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Scootaloo

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19. "But" tends to turn whatever precedes it into a lie

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #17)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:55 PM

Apr 2014

You're engaging in a justification here. That places you in support of the junta's mass death sentencing.

No one says the Brotherhood is stainless - however, they've never convened military tribunals to condemn hundreds of people to death due to party affiliation. Nor did they seize power in a coup that killed eight hundred people, followed by another thousand murdered when they peaceably protested.

Thanks for your update about the grime under the brotherhood's left thumbnail, when we're talking about a junta that has blood up to its elbow. This is a critical piece of information that surely changes everything.

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Egypt: Brotherhood's Badie among mass death sentences [View all] dipsydoodle Apr 2014 OP

And remember, there are dozens of DU'ers who support this Scootaloo Apr 2014 #1

Yes, but they've been very, very quiet lately. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #3

Well, it's certainly not because they've been banned... Scootaloo Apr 2014 #4

I have No Particular Objection To This, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #5

Thanks for going on the record. Military dictatorships rock! Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #6

Compared To Theocratic Dictatorships, Comrade, Yes The Magistrate Apr 2014 #7

The Muslim Brotherhood government was never anything approaching a dictatorship. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #8

That Was A 'One Man, One Vote, Once' Election, Comrade The Magistrate Apr 2014 #9

Right. Because the MB controlled all the levers of power. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #11

Correct, despite the nonsense spread about saying otherwise. Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #12

I have no surprise at this "revelation" Scootaloo Apr 2014 #15

I Have Been Called Worse By Better, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #18

So people at all levels are disgusted by you? Scootaloo Apr 2014 #20

I don't support this, but it still needs to be said Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #14

"I don't support this, but," ... "I'm not a racist, but," ... "I'm a liberal, but" ... Scootaloo Apr 2014 #16

I'm not taking a side either way -- They're both dirty in my eyes... Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #17

"But" tends to turn whatever precedes it into a lie Scootaloo Apr 2014 #19

I guess I'm just cynical enough to think Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #22

You're trying so hard to equivocate and justify Scootaloo Apr 2014 #25

And you're trying a little too hard to whitewash Morsi Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #29

"judge also reversed 492 death sentences out of 529 passed in March" JI7 Apr 2014 #2

Yes, it's possible. Igel Apr 2014 #21

This is sickening, huge mistake to support such a thing. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #10

HRW: In Egypt, the Minya criminal court this morning sentenced 683 people to death Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #13

"White House 'Deeply Troubled' By Mass Death Sentences in Egypt" Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #23

Not troubled enough to call it a coup, condemn the junta, or cut off our funding of it Scootaloo Apr 2014 #26

True enough. The whole Egyptian Arab Spring has been hard for the administration to handle. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #28

Egypt�s Courts Mock Justice With More Mass Death Sentences Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #24

683 in one trial sentenced to death? daleo Apr 2014 #27