Being anti-gay, abhorrent on its own, does not compare to killing children. (Reply #34)

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Fri Aug 1, 2014, 09:48 AM

randome (34,845 posts)

34. Being anti-gay, abhorrent on its own, does not compare to killing children.

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93 replies	Author	Time	Post
A reminder to think before you speak - Israel and Palestine edition [View all]	Scootaloo	Aug 2014	OP
i feel a lot of people who are doing it are doing it purposely to STICK IT	JI7	Aug 2014	#1
I disagree. I haven't used that term but I don't see why it would be against "JEWS" as you say.	MH1	Aug 2014	#27
I think it is better to talk about yourself	hfojvt	Aug 2014	#39
Yep.	840high	Aug 2014	#58
Who are you and what have you done with Scootaloo?	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#2
In the film "Source Code" that question brings a smile. nt	edgineered	Aug 2014	#54
I do find it somewhat ironic that the theocratic Tea Party is siding with Israel	ErikJ	Aug 2014	#3
I don't consider those who side with Hamas to be at all progressive.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#4
Dead kids are dead kids	think	Aug 2014	#6
Parroting Hamas' anti-Israel propaganda only encourages them to get more kids killed.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#7
Excuse me?	think	Aug 2014	#8
OK, you're excused.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#13
Israel is to blame for Hamas' human sacrifice strategy???	malaise	Aug 2014	#24
See? THIS is exactly the kind of shit I'm talking about.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#40
I'm sorry, but Israel has to take responsibility for its own actions.	Comrade Grumpy	Aug 2014	#56
Enough with your disingenuous excuses for aggressive war and terrorism.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#62
And that's just this round.	2banon	Aug 2014	#50
Hamas is just as guilty.	840high	Aug 2014	#60
And parroting Israel's anti-Palestinian propaganda doesn't?	Hissyspit	Aug 2014	#17
Did you notice the title of this thread?	intaglio	Aug 2014	#31
Parroting Hamas' propaganda is more harmful	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#46
Propagating Israeli propaganda	intaglio	Aug 2014	#49
Hamas is responsible for ALL the deaths on both sides.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#61
What a peice of work your post is	intaglio	Aug 2014	#64
I would have thought Hamas' apologists would be ashamed to show their faces today.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#66
I have never made apology for Hamas,	intaglio	Aug 2014	#68
You contradict yourself.	Fozzledick	Aug 2014	#69
Where or are you just making stuff up? n/t	intaglio	Aug 2014	#70
+1	whatchamacallit	Aug 2014	#91
so those of who are against Israel slaughtering the Palestinians while they	m-lekktor	Aug 2014	#23
Apparently neither was John Lennon.	randome	Aug 2014	#25
Progressives are certainly not "Siding" with a theocracy...	truedelphi	Aug 2014	#5
Dear one, the US sends much aid to many countries who have laws against being gay	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2014	#33
Being anti-gay, abhorrent on its own, does not compare to killing children.	randome	Aug 2014	#34
I was comparing killing of gay people to killing of other people. Is that wrong in your eyes?	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2014	#92
I agree that the U.S., as a country, should make more demands -where we can- on equal rights.	randome	Aug 2014	#93
I am not sure that I get the gist of your remark.	truedelphi	Aug 2014	#55
the teabaggers aren't siding with a seculary socialist democracy and progressive aren't siding with	JI7	Aug 2014	#9
do you seriously think teabaggers support israel because of their welfare system ?	JI7	Aug 2014	#11
Being against the destruction of Gaza, including murder of children, is NOT siding with Hamas.	MH1	Aug 2014	#28
This	TeamPooka	Aug 2014	#53
The ruling party coalition of Israel is not secular.	BlindTiresias	Aug 2014	#59
Nadin's a she, I'm pretty certain.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2014	#10
Did not know; edited accordingly	Scootaloo	Aug 2014	#14
Nonsense, a pox on both of their houses.	longship	Aug 2014	#12
No... family fueds tend to last a long time.	whistler162	Aug 2014	#21
The 'gotcha' works from both directions.	randome	Aug 2014	#15
I don't really think any comparison of Israel with Nazi Germany is fair or accurate, personally.	Spider Jerusalem	Aug 2014	#16
It doesn't have to be an exact analogy.	Hissyspit	Aug 2014	#18
But Americans avoid the equation to treatment of Native Americans which is a better analogy	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2014	#35
yes, really	hfojvt	Aug 2014	#41
You paid for your slaves too, we didn't kidnap those folks and enslave them!	TheKentuckian	Aug 2014	#65
+1	bravenak	Aug 2014	#77
Analogies are just that, analogies	cpwm17	Aug 2014	#19
"...no matter what religion they practice."	randome	Aug 2014	#20
Thank you for agreeing	cpwm17	Aug 2014	#22
"the primary purpose of religion"	hfojvt	Aug 2014	#43
Corporations have papers, too. And bylaws.	randome	Aug 2014	#45
the purpose of a gun IS to kill	hfojvt	Aug 2014	#51
You really think religion was created to do good?	randome	Aug 2014	#67
Hear, Hear!	defacto7	Aug 2014	#81
but not all analogies are good analogies. and bad analogies mislead	onenote	Aug 2014	#90
Nadin won't be gone long	Capt. Obvious	Aug 2014	#26
Until mid August, according to her transparency page. :(	MerryBlooms	Aug 2014	#30
Damn!	L0oniX	Aug 2014	#44
in this case it's not the usual ones she has a problem with that are responsible	JI7	Aug 2014	#76
Here's my nuanced position	steve2470	Aug 2014	#29
+1. nt	bemildred	Aug 2014	#32
Good post.	Agschmid	Aug 2014	#36
Agree, well said n/t	Spazito	Aug 2014	#37
Thank you. n/t	snpsmom	Aug 2014	#89
Comparing Israel to nazis is hyperbolic anti semitism.Especially	sufrommich	Aug 2014	#38
I've never understood this but a lot of people come to DU believing they are in enemy territory	el_bryanto	Aug 2014	#42
I don't see why one cannot compare anything to anything else	treestar	Aug 2014	#47
Elections have consequences	AnalystInParadise	Aug 2014	#48
Yeah, all those children are definitely to blame for electing Hamas.	MH1	Aug 2014	#57
That last senteence is a point we can actually agree on	AnalystInParadise	Aug 2014	#73
that's like saying 9/11, Sandy Hook, Katrina were all deserved	JI7	Aug 2014	#71
In the eyes of radical Islam	AnalystInParadise	Aug 2014	#72
people could have been saved during Katrina, which is my point but Bush as President	JI7	Aug 2014	#74
Are you really trying	AnalystInParadise	Aug 2014	#82
9/11, Katrina, Sandy Hoook and Elections have Consequences	JI7	Aug 2014	#83
Palestinian civilians DO NOT deserve to be indiscriminately killed....	Violet_Crumble	Aug 2014	#86
+1000	MrBig	Aug 2014	#52
Good OP scootaloo..	2banon	Aug 2014	#63
I made a similar point a week or so ago	BainsBane	Aug 2014	#75
I don't always agree with you, but I'll second that.	cheapdate	Aug 2014	#78
The Settlements is the issue here.	deathrind	Aug 2014	#79
K&R. I wish I'd seen this earlier.	MannyGoldstein	Aug 2014	#80
I take that to be indicative of a very low standard here!	Scootaloo	Aug 2014	#88
Did you really mean to start this	defacto7	Aug 2014	#84
I'm not seeing a shit-storm...	Scootaloo	Aug 2014	#85
Well, nice op!	defacto7	Aug 2014	#87

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