The media has, especially in recent years viewed themselves to be the most important people on the planet. God's chosen if you will. I really noticed it back when Daniel Pearl was murdered and it was all they could talk about. Never mind that many others were meeting the exact same fate, they were mere mortals so who cared about them. They were essentially shamed into having to mutter a few words in after thought about people like the missionary taken a couple years earlier also being beheaded by Islamic terrorists in the Philippines at nearly the same time.
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThe media has, especially in recent years viewed themselves to be the most important people on the planet. God's chosen if you will. I really noticed it back when Daniel Pearl was murdered and it was all they could talk about. Never mind that many others were meeting the exact same fate, they were mere mortals so who cared about them. They were essentially shamed into having to mutter a few words in after thought about people like the missionary taken a couple years earlier also being beheaded by Islamic terrorists in the Philippines at nearly the same time.
JimLast edited by oxmixmudd; 12-12-2018, 07:57 AM.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostThe press used to perform an important service to freedom but now serve almost exclusively as the propaganda wing for the DNC.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostFIFY, n/c
JimMy brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThe media has, especially in recent years viewed themselves to be the most important people on the planet. God's chosen if you will. I really noticed it back when Daniel Pearl was murdered and it was all they could talk about. Never mind that many others were meeting the exact same fate, they were mere mortals so who cared about them. They were essentially shamed into having to mutter a few words in after thought about people like the missionary taken a couple years earlier also being beheaded by Islamic terrorists in the Philippines at nearly the same time.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostYou're aware that "person of the year" is meant to be done on an evaluation of someone's influence, right? It's not a statement that someone is good. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Nikita Khrushchev were all person of the year... in fact, Joseph Stalin got it twice.
It's just plain goofy to try to read some kind of "message" into Trump not getting it this year.
Efforts to undermine factual truth, and those who honestly seek it out, call into doubt the functioning of democracy. Freedom of speech, after all, was purposefully placed first in the Bill of Rights.
In 2018, journalists took note of what people said, and of what people did. When those two things differed, they took note of that too. The year brought no great change in what they do or how they do it. What changed was how much it matters.Last edited by Charles; 12-14-2018, 08:43 AM.
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Originally posted by Charles View PostNot quite as simple as that and it is not always the case. Look at what they say about what matters. There is a rather obvious message in that (truth matters more):
http://time.com/person-of-the-year-2018-the-guardians/
It's a no-win situation with you libs and the MSM.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThis story about Trump embracing despots is a non-starter and completely false. When Trump was denigrating Kim, calling him "rocket man" and mocking him, why then Trump was trying to start a war and needed to be nicer to him. When he was nicer to him, he is embracing a despot!
It's a no-win situation with you libs and the MSM.
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Originally posted by Charles View PostAnd of course there is nothing in between the two extremes?
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThat he doesn't like Kim but played nice (called Diplomacy) in order to get him to comply with his wishes and stop testing missiles and make nice with South Korea. That in between? Then yes.
During his visit to Singapore, Trump showered praise on Kim, calling him a very talented man, a smart guy and a very good negotiator. He also complimented Kims great personality.https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...bbe_story.html
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostDid you even read what I wrote?
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Originally posted by Charles View PostOf course. But calling a man who runs concentration camps a great personality is not an "in between". Calling him "Rocket Man" one day and a great personality another day is going from one extreme to another. You don't need to go that far and call him a great personality. Calling that "diplomacy" is just another bad excuse for defending what cannot be defended. We are talking about a dictator and a person who has done and continues to do so many bad things.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThis story about Trump embracing despots is a non-starter and completely false. When Trump was denigrating Kim, calling him "rocket man" and mocking him, why then Trump was trying to start a war and needed to be nicer to him. When he was nicer to him, he is embracing a despot!
It's a no-win situation with you libs and the MSM.
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