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theboss

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93. I have no idea what you are talking about

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 03:59 PM

Feb 2019

I found a post where I defended Pam Gellar's right to say horrible stuff, because horrible people have the right to say horrible things. I've always been a first amendment absolutist so that checks out.

I have always found it curious that you can call a Christian any name you want here, but it's basically not permitted to delve deeply into Muslim theology. I may have asked that once and got the results I usually get when I ask questions like that.

But I like Muslims. I worked with an attorney friend who went to O'Hare to help a Katy, TX kid who was detained during the Muslim Ban bullshit. When he got there, there was like 5 people already involved.

Reading this article is the single angriest I have been during the entire Trump Presidency. After this, nothing shocked me any longer.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Feds-detain-Katy-High-School-student-from-Jordan-10897205.php

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Since we no longer care about doing the right thing, let's talk about math and black women [View all] theboss Feb 2019 OP

We care about doing the right thing just not taking sledge hammers to fruit flies and then ... uponit7771 Feb 2019 #1

The 4th thread in the GD discussion forum is about how Northam is being treated unfairly theboss Feb 2019 #2

And how many OPs have you posted pretty much saying the same thing about this? ehrnst Feb 2019 #56

You missed the midterm stats that showed regretful Hortensis Feb 2019 #64

We won back white college educated women theboss Feb 2019 #67

MORE chose us, theb. Not "back." Hortensis Feb 2019 #70

When did we "lose" them? ehrnst Feb 2019 #77

We improved 7 points from 16 to 18 theboss Feb 2019 #118

"That's everything." ehrnst Feb 2019 #129

Hillary is toxic? Really? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #112

She is to some people Empowerer Feb 2019 #115

The woman who refused to bake cookies once, that is what started it all Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #117

They made her toxic - unfair as it was theboss Feb 2019 #125

'True colors' on the part of voters... ehrnst Feb 2019 #119

Voters - including those who claim, for various purposes, to have supported her Empowerer Feb 2019 #122

So what are the "true colors" of the HRC voters ehrnst Feb 2019 #124

I'm not talking about HRC voters Empowerer Feb 2019 #132

Thank you for the clarification. ehrnst Feb 2019 #133

Does a progressive record count? earthside Feb 2019 #45

+1, this is true to uponit7771 Feb 2019 #48

This is a gift to Trump and the reactionaries. earthside Feb 2019 #63

You mean the guy who was a Republican until 2007? doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #104

I'm asking. earthside Feb 2019 #107

Not wearing blackface or doing anything really racist for 35 years (or at least not getting caught) EffieBlack Feb 2019 #114

+ 1000. ehrnst Feb 2019 #126

Thank you so much for writing this.. doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #3

I'm disgusted by people who want no repercussions just because Republicans are attacking manor321 Feb 2019 #4

Agreed. I started following a whole bunch of female black journalists on Twitter last year. fleur-de-lisa Feb 2019 #5

We need to start paying black women back theboss Feb 2019 #7

I'm to the point where I would happily cede all positions of power to women of color. fleur-de-lisa Feb 2019 #12

K&R WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #6

Outside of DU, I am encouraged by the support I see for Ms. Tyson on Twitter. nt LexVegas Feb 2019 #8

these actions are not related to each other at all. What people do in high school and college beachbum bob Feb 2019 #9

And DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #10

I think I can probably give Herring a pass just out of cynical political need theboss Feb 2019 #11

We don't have a photo of Herring. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #16

Exactly EffieBlack Feb 2019 #89

Do you vote in Virginia? (n/t) OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #121

I did from 99 to 09, and I still pay property taxes there theboss Feb 2019 #123

I see. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #131

k&r bigtree Feb 2019 #13

We didn't throw away Sen.Robert Byrd... dubyadiprecession Feb 2019 #14

Ah. I knew Senator Byrd. I liked Senator Byrd. One of my best friends worked for Senator Byrd theboss Feb 2019 #15

Who's "we?" EffieBlack Feb 2019 #62

I disagree with virtually all the "facts" and assumptions Hortensis Feb 2019 #17

So, why do black women give us 92 percent of their vote and white men 40 percent? theboss Feb 2019 #22

Yet, black voters make up 25% of the total vote for Dems. MichMan Feb 2019 #40

Not just the one vote, the foot work of getting the votes to the polls irisblue Feb 2019 #49

Yes, those who multiply the vote definitely make themselves count for more. Hortensis Feb 2019 #127

I wish I knew who really gives a shit about blackface and who is Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #116

Yes. And I wish people cared more about one standard for all than Hortensis Feb 2019 #134

Trump basically commits f***ing atrocities every single day ... and what happens? mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #18

"Trump basically commits f***ing atrocities every single day ... and what happens?" DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #19

Which is what one would expect when the person in question proves by their actions mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #24

About the same. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #31

Please don't paint with such a broad brush. MrGrieves Feb 2019 #20

What, u don't dig people anointing themselves the final arbiter of what 'the right thing' is? mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #26

We do the right thing and they get the power treestar Feb 2019 #21

I feel like we're winning theboss Feb 2019 #23

Let's be clear: No one Democratic demographic group is more important than another. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #25

Of course, certain voting blocs are more important than others theboss Feb 2019 #27

Actually, no. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #37

I grew up in a Union family. My grandpa was a Union rep theboss Feb 2019 #41

Beautifully said, thank you (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #29

+100,000,000,000 atreides1 Feb 2019 #43

thank you... Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #108

It's really odd that Democrats here and elsewhere... Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #28

Wait, who is insulting black males? mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #32

That's an argument from fallacy. Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #35

Now that you've clarified by adding a couple sentences at the end there ... I get your point. Thx. mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #38

Let's be clear here. My edit was done BEFORE your post. Not after. Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #42

Let ME be clear, you're 100% WRONG. mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #54

LOL... Still doesn't change the substance of what I said even if you're not lying. GOOD DAY! Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #137

You got me ... I get my jollies lying to my fellow DU'ers about what their posts said mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #138

I don't lessen it. From my perspective, it's the second most important voting bloc theboss Feb 2019 #34

And the fact that you're admittedly not worried about losing that vote is the problem. n/t Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #36

I'm worried as hell about those voters not voting theboss Feb 2019 #44

Last comment here... Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #47

I have three adopted black children - including one boy. theboss Feb 2019 #50

Three kids, and you still manage to post hundreds of times over the course of a few days. ehrnst Feb 2019 #78

I haven't posted in a few years theboss Feb 2019 #80

I'll say. ehrnst Feb 2019 #81

How is DU ever going to "get it right" about Islam, if you aren't here? ehrnst Feb 2019 #86

I have no opinions on Muslim immigrants theboss Feb 2019 #87

Well then, the time off must have given you a very, very different outlook... ehrnst Feb 2019 #92

I have no idea what you are talking about theboss Feb 2019 #93

Of course you don't. But search engines do remember. ehrnst Feb 2019 #94

I'm searching, and I can't find anything theboss Feb 2019 #95

You certainly had ideas on Muslim immigrants ehrnst Feb 2019 #96

Nope theboss Feb 2019 #97

Bored? ehrnst Feb 2019 #98

Either show me or I'm putting you on ignore and you can troll someone else theboss Feb 2019 #99

You shared one thread of many you posted on that ehrnst Feb 2019 #102

You "like Muslims"? EffieBlack Feb 2019 #100

I'm being accused of not liking them theboss Feb 2019 #101

...... ehrnst Feb 2019 #103

Good work. Sigh. This is familiar, isnt it. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #113

"I like Muslims" is actually an odd response to be accused of being an Islamaphobe EffieBlack Feb 2019 #110

Should I dislike them? theboss Feb 2019 #111

I think you should look to your own posts from January 2016 ehrnst Feb 2019 #120

Poor kid ... Empowerer Feb 2019 #85

No one owes a party or a politician their vote. If a party or a politician doesn't represent Autumn Feb 2019 #30

Voters often vote for politicians they believe will help them ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #33

I think with black voters, it's often more that we don't actively hurt them theboss Feb 2019 #46

i'm totally in support of that ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #60

You don't think that Dems have done that? (nt) ehrnst Feb 2019 #79

"Since we no longer care about doing the right thing" LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #39

Thank you. ehrnst Feb 2019 #55

Who is the "we" in your title? ehrnst Feb 2019 #51

Wait, I thought winning over white male Trump voters is the key to success in 2020. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #52

It would be nice to win around 20,000 of them in the Midwest theboss Feb 2019 #53

There will inevitably be disgruntled Trump voters who vote for our nominee. But... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #58

White male voters changed the political math Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #75

I don't think I've ever seen a post from you before JustAnotherGen Feb 2019 #57

I've been around since the early 2000s. But I vanish for long periods of time. theboss Feb 2019 #59

"Vanish?" ehrnst Feb 2019 #61

Into the shadows theboss Feb 2019 #65

Do you vanish or just change your screen name? Autumn Feb 2019 #66

This is the only screen name I've had theboss Feb 2019 #68

We joined around the same time, but I've never noticed you and you are very .. vocal? Autumn Feb 2019 #71

That's an understatement Empowerer Feb 2019 #76

My online posting style was literally created/fermented by posting to pro wrestling message boards theboss Feb 2019 #128

Here's my stats theboss Feb 2019 #69

You did join earlier. Some of us who joined anytime in 2002 or before that, our exact join dates Autumn Feb 2019 #72

It was after Afghanistan but before Iraq, I believe theboss Feb 2019 #88

Oh please don't JustAnotherGen Feb 2019 #91

As my biggest fan, can you find out when I hated Muslims? theboss Feb 2019 #109

Here you go: ehrnst Feb 2019 #136

This message was self-deleted by its author Empowerer Feb 2019 #73

How inspiring! Empowerer Feb 2019 #74

Yes, How inspiring! njhoneybadger Feb 2019 #82

Here. Enjoy this. theboss Feb 2019 #135

That's not what the argument is about maxrandb Feb 2019 #83

Ground Zero bpj62 Feb 2019 #84

I lived in Virginia from 1999 to 2009. Still own a condo there theboss Feb 2019 #90

No, it is reasonable that black women voice their opinion Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #105

We care. It isn't a thing to resign over. You should stick to defining how you feel wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #106

So proud he went black face that he put it on his yearbook page... HopeAgain Feb 2019 #130