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In reply to the discussion: Trying to condone the burning to death of a man in a cage [View all]Ford_Prefect
(7,948 posts)41. or ISIS murders all the non-participants.
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But that is an Obama quote. You are saying that he IS justifying it!!~! Since when
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#113
But you were responding to what He said, too late to backpedal now, you have been outed
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#116
I don't have to read your mind or his, I quoted him, I did not Tarot read him
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#118
Mirror image of when people are asked if they like the ACA and they say yes, but
cui bono
Feb 2015
#129
I think I have a solution that would be fair, and I apologize for not stating
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#157
Are you seriously attacking our President for speaking the plain truth?
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2015
#114
The biggest distinction I can see is whether it is video taped and uploaded to the internet or not.
Electric Monk
Feb 2015
#5
100% correct, but I will tell you that arguing with those who do this is like arguing with anti-vaxx
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#6
Well, I'll tell you this, dear Steven - my doctor doesn't call me 'fucking stupid';
closeupready
Feb 2015
#9
It is the reasons some attempt to blame the abuse of children on the fact they were
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#43
and that is just as dishonest and almost as nasty. A comparison isn't justification either.
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#92
You got five on it? I'm sure you folks can put your money together and raise a nice mercenary army
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#24
Just out of curiosity, what's your opinion on Kurdish resistance groups like the YPG and PKK? My
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#62
Much obliged for this detailed and thoughtful reply. I'm ashamed to admit that I know almost nothing
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#70
Clarification: my comrades are Socialists and Communists, and not Kurdish per se. That said, they
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#74
crucifying and then burying children alive...for just one example of the horror!
VanillaRhapsody
Feb 2015
#66
Tell it to the President, or is he not permitted to bring the past up either?
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2015
#47
I don't know if there are OPs, but I ran across the posts during the night. I skipped them.
freshwest
Feb 2015
#23
that's because there isn't a soul on this board 'condoning' the ISIS atrocities
bigtree
Feb 2015
#30
With respect, I think you are misreading the OP. Which is not hard to do, it is..inelegant...
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#134
ISIS is only getting support from extremists. There's no widespread support for them...
Violet_Crumble
Feb 2015
#110
what about passive-aggressive accusations and dishonest blood libels? are those good now?
MisterP
Feb 2015
#40
Seemingly willful and malicious misrepresentation. If there is a single statement made in support of
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#45
No, no one here is saying that the atrocities committed by ISIS are "no big deal."
Vattel
Feb 2015
#68
To fail to condemn it anywhere is a failure to condemn it everywhere
aint_no_life_nowhere
Feb 2015
#57
"They are evil.. pure and simple." < Yeah, that's what they tried to teach us about the Japanese,
jtuck004
Feb 2015
#76
Stating that a citizen of the US has no standing to comment is not by any means 'condoning'
eridani
Feb 2015
#82
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#84
"Any attempt to minimize or equivocate what those devils did is beyond sickening."
Hissyspit
Feb 2015
#95
Why do some think we have to go back to ancient history to bring up similiar war crimes by the U.S.?
dissentient
Feb 2015
#87
Not a personal attack. the OP holds the same exact position, so on this issue
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#102
How can making the comparisons be a slur if they are comparitively the same?
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#106
just because we have done horrific things, doesnt mean this was not horrific
La Lioness Priyanka
Feb 2015
#99
You should be commended for not sinking to the level of the really unhinged and beyond stupid
Number23
Feb 2015
#105
No one is "condone[ing] the burning to death of a man in a cage" and shame on you to suggest
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#108
That is what you have gotten out of all the discussion? That the actions by ISIS is being condoned
notadmblnd
Feb 2015
#127
To explain my rec, I am capable of being outraged by many inhumanities done to man
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#132
Oh. So rather than asking what I mean by that term, you assume, chastise, scold.
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#135
I copy/pasted from the op. Did you know you can edit your posts to add further thoughts? ETA
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#140
Do you think you and I define "Love" the same as a dictionary or each other?
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#143
"morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: harmful; injurious: marked by anger, irritability,
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#147
I am not your buddy. "The dictionary defines words, if you choose to use a different meaning then
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#151