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joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
48. What? I can't show solidarity without putting my neck out there?
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 05:23 AM
Feb 2012

Ridiculous. So I'm supposed to become an unlawful combatant in Syria when Obama has shown that he has no regard for unlawful combatants, I'm supposed to put my life on the line, before I'm allowed to express my first amendment rights? Fucking ridiculous.

I have a right to express my opinion. As long as it fits within the ToS of this website, indeed, I can say anything I want to say here.

I don't have to fit some absurd, privileged purity test to "be able" to express that opinion.

Do you support the self-determination of the Syrian people? Or are you pro-Assad, or despotism?

FYI I have not once, ever, posted in support of "military intervention in Syria" and you would be hard pressed to find such a claim by me because you're just making stuff. Go ahead. I challenge you.

Sell your wars somewhere else. Bonobo Feb 2012 #1
I do not see anyone selling a war here. joshcryer Feb 2012 #2
No, not in this one post. Bonobo Feb 2012 #3
Sympathizing with a peoples' desire for self-determination is not "selling war." joshcryer Feb 2012 #4
Sympathize all you want, but don't use my tax money while you deny health care Bonobo Feb 2012 #9
So, the ratio to Syrians killed and Americans without healthcare is not yet sufficient... joshcryer Feb 2012 #11
With a limited amount of money, one must prioritize Bonobo Feb 2012 #15
I took money from the limited US supply of money and gave it to Libya? joshcryer Feb 2012 #17
Calm yourself. Bonobo Feb 2012 #19
You make it sound like I care about the west, I don't. I just care about those being persecuted. joshcryer Feb 2012 #20
Military intervention can destroy things. It cannot built them. Bonobo Feb 2012 #21
Typical western hyperbole. Caracas is more deadly than all of Libya. joshcryer Feb 2012 #22
You said "guns are being collected and violence is over except for the next few weeks" Bonobo Feb 2012 #23
I remember that exchange well. joshcryer Feb 2012 #25
Compare these statements and tell me who was substantially wrong. Bonobo Feb 2012 #26
Uh, I just admitted to being wrong about that. joshcryer Feb 2012 #27
"Better than Iraq or Afghanistan"??? And you say I am lowering the bar!? LOL! Bonobo Feb 2012 #28
Did you not read my original post? joshcryer Feb 2012 #30
I vote... ellisonz Feb 2012 #57
I vote we send you to basic training so you can fight. Bonobo Feb 2012 #65
"Caracas is more deadly than all of Libya." - saved for posterity, lol inna Feb 2012 #58
It's a fact. joshcryer Feb 2012 #59
it's a fact according to josh, enough said inna Feb 2012 #61
It's a fact according to publicly available data. joshcryer Feb 2012 #62
if one picks and chooses the most blatantly biased stats, only inna Feb 2012 #63
I don't think you've even looked at the stats, to be honest. joshcryer Feb 2012 #67
Okay now I'm with you on that. One hundred percent. Zalatix Feb 2012 #41
Says one of the #1 cheerleaders of NATO and US intervention in Libya on DU, evah? riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #10
That is a blatant falsehood. I supported Libyan self-determination and got lied about for months. joshcryer Feb 2012 #12
There is a Lesson Here: bvar22 Feb 2012 #78
"I supported Libyan self-determination" - lol. good one, josh. inna Feb 2012 #82
You forgot to use the word "unamerican." TheWraith Feb 2012 #5
selling wars? riverwalker Feb 2012 #6
One person's "information" is another person's "propaganda". nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #8
+100 stockholmer Feb 2012 #13
Please point to me where the OP mentions American military invasion in Syria ButterflyBlood Feb 2012 #37
More of a pattern of postings on this issue that make me say that. nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #38
OP IS WRONG........Washington Post : Al-Qaeda infiltrating Syrian opposition, U.S. officials say stockholmer Feb 2012 #7
Heck of a post Stockholmer, should be an OP nt PufPuf23 Feb 2012 #14
+2 Bonobo Feb 2012 #16
DU spent a decade being warned about the phantom that is Al-Qaeda. joshcryer Feb 2012 #18
number one, if YOU BOTHERED TO READ MY POST, you would see that I call out A-Q for what it is- stockholmer Feb 2012 #29
Your post makes al-Qaeda out to be a real entity worth worrying about. 46 mentions. joshcryer Feb 2012 #33
a diffuse form of al-Qaeda scare mongering is exacting what you do, you try to bully people stockholmer Feb 2012 #39
I agree with Castro who says al-Qeada is a mythical invention of the west. joshcryer Feb 2012 #44
The Bush admin would be even PROUDER of your efforts to start more wars in the ME. nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #46
Please stop being hateful toward me. joshcryer Feb 2012 #49
Don't call my arguments indistinguishable from a "Pro-Apartheid" supporter Bonobo Feb 2012 #51
You called me a war-monger before I made those statements. joshcryer Feb 2012 #54
That is so reductionistic. Bonobo Feb 2012 #55
Your premise might make sense if it weren't for the fact that all revolution ends this way. joshcryer Feb 2012 #56
Why choose S. Africa and Venezuela when talking about the Middle East? Bonobo Feb 2012 #64
You say it but you can't substantiate it. joshcryer Feb 2012 #66
Your posts don't make much sense to me, that's why I don't get them Bonobo Feb 2012 #68
The typical mockary continues. joshcryer Feb 2012 #69
Actually, forget it. Bonobo Feb 2012 #70
Ireland managed to wrest it's freedom, without post-revolutionary violence riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #80
oki, I will take you at face value on the 'A-Q as invention of the West' meme, we agree on this, but stockholmer Feb 2012 #71
What does climate change have to do with a well cited intelligent post? PufPuf23 Feb 2012 #81
Impressive work, Stockholmer. Prometheus Bound Feb 2012 #24
Wow, make that an OP, Stockholmer. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #32
Excellent. girl gone mad Feb 2012 #40
great post, obviously. thank you. inna Feb 2012 #60
Right on Scendule UnseenUndergrad Feb 2012 #31
Eh, tab usually gets a hit and run. joshcryer Feb 2012 #34
It is sad and hilarious that you think that strawman is appropriate Bonobo Feb 2012 #36
Total dishonesty. joshcryer Feb 2012 #43
So do you support Syrian intervention? nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #47
I support the international community. joshcryer Feb 2012 #50
But the "international community" is not REALLY all that international, is it? Bonobo Feb 2012 #52
Indeed. joshcryer Feb 2012 #53
WTF? Can one distort reality more than that? That's the "veto countries" who put a stop to Fool Count Feb 2012 #79
yep, pretty darn orwellian, but the answer to your question in the subject line is inna Feb 2012 #83
Anyone who supports military intervention in Syria should sign up and put some skin in the game. Zalatix Feb 2012 #42
What? I can't show solidarity without putting my neck out there? joshcryer Feb 2012 #48
The Syrian situation should be left in the hands of the Syrian people Sabayon65 Feb 2012 #35
Who said anything about aiding them? All the OP did was show that al-Qeada was a false claim. joshcryer Feb 2012 #45
How do you feel about the "Rebels" imposing Sahrai Law in Libya? bvar22 Feb 2012 #72
What is this "Sahrai" Law you speak of? UnseenUndergrad Feb 2012 #73
Excuse the typo, but I think you know what I meant. bvar22 Feb 2012 #76
What total bullshit eissa Feb 2012 #74
Same story with Libya Dokkie Feb 2012 #75
primarily a mercenary force operating at the behest of the wahhabi dictators in Saudi Arabia & Qatar Alamuti Lotus Feb 2012 #77
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