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46. You're right, this is not an example

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 05:18 PM

Nov 2012

of how this remark caused harm to or offended anyone who is a dwarf. Still. And waiting for something substantial in that regard after this many exchanges wearies me.

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Atheist group at Dartmouth plans anti Mother Teresa event [View all] rug Nov 2012 OP

That ought to make them some friends. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1

Really. elleng Nov 2012 #3

I consider myself an Atheist Politicalboi Nov 2012 #2

I agree with you. There's just no point, and it's petty. MADem Nov 2012 #7

Yes I agree with you also. Really she did do some good things for the poor. Let southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #31

What did she do for the poor outside of the occasional bowl of soup? Not much. stopbush Nov 2012 #37

About time. lalalu Nov 2012 #4

Ah, the intemperance of youth. MADem Nov 2012 #5

reminds me-septic tank needs pumping sigmasix Nov 2012 #6

Welcome to DU! rug Nov 2012 #11

"I used to be an atheist" - What changed for you? cleanhippie Nov 2012 #27

thanks for the welcome sigmasix Nov 2012 #42

They must have thought "Slavic midget" was too offensive. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #8

Fraud is one thing. Racist, bigoted epithets, another. rug Nov 2012 #9

How is any of that "racist" or "bigoted"? skepticscott Nov 2012 #12

Keep trying. rug Nov 2012 #13

So try again skepticscott Nov 2012 #14

Then surely you must not object to my referring to Hitchens as a Maltese carcass. rug Nov 2012 #15

Why would I care? skepticscott Nov 2012 #17

well when you use someone's race as an insult DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #16

So how would an Albanian skepticscott Nov 2012 #18

So ya wanna split hairs eh? DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #22

I asked for specific examples skepticscott Nov 2012 #23

did you read the article DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #40

You're right, this is not an example skepticscott Nov 2012 #46

sigh DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #53

once you defend insults based on race, it becoems a slick slope. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #32

A hate group. nt humblebum Nov 2012 #10

Have any of you ever read Hitchen's book on MT? stopbush Nov 2012 #19

This is not the place to be holding comments. Hitchens himself can easily be desribed humblebum Nov 2012 #20

Radical atheism. Did you just make that up? stopbush Nov 2012 #21

Some might have legit criticisms of Mother Teresa but I'm not listening to scum like Hitchens ButterflyBlood Nov 2012 #25

Just curious - which of Hitchens' books have you read? stopbush Nov 2012 #34

The truth or falsehood of a proposition skepticscott Nov 2012 #43

So you don't consider there to be radical atheism. humblebum Nov 2012 #52

Yeah, because Hitchens was right about so many things. cbayer Nov 2012 #30

Yes, he was right about so many things. I disagreed with him on the war, stopbush Nov 2012 #33

You know nothing about me or what I have read, so what would you know? cbayer Nov 2012 #36

And apparently, you know nothing about Hitchens' work. stopbush Nov 2012 #38

You are wrong. But one might question the credibility of one who draws cbayer Nov 2012 #39

See number 43 skepticscott Nov 2012 #44

The audacity to accuse... rexcat Nov 2012 #57

But who could live up to the high moral standard of the alcoholic war-monger, Mr Hitchens? struggle4progress Nov 2012 #24

And the fact that he drank a lot skepticscott Nov 2012 #45

Do you really need it explained to you okasha Nov 2012 #47

Do you really need it explained to you skepticscott Nov 2012 #48

The question is whether his judgement of the evidence okasha Nov 2012 #49

Unless HIS evaluation of the evidence skepticscott Nov 2012 #54

You're always good for a giggle, scottie. okasha Nov 2012 #58

And you're always good for content-free snark skepticscott Nov 2012 #61

Please don't talk about yourself that way, Scottie. okasha Nov 2012 #67

And the fact that she was short and Albanian means what? struggle4progress Nov 2012 #50

Uh, it means she was short and Albanian skepticscott Nov 2012 #55

If it wasn't for the crack about her height, it would have been perfect. Ian David Nov 2012 #26

MT was no saint. She did good work but she did plenty of bad work too. MotherPetrie Nov 2012 #28

Hateful. Sorry they choose to spend their time this way. cbayer Nov 2012 #29

Dartmouth - often known for it's childish, privileged white boy *antics*. AlbertCat Nov 2012 #35

Anyone who recognizes torture from his own personal experience of it okasha Nov 2012 #41

Um, that's kind of not what happened Goblinmonger Nov 2012 #56

Which are you denying, Goblinmonger? okasha Nov 2012 #59

So when he titled his article "Believe Me, It's Torture" Goblinmonger Nov 2012 #60

I think Hitchens had an immediate emotional response okasha Nov 2012 #66

This will certainly endear people to their cause. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #51

Atheists are about truth, not friends Taverner Nov 2012 #69

Then don't complain when people bitch about 'em... Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #70

Meh, someone likes playing 'kill the messenger' Taverner Nov 2012 #71

Good. Hitchen's exposed her as the creep she was. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #62

Or vice versa cbayer Nov 2012 #65

I notice that the atheists edhopper Nov 2012 #63

You noticed that too, huh? cleanhippie Nov 2012 #64

Good on em! Taverner Nov 2012 #68