You know what is idiotic? A certain political set (your words) laughing and calling others "crackers" thinking it's a harmless joke in a thread about racism being the very same people that have such thin skin about the other political set being critical of the decisions and conditions which shaped the attacks on the French by Muslim Extremists (a term that political set is afraid to use out of political correctness).
OT: A modest request...Can we stop mocking the French now....
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Some of you bitches just don't understand
http://time.com/4112746/paris-attacks-us-september-911-terrorism/
http://time.com/4112746/paris-attacks-us-september-911-terrorism/
I don't even lurk on the test board any more. From my remembrances of it, though, I'd doubt your request would be taken seriously by those opposed to your POV. This is a good discussion here so far.
True. There is a concept of self-censorship as well that is often practiced by "officials" of news networks, magazines, newspapers, internet blogs, etc. It usually doesn't involve the government and therefore isn't illegal at all, but it is still a form of censorship. Folks who don't like it vote with their feet and their wallets which then leads to even more polarization. If more is even possible at this point...
I don't ever go to the test board. I come to this site as a lover of PSU and as a distraction from the real world. Although the real world is impossible to avoid even here given the events of the last 4 years. I am fully aware of the slant of the moderator-ship of this board and it obviously doesn't bother me too much as I have been coming here since the plotit days and will continue to so. I am actually a big fan of the main moderator.
We all have compassion and sympthy for France during this tragedy.
What we have on concerns with is some don't want people to discuss Muslims terrorists but have no problem calling out police or others when it fits their agenda
Pretty cool.....Army took the field with a US flag closely followed by a French flag. Chilling. You go, boys!
these are the signs of unity we need to express right now. not the partisan bickering.
GO ARMY!
PSUfan98 - your points are right on. I believe the board has the right to ban anyone it wishes, as a private enterprise. I do say that I feel this way for any business. If a business doesn't want to do business with a known liberal, that should be their right. If a club wants to exclude men (or women), that should be their right. Note: While I don't condone it, I think it is the board owners' right to be deceptive in their censoring - it is their board. Freedom first.
Sounds like a good and fair point of discussion.
Speaking of discussion. This might be of interest to some. Last night on Bill Maher.
LINK: Bill Maher on Paris Attacks: "Why do they hate us?"
Man, such a clown remark. It's almost sad how intelligent only you believe you are.
FYI - these agencies took federal money to help bring more syrian muslim refugees to a city near you!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/280725813/US-Refugee-Public-Affiliate-Directory
http://www.scribd.com/doc/280725813/US-Refugee-Public-Affiliate-Directory
The false equivalency is not mine, it is yours. Your use of 'censor' does not meet the definition of the word. So, your little whining cry that you are being censored is false. Your equating what happened to you to censorship is a false equivalency.
Point of order: Is Catholicism among the myriad of things that you are against?
Those three agencies on the top there are acting in compliance with the wishes of the Pope, who has urged all nations to take in whatever refugees that they can. Specifically, churches have been directed to take in refugees.
It is also the desire of the United States government that all nations do what they can to take in refugees.
I think that is so the images of dead toddlers on the beaches can be mitigated. But, I could be wrong.
SMH.
It seems to me that everybody has been talking about terrorists and ISIS all the time.
Maybe not people who have their focus on chasing tail, or chasing drugs....and maybe not at work...and maybe not all the self-absorbed people....but just about everybody else.
Dem, you might want to go past the first entry in the dictionary. Otherwise you could be acused with censoring the definition.
I don't quite understand your "internet muscles' comment. If I for instance state that the "Battle of Vienna" Ca 1683 was won by King John III Sobieski of Poland by defeating the Muslims and that France( Louis XIV) refused to help, would this be considered "usual nonsense"..?
I have read a lot if your comments over the years. There are a lot of things you don't understand. Just be quiet.
there's a reason you have more likes than posts.
I am a lovely human being, although I am not French.
You are one of the slowest lawyers I've ever conversed with, where/how are you employed? You wrote
in response to my and others of conservative opinion claim of being censored on this board. The false equivalency is that no one is publishing anything here. You give an example which is a false equivalency to my and others legitimate ideas being removed on this board because even though we followed the rules, our ideas are a threat to the liberal teachings imparted upon and parroted by you via your comedic newscasters. No one is maintaining any kind of standard for publishing on this board or your cohorts would be admonished for calling people crackers and other dumb stuff consistently written.
Now you can get all wrapped up in one of the multiple definitions of censorship I guess so that in your mind you can justify silencing ideas with which you appear afraid to compete against. Oh and why is it that you failed to address my question to you about your obvious strong support to silence ideas not conforming to those issued to you by your party leaders?
98: I am a liberal and not shy about saying so, but no way would I want this Board to be limited to either liberals or conservatives. How boring would THAT be? (Rhetorical question.)
That being said, I don't think your gay marriage example holds water. Churches absolutely can refuse to sanction gay marriage, and many do. That's far different from the issue of whether the government should be able to deny a marriage license to a gay couple. Moreover, I would submit that the right to marry is far more fundamental than the right to post on any particular Board. If the mods here booted you (or me), we would not be prohibited from posting altogether; just from doing so on this Board.
I think you have France confused with Pitt. WE don't mock the French.
Pitt gave Cosby a degree not the Sorbonne.
Why? Life isn't black and white. The French (currently) deserve our sympathy and support. However, that has not always been the case, nor will it always be. The French have not always supported the US, nor have the famously rude French people (yes, I know not all French are rude) refrained from mocking America and Americans.
