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leftynyc

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31. You keep posting that

Mon May 4, 2015, 10:59 AM

May 2015

as if it actually means anything. Your OP was ridiculous and you apparently don't like being told that so you think you can play games with language. Either defend your position or delete the post because you're wasting everyone's time.

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What Pam Gellar did is akin to.... [View all] Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 OP

I think that's a great analogy. smokey nj May 2015 #1

Because we should never do anything to upset religious fundamentalists. FLPanhandle May 2015 #2

If your willful actions to provoke puts innocent people in danger, then yes. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #3

Putting crayons to paper is depraved heart murder. cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #4

Tell that to Malala Yousafzai's school FLPanhandle May 2015 #7

What's the end game? Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #45

Exactly. stranger81 May 2015 #55

Bullshit FLPanhandle May 2015 #65

Goalpost shifting. stranger81 May 2015 #71

"Why do it?" FLPanhandle May 2015 #77

Just when I thought you had hit rock bottom... FLPanhandle May 2015 #58

You're strawmanning it, buddy. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #62

And you continue to be wrong. FLPanhandle May 2015 #70

Why, exactly, do we need to fight for the right to free expression? stranger81 May 2015 #73

"do we need to fight for the right to free expression?" FLPanhandle May 2015 #79

So do you honestly think it is okay to intentionally try to provoke violence.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #74

This isn't about Gellar FLPanhandle May 2015 #86

This particular incident is about Geller. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #88

If there exists enough intimidation and threats of violence to stop people from showing cartoons FLPanhandle May 2015 #89

No, we don't need people to intentionally create violent flashpoints for selfish means. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #93

It's sad you blame the provocation, not the reaction FLPanhandle May 2015 #95

It's an equation. A chemical reaction. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #98

Spoken exactly like a rape victim blamer FLPanhandle May 2015 #103

Yes. That's exactly what I am. A rape victim blamer. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #111

I think the end game for humans is to embrace science and technology and not mythology snooper2 May 2015 #67

Here's the thing about rights- they don't give a flying fuck about the 'end game'. X_Digger May 2015 #110

Of course they don't. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #115

Best ban those gay pride parades right away! Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #8

It's what many self called Christians do daily and have for hundreds of years...... AuntPatsy May 2015 #17

Wow, the shit you read here sometimes! NutmegYankee May 2015 #40

It's not the act of drawing a cartoon. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #44

No more abortions! You never know when a fundamentalist will kill a provider. arcane1 May 2015 #48

Well, we know that Right Wing, Hate Groups, like Geller's believe we SHOULD sabrina 1 May 2015 #52

Is there a point to upsetting them just to upset them? treestar May 2015 #60

'Xactly. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #68

...^ that 840high May 2015 #69

Real stupidity often involves courses of action that only make a problem worse Martin Eden May 2015 #82

So what is Ms. Geller? Jack Rabbit May 2015 #91

teabagging nutcases provoking religious nutcases at a public forum Skittles May 2015 #97

But exactly who are we comparing to the sharks, which have no choice in how they behave? Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #5

Analogy vs. metaphor. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #9

OK, exactly who are we saying are analagous to the sharks, which have no choice in how they behave? Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #26

It's not an an analogy. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #78

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/analogous muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #83

Thank you. And I believe a metaphor might be "Pam Geller chummed the waters to draw the sharks." Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #87

Do you think the people who tried to shoot-up Geller's event are like sharks with no moral will? Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #6

Analogy vs. metaphor. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #10

You failed at both. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #30

Every time an atheist speaks openly about the sufrommich May 2015 #11

Context matters. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #16

So if I stand up in a public place and denounce all religion,knowing sufrommich May 2015 #25

More free speech failsplanation Bonx May 2015 #12

Wow- I can't help but see a right-wing racist thought line here Lee-Lee May 2015 #13

Analogy vs. metaphor. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #15

Not sure what you are getting at with the Analogy vs. metaphor posts Bonx May 2015 #24

Isn't it incitement to riot? Sanity Claws May 2015 #14

No. People are responsible for their OWN actions and behavior. PeaceNikki May 2015 #18

Analogy vs. metaphor. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #21

Still not analogous. PeaceNikki May 2015 #22

Exactly. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #56

You keep posting that leftynyc May 2015 #31

Maybe you should phil89 May 2015 #41

Repetition vs clarification n/t arcane1 May 2015 #49

It's not my fault you and some other folks can't grasp the distinction. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #54

if that'sthe case the the person who yells fire in a crowded theater,causes a panic and some Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #27

It's Time to Stop Using the 'Fire in a Crowded Theater' Quote PeaceNikki May 2015 #33

that article is on the limits of free speech -and didnt answer the question Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #37

There was no question. PeaceNikki May 2015 #39

this was the question Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #94

Bullshit. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #20

No- if anyone incited it would be those who said people who draw Mohammad must die Lee-Lee May 2015 #23

Fuck Mohammed. awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #102

HARDLY. "Incitement to riot" is exactly and precisely that, exhortation, rabble-rousing. Not a DRAW- WinkyDink May 2015 #38

she did what charlie hebdo does and one is cheered and the other villified Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #19

Spare me the histronics leftynyc May 2015 #32

Charlie Hebdo fired a staff illustrator for an anti-semitic joke closeupready May 2015 #64

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service Capt. Obvious May 2015 #28

Paging Captain Picard..... Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #43

Don't forget Jesus. Enthusiast May 2015 #92

What an idiotic alert. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #76

First Amendment rights == shark chumming? longship May 2015 #29

You Sure You Thought This All The Way Through ProfessorGAC May 2015 #34

Then she made her point. Marr May 2015 #35

Neither art nor "art" is or ever was the CAUSE of murder, except to the deranged murderer. WinkyDink May 2015 #36

I've been camping the last few days. What did she do this time? nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2015 #42

Start here: EX500rider May 2015 #104

One should not expect restraint from sharks. Codeine May 2015 #46

Islamic teabaggers meet Western Judeo-Christian jihadis. backscatter712 May 2015 #47

Pam Gellar may have skirted a criminal incitement rap.... Paladin May 2015 #50

Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #51

And yet, that won't happen. Instead, 60 Minutes and Meet The Press will closeupready May 2015 #59

I'm afraid you're right. Paladin May 2015 #66

Charlie Hedbo may have skirted a criminal incitement rap.... Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #75

I reject your equating the Charlie Hebdo incident with Gellar's Texas event. Paladin May 2015 #96

People shot over drawings is people shot over drawings melman May 2015 #99

Read today's Rude Pundit column, "Pamela Gellar's Dream Come True." Paladin May 2015 #100

Precisely equivalent, not at all, I agree. Sufficiently so to merit comparison? Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #101

You kind of are, though :/ (nt) Recursion May 2015 #53

She seems like a stereotypical, hysterical, mentally ill woman, closeupready May 2015 #57

Paging Poetic Justice... n/t moondust May 2015 #61

As a gay person, I'm used to Geller's ilk although they are usually religious clergy or GOP Bluenorthwest May 2015 #63

I think your OP is chumming the waters to rile up lovers of free speech. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #72

Excellent point Yorktown May 2015 #114

Do you believe humans have free will? If so, do sharks? muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #80

Stochastic terrorism. Greybnk48 May 2015 #81

HAHA....wait, are you being serious?? EX500rider May 2015 #105

Dead serious. Are you laughing because of my typo? Greybnk48 May 2015 #106

No, laughing that someone would consider a cartoon contest "terrorism" EX500rider May 2015 #107

Pretty slick, huh. But she had Charlie Hebdo as Greybnk48 May 2015 #108

Wait. Wut? Are you fucking serious? GGJohn May 2015 #113

More like O'Reily chanting 'Baby Killer' until some wackjob kills a doctor blackspade May 2015 #84

I guess pretty girls ask to be raped in your world n/t MosheFeingold May 2015 #85

This is getting stupid. NCTraveler May 2015 #90

Bullshit. People can make choices. n/t X_Digger May 2015 #109

Poor sharks. Quantess May 2015 #112