Massacre at historic African American Church in Charleston

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Ideologue

Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 05:11:17 AM
Well, it was a picture they re-posted from some page they liked, but still.

I also liked one along the lines, "Why is it when you say your opinion it's 1st Amendment rights, and when I do it it's hate speech?" Well, maybe it's the content of your opinion? :P

Presumably talking to an American, not you.  Your rights are actually pretty circumscribed in that regard. :P

I always love it when people invoke the First Amendment before private actors who simply tell them something they've said is dumb or offensive.  OMG MAH FREEDOM
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Syt

Quote from: Ideologue on July 06, 2015, 05:30:38 AM
Presumably talking to an American, not you.  Your rights are actually pretty circumscribed in that regard. :P
Yeah. :P

QuoteI always love it when people invoke the First Amendment before private actors who simply tell them something they've said is dumb or offensive.  OMG MAH FREEDOM

Well, my sisters have been in the U.S. for only 20+ years, so you can't expect them to know the finer points of civil rights (the two oldest are naturalized, though).
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Tonitrus

They hooked up with military dudes, right?

It has seemed to me, that in many cases, military wives are the type who usually just take on and parrot/identify/embody with everything about their husbands.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: Tonitrus on July 06, 2015, 02:14:17 PM
They hooked up with military dudes, right?

It has seemed to me, that in many cases, military wives are the type who usually just take on and parrot/identify/embody with everything about their husbands.

They better, or they lose that stream of nylons and chocolate bars.

Syt

Quote from: Tonitrus on July 06, 2015, 02:14:17 PM
They hooked up with military dudes, right?

It has seemed to me, that in many cases, military wives are the type who usually just take on and parrot/identify/embody with everything about their husbands.

Yes, but I would say they're more politically interested/informed than their husbands. My middle sister is an interesting case - she became prejudiced against Hispanics when they were in El Paso, and against black when they lived in North Carolina. I figure if she lived in Vancouver she'd become prejudiced against Asians.
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Habbaku

Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 04:37:44 AM
"If we're going to remove the Confederate Flag because it's divisive and racist, then we need to remove the president and his administration for the same reasons."
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Then he will ask why you are not legally allowed to be incestuously married to them in a polygamous manner.
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Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 02:35:32 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 06, 2015, 02:14:17 PM
They hooked up with military dudes, right?

It has seemed to me, that in many cases, military wives are the type who usually just take on and parrot/identify/embody with everything about their husbands.

Yes, but I would say they're more politically interested/informed than their husbands. My middle sister is an interesting case - she became prejudiced against Hispanics when they were in El Paso, and against black when they lived in North Carolina. I figure if she lived in Vancouver she'd become prejudiced against Asians.

The real trouble begins when he's posted to Europe ...  ;)
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Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 04:37:44 AM
"If we're going to remove the Confederate Flag because it's divisive and racist, then we need to remove the president and his administration for the same reasons."
- My sisters, Facebook :bleeding:

Good logic.
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Quote from: Habbaku on July 06, 2015, 02:56:18 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 04:37:44 AM
"If we're going to remove the Confederate Flag because it's divisive and racist, then we need to remove the president and his administration for the same reasons."
- My sisters, Facebook :bleeding:

Martinus will be along shortly to ask why you are friended to them.

Quote from: Valmy on July 06, 2015, 02:57:38 PM
Then he will ask why you are not legally allowed to be incestuously married to them in a polygamous manner.

:lol:

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Quote from: The Brain on July 06, 2015, 03:03:48 PM
When I meet an African-American woman I normally ask "Poly? Want a cracker?".

Since when is parroting a thing?

Oh wait, urban dictionary tells me it is that thing of like when you put your penis on someone's shoulder like a parrot. :hmm:
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Tonitrus

Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:58:12 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 06, 2015, 02:35:32 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 06, 2015, 02:14:17 PM
They hooked up with military dudes, right?

It has seemed to me, that in many cases, military wives are the type who usually just take on and parrot/identify/embody with everything about their husbands.

Yes, but I would say they're more politically interested/informed than their husbands. My middle sister is an interesting case - she became prejudiced against Hispanics when they were in El Paso, and against black when they lived in North Carolina. I figure if she lived in Vancouver she'd become prejudiced against Asians.

The real trouble begins when he's posted to Europe ...  ;)

They are Germans...maybe that is where it comes from.  :P

Syt

Quote from: Malthus on July 06, 2015, 02:58:12 PM
The real trouble begins when he's posted to Europe ...  ;)

Their husbands have been out of the military for a long time, so unlikely to happen. ;)

Also, from last night:



:lol:
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