Thunder Monkey
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US Town Hall Debate |OT| When is the election? What are the names of the candidates?
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I got genital warts from one once.
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There is all kinds of ridiculous shit he says. Like wanting the US to be energy independent, but keeps harping on the pipeline from Canada crap! Wat?
You seem awfully bitter. I thought that GAF never made you mad?
Well I can't see the tweet but the idea that all Mormons are ignorant is ignorant. If Dawkins implied that than he overstepped.
Edit: I mean it's not only not intellectually defensible it actually damages the prospect of constructive dialogue and contributes to a poisonous polarised atmosphere. Much like the ridiculous regular mockery of "AllahuAkbar" on GAF.
PairOfFilthySocks
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The more I see of Tagg Romney, the more sure I am that the police are going to pull him over some day and find a dead woman and a shovel in his trunk.
What if he had said this about Scientologists?
To be fair, he says "North America energy independent". I think the "make millions of jobs" vs. "government doesn't create jobs" is far more problematic.
You are a very patient person in the age of international communictaion.
I didn't say 'ugh religion'. But nice way to interepret it. I would suggest anyone who is unable to determine the utility and likelyhood of scientific versus religious explanations for phenomena is dangerously unable to make reasoned decisions. I would suggest that anyone who continues to believe ideas that have been disproven is dangerous to teh advancement of humanity. This does not apply to all religious people, or all religions.
This too.
Most importantly this though.
I like my communication to actually be effective at its goals.
What if he had said this about Jews?
That's the 2nd time you have shown your inability to recognize "mad".
Trust me, i'm from NBA-gaf, i know what mad is.
If one of the goals is influencing public debate and public sentiment, face to face alone will not be very effective.
Since I try to avoid believing in superstitions, unfounded mythologies, and things that have been proven false, I would generally tend to agree with his stance... That said, you should be able to appreciate the differences between a religion that organically developed thousands of years ago in a time and place with relatively (very) poor education, and one that was invented recently, here in the US for the personal benefit of the leader.
I don't usually try to appreciate the differences or varieties of bigotry, Religious or otherwise.
Also, make sure to remind me if i do something for personal benefit, don't do something that will get you persecuted for the majority of your life eventually ending with your murder in prison.
Also, make sure to remind me if i do something for personal benefit, don't do something that will get you persecuted for the majority of your life eventually ending with your murder in prison.
I have to admit that this is a pretty reasonable argument since I make it all the time. I again have to fall back on my earlier point -- there's getting rid of religion, and then there's getting rid of reactionary social positions. The two aren't inextricable. One is intrinsically important, the other is only considered important because you want to get the first one. So I think the correct course of action is pretty clear -- argue your points on the merits of human decency and morality, rather than on mocking an unrelated topic most people in the world take pretty seriously.
Bigotry, as I understand it, usually it refers to the intolerance of another's opinion. Being intolerant of someone's ignorance of the facts is a totally valid proposition. Just imagine where we would be if we called all the people correcting those who thought the world was flat bigots. I'm sure we all can agree that anything that impedes the transmission of facts is a detriment to us, right?
As to your last comment, there have been many people through out history who have gotten caught for committing a crime, and subsequently died while imprisoned. In the case of Smith, it's unfair to everyone that he died the way he did, rather than be properly found guilty of treason. However, this does not lend any credence to his virtue, and they were not martyrs.
Once again, what is your actual goal?
Also, maybe you could take this to another thread. Something like "Being shitty to religious people is great c/d" -- I suspect this would get a lot of traction.
speculawyer
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If he wants to use that weaselly trick then he needs to be more consist about saying "North" . . . some times he drops it.
And sadly, you full well know that even when he says "North America energy independent" many (if not most) people just hear "Energy Independence!"
It certainly makes me more comfortable from a national security perspective to be dependent on Canada but that does nothing for our trade imbalance and it is actually worse for the environment/atmosphere.
Dude Abides
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As with almost everything, the greatest movie in the history of film sums up Richard Dawkins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQl5aYhkF3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQl5aYhkF3E
I will stop, sorry. I did not bring the Dawkins tweet to the topic, but since it was here, I figured it was fair to talk about it and the issues concerning whether it is bigotry or not.
Rentahamster
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/cnn-candy-crowley-debate-criticism.php
Alleged CNN memo:
I dunno about others, but in my day, you're judged on time, not word count. That's the first time I've heard of debates being moderated as such.
Alleged CNN memo:
I dunno about others, but in my day, you're judged on time, not word count. That's the first time I've heard of debates being moderated as such.
What did he say to get banned? I missed it.
speculawyer
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I just love this.
The fact that they are crying about having a true fact be verified as true during the debate tells every voter pretty much all the need to know for this election.
If you vote for people who live in a make-believe world of their own choosing, you deserve whatever ill befalls you.
Edit: and of course the image is personally insulting to both Candy & Obama but that is to be expected.
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Edit: woops wrong topic.
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