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quote:Look at this idiot not knowing about papal infallibility. The Pope could say that green is blue tomorrow and he'd be right by the laws of the Catholic Church. Or how about divorce in the bible? The bible's biggest, most obvious retcon: "so god, I thought you said divorce wasn't cool? " "Uh... you weren't ready. But you're totally ready now guys. For reals."
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Logikv9 posted:I have strong opinions about a particular subject, which means I am an expert at this particular subject - all freepers Considering how many freepers subscribe to the "X ordinary citizens is better than 1 expert" idea, that shouldn't come as a shock.
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Mar 19, 2014 06:54
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OAquinas posted:Considering how many freepers subscribe to the "X ordinary citizens is better than 1 expert" idea, that shouldn't come as a shock. Oh hey just like those anti-vacc assfucks.
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Mar 19, 2014 07:04
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Duke Igthorn posted:Or how about divorce in the bible? The bible's biggest, most obvious retcon: "so god, I thought you said divorce wasn't cool? " You have it backwards actually. The story is that Jesus was asked if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. Jesus responded that it is written that the two shall become one flesh and to let no one separate what God joined together. Their response was "But Moses said you could divorce your wife!" and Jesus responded "It was because you guys were stubborn idiots so Moses let you do it, but I'm telling you if you divorce your wife for any reason but unfaithfulness and marry someone else then you're an adulterer."
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Mar 19, 2014 10:37
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Darkman Fanpage posted:Look at this idiot not knowing about papal infallibility. The Pope could say that green is blue tomorrow and he'd be right by the laws of the Catholic Church. Look at this idiot not knowing anything about papal infallibility. It don't work like that, man. The Pope can only claim infallibility when speaking ex cathedra on theological matters, and even then there's a narrow band of those that could be declared "infallible". This is a big fuckin' deal, and in the entire history of the Roman Catholic Church, it's probably been invoked less than 10 times.
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Mar 19, 2014 12:27
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Ugggh at the "I know smart blacks" line. Pro-tip: If you're incapable of not reducing people to one-syllable words entire based on the colour of their skin, you may be racist 
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Mar 19, 2014 13:24
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A couple pages back, but "the big bang didn't happen." Isn't a creationist book. It argues that cosmic background radiation is also explainable through high energy plasmas. It's wrong, but scientifically wrong, not religiously wrong.
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Mar 19, 2014 13:57
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quote:Jesse Jerks on, last time I checked Asians and Indians were minorities. Now, why not tell your race that dropping out of school, or playing sports is not the real world. Also tell them if I see one more applicants with a name starting with ‘La’, ‘Qa’ or ‘Xz’, I’ll throw it in the trash. This is fantastic. Basically one of the cornerstones of why AA exists in the first goddamn place.
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Mar 19, 2014 14:38
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robotsinmyhead posted:This is fantastic. Basically one of the cornerstones of why AA exists in the first goddamn place. Poor Larry. 
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Mar 19, 2014 14:42
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Xzibit won't get hired by him either
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Mar 19, 2014 14:50
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Stultus Maximus posted:Poor Larry. loving beaten. I guess Lawrence, Lars, Lao Tze and Laverne will be founding lacking.
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Mar 19, 2014 14:51
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ikanreed posted:A couple pages back, but "the big bang didn't happen." Isn't a creationist book. It argues that cosmic background radiation is also explainable through high energy plasmas. Unpack this a bit more because right now it reads like you even more wrong than the Freep. The flow of charged particles will absolutely release EM radiation, it is called bremsstrahlung
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Mar 19, 2014 15:17
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quote:To: goldstategop I.. what? I don't think you actually read his books, Freep.
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Mar 19, 2014 15:20
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Stultus Maximus posted:Poor Larry. I didn't even think about Larry. I went straight to Laquanda and Lajaqueline. Clearly, I am the true racist! (poor Larry)
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Mar 19, 2014 15:37
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robotsinmyhead posted:I didn't even think about Larry. I went straight to Laquanda and Lajaqueline. Clearly, I am the true racist! You went there only because that's exactly where the Freeper was going. Freepers: Poor Larry
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Mar 19, 2014 15:49
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Too many people posted "Poor Larry" so now I have to post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuxdMQsAgJI
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Mar 19, 2014 16:06
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I went searching for Warhawks and Jingoism. Started off well, but I got distracted by the crazy. In all honesty, there are a lot of FReepers who are justifiably hesitant to start firing up the War Machine. Most of them, however, are just complaining out SANCTIONS and how bad Obama is doing without offering any real scenarios about what should be done. BREAKING: AP: witnesses Crimea self-defense forces storming Ukrainian navy (HQ) in Sevastopol quote:To: woofie Oh... quote:To: caww ‘We Are Being Stormed’: Russian Forces Reportedly Attack Ukrainian Troops In Crimea, quote:To: dfwgator Jackpot. quote:To: robowombat WHOA THERE! Maybe someone needs a timeout! quote:To: kabar Obama imposes sanctions on Russian officials, ousted Ukrainian president quote:To: Jim Robinson quote:To: Jim Robinson quote:To: 1_Rain_Drop I'm meandering off-point, but jesus there's a lot of crazy in these threads: quote:To: Personal Responsibility quote:To: traumer
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Mar 19, 2014 16:12
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Ah yes, gay tennis shoes. Trust a freeper to spot a shoes sexuality from miles away!
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Mar 19, 2014 16:16
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What passes for debate on free republic: is Putin resisting the homofascist porno states of gaymerica, or is he colluding with obozo to distract from the IRS?quote:I shouldn’t laugh at this, but if I didn’t, I’d start crying. Hey, remember when the USSR was intimidated by the US and decided not to invade Afghanistan?
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Mar 19, 2014 16:21
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Stultus Maximus posted:Hey, remember when the USSR was intimidated by the US and decided not to invade Afghanistan? To be fair, Brezhnev was pretty much totally senile by that point and there's a strong argument to be made that he wouldn't have invaded Afghanistan if he'd been in his right mind.
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Mar 19, 2014 16:30
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Also worth noting: the USSR wouldn't be invading the Ukraine because it was already part of the USSR. Seriously, it was half of Eurasia. As noted, Afghanistan is a much better comparison, and even they didn't hesitate out of fear from the US, because back then it was just a giant factionalized backwater poppy field that no one cared about.
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Mar 19, 2014 16:33
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Zeroisanumber posted:To be fair, Brezhnev was pretty much totally senile by that point and there's a strong argument to be made that he wouldn't have invaded Afghanistan if he'd been in his right mind. No there isn't. A strong military presence in Afghanistan would let them easily project power over the developed oil fields and transport networks for said oil. That was the point of it - they were getting hammered economically by the Saudis cranking the spigot wide open, and by giving them influence over OPEC due to military positioning they could have dialed back production to strengthen their internals by holding cheap domestic oil they could export and push the US back towards the oil crisis years by restricting supply
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Mar 19, 2014 16:45
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Zeroisanumber posted:To be fair, Brezhnev was pretty much totally senile by that point If he was even still alive at that point  Though I doubt he'd have objected to invading Afghanistan even if he wasn't mush-brained by that point, for reasons Fried Chicken lays out as well as good old fashioned sphere of influence/Great Game maneuvering, spectacularly wrong-headed of a move though it turned out to be. The larger point of ridiculing the idea of the USSR cowering tame and submissive before Reagan's America or whatever does stand, of course.
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Mar 19, 2014 16:55
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Shooting Starts in Crimea as Putin Defends Annexationquote:To: AU72 quote:To: listenhillary quote:To: AU72 quote:To: elhombrelibre quote:To: AU72  , which is still bleating about the Malaysian airlinequote:To: FreeReign Ukrainian nationalists force head of main state TV channel to resign (beaten by Svoboda Mob) quote:To: KOZ. quote:To: KOZ.; All quote:To: tcrlaf quote:To: tcrlaf quote:To: tcrlaf quote:To: KOZ.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:09
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I know it's been brought up before, but how the hell do they get the idea that the media isn't covering Ukraine? I get updates on NPR almost twice an hour.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:45
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Zeroisanumber posted:I know it's been brought up before, but how the hell do they get the idea that the media isn't covering Ukraine? I get updates on NPR almost twice an hour. They aren't covering the TRUTH that you can only get at RT.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:48
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Zeroisanumber posted:I know it's been brought up before, but how the hell do they get the idea that the media isn't covering Ukraine? I get updates on NPR almost twice an hour. Because the only news they see is what's posted on Free Republic.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:53
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freepers: the Gay Media Messiah
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Mar 19, 2014 18:09
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Zeroisanumber posted:I know it's been brought up before, but how the hell do they get the idea that the media isn't covering Ukraine? I get updates on NPR almost twice an hour. Free Republic dot com says it's not being covered. Therefore it is not being covered.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:39
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Crippling their economy won't do anything!  *Ignores how the cold war ended*
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Mar 19, 2014 18:45
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Darkman Fanpage posted:
I'm sure the Pope would say that, unfortunately for him, he's not as immune to political pressures as you're making him out to be.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:47
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ratbert90 posted:Crippling their economy won't do anything! Uh, nobody is ignoring how the cold war ended? Reagan went over, showed the ruskies what a real man was, and they gave up. Obviously.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:47
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Mmann posted:Uh, nobody is ignoring how the cold war ended? Someone told them that Alzheimer's was contagious.
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Mar 19, 2014 18:54
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Mmann posted:Uh, nobody is ignoring how the cold war ended? I hear he resurrected Lenin and then punched him in the face so hard it not only preserved his body, but the shockwaves knocked down the Berlin wall.
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Mar 19, 2014 19:35
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DemeaninDemon posted:Someone told them that Alzheimer's was contagious. They took one hard look at their Politburo and knew the jig was up.
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Mar 19, 2014 19:41
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robotsinmyhead posted:
Guantanamo is American sovereign soil! If the Cubans try to retake it where will we put the people we don't like?!
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Mar 19, 2014 20:04
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A more apt analogue would be if US forces decided to 'liberate' the city of Guantanamo and surroundings and hold a 'referendum' on joining USA, as Guantanamo Bay is on rent to United States just like the Russian base in Sevastopol.
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Mar 19, 2014 20:48
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Guavanaut posted:freepers: the Gay Media Messiah All hail Ellen DeGeneres
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Mar 19, 2014 21:05
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I love the idea some people are entertaining that it would be somehow possible for the US to fight a land war against Russia. It really demonstrate the degree to which some people have a view of the US military more in line with a CoD game than actual reality.
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Little Blackfly posted:I love the idea some people are entertaining that it would be somehow possible for the US to fight a land war against Russia. It really demonstrate the degree to which some people have a view of the US military more in line with a CoD game than actual reality. Depends on what you mean by land war. The US could probably eject Russian troops from Crimea and follow that up by sinking the Black Sea Fleet and bombing Russian military bases in the area. But that's not going to happen because the US is more likely to send troops to invade the Moon than we are to invade Crimea. But, yeah, the idea of invading Russia proper is sheer lunacy.
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