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@Stephen
Islam is a Religion.It is a ideology AND followed by muslims...... PLURAL!!!!
That's a fair point. True Christianity is non-ideological, and if Islam can be classed under a definition of religion, it still seems to differ in that respect.
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@mustardness
Why are you acting as though the User Dblaze doesn't concure in respect to the basic concept of Russian interference?
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@mustardness
Why are you acting as though the User Dblaze doesn't concure in respect to the basic concept of Russian interference?
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@Vader
How can we say that the attackers are abiding by Islamic doctrine, rather than corrupting or misrepresenting its meaning? If we don't draw from a grounded assumption, we risk obfuscating the relationship with Islam
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@Vader
The religion is called Islam. Assuming you are a young Christian, you probably haven't had much time to learn about it yet.
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@TheRealNihilist
There's an additional aspect to consider in addressing the problem with respect to genuine Islam.
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@Castin
The people who handed this down did not necessarily convey it in the sense of having a wholistic understanding at the time. The serpent is implicated not only in the fall, but also in things to come.
4 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
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Meanwhile, back in Louisiana, the incident has helped inspire people to chip in for rebuilding three historically black churches.
"It's going to help our community. What the devil meant for bad, God's going to turn it into something good," Rev. Gerald Toussaint said.
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The oblique Nature of Clinton's politics coming off the tail end of the Obama administration also didn't lend well to the perceptive possibility that socialism is the real future democrats ultimately have in store, perhaps wiping the last great hope away for America, and the world...the end of a chapter, the conclusion of our experiment.
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@Alec
Some people contend that Bernie Sander's campaign contributed to the loss of Hillary Clinton in 2016, somehow dissuading independent votes.
I think internal corruption within the party combined with the external image of anointing Hillary Clinton was the primary causation, but in addition Bernie Sanders being a rather sincere independent didn't help in contrast, and the extreme views surrounding him are argued associatively as a movement within the democratic party.
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@Alec
Whether the republicans should oust Trump in 2020
Pros
- 8 more Years
- Potentially deflating the democratic strategy
- Less turd polishing, fresh start
- Trump could prove disastrous in an economic downturn
(and we are in one of the longest cycles in history)
- Detaching the party image from Trump liability
- Standing for something besides winning
Con
- The Bernie Effect
- Loss of Name Recognition
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@Stephen
The tweet is stupid. The phrase was intended to portray ordinary American citizens as having nothing to do with the problems associated with them by their fellow citizens. The statement was appropriately vague because theoretically the ignorant fear could be coming from anything, and in a real life experience you wouldn't really understand why strange people are treating you strangely in their ignorant fear, not at first. In the original context Trump would have made a fine actor-buffoon exemplifying a problem being addressed in the subject matter. It comes off as self-denigrating and hypocritical.
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@TheRealNihilist
What's up with post #25?
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@TheRealNihilist
Just curious...
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@TheRealNihilist
Fame over Honor?
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@TheRealNihilist
I didn't intend to tag you, and you replied within 5 seconds. I think you should get a medal for that.
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This song is called "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning"
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Trumpanzee:1} person who voted for despicable Trump.2} person who supports Trumps immoral actions.3} person who would vote for Trump in 2020.These all fit you and other immoral Trumpanzees. Truth hurts and that is why you are so defensive of you ego based immorality regarding Trump and Trumps actions. Sad lack of morals is putting it mildly.Take a hike until you have any rational, logical common sense that invalidates my comments as stated. You do not because you have nothing of significant relevance to present to us.
. You do not because you have nothing of significant relevance to present to us.
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@mustardness
After you have demonstrated that you have learned your lesson, by all means feel free to express disagreement with what I say. Please try to refrain in the future from classing someone you disagree with as a "trumpanzee", this alone being a ridiculous affront to decency, and then proceeding to disregard respectable individuals as despicable.
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Trumpanzee: Someone who voted for President Trump in the 2016 election without regret, or would consider voting for Mr. Trump in the 2020 election
Yes I believe you are a Trumpanzee i.e. I believe you voted for Trump, continue to support Trump and would vote for that despicable person again in 2020.
^^This, by the way, is unfounded.
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@mustardness
I believe you are a Trumpanzee.
I believe you are trying to justify bigotry. Its not right to treat people this way, and you should know better.
Until you have learned your lesson, how shall I know that my address to you is not in vane?
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@mustardness
These "statements" thus far have largely been empty, from sources that must be questioned and cross checked. I hope people understand the significance that Mr. Mueller's report has to offer in that the public can finally examine information and ascertain its credibility.
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@mustardness
No, I was contending that we can say with a high degree of certainty that Russians (tied to Moscow) were involved with the hacked information, and the question is "how?"
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@mustardness
Oooooh, yeah as far as Hacking the DNC, that's open territory. I think that's not a matter of if Russians did it, but how it is tied to Moscow. I could be wrong still about it being Russian sourced. I highly doubt that the DNC hack could ever be tied to Trump. As an additional note, the DNC evidently showed disinterest in being a subject of investigation by destroying evidence in their servers prior to the Mueller investigation, making verifiable information more difficult to account for.
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@mustardness
I can understand the Russian motive against political ties with Ukraine and how there would be inherent bias in that respect. I have yet to see solid evidence that Russia specifically aided Trump in the 2016 election. The Russian interference was, to my knowledge, negligible in terms of electoral outcome. Its reasonable to assume they were taking advantage of the general situation to weaken the country. Russian efforts to implant incompatible ideological propaganda go back decades. I have yet to see a justifiable explanation of the likelihood that Russia intended to interfere with the outcome, or even has the capacity to do so.
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@mustardness
Trump and his associates did not hack the electoral system. The other information is appreciated. Putin is more like Franklin D. Roosevelt than Trump. Thankfully FDR was not a psychopath from the CIA
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@mustardness
If Russian propaganda designed to divide and sew chaos and general discord among the American populous is what Trump needed to be President, than its a drop in the bucket compared with networks like CNN, Fox News, etc...
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@TheRealNihilist
One would hope.So you want it to happen?
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@TheRealNihilist
Do you think I condone that?
No
He made the claim that Muslims a minority has taken New York to its "knees".
One would hope.
The doctrine in question is called Shariah law
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Many Muslim countries kill people for being gay.
As per rule of law, no, but its been said that purges happen unchecked in some jurisdictions. All remaining countries with a codified capital punishment for homosexual intercourse are Islamic. Not all predominantly Islamic nations have this sort of law.
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"You're wasting your time, unless the evidence is so conclusive that the Republicans will understand," "Otherwise, it's a gift to the president. We take our eye off the ball."
-Nancy Pelosi, California
“I refuse to allow Republicans who are recalcitrant and who’ve already decided that they won’t impeach the president regardless of what he does,” “They decided this. We didn’t elect a majority of Democrats to the House to allow Republicans to determine the fate of the country. We are there for a reason.”
-Al Green, Texas
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@TheRealNihilist
So I shouldn't have taken your statement seriously? Why even say it in the first place?
Post # 90 is not referring to my own statement, but rather Post #89. Post 92 is likewise in reference to critical thinking
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@TheRealNihilist
If you don't take the initiative to consider it, there's no guarantee that the world is going to correct you.
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@TheRealNihilist
That appears to be a strawman fallacy.
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@TheRealNihilist
You said I was being conned. Thinking is not a scapegoat for that claim so you can't behind that and on-top of that expect an apology.
I said, I think you should CONSIDER that you MIGHT have been. This is a fact. Might, means may or may not. Its a suggestion, to consider, what may or may not be. I'm not saying that thinking absolves my statement of thought. That would be absurd
"I think you should consider that you might have been"
"I think you should consider that you [MAY or May NOT] have been"
"I think you should consider that you might have been conned"
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@TheRealNihilist
would appreciate an apology.I think you should d*e. What do you say about that?
That sounds unhealthy. If its not meant matter of factly, it would be nice if you conveyed sincerely how you now understand it was wrong
Value statement: Government + Far Right
I don't recall you stating that government is valuable. I don't recall you stating that the far right is valuable either. Previous conversation implied that government could be utilized to certain aspirations, and that the far right is perceived as having little to no value, though that may or may not be translatable out of context.
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@TheRealNihilist
Reread, in a more temperate tone I guess? I'm actually trying not to put words in your mouth.You say I have been conned without showing evidence.
I quote "I think you should consider that you might have been" so that is not an honest representation and uncalled for. If you are accusing me of something, I would appreciate an apology.
Far-Right is assumed to be a relative outlier. The rally was "based on far right ideas", therefore we can dismiss everyone in attendance as far right. There is established context surrounding a statue.I asked this question which was not answered "Where did I make a value statement on government or the far right?"
Okay, tell me what a value statement is.
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@TheRealNihilist
So all of the people protesting the government or whatever were wrong, and all of the people protesting the protesters were far right wing, and correct?How did you get this? Where did I make a value statement on government or the far right?
Far-Right is assumed to be a relative outlier. The rally was "based on far right ideas", therefore we can associate everyone in attendance as far right. There is established context surrounding a statue.
I think you should consider that you might have been conned.I think you should consider when you don't know what you are talking about and put words into my mouth without asking for my actual position.
Reread, in a more temperate tone I guess? I'm actually trying not to put words in your mouth. I simply don't have a coherent understanding of what you were trying to say.
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@TheRealNihilist
So all of the people protesting the government or whatever were wrong, and all of the people protesting the protesters were far right wing, and correct? The only other way I can think of taking that is that everyone, including servicemen, should not have showed up or they face delegitimization. It just doesn't make sense either way. I think you should consider that you might have been conned.
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@TheRealNihilist
I think we are on the same page. How I feel about this as an example, is that if there really were legitimate protesters among the group portrayed as white nationalists, its essentially a violation of our commitment to free speech to dishonestly associate them as unreasonable outliers on a political basis. In such a case, its right for the president to uphold the constitution, besides any societal remarks.
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@TheRealNihilist
Are people who elect to protest a potential course of action considered as members of society?Are people who elect to protest?Please to clear up what you mean there.
I meant in the sense of making a choice to protest.
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@TheRealNihilist
So do you support Trump?
Not that I know of. From what I understand he's probably capable of supporting himself, generally speaking
How about Hillary vs Trump?
Overly Broad, and may take hours to answer
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@TheRealNihilist
Are people who elect to protest a potential course of action considered as members of society?
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Did western politicians "save" "our Middle Eastern friends" or inspire their enemies and cater plans to level their homes? How can we say that this reaction is applicable to "the Muslim world"?
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@TheRealNihilist
Yeah, I'm asking if you've seen or heard them beforeI am thinking Trump must have said it but all his st*pid comments are blocking my memory from his reasonable ones.
That, I can relate to. Thanks for the laugh
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@Alec
In terms of separatist movements, it may not be so much about culture as it is having a common sense of civic duty. The problems may arise over disrespectful manipulation through the high government. One must ask I suppose, if it is actually practical to expect the populous to maintain a degree of selflessness, agreeing to disagree, mutual respect.
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@Alec
I don't see that there is anything particularly wrong with a separatist movement. Our primary concern should be of maintaining the integrity of the US. Should we fail, a separatist movement from the federal government very well may be necessary in the future. Hopefully the opposite is in store, and United States continues to grow.
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@Alec
The Union represents the Union. The US invaded itself, and the CSA proved to be nothing but a bogus claim based in ill founded superstition. You can't win a civil war
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@TheRealNihilist
Yeah, I'm asking if you've seen or heard them before
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