thing told. So Trump and Bill O'Reilly immediately blame immigrants or Isis for a massacre in Orlando.
No facts say that. That adult who was a child had a long history of alliance with all kinds of wacko extremist mentalities. But that is irrelevant to extremists such as Ann Coulter. They must be the first to connect a "Them verses Us" rationalization. Since the brainwashed only know and remember the first thing they are told. Where is this Isis or illegal immigrant connection. Ann Coulter is even claiming gangs have taken over our city streets. So how many still listen to these wacko extremists? What day are they now saying the world will end? |
06-14-2016, 04:56 PM | #3 |
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There are a few more vidz RE: this tragedy on the TYT channel if anyone would like to view them.
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06-15-2016, 11:23 AM | #4 | |
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This is a nice story.
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06-15-2016, 12:38 PM | #5 |
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It'll be interesting to see if/how it changes his political fortunes in Utah.
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06-17-2016, 10:01 AM | #7 | |
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06-17-2016, 10:22 AM | #8 | |
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06-17-2016, 11:00 AM | #9 | |
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While at the same time we MUST PLAINLY admit that on day one, we don't understand this event, because on its face it is pretty much incomprehensible, And it came from a psychology that we don't understand and a culture we are only partly familiar with, It is important for us to believe we DO understand, because our brains need a narrative for it. All things need explanation. And in 2016 the narrative is political. So, ~ This is where we are now ~ if we don't understand, at least we can have opinions which nobody can safely disagree with; and we can blame others, which comforts us and makes us feel superior. To me, it is an offensive reaction to the event. People are dead and you want to make a point. But fine, it's 2016, have fun being all political. |
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06-17-2016, 12:00 PM | #10 | ||
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Madness is incomprehensible, almost by definition, so to the extent that mental illness played a part, it's incomprehensible. But the claim that gays are evil and dangerous, and are destroying our society, is not some foreign culture issue. The idea that gays deserve death is not some outside thing. There are plenty of Americans, even ones without immigrant parents, who grew up in that environment. I agree that it ought not be a political issue, but that's only possible when a large majority of politicians agree. It wasn't an issue when they all agreed to condemn gays, and now it is. It will remain a political issue until consensus is again formed, hopefully in the other direction. Quote:
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06-17-2016, 11:01 AM | #11 |
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Q=Queer
A bit of a catch-all (which isn't to say that it will prevent future letters from being added).
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06-17-2016, 12:03 PM | #12 |
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Back in the day, before LG or LGB or LGBT, Q covered it all. I'd read some were pushing to revive Q and wondered if it was an attempt to promote unity and discourage infighting. Didn't know it had been tacked onto the banner though. I figured Q was as clear as mud, but it covers the ground, without requiring anyone to reveal personal preferences. But I was told it generalized, grouped people together that didn't want to be, so I guess it's a double edged sword.
I really don't want to be an asshole but when people like Libby barge in and tell me what I must do and must say, they can just fuck right off. Sure would be nice if nobody felt the need to hang their identity on a letter, and move that letter to just a footnote. Instead of being a Whitewall Car, just a Car that happens to have whitewalls.
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06-17-2016, 12:22 PM | #13 |
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Is the motive bigotry?
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06-17-2016, 12:52 PM | #14 |
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Of course.
And sure, one can always have a purely logical "only the Shadow knows what lurks in the hearts of men" argument, or quibble with the wording, that "the motive" implies "the only motive" and there were surely other contributing factors, but that doesn't negate the bigotry, it only affects its flavor.
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06-17-2016, 02:13 PM | #15 |
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So you figure he wasn't personally gay.
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