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This society is pathologically sick. Gun violence is just one symptom of a public KingCharlemagne Jun 2015 #1
Or maybe a small group deliberately MAKES it sick? Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #41
I never really bought a conspiracy theory that we were being dumbed down until recently, mahina Jun 2015 #46
Precisely: a determined resolve to commit a crime doesn't require a vast number of conspirators. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #48
Roof is not a victim and what he did has nothing to do with iraq JI7 Jun 2015 #2
I never said he was a victim, I don't think he is a victim. That's the farthest thing from my mind. mahina Jun 2015 #3
"somehow expect young people to follow an ethical code that we, as a nation, have not followed" JI7 Jun 2015 #4
I'm not saying he is a victim. Would you like me to restate that? mahina Jun 2015 #5
but you put some of the blame on things like the war in iraq ? JI7 Jun 2015 #7
F u cn rd ths mssge mahina Jun 2015 #9
You will have a far more productive conversation FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #11
No joke! mahina Jun 2015 #12
You were alerted on. U4ikLefty Jun 2015 #16
LOL FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #17
no prob U4ikLefty Jun 2015 #18
How bizzare. mahina Jun 2015 #19
I appreciated your post. mahina Jun 2015 #20
Kids are not born racist. Where do you think he learned it from? davidn3600 Jun 2015 #21
he said why he did what he did and it was because he was a racist like the ones this country had JI7 Jun 2015 #28
He came of age while we were killing innocent brown people as evildoers. morningfog Jun 2015 #22
so why didn't he join the military ? because none of it has anything to do with JI7 Jun 2015 #27
The point is not that the Iraq War was the cause of his hate or his actions. morningfog Jun 2015 #32
innocent black people were being killed in the US long before Iraq, Vietnam etc JI7 Jun 2015 #33
K&R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #6
No candidate except Bernie is prepared to change the paradigm of perpetual war. AtomicKitten Jun 2015 #8
I'm sure Bernie won't get sucked in to another war. mahina Jun 2015 #44
Not setting a good example for sure damnedifIknow Jun 2015 #10
k/r nationalize the fed Jun 2015 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jun 2015 #14
I read you. mahina Jun 2015 #15
Your sentiment is good, but the point isn't bhikkhu Jun 2015 #23
OK, your view is your business, mahina Jun 2015 #25
I think the point is PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #26
which nation doesn't do that ? most nations have done fucked up things JI7 Jun 2015 #29
No, not really. mahina Jun 2015 #31
haha, internally doesn't count ? how black people are treated by law enforcement doesn't count ? JI7 Jun 2015 #34
Again, I never said that. I said the opposite. mahina Jun 2015 #35
There are a lot of people on this board with whom I don't agree whom I am happy to discuss mahina Jun 2015 #36
so which country ? JI7 Jun 2015 #37
Are you suggesting that invading other countries for no reason is standard and acceptable? mahina Jun 2015 #38
if you want to teach why not tell me a nation of the country(s) ? JI7 Jun 2015 #39
I sadly agree. Violence at home is so apropo to oppose,, but voting for wars is SaranchaIsWaiting Jun 2015 #24
Ive been saying this for days. WDIM Jun 2015 #30
Couldn't agree more, sadly. mahina Jun 2015 #43
Throw in some military-sponsored video-games. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #40
Exactly. mahina Jun 2015 #42
Let's walk together then. Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #45
I'm in mahina Jun 2015 #47
It's just some "folks" killing some "folks". As long as it isn't our "folks" it's all good. L0oniX Jun 2015 #49
No! That's different! nt Romulox Jun 2015 #50
I have a feeling that Roof would still have been a murderous racist regardless of our Iraq policy. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #51
I guess we'll have to cancel the subversion plot, then pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #52
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