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Lies, damn lies and politics

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BDC99, Dec 12, 2015.

  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Your post made no sense. It didn't deserve a response.

    Quote it here now if you want my take on it. I'm not going to go hunt for it.
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Awesome! Jumping in to another thread to increase your odds at getting the last word.

    Seems like a bit of a lazy post though.
     
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  3. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Nothing lazy about it. I contributed to the discussion taking place by directing interested posters to another thread where more information is available.
     
  4. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Rand Paul: No greater threat to our national security than our debt. Understand the sentiment but curious what the Obama haters say.
     
  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Here's my first post, in response to your silly graphic tweet quote, followed by your response, followed by my response.



     
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Greater than Global Warming!
     
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  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Great. Thanks for the recap.

    The President has called Climate Change the greatest threat.

    That's king of the hill. My disagreement is with the President.

    You brought up gun violence. Unless you're saying it's a greater threat than Climate Change, I'm not sure what the point is.

    If you want to argue gun violence is the greatest threat, say so. I'm not interested in having a discussion of what the second greatest threat is.
     
  8. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Republicans have indicated through their fear of Syrian refugees and their insistence that Obama call acts of terror "Radical Islamic terrorists" that Muslims are the biggest threat to the country. Your post quoted a guy indicating violence by Muslims. I, and others on the left, have indicated that guns are a bigger problem.

    If you want to rank them, then yes, climate change is the greatest threat, because of how it can affect humankind's entire existence, and gun control would be second. Yet, you rank Muslims as first, even though, at its highest, it wouldn't be in the top two. But that hasn't stopped you.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Congratulations Baron!

    The President thinks climate change is the greatest threat. You agree. I disagree.

    If you want to discuss gun violence, have at it. There are threads for that.

    That was a thread about global warming, thus my mocking of the issue, as it relates to radical Islam.

    I'm not sure why you thought I was going to get into a circular argument with you on that thread, on an unrelated topic.
     
  10. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Climate change affects everyone, regardless of their religion. You don't seem to understand that.

    And it's related because, as I've pointed out, the Republicans are hypocritical when it comes to talking about Muslims, when there is are greater problems that, like you, they wish to ignore. Conservative Cut and Run Club indeed.
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Am I supposed to point out grammar issues, or leave that to Riptide?

    Barron, you disagree with me.

    That's great.

    I think your ideas are ignorant and childish. Am I really supposed to reply to every post where you explain your narrow worldview for the one-thousandth time?
     
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  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    That's funny, coming from someone who posted more than 100 times on one subject in a weekend. Do you think you're actually convincing anyone just from the sheer volume of your posts?

    Speaking of grammar issues, you misspelled my name.
     
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