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Originally posted by seanD View PostEspecially if this is just a leftwing media deflection, which seems pretty obvious.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostI've been telling the mods, for years, that atheists get routinely crapped on this forum largely for being members of the out group in a Christian majority website regardless of the content posted :-/Originally posted by Teallaura View PostYou might have a case - but you came in guns blazing so that case doesn't work here.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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It was a completely asinine statement from him. The man is running for president, not talking big on another episode The Apprentice.
Regardless of whether or not it is a joke, he no longer has the luxury of letting his mouth run off without engaging his brain and thinking of the consequences.Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
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Personally, I'm far more concerned about the DNC rigging the election.I am Punkinhead.
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Originally posted by Jaecp View PostOther than SeanD and MM who clearly think its fine. Bill, K7, Sparko and presumably Mossrose because of the likes thinking it was obviously just a joke.
I had you pegged at being like 80% in agreement with me and KG until you started yelling at me.
I have no idea if Trump was joking. Frankly, I don't care which asshat gets elected by the American public, because I think you're screwed either way. However, is it ok with you if I happen to agree on principle with some of my friends? I didn't know I needed your permission to amen people.
Perhaps you are counting how many times I amen people. Do you? Otherwise why bring it up except to whine?
Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.
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In response to the OP: I think this obviously doesn't qualify as treason. And in context it's clear it wasn't a joke. Personally I don't really have much objection to what Trump said. I've said almost exactly the same thing myself. It seems likely the Russians hacked Hillary's emails, and them releasing the hacked emails could be in the public interest.
At worst I guess Trump's comments can come off like he's asking the Russians to do Watergate. And any nationalistic americans could be offended by Trump requesting Russian aid in an internal US political dispute. I guess if Nancy Pelosi were to come out and ask the Russians to help Dems by hacking the Republicans and digging up dirt on them, the media and right wingers would absolutely lose their minds over it - so there's a bit of a double-standard in play here I think. What possibly justifies it is that Clinton has openly gotten away with breaking the law over her emails."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
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Originally posted by mossrose View PostYes, jaecp, I amen people I agree with. Just like you do, with all your atheist/agnostic buddies who glad-hand each other all over the place. Especially when you crap all over us on our Christian-owned site.
I have no idea if Trump was joking. Frankly, I don't care which asshat gets elected by the American public, because I think you're screwed either way. However, is it ok with you if I happen to agree on principle with some of my friends? I didn't know I needed your permission to amen people.
Perhaps you are counting how many times I amen people. Do you? Otherwise why bring it up except to whine?
Oh, and not that I generally care about Amens, but I amen across religious lines which you probably know isn't the most common thing here. Unless KG is somehow one of my atheist buddy's who I'm going to glad hand for. Hmm, I'm the only person whose liked the OP. Maybe I should convince JimL, Starlight, Tassman and.. ... ... Roy? Yes, the 4 other atheists I can think of who post here (WE ARE LEGION) to all click a mostly irrelevant button.
As for the counting, it wasn't about you. There are six people mentioned in two sentences in that post. Teal said something and I didn't think it was accurate so I went back through the thread and took note of what everyone said or liked and, well, thats what you quoted. The only reason I mentioned liking for you was because you hadn't posted anything and the other 5 people had so I had their words to go off of. It wasn't perfectly accurate, K7 corrected me on the basis of her disagreement, but it wasn't about you.
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostIn response to the OP: I think this obviously doesn't qualify as treason. And in context it's clear it wasn't a joke. Personally I don't really have much objection to what Trump said. I've said almost exactly the same thing myself. It seems likely the Russians hacked Hillary's emails, and them releasing the hacked emails could be in the public interest.
At worst I guess Trump's comments can come off like he's asking the Russians to do Watergate. And any nationalistic americans could be offended by Trump requesting Russian aid in an internal US political dispute. I guess if Nancy Pelosi were to come out and ask the Russians to help Dems by hacking the Republicans and digging up dirt on them, the media and right wingers would absolutely lose their minds over it - so there's a bit of a double-standard in play here I think. What possibly justifies it is that Clinton has openly gotten away with breaking the law over her emails.
Originally posted by Raphael View PostIt was a completely asinine statement from him. The man is running for president, not talking big on another episode The Apprentice.
Regardless of whether or not it is a joke, he no longer has the luxury of letting his mouth run off without engaging his brain and thinking of the consequences.Last edited by Jaecp; 07-28-2016, 03:39 AM.
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Let's recap, people!!! On climax day of DNC:
Trump press conference: 10:30 AM EST
Biden, assorted people at DNC: 4-10 PM EST
Obama speech at DNC: 10 PM+ EST
Trump makes outrageous 'Russia' statement, media goes wild!! Once again Trump sucks out oxygen. Brilliant!!!Last edited by demi-conservative; 07-28-2016, 06:19 AM.Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
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