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Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postyep. My point was that we shouldn't be blaming people in either party for the actions of these sick individuals. Every evil or mentally ill person is going to have various causes and political views that he uses to justify his actions. That doesn't mean that Democrats or Republicans, or Trump is responsible for their action. THEY are the only ones responsible for their actions. Whether they have a manifesto blaming alien squirrels, socialists, or some other race, that is their own problem.
Remember - a catalyst is an element that makes a reaction between two other elements possible when otherwise they would not react. The chaotic, hate filled message of Donald Trump is a catalyst for deteriorating relations between people in this country of different points of view. Trump is not a bridge builder - he is a wall builder.
I was talking to a young lady that often cleans for us. She was telling us that the last few years the rhetoric that comes from Trump and that Trump invites has emboldened her relatives to express racist and intolerant views she never even knew existed until the current political environment.
It is true that those ideas and thoughts could not have erupted if they did not exist. But Trump with his rallies and his constant nasty tweets and attacks on decent people allows them to find a voice. Even gives these thoughts a voice. We all are a mixture of good and bad. But what we feed is what we tend to become. Trump feeds hatred, intolerance, bitterness, anxiety, fear.
Some leaders know how to appeal to the good in us to get things done, to make things happen, to fix problems. Trump is the opposite of that. He appeals to the bad in us, the worst in us. He motivates with fear. He motivates my mocking others, encouraging others to despise those that stand against his policies or his goals.
We need the other kind of leader Sparko. We don't need this. Whether a person supports his policies or not, he's really bad for all of us.
JimMy brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostThere is no paranoia in observing the treatment of the three shootings this weekend by the media.
But that isn't the focus is it. The focus is the paranoid view everybody is out to take our guns. That the media is twisting these events for some dark, left leaning agenda.
And that shift in focus from what is actually scary and dangerous (the shootings) to that imagined scary conspiracy is the effect of the paranoia I'm talking about.
JimMy brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostBut there is a great deal of paranoia in seeing something scary about the coverage of the three shootings this weekend by the media over the actual events themselves. That we as a people have reached such a low point that three of us could take a powerful gun and independently conduct three massacres in less than one week is the scary thing. That is what is scary, and THAT is what our focus should be.
But that isn't the focus is it. The focus is the paranoid view everybody is out to take our guns. That the media is twisting these events for some dark, left leaning agenda.
And that shift in focus from what is actually scary and dangerous (the shootings) to that imagined scary conspiracy is the effect of the paranoia I'm talking about.
JimThat's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostYou "guess" wrong. It is the Trump language of "invasion" by Hispanics, which is the distinguishing feature of the El Paso shooter's Manifesto. This is the reason he drove 600 miles from Dallas...to shoot up Hispanics. It is Trump, not the Democrat Party, who routinely denigrates the humanity of anyone who isn’t white. This is the man who first came into public view for discriminating against African Americans in housing and who most recently called on four women of color to “go back” to where they came from. The Manifesto and behavior of the shooter echo these sentiments.
And then there is the Ohio shooter whose beliefs are being studiously ignored by the MSM except for a few outlets who were in effect shamed into covering them. This guy is as liberal as you can get. He's virulently anti-police, pro-antifa and a big supporter of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
So we have two decidedly left-wing kooks who went off the deep end and murdered a bunch of people but the TDS crowd just "knows" it's all Trump's fault because liberals are obviously heavily swayed by what Trump wants.
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostThe only exception I see to that is places like the Congo.
The Rwandan genocide was tribal.
And sometimes clans within the tribe.Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
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Originally posted by Raphael View PostViolence in Africa is typically along tribal lines. So still technically racist, but at a tribal level rather than skin colour.
The Rwandan genocide was tribal.
And sometimes clans within the tribe."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostActually that is what the MSM focused on and wants everyone to ignore the fact that he is a left-wing white supremacist.
He also made it clear that he has long hated Hispanics -- well before Trump even announced he was running for president.
And then there is the Ohio shooter whose beliefs are being studiously ignored by the MSM except for a few outlets who were in effect shamed into covering them.
This guy is as liberal as you can get. He's virulently anti-police, pro-antifa and a big supporter of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View Post...
Oh. Are Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders white nationalists who are anti-police and pro-antifa.Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
Beige Federalist.
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"Everybody is somebody's heretic."
Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostThe Bible has the cure for paranoia: "Perfect love casts out all fear". But a large number of us, even the majority of us, try to deal with fear some other way. The world's way.Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostThe shooter was NOT a “left-wing white supremacist”
Denial is not a river in Egypt
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostUm, yes he is. He is a strong supporter of free health care and a universal basic income -- which are anything but conservative policies.
You also acknowledge that he's an "eco-fascist" which again is a position of the far left. There are plenty of left-wing racist bigots out there and he was one of the more violent ones.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostSince when has being a “strong supporter of free health care and a universal basic income” make one into a White Supremacist?
Originally posted by Tassman View PostThe Ohio shooter was clearly mentally ill, his history indicates this.nutsevil, just like the El Paso shooter is self-evident.
Originally posted by Tassman View PostAnd supporting the ecology, environment and conservation doesn’t make one an "eco-fascist", nor make one a “left-wing racist bigot”.
Fail better.
1 Although technically to be a white supremacist you need to hate blacks and Asians as well, which I'm not sure he does.
2. repeating AOC's rhetoric that the ICE detention centers are "concentration camps." I should note that the guy up in Washington who attacked an ICE facility armed with a rifle and throwing fire bombs against the building also called them "concentration camps" (and the Dayton shooter praised him as a "martyr"). That's two of her chickens that have come home to roost.
3. That's Sanders second supporter who went out to shoot and kill people. The first was a former campaign worker who specifically targeted Republicans as they practiced for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity in Washington D.C.Last edited by rogue06; 08-07-2019, 05:54 AM.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Raphael View PostViolence in Africa is typically along tribal lines. So still technically racist, but at a tribal level rather than skin colour.
The Rwandan genocide was tribal.
And sometimes clans within the tribe.
My point is that the US has a large and conflicted population that is divided along several cultural and racial lines. That's where I think the US is unique. And that is where most of our problems of violence stem.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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