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Couple of more snippets about these wingnuts. "AAPS is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its positions are u...
May 21, 2020 at 11:15
If a group of doctors who think HIV doesn't cause AIDS say we should end the shutdown, I say that's an excellent reason to keep it going. Thanks @"Han...
May 21, 2020 at 11:11
"To gather signatures for the letter, Gold and Barke partnered with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a doctors' group that ...
May 21, 2020 at 11:08
Stay alert! If anyone tries to get more than 2m away from you, chase them to a crowded beach!
May 20, 2020 at 20:09
Yeah, the other version is the one I think I first heard but then I forgot it and could only find this one online. Anyway, gotta love the Z. :wink:
May 20, 2020 at 20:03
There's this Zizek joke about a Slovenian farmer who is given two wishes by a magic fairy. He tells the fairy that his first wish is that his neighbou...
May 20, 2020 at 19:32
I just presumed he meant Hanover.
May 18, 2020 at 14:15
Rapacious capitalism combined with authoritarianism and social conservatism. No thanks.
May 17, 2020 at 21:23
You mean in terms of the making the copyright clear? I imagine so. We'll need to look into it as we develop the article section, which has just recent...
May 17, 2020 at 20:58
Yes, the Dems fucked over the best candidate (for a second time) and nominated the worst. If they were planning to lose the election by alienating as ...
May 17, 2020 at 01:27
Depends on presence, relative level, and direction of threat. E.g. If I have a gun and the other guy doesn't but is threatening me, I'm in considerabl...
May 16, 2020 at 20:04
Incidentally, not only did Arbery do absolutely nothing wrong, people were going in and out of the site he supposedly trespassed at regularly, includi...
May 16, 2020 at 13:07
"Threat, criminal threatening (or threatening behavior) is the crime of intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of bodily injury. "T...
May 16, 2020 at 12:50
Misrepresentation. I clarified that that from the video we can't actually know that he literally "waved a gun in his face'. But it's fairly obvious he...
May 16, 2020 at 12:38
Of course, that won't stop us.
May 16, 2020 at 03:08
But if we talk about that we'll be accused of not being American enough to contribute. Which is a recurring theme lately.
May 16, 2020 at 03:07
Again, you must have evidence I don't. Because the video I've seen does not show what you claim it shows (i.e. that they did not threaten him with a g...
May 16, 2020 at 02:41
Your interpretation of this is that Arbery pursued a guy with a gun in the street and so was legally shot or not? (On the basis of the evidence you've...
May 16, 2020 at 02:39
You're telling me you know from the video that a gun wasn't waved at him? Please share the link to the video that shows that. I've said in the last co...
May 16, 2020 at 02:35
Is this what it's going to come down to in the court? Whether or not he was a kamikaze?
May 16, 2020 at 02:26
Well, according to Hanover, it's apparently fine to threaten people with guns and then blow them away when they try to neutralize the threat. I would ...
May 16, 2020 at 02:22
You don't? What's your theory then? He felt in no danger but decided to risk death on the off chance he could get to murder these two guys? Anyway, an...
May 16, 2020 at 02:19
Could an answer to my last question to you bounce out of your mouth, perchance? Why is it illegal for me to defend myself against someone threatening ...
May 16, 2020 at 02:09
See, here's how it works, when posters ask me questions, I answer them (usually). You can ask me questions too, but you're not required to care about ...
May 16, 2020 at 02:04
Banno, I presume. As he asked me the question, originally. Why can't you keep up? Pay attention!
May 16, 2020 at 02:00
According to the video, it is. They threatened him with a shotgun when he was doing nothing other than jogging through the neighbourhood. So by law yo...
May 16, 2020 at 01:58
I said "some" for a reason. I'm guessing something like that may have applied in this case. Although there are other less charitable explanations that...
May 16, 2020 at 01:51
Yes, in the US there's an unusual amount of social stigma attached to not being a "success" (i.e. not being rich) but there's also an unusual amount o...
May 16, 2020 at 01:27
:lol: Another candidate for the Presidential Medal of Freedumb.
May 16, 2020 at 01:18
I think guns act as a substitute for some American's lack of power over their own lives. They're weak, confused, and somebody out there (probably a br...
May 16, 2020 at 01:12
Do you think you have an absolute right to wave your shotgun in someone's face? It seems to me that wrestling a shotgun from someone who is threatenin...
May 16, 2020 at 01:05
Good, I hope they take over some government buildings.
May 16, 2020 at 00:53
I was giving a generic example, obviously. You're working hard to be confused here. I questioned the relevance of one comparison in your post and emph...
May 16, 2020 at 00:48
Not very hard to spot the difference, really: /uploads/resized/files/vn/bggz2qdiz1ucm8yd.jpg /uploads/files/vu/86app768lksus5iv.jpg
May 15, 2020 at 23:18
Unbelievable by the way that you would compare unarmed protesters risking their lives for the cause of racial equality to a bunch of spoilt bitches wi...
May 15, 2020 at 23:11
And yes, the second part of my original post was hyperbolic, but the first was simply describing a fact. /uploads/files/sv/3fxnvjuhmvkitr8d.jpeg
May 15, 2020 at 23:00
I wasn't referring to any specific shooting. Relevance? Quote me where I claimed that. Or even mentioned you. Quote me where I claimed that. This is g...
May 15, 2020 at 22:59
Yep. Dumb white liberty freaks can literally take over government buildings while armed with assault rifles and the police do nothing. A black guy wit...
May 15, 2020 at 22:19
:100: Great stuff, I regularly screw up on these and then afterwards realize something is wrong but can't always articulate it. A list like this is go...
May 15, 2020 at 15:09
I have a feeling Obamagate is going to turn into Ohbummergate when everyone just laughs and walks away. I give it a week, max.
May 14, 2020 at 21:59
Never mind. frank hasn't been following the conversation. To a degree, I agree. If Trump really were about to, let's say, start a nuclear war then the...
May 14, 2020 at 19:56
:lol: You're not in any way casting a vote for Trump. Yeah, very different thing. The language matters because it's about responsibility. The only peo...
May 14, 2020 at 19:07
Logic lesson: I have an apple. I've refused to give my apple to Joe or Don. Therefore, I did not give my apple to Joe or Don. The fact that I would ha...
May 14, 2020 at 14:44
When anyone asks me what it is, I just show them this. /uploads/resized/files/j7/c2y3di15nijuhb3z.jpg
May 14, 2020 at 10:45
If I really thought Trump's further reign would make a huge difference globally on climate, it might sway me but, having read your last detailed post ...
May 14, 2020 at 04:10
Even strategically, the long term better strategy is to withdraw support from the Dems, at the very least until they become something like a left wing...
May 14, 2020 at 04:07
Yes, voting for Biden as the lesser of two evils just kicks the problem into the ever-lengthening grass. @"Xtrix" What you're doing from this point of...
May 14, 2020 at 03:57
The framework that says everyone has to vote for a Dem or a Republican no matter who they are, or what they've done, or even what policies they have (...
May 14, 2020 at 03:55
That's another angle on it, yes. Some people actually believe in the principle of voting for those who most represent them, both in terms of policy an...
May 14, 2020 at 03:49
@"Xtrix" Our whole argument is based on rejecting the diseased framework on which your arguments are premised. So, we're not going to see eye to eye.
May 14, 2020 at 03:43