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oberliner

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13. How did you choose your screen name?

Reply to belowaveragenin (Reply #9)

Wed May 29, 2013, 11:13 AM

May 2013

Below average in what?

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Syria crisis: rebels condemn opposition coalition [View all] dipsydoodle May 2013 OP

Don't give a damn. Fuck them. Megalo_Man May 2013 #1

So you support the Assad regime, huh? SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #3

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #4

Wow oberliner May 2013 #6

The user name is a giveaway. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #8

Yes, I absolutely support the Assad regime if they are the alternative. Megalo_Man May 2013 #5

Seriously? oberliner May 2013 #7

Not to mention belowaveragenin May 2013 #9

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #12

How did you choose your screen name? oberliner May 2013 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #10

Right now the Islamic radicals are... SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #14

Aiding Islamists? nyabingi May 2013 #16

REALLY?!?! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #37

Assad is a ruthless totalitarian dictator and a butcher. The Stranger May 2013 #17

That must explain why the Iraqi refugees rastaone May 2013 #18

Well, you sure have the bar set high. The Stranger May 2013 #29

That's funny, I don't recall seeing Assad eating human organs eissa May 2013 #19

How do you know that "the Syrians themselves" prefer a "brutal, secular dictatorship" over pampango May 2013 #20

I'll take the word of my family eissa May 2013 #21

My wife's family lives in the Philippines. I respect their political opinions but realize they pampango May 2013 #24

I'm not sure why this is so difficult to understand eissa May 2013 #32

Actually I agree with you for the most part. While the majority might prefer Assad gone, given pampango May 2013 #34

Who militarized the conflict first? eissa May 2013 #35

If you believe that the opposition militarized the conflict first, then we disagree on facts pampango May 2013 #36

When this first started... Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #22

"1/3 supported Assad, 1/3 supported the rebellion, 1/3 wanted political reform but not a civil war." pampango May 2013 #26

That's a false dichotomy. The Stranger May 2013 #27

"Eating human organs"? The Stranger May 2013 #28

The video has been spread widely eissa May 2013 #31

Perhaps more like the Shah than like Pinochet or Amin. pampango May 2013 #30

Your post is more polite, but just as objectionable to me as his - although both of you karynnj May 2013 #11

They aren't a unified Force. John2 May 2013 #2

So who will represent the opposition at a negotiating conference Adsos Letter May 2013 #15

How about the Emir of Qatar? He paid for the civil war. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #23

Obviously I support the progressive democratic liberal side of this conflict. jessie04 May 2013 #25

Please watch this on PBS eissa May 2013 #33