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4 Blackwater contractors massacred 17 Iraqi civilian two of which were children are pardoned by Donald Trump.
Crystal Mason, a black woman in Texas, is serving five years for voting on supervised release when she didn't realize she was ineligible.
Merry Christmas.
If there were voter ID cards that would not have happened.
Voter ID cards would have prevented the 4 thugs from murdering 17 civilians including women and children???Quote:
Originally Posted by tomder55
And this causes people to kneel at the playing of the National Anthem? Hmmm.
If you were Black, you'd kneel too.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
Not on the basis of what some Blackwater contractors supposedly did, and not of the basis of a woman being convicted of her SECOND felony and having to serve jail time. Besides that, you have no idea what I would do if I was black. Neither do I, for that matter.Quote:
If you were Black, you'd kneel too.
But we could certainly force twelve year boys to have vasectomies and cut off the right hands of thieves. That makes no sense in this context, but it made no sense the last three or four times you've made that suggestion, so I thought I'd just throw it in before you had the chance.
That's not why Blacks kneel.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
REVERSIBLE vasectomies. It would be a minimun of pain and wouldn't change anything except that they couldn't get a female pregnant. Thus, NO ABORTIONS!Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
Those considering a stealing escapade would hopefully think twice (since BOTH hands would be cut off).
Welcome to the Moslem, communist states of America.Quote:
REVERSIBLE vasectomies. It would be a minimun of pain and wouldn't change anything except that they couldn't get a female pregnant. Thus, NO ABORTIONS!
Those considering a stealing escapade would hopefully think twice (since BOTH hands would be cut off).
If it works....Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
(Muslim, not Moslem)
(Communist???)
I can only assume you are either joking or have lost your ever-loving mind. OR that you actually are a communist, and I honestly can't say I rule that out. After all, the distance between liberal dem and commie is not that great.Quote:
If it works....
"Moslem is an alternative spelling of Muslim. The words have the same meanings in all contexts, and both spellings have been in use for several centuries."
https://writingexplained.org/moslem-...lim-difference
I would say the word "communist" was used as an adjective and was not part of an official title, so it did not need to be capitalized.
"Definition of MoslemQuote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
formerly common but now old-fashioned, increasingly rare, and sometimes offensive variant of MUSLIM."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Moslem
It was the beginning of a sentence that I decided not to finish.Quote:
I would say the word "communist" was used as an adjective and was not part of an official title, so it did not need to be capitalized.
Use apostrophes correctly and I'll watch what I capitalize.
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl
It seems everything can be made to be offensive when you seek to be perfect in speech or politically correct
what do you make of musleman
Then it's a tie.Quote:
"Definition of Moslem
formerly common but now old-fashioned, increasingly rare, and sometimes offensive variant of MUSLIM."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Moslem
There were no apostrophes in my sentence and none were needed, so I don't know what you are referring to.Quote:
Use apostrophes correctly and I'll watch what I capitalize.
It was an earlier comment I made about your apostrophizing a plural, but you walked right over my comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
Mean ole me. I didn't realize you meant that comment about my apostrophe to be taken literally. 8D
Are you a Grinch???Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
Literally or figuratively?
literally of course, what else could you be
What else? Figurative, of course.
This is the complete list of dufus pardons...
The complete list of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations (yahoo.com)
...so far!
People kneel to protest atrocities and bad acts by bad people who aren't held to account.
yes a silent protest far better to stand up and shout
Then you'll get shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by paraclete
You are forever in danger of being shot
Obeying the law minimizes that risk enormously.Quote:
You are forever in danger of being shot
Not protesting is obeying the law?Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
Seriously?Quote:
Not protesting is obeying the law?
I have to always agree and keep my mouth shut?Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
And as for protests --
There once was a tea party in a port
Not too far from a big fort.
The tea was dumped into the sea
Oh my, oh my, oh me!
Afterwards, there were a lot of details to sort.
No one has said you are always to agree and keep your mouth shut.
Thus, I can protest publicly.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
How very liberal of you, and if your constitution didn't say that, what would you say?Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
I don't even know why we are talking about it or why she brought it up. It's a non-issue and a given in America, and no one has suggested otherwise. I'm all for freedom of speech.
Yes I notice you exercise it frequently
As do you, Mr. Pot.Quote:
Yes I notice you exercise it frequently
The thread is about kneeling in silent protest.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
So, you're all for freedom of speech but not for kneeling in silent protest. Got it!
I don't care if people kneel in silent protest. Fine with me. Now I do have a freedom as well, and that is to not watch the sports where pampered millionaires want to kneel as though someone is depriving them of something. So it's a freedom that goes both ways. In the same way, people have freedom of speech and more power to them, but they don't have the power to force others to listen. Got it???
For me, if you want to do something useful, then try and work in low income communities where your chances of being killed, not by a cop, and certainly not by a security contractor, but by a member of your own community is really, really high. The disgracing of the flag accomplishes nothing other than allowing that person to preen proudly and pretend he has done something really meaningful. It's on the same level as demolishing statues. Looks impressive, but doesn't improve anyone's quality of life by one cent.
Kneeling in protest is very similar to intercessory prayer, remembering in your prayer, or, in this case, your kneeling, others who are in pain and who are suffering.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
Perhaps that is true except, of course, that praying actually accomplishes something while kneeling does not. Do they kneel for the six thousand black Americans killed every year by other black Americans? Are those the ones in pain and suffering that they kneel for, or is it just really a political stunt?Quote:
Kneeling in protest is very similar to intercessory prayer, remembering in your prayer, or, in this case, your kneeling, others who are in pain and who are suffering.
Since helmets are removed and heads are bowed while kneeling, I'm confident prayers are being whispered. And yes, they kneel for Blacks hurt and killed unjustly -- and pray for an end to it. Nope, it isn't a political stunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlisenbe
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