Sean
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Thank you for your thought-provoking, insightful and considered response.
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Thank you for your thought-provoking, insightful and considered response.
Night night.![]()
Yeah, but all you're really doing is giving him an open platform to deny any suggested implications of his political stance without having to actually prove he believes those things.
In this thread: Hey, busybody, are you racist?
busybody: No, I believe everyone is entitled to equal rights regardless of colour or creed.
Meanwhile on another thread, we get a copy and paste article from Moonbatty defending busybody's belief that every single Muslim that exists is an insane wackjob simply because some deeply disturbed and confused radical decided that the way to his god was to blow himself up or that all rapes in Norway are committed by Muslims because busybody doesn't understand (and can't be bothered to find out) the Nordic government definition of a non-Westerner.
Seriously, if you GENUINELY want the answer to your questions you're asking all you have to do is read through the endless, confused bile that busybody posts on a never ending loop.
Otherwise, you're just poking sticks through the bars. Which is sad, disingenuinous and lacking any moral or intellectual authority.
So what you're saying is that some of your best-friends are bigots? Like, I'm not a racist - some of my best friends are niggers?
And what? Saying "you can't kill them all" in no way suggests that a person is not a bigot and that their opinion is not based in ignorance and cherry-picked inaccuracies. Your analysis is a straw man argument.
I don't believe in the death penalty. It doesn't mean that I support war criminals. I don't have children - it doesn't mean that I don't think paedophilia is wrong. Strawman, strawman!
Here's a tip: Jumping into a conversation when you don't know the backstory or the actors is a really bad idea.
So what you're saying is that some of your best-friends are bigots? Like, I'm not a racist - some of my best friends are niggers?
And what? Saying "you can't kill them all" in no way suggests that a person is not a bigot and that their opinion is not based in ignorance and cherry-picked inaccuracies. Your analysis is a straw man argument.
I don't believe in the death penalty. It doesn't mean that I support war criminals. I don't have children - it doesn't mean that I don't think paedophilia is wrong. Strawman, strawman!
I think I'll stick to basing my responses on the thread topic and the posting history of the authors.
I have no idea who you are, you've only been here five minutes. Although it seems fairly obvious that you're a fucking idiot. And, fyi, I've had BB on ignore for quite a while now.I like how that rationalisation only applies to people on your buddy list, yet you haven't extended the same courtesy to me, for example. You don't know MY backstory, you don't care about my backstory.
But it is a PUBLIC internet DISCUSSION board and, while your advice is recognised and appreciated, I think I'll stick to basing my responses on the thread topic and the posting history of the authors.
I like how that rationalisation only applies to people on your buddy list, yet you haven't extended the same courtesy to me, for example. You don't know MY backstory, you don't care about my backstory. Not that my "backstory" or the "backstory" of anyone else here is relevant to whether or not I think someone is a bigot, or whether I think someone else is a bigot supporter.
But it is a PUBLIC internet DISCUSSION board and, while your advice is recognised and appreciated, I think I'll stick to basing my responses on the thread topic and the posting history of the authors.
I have no idea who you are, you've only been here five minutes. Although it seems fairly obvious that you're a fucking idiot. And, fyi, I've had BB on ignore for quite a while now.
Fucking Brits.
Just because America has most of the world's morons doesn't mean we don't have any.
I have no idea who you are, you've only been here five minutes. Although it seems fairly obvious that you're a fucking idiot. And, fyi, I've had BB on ignore for quite a while now.
SeanH, I am genuinely interested in what your suggestion would have been for me to intially engage in this thread, since it is a thread open to all? I'm not being sarcastic, I would like to know how you would propose that I would respond in a thread which I believe is providing a platform for someone elses bigotry.
And I am also curious as to why you would engage in a thread targetted at someone you have on ignore. But you don't owe me that explanation![]()
If I were you, which I couldn't be without a lobotomy, I wouldn't be posting in any threads until I knew what the hell was going on.SeanH, I am genuinely interested in what your suggestion would have been for me to intially engage in this thread, since it is a thread open to all? I'm not being sarcastic, I would like to know how you would propose that I would respond in a thread which I believe is providing a platform for someone elses bigotry.
And I am also curious as to why you would engage in a thread targetted at someone you have on ignore. But you don't owe me that explanation![]()
You've mistaken the point of the thread by a wide margin.
Busybody defends himself from my allegation that he is...
...so far right that he makes Pat Robertson look like a communist.
This should be fun. He said to ask a specific question, so let's all post "yardstick" questions for him, to help him see if he's right or left politically.
BB, do you think there should be a law against discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation?
The point was to ask busybody a question which he would answer, allowing all to determine whether he swings right or left, yes?
Peregrinator, in hindsight I realise that I somewhat hijacked (for lack of a better word) your thread and I sincerely apologise for that. However, I do think that my initial point is valid, that the best way to see someone's views is by letting them speak for themselves and not by asking leading questions. I don't think you can tell whether busybody swings to the left or right any more than you can give a belt bomb to a radical, fundamentalist Muslim to see if he really believes in 40 virgins or not.![]()
SeanH, I am genuinely interested in what your suggestion would have been for me to intially engage in this thread, since it is a thread open to all? I'm not being sarcastic, I would like to know how you would propose that I would respond in a thread which I believe is providing a platform for someone elses bigotry.
And I am also curious as to why you would engage in a thread targetted at someone you have on ignore. But you don't owe me that explanation![]()
You're trying way to hard to look smart.
The point was to ask busybody a question which he would answer, allowing all to determine whether he swings right or left, yes?
Peregrinator, in hindsight I realise that I somewhat hijacked (for lack of a better word) your thread and I sincerely apologise for that. However, I do think that my initial point is valid, that the best way to see someone's views is by letting them speak for themselves and not by asking leading questions. I don't think you can tell whether busybody swings to the left or right any more than you can give a belt bomb to a radical, fundamentalist Muslim to see if he really believes in 40 virgins or not.![]()
Peregrinator said:He said to ask a specific question, so let's all post "yardstick" questions for him, to help him see if he's right or left politically.
. unless you are busybody, in which case we already know where you're going with it...