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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 09:17 AM
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16. You go from supporting a lying, hate-inspired show to a non-sequiter about whether someone "exists"?

That isn't even good rhetoric. Actually, that isn't even bad rhetoric. It is humorous to watch, once it is shown for what it really is.

Whatever it is . . . Is it argument?
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  -Please DU--lose the "Sleeper Cell" ads wtmusic  Dec-08-06 08:21 AM   #0 
  - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you  azurnoir   Dec-08-06 08:25 AM   #1 
  - second that  ixion   Dec-08-06 08:29 AM   #2 
  - I think it's a valid premise for a show  bryant69   Dec-08-06 08:34 AM   #3 
  - How they "handle" it from a Muslim's point of view  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 08:55 AM   #4 
  - So we should pretend that Muslim Terrorists don't exist?  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:02 AM   #7 
     - No, we should acknowledge that terror doesn't exist.  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:06 AM   #9 
     - Well that's not going to happen  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:09 AM   #10 
        - Enlighten me  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:10 AM   #11 
           - Are you one of the LIHOP/MIHOP faithful?  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:13 AM   #12 
              - Strike one.  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:16 AM   #14 
                 - I feel the minorities deserve a fair shake - that has nothing  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:18 AM   #18 
                    - They would have preferred to attack us militarily  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:20 AM   #19 
                       - Like I say - you have an agenda  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:22 AM   #21 
                          - And you're "agenda" is more valid than mine because...  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:23 AM   #22 
                             - Well I can firmly say I'm opposed to civilian casualties  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:24 AM   #23 
                                - And you're ok with firebombing Fallujah  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:26 AM   #25 
                                   - No - because I oppose the war in Iraq and wish we weren't there  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:28 AM   #26 
     - You go from supporting a lying, hate-inspired show to a non-sequiter about whether someone "exists"?  The Stranger   Dec-08-06 09:17 AM   #16 
     - TERRORISM CERTAINLY EXISTS!!!  novalib   Dec-08-06 10:29 AM   #42 
  - Oh bullshit. It is a show intended to demonize one subset of the population.  The Stranger   Dec-08-06 09:14 AM   #13 
     - Gosh I wonder why that is?  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:16 AM   #15 
        - You better believe it is Racism and Religioius Bigotry.  The Stranger   Dec-08-06 09:18 AM   #17 
        - Is it bigotry to point out that the people who killed nearly 3000 of us  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:21 AM   #20 
           - yes, it is  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:30 AM   #27 
           - And round and around we go.  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:32 AM   #29 
              - I imagine I'm a US soldier in Iraq  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 10:40 AM   #45 
                 - I do but I don't agree with it.  bryant69   Dec-08-06 10:47 AM   #48 
                    - Censorship is an entirely different issue  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 10:54 AM   #50 
                       - Yes I would  bryant69   Dec-08-06 10:58 AM   #51 
                          - The point is that most viewers would not be as objective as you  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:05 AM   #52 
                             - That's an interesting take  bryant69   Dec-08-06 11:08 AM   #54 
                                - You are looking for nuance  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:12 AM   #56 
                                   - So we should restict ourselves to Seseme Street Homilies until  bryant69   Dec-08-06 11:20 AM   #57 
                                      - No, we should restrict ourselves to gross oversimplifications  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:23 AM   #59 
                                         - Ah Gross oversimplifications - like instead of saying  bryant69   Dec-08-06 11:28 AM   #61 
                                            - The show is saying, "most Muslims aren't terrorists"?  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:30 AM   #62 
                                               - I'm tired of this.  bryant69   Dec-08-06 11:34 AM   #63 
                                               - backatcha  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:36 AM   #64 
           - Hey, I know.  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-08-06 09:51 AM   #35 
              - Except that it would be a cultural non-sequiter  bryant69   Dec-08-06 09:53 AM   #36 
                 - Are you familiar with the term "japanese internment?"  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-08-06 09:57 AM   #37 
                    - I am familiar with it  bryant69   Dec-08-06 10:01 AM   #38 
                       - "are we locking muslims up in internment camps?"  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-08-06 10:06 AM   #40 
                          - You'd have to prove that the bulk of the people in  bryant69   Dec-08-06 10:15 AM   #41 
                             - Do you see any abortion clinic bombers in Guantanamo?  Bornaginhooligan   Dec-08-06 10:31 AM   #43 
                                - They are going though the US courts  bryant69   Dec-08-06 10:41 AM   #46 
        - Are You AT ALL TROUBLED????  novalib   Dec-08-06 10:33 AM   #44 
           - I see that I've offended you by expressing ideas you don't agree with  bryant69   Dec-08-06 10:48 AM   #49 
  - Uhh...have you actually seen this show?  Gruenemann   Dec-08-06 08:57 AM   #5 
  - Funny how the blond surfer dude doesn't show up in the ads  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 09:02 AM   #6 
     - That's because he was one of the bad guys  Dorian Gray   Dec-08-06 09:26 AM   #24 
  - All TV is stupid.  UndertheOcean   Dec-08-06 09:04 AM   #8 
  - As are most sweeping generalizations  shadowknows69   Dec-08-06 09:34 AM   #30 
     - Well , I've been trying for 1 year since I got cable to find something decent , Till now nothing  UndertheOcean   Dec-08-06 09:48 AM   #34 
        - As would most anyone  shadowknows69   Dec-08-06 10:02 AM   #39 
  - Agree  Jcrowley   Dec-08-06 09:31 AM   #28 
  - I have no problem with Skinner trying to make a buck  shadowknows69   Dec-08-06 09:37 AM   #31 
  - agree  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:21 AM   #58 
  - I love the show.  verse18   Dec-08-06 09:43 AM   #32 
  - I guess you never watched the show....  Connie_Corleone   Dec-08-06 09:45 AM   #33 
  - Options ----> Edit Your Preferences ---->  matcom   Dec-08-06 10:46 AM   #47 
  - Says the guy with Osama in his avatar.  Starbucks Anarchist   Dec-08-06 11:07 AM   #53 
  - I know--it's the Mickey Cap that scares you  wtmusic   Dec-08-06 11:10 AM   #55 
  - I found the show like "24" but with a message  sabra   Dec-08-06 11:26 AM   #60 
 

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