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Reply that it's false, there's some hits about it on google but this seems a pretty good one : http://www.examiner.com/article/the-idea-that-recent-mass-shooters-are-mostly-registered-democrats-is-a-myth
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Sir Rolo posted:The week in LL101: I thought he was muslim? How could he be pope?
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U.S. Barryl posted:This was posted on my news feed. What do I do with it? They were also all men and white. So ban all white men from buying guns.
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Mar 18, 2013 08:00
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LoveMeDead posted:They were also all men and white. So ban all white men from buying guns. The VT shooter was a Korean national.
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Mar 18, 2013 15:12
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Point out that mental illness crosses party lines and that is all the more reason why we should have sensible gun control reform?
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Posted "One down, thirty-two to go!" In response to Maryland striking down capital punishment. Got this loving wretched argument out of it... Red is a failed police academy guy who I don't think I need to be friends with any more. It drives me into a seething rage every time his argument degrades to, "You just don't know what it's like in the real world" like I live on loving Jupiter in my Palace of Objectivity.
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Mar 18, 2013 15:45
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U.S. Barryl posted:This was posted on my news feed. What do I do with it? Ask for supporting documentation/citations? It's a letter to the editor, in the Custer County Chronicle, fer chrissakes.
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Mar 18, 2013 16:04
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Zwabu posted:Ask for supporting documentation/citations? It's a letter to the editor, in the Custer County Chronicle, fer chrissakes. I've seen it going around Facebook since January, so the person probably plagiarized it, and mailed it to the newspaper as their own.
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Mar 18, 2013 16:15
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UnmaskedGremlin posted:I thought he was muslim? How could he be pope? He is not a US citizen, yet he became president. 
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Mar 18, 2013 16:21
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Coelacanthian posted:Posted "One down, thirty-two to go!" In response to Maryland striking down capital punishment. Got this loving wretched argument out of it... Your friend is a god drat sociopath and I'd watch my back at any public event where he's present. Like, seriously, it takes a special kind of person to be like "innocent people died on my tax dollars. OH WELL LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT".
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Why did he fail to become a cop? Did his attitude have anything to do with it? I hope it did. If you know this to be the case, I suggest throwing that in his face.
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Mar 18, 2013 17:44
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Bob Moog sex tape posted:I thought I would chalk it up to my friend being a dumb racist, and I would leave it at that, but a week later and one of his dumb racist friends came out of the woodwork. White privilege doesn't exist because some Asian people happen to be successful? What?
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Mar 18, 2013 17:54
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Sir Rolo posted:White privilege doesn't exist because some Asian people happen to be successful? What? I mean, it's true that measuring privilege solely by material achievement would indicate that there's strong Asian privilege in the USA. Since this is absurd, you can either conclude that privilege is not solely a function of material achievement, or PRIVILEGE DON'T REAL .
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Mar 18, 2013 18:11
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Coelacanthian posted:Posted "One down, thirty-two to go!" In response to Maryland striking down capital punishment. Got this loving wretched argument out of it... His last sentence - that the death penalty is good because life in prison is dehumanizing - is shockingly close to the dissent in the case where SCOTUS ruled the death penalty totally badass. The dissenting judge (I don't recall who it was, sorry) felt that the death penalty wasn't harsh enough, and that life in prison was like a science fiction movie where they live on a prison planet and have to fight all the time.
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Boxman posted:His last sentence - that the death penalty is good because life in prison is dehumanizing - is shockingly close to the dissent in the case where SCOTUS ruled the death penalty totally badass. The dissenting judge (I don't recall who it was, sorry) felt that the death penalty wasn't harsh enough, and that life in prison was like a science fiction movie where they live on a prison planet and have to fight all the time. It's worth mentioning that was an Onion piece.
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Boxman posted:His last sentence - that the death penalty is good because life in prison is dehumanizing - is shockingly close to the dissent in the case where SCOTUS ruled the death penalty totally badass. The dissenting judge (I don't recall who it was, sorry) felt that the death penalty wasn't harsh enough, and that life in prison was like a science fiction movie where they live on a prison planet and have to fight all the time. http://www.theonion.com/video/supreme-court-rules-death-penalty-is-totally-badas,14244/ 
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I do agree that concealed carry should be legal, but only if it's a totally slick MP5 submachine gun hidden in a trench-coat or something. Otherwise, no dice.
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VideoTapir posted:Why did he fail to become a cop? Did his attitude have anything to do with it? I hope it did. If you know this to be the case, I suggest throwing that in his face. It's actually been really hard keeping myself from not just going for the jugular. The guy lost probably 150 pounds over the past few years and really made a lot of progress towards bettering himself, but I heard several times through the grapevine that he got flushed out of training for various reasons. One might have been related to his physical condition, though I have a hard time believing that since he's way in shape now and is hyper involved with Brazilian Ju Jitsu (the mentality of which is notoriously tough-guy / philosopher-warrior, which appeals to some people in the worst way). The more "discussions" I have with him the more I think he's juuuuuuust a taaaaaad sociopathic. I think he's in some sort of ongoing process to get into law enforcement, but really he has the moral compass of a 10th century warlord. And he would be SUPER stoked to have someone say that to him.
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Coelacanthian posted:The more "discussions" I have with him the more I think he's juuuuuuust a taaaaaad sociopathic. I think he's in some sort of ongoing process to get into law enforcement, but really he has the moral compass of a 10th century warlord. And he would be SUPER stoked to have someone say that to him. Sounds like perfect US Police Force material to me.
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Radical Griff posted:I do agree that concealed carry should be legal, but only if it's a totally slick MP5 submachine gun hidden in a trench-coat or something. Otherwise, no dice. With a running soundtrack by Propellerheads. I think this may actually how a lot of these urban cowboys picture themselves, potentially spreading justice one lead salad at a time.
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Mar 18, 2013 23:14
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Bob Moog sex tape posted:I thought I would chalk it up to my friend being a dumb racist, and I would leave it at that, but a week later and one of his dumb racist friends came out of the woodwork.
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Walter posted:I think this may actually how a lot of these urban cowboys picture themselves, potentially spreading justice one lead salad at a time. I find this is pretty common with Conservatives and Libertarians alike. The not-so-subtle implication of all the "concealed carry" rhetoric is that, deep down, they believe they're going to be the "lone hero" who guns down the shooter/robber/person of color. Same thing with "parasites" on welfare. They assume they're one of the "great men" Ayn Rand wrote about as they read Free Republic and act smug.
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Radical Griff posted:The not-so-subtle implication of all the "concealed carry" rhetoric is that, deep down, they believe they're going to be the "lone hero" who guns down the shooter/robber/person of color. Or maybe they believe they'll have the tool to defend themselves or their families at the appropriate time. Everyone isn't a stereotype. By playing into this stereotype game and directing your comments broadly, as opposed to confining them to those that forward some of this crazy poo poo, you are just as culpable as the one that spout 'herf derf welfare queens in Cadillacs!' that you lampoon. In short, you became the very monster that you fought. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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LeJackal posted:In short, you became the very monster that you fought. This probably shouldn't have made me laugh as hard as it did, but there you go.
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U.S. Barryl posted:This was posted on my news feed. What do I do with it? I found http://www.examiner.com/article/the-idea-that-recent-mass-shooters-are-mostly-registered-democrats-is-a-myth but honestly I wish I could find more. That whole c/p job is either an unsubstantiated lie or straight up deceit. I mean, half of those states don't even half partisan registration so how can you even be a registered democratic? Edit: at the top of the goddamn page. Ffff, sorry
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Is it a coincidence that so much stuff about white privilege and "blacks are the real racists!" has been popping up on Facebook over the past few weeks? It seems like I've seen at least four or five articles, videos, and posts about people expressing how hard it is to be white, or how blacks should get over slavery or some other nonsense. Today this article popped up onto my feed, but I'm starting to see a trend. Anyone else? http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/03/abigail-fisher-university-texas/63247/
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CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) is this week. It's causing a civil war among conservatives as some fight to drag it towards the center, and others fight to drag it to the right. So they're publicly and on air arguing with themselves over whether racism even exists, and it's spilling into op-eds and forums and blogs.
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XyloJW posted:CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) is this week. It's causing a civil war among conservatives as some fight to drag it towards the center, and others fight to drag it to the right. So they're publicly and on air arguing with themselves over whether racism even exists, and it's spilling into op-eds and forums and blogs. Yea, they're really tearing themselves apart. They've really turned the crazy up to eleven.
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Got some racist screed from my grandma today, who somehow got it into her head that an e-mail that has never been mine is mine and uses that one to send birthday wishes, but ensures I get all her racist forwards at my own email.quote:Oh CANADA…….we wish to shop from thee ………..!
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Dirty Job posted:Is it a coincidence that so much stuff about white privilege and "blacks are the real racists!" has been popping up on Facebook over the past few weeks? It seems like I've seen at least four or five articles, videos, and posts about people expressing how hard it is to be white, or how blacks should get over slavery or some other nonsense. Today this article popped up onto my feed, but I'm starting to see a trend. Anyone else? Good to know that she's repping my city of Sugar Land. Which by the way, is very rich and white.
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neongrey posted:Got some racist screed from my grandma today, who somehow got it into her head that an e-mail that has never been mine is mine and uses that one to send birthday wishes, but ensures I get all her racist forwards at my own email. I suppose if you could get one billion grasshoppers to all form into a solid, uniform cube and stand perfectly still they would slow down a train quite a bit, since they would collectively weigh something like six thousand metric tons, but wouldn't most of them just fly away? 
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andrew smash posted:It's actually true? Obviously the secret service would be concerned and vigilant regarding poisoning attempts but I figured they just had ironclad chain of custody over his food. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-03-15/lifestyle/35261330_1_restaurant-manager-potus-flotus/2 quote:In the kitchen, there’s close scrutiny but no official tasting. Edit: I would love to be the Secret Service Culinary Agent. The Macaroni fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Mar 20, 2013 |
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The Macaroni posted:Great article about procedure when the First Family goes to a restaurant: Haha. I bet that's awkward when Obama goes to a fast food place or a diner on a campaign stop. Also, I didn't realize the Secret Service had a chef/agent. I'm picturing a really stern guy in dark sunglasses, a black suit, earpiece, and a poofy white hat. Or maybe he wears a black double-button coat and apron.
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The Macaroni posted:Great article about procedure when the First Family goes to a restaurant: Is it weird that I really want to know how Obama uses the bathroom? Do they have send someone in to scout first? Id have a major panic attack if a secret service guy knocked on the cubicle door to hurry me up.
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XyloJW posted:Haha. I bet that's awkward when Obama goes to a fast food place or a diner on a campaign stop. Can his handgun have a butcher's knife at the end?
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Mitchicon posted:Can his handgun have a butcher's knife at the end? No, he's a pastry chef in my imagination, so it's a rolling pin that he keeps in a shoulder holster.
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XyloJW posted:Haha. I bet that's awkward when Obama goes to a fast food place or a diner on a campaign stop. There was some article about a guy at some state fair that ended up becoming a 2012 campaign stop. Pretty much the secret service comes in a day/couple of hours prior, asks if you're up, and then will choreograph the next few hours. It sounds like they try to be as simple and painless as possible but I remember talk of a few bomb dogs that have to scour the whole premise for a bit.
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The Macaroni posted:Great article about procedure when the First Family goes to a restaurant: You and me both 
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Propaganda Hour posted:There was some article about a guy at some state fair that ended up becoming a 2012 campaign stop. Pretty much the secret service comes in a day/couple of hours prior, asks if you're up, and then will choreograph the next few hours. It sounds like they try to be as simple and painless as possible but I remember talk of a few bomb dogs that have to scour the whole premise for a bit. Learning about Secret Service techniques blows my mind, because it's so incredibly effective, but simple and logical at the same time. I like writing and politics because you get to talk lots and bullshit it so hard. It's the opposite of the Feds. I have serious respect for anyone who can do that.
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XyloJW posted:No, he's a pastry chef in my imagination, so it's a rolling pin that he keeps in a shoulder holster. Or a sous chef named Randy Randerson. How the secret service guys keep from going full  from all the crap they have to deal with is beyond me.
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