Special Snowflakes Getting Real

Cliffy

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TenPenny

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He was not doing exactly what I support nor do I believe the US Government is tyrannical.



I'm pretty sure he didn't call you up for your opinion. The point, my friend, is that HE obviously believed that an armed attack was an appropriate response to what he considered a tyrannical (or illegitimate) government.


Do I agree with him? No, but you have to consider that HE thought he was doing the right thing. And you cannot disagree with the notion that all of US history celebrates an armed rebellion against a government that many (not all) people felt oppressed by.


So, what if there are 20 million people just like him, and they get together? Doesn't that sound like US history repeating itself?
 

EagleSmack

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I'm pretty sure he didn't call you up for your opinion. The point, my friend, is that HE obviously believed that an armed attack was an appropriate response to what he considered a tyrannical (or illegitimate) government.


Do I agree with him? No, but you have to consider that HE thought he was doing the right thing. And you cannot disagree with the notion that all of US history celebrates an armed rebellion against a government that many (not all) people felt oppressed by.


So, what if there are 20 million people just like him, and they get together? Doesn't that sound like US history repeating itself?

His opinion was formed for him and nurtured by the alt-left media and hate spilling from the Democrats and the liberals.

I just got finished reading Columbine. Eric Harris, one of the killers, also believed HE was doing the right thing. He believed that these people needed killing because humanity deserves killing. HE believed that his actions at Columbine would touch off a war of extermination. Is his belief to be respected? Probably not the best example.

Timothy McVeigh is a better one. His opinion was formed by right wing anti-government propaganda. I do not see any difference between the two. Both wrong and just because they felt they were doing the right thing doesn't make it right.
 

Twila

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You can't use logic against dogmatic thinking, religious or political.
yes you can. It's a great litmus test, wouldn't you say? I use my dogs opinion about potential human interactions. It's only ever trustworthy if they dislike someone.
His opinion was formed for him and nurtured by the alt-left media and hate spilling from the Democrats and the liberals.

I just got finished reading Columbine. Eric Harris, one of the killers, also believed HE was doing the right thing. He believed that these people needed killing because humanity deserves killing. HE believed that his actions at Columbine would touch off a war of extermination. Is his belief to be respected? Probably not the best example.

Timothy McVeigh is a better one. His opinion was formed by right wing anti-government propaganda. I do not see any difference between the two. Both wrong and just because they felt they were doing the right thing doesn't make it right.

brings us to if there really is any such thing as 'free will'. If our opinions are not formed by us, then there is no free will. sad.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Sir! Sir! Dorchester Heights IS Southie.
Not in the 1700s, it wasn't. You damn kids and all yer newfangled names for things that already have perfectly good names!

So, what? A Republican wets the muzzle end of his gunsight with spit like Sgt.York?
Who said anything about Trumpublicans? Need to brush up on your reading comp, or perhaps your shooting skills.

No need to apologize. I'm not disappointed. I expected people to completely miss my point.
I doubt you get disappointed very often then.
 

White_Unifier

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Do you often pick low-hanging fruit and shoot fish in barrels and sitting ducks?

Three of my favorite leisure-time activities. We should form a club.

And hit somebody with it.

"Form a club?"

I think "mold" or "make" could have been more appropriate than "form," but "form" works too given its varying meanings in English.

A club is always too much. I'll have an avocado toast.

Damn English language. I missed that meaning too. Are you gay today?
 

EagleSmack

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Not in the 1700s, it wasn't. You damn kids and all yer newfangled names for things that already have perfectly good names!

Do you think the hard working people of Southie wanted to be associated with the Lace Curtain Irish of Dorchester?
 

mentalfloss

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Every time there's a shooting, you clowns try to pin the blame on a demographic in order to fulfill your trolling objectives. It's sick. Sometimes it seems as if you're happy when someone from an identified group goes on a shooting spree. What's wrong with you people?

My work here is done.
 

Curious Cdn

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Who said anything about Trumpublicans? Need to brush up on your reading comp, or perhaps your shooting skills.
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Actually, I am a VERY good shot and I used to compete ... successfully.

Besides, I can pick off groundhogs repeatedly with single, small calibre shots and they're damned canny beasties.