The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

**Frownland** · 12-27-2017, 12:13 AM

Ehhh not really worse than usual tbh but I'm soulless so what do I know.

I think OH might be the only one here close to your paraphrase.

Chula Vista · 12-27-2017, 01:28 AM

Could not happened to a nicer guy. Wanted to punch my TV so many times when his face came on during the election.

Singer Joy Villa files sexual assault complaint against Corey Lewandowski - CNNPolitics

He'd already pretty much got fired over this, at the insistence of Ivanka and Jared.

Fields nails Lewandowski: 'Not very good at his job' - CNNPolitics

Can't wait for Trump's tweet tomorrow morning.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-27-2017, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

homophobia and sexism should not be tolerated anywhere

So others can't discriminate against others [i.e. have a personal opinion] based on someone's gender or sexual orientation, but you can discriminate against that person based on their discrimination [i.e. personal opinion]?

You DO see the hypocrisy with that, right?

ḇulbasaur · 12-27-2017, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

So others can't discriminate against others [i.e. have a personal opinion] based on someone's gender or sexual orientation, but you can discriminate against that person based on their discrimination [i.e. personal opinion]?

You DO see the hypocrisy with that, right?

Maajo · 12-27-2017, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

So others can't discriminate against others [i.e. have a personal opinion] based on someone's gender or sexual orientation, but you can discriminate against that person based on their discrimination [i.e. personal opinion]?

You DO see the hypocrisy with that, right?

Except for that it's not discrimination to have a no-tolerance stance on bigotry. It's like saying that the Brits were intolerant of Nazis because they killed millions of people who didn't fit in with the Hitler guidelines. If only they'd open their minds and meet somewhere in the middle. Does that mean the Nazis would've only murdered 3 million jews?

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-27-2017, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Maajo

Except for that it's not discrimination to have a no-tolerance stance on bigotry.

Actually, it is. It's like giving a murderer the death penalty.

"You can have an opinion, as long as it agrees with mine!"

"It's not discrimination when I discriminate!"

DwnWthVwls · 12-27-2017, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

So others can't discriminate against others [i.e. have a personal opinion] based on someone's gender or sexual orientation, but you can discriminate against that person based on their discrimination [i.e. personal opinion]?

You DO see the hypocrisy with that, right?

This is a great example of an argument lacking nuance.

And then the follow up death penalty, lol. Such a poor comparison.

Maajo · 12-27-2017, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

Actually, it is. It's like giving a murderer the death penalty.

"You can have an opinion, as long as it agrees with mine!"

"It's not discrimination when I discriminate!"

No, it isn't. It's like having laws against murder for the sake of keeping the peace and calling that discrimination. You can call anything discrimination if we all listen to your guidelines, because context apparently doesn't matter.

The Batlord · 12-27-2017, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Nothing wrong with some initial skepticism. But some of the posts going out earlier in this thread were really way below even MB's current sub-basement standards.

Paraphrase: ****ing ****ty parents deserved it for raising such a ****ty daughter.

Simply not cool when a couple of dead people are probably still flayed wide open on autopsy tables.

I doubt they mind at this point.

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Originally Posted by Maajo

Except for that it's not discrimination to have a no-tolerance stance on bigotry. It's like saying that the Brits were intolerant of Nazis because they killed millions of people who didn't fit in with the Hitler guidelines. If only they'd open their minds and meet somewhere in the middle. Does that mean the Nazis would've only murdered 3 million jews?

Bruh the Jews were behind the Holocaust. Hitler was their puppet.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-27-2017, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

the dumbest thing I've read all year

Yet, it still hasn't been refuted.

You guys are saying that it's okay for YOU to discriminate, but not for others to do so. It's not rocket science. It's hypocrisy.

If someone doesn't want to associate with others based upon their gender or sexual orientation, that is their decision. It may not be a GOOD decision, but they have the right to make it. For you to say that they don't have that right is ridiculous.

12-27-2017, 12:13 AM	#8771 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Ehhh not really worse than usual tbh but I'm soulless so what do I know. I think OH might be the only one here close to your paraphrase. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-27-2017, 01:28 AM	#8772 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Could not happened to a nicer guy. Wanted to punch my TV so many times when his face came on during the election. Singer Joy Villa files sexual assault complaint against Corey Lewandowski - CNNPolitics He'd already pretty much got fired over this, at the insistence of Ivanka and Jared. Fields nails Lewandowski: 'Not very good at his job' - CNNPolitics Can't wait for Trump's tweet tomorrow morning. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”