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Act_of_Reparation

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210. I don't care.
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 04:24 PM
Feb 2018

Your inflamed sense of indignity doesn't concern me. Nothing anyone says here will affect your life in a meaningful or tangible way. Nothing said here will affect any Christian's life in a meaningful or tangible way. And while you're whining about your hurt fee fees, some people are dealing with real problems, like being fired for getting married, losing access to reproductive medicine, or losing access to medicine altogether.


But whenever these topics come up, your issue isn't with the school firing the gay teacher, or the Church deliberately restricting access to reproductive health, or the bigots willing to let gay people die because the Hippocratic Oath inconveniences them spiritually. It's the "framing" of the criticism that bothers you. The real problems—and in some cases, lives—of real people are pushed to the side as you make the topic about the most non-fucking-issue in the history of non-issues: the mean atheists.

Just think about it for a second: you've derailed a thread about death threats in objection to how a powerless fraction of a powerless fraction of the population worded their reaction to death threats.

Yeah, stay classy.

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Out of 325 million Americans, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #1
You deny that such things occur? Really? MineralMan Feb 2018 #3
No, I am responding to the overdone suggestion of an underground railroad. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #5
That organization exists. It operates mostly in Muslim Countries. MineralMan Feb 2018 #8
This is really disgusting. trotsky Feb 2018 #12
Perhaps so. I don't know. MineralMan Feb 2018 #15
Nice attempt to build something on your part. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #16
You're wrong. Badly wrong. MineralMan Feb 2018 #18
He really can't help it. trotsky Feb 2018 #20
Uff da! MineralMan Feb 2018 #22
And your unfounded accusations? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #25
Stay on track, gil. trotsky Feb 2018 #27
Weak deflection. Weaker framing. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #30
I sure as hell hope a shit ton of people are reading this. trotsky Feb 2018 #33
Getting weaker. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #38
You can repeat that as much as you want. trotsky Feb 2018 #43
Persistence is not always a virtue. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #45
"Persistence is not always a virtue," he says, trotsky Feb 2018 #48
Well, if you responded to what I actually said, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #51
The thing is, your actual words are SUPPORTING my claim. trotsky Feb 2018 #55
Persistence: guillaumeb Feb 2018 #59
How about EXPLAINING YOURSELF, gil? trotsky Feb 2018 #63
Allow me to make one thing ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY CLEAR. trotsky Feb 2018 #57
You can vary the wording of your response, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #60
I have read your words. Those words are the ones I object to. trotsky Feb 2018 #62
I already did explain. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #67
No, you did not explain. trotsky Feb 2018 #71
5. No, I am responding to the overdone suggestion of an underground railroad. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #72
And in doing so, are mocking atheists. trotsky Feb 2018 #73
Then you misunderstood. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #74
I see you refuse to clarify or explain. trotsky Feb 2018 #75
1) Read what I wrote. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #76
1) I did. trotsky Feb 2018 #77
you are asking the wrong question ZannaA Feb 2018 #78
That's a very good point, indeed! MineralMan Feb 2018 #79
And that is a tiny subset of Christians. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #80
Even if there's just one, it's still a death threat against an innocent individual. trotsky Feb 2018 #81
And as I responded to MM, any threats should be reported. You could have read that. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #82
Saying they should be reported is one thing. trotsky Feb 2018 #85
Recognizing that these threats come from a tiny subset of theists guillaumeb Feb 2018 #86
NO ONE SAID OTHERWISE. trotsky Feb 2018 #87
You are persistent in your tactics. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #112
Thank you Captain Obvious ZannaA Feb 2018 #101
Over 99% of Americans are not serial killers.. Permanut Feb 2018 #117
I understand you might want to silence other opinions. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #24
Who the fuck cares? Even if it's just one, and that person carries through, trotsky Feb 2018 #28
Weak deflection. Weaker framing. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #32
I agree, that's what you're doing. trotsky Feb 2018 #34
Stop and think about what you are revealing about yourself. MineralMan Feb 2018 #36
Harmony evident. But in the interest of what was actually said: guillaumeb Feb 2018 #40
Sorry. I cannot continue and stay within the DU Rules. MineralMan Feb 2018 #47
Well, it's a good thing it's just some random crazy fuck that made up a book, chapter and verse AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #89
Yes, a random person. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #90
Because as we have discussed before, I don't believe any of you actually believe in your faith. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #172
And if I said the same about you? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #176
You'd be right. I don't believe in your or any other religion either. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #185
Silence? Never! Gawd is on his side, after all. Mariana Feb 2018 #162
It would be a 3 page pamphlet for all you can get him to clearly define/adopt/claim. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #186
And I'm asking you, would you do this to ANY other group of people? trotsky Feb 2018 #19
Still persisting with the misframing? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #42
Still refusing to answer a simple question? trotsky Feb 2018 #46
It is a question based on your misframing. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #113
THEN FUCKING REFRAME IT. trotsky Feb 2018 #182
you get a death threat in the mail, it ain't something to ignore rurallib Feb 2018 #108
Which was, in fact, a part of my response. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #110
An assertion with zero evidence. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #160
A fact with a metric shit-ton of evidence. trotsky Feb 2018 #183
You might consider another round of self deletion. Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #93
Is this in the same vein as you other comments? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #109
How do you feel about the very, very small minority edhopper Feb 2018 #99
You apparently misread, or missed entirely. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #111
Really? edhopper Feb 2018 #135
Right here, in this same thread where we are commenting: guillaumeb Feb 2018 #138
Your first post was mocking edhopper Feb 2018 #139
Wrong. It was a response to an hyperbolic suggestion. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #142
Keep doubling down edhopper Feb 2018 #147
As I said. Sorry to see you responding in this way. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #149
we have spirited dialog edhopper Feb 2018 #156
Yes, we do. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #157
That's a falsehood. trotsky Feb 2018 #184
Voltaire has suggested it twice. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #194
They're even more frequent in online comment sections. MineralMan Feb 2018 #2
And tRump is encouraging all of the hatred he can, it's his Zest in life. Watching and promoting RKP5637 Feb 2018 #4
325 million Americans. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #7
It is really not cool to minimize death threats. trotsky Feb 2018 #11
Perspective coupled with awareness. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #14
It's really NEVER cool to minimize death threats. trotsky Feb 2018 #21
Another attempt at framing? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #26
IT IS NEVER COOL TO MINIMIZE DEATH THREATS. trotsky Feb 2018 #29
Interesting and predictable response. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #35
Of course it's predictable. trotsky Feb 2018 #41
Your answer was predictable. But, here it is again: guillaumeb Feb 2018 #44
"Persistence is not always a virtue." n/t trotsky Feb 2018 #49
Fine, I'll bite, since the others are getting nowhere marylandblue Feb 2018 #122
This is an outlier. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #125
I don't see where he originally posted that marylandblue Feb 2018 #134
My concern in this very narrow venue is what I see as the needlessly guillaumeb Feb 2018 #137
On this particular topic you don't seem very empathetic marylandblue Feb 2018 #143
A good idea. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #144
It's irrelevant to this particular thread, which should not have any disagreement in it marylandblue Feb 2018 #146
I am a Christian pacifist. I have previously made that known. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #148
That's not a very comforting answer marylandblue Feb 2018 #150
Your opinion. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #151
It is their opinion marylandblue Feb 2018 #153
It is an accusation, and an assertion with no evidence provided. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #155
I haven't seen those threads, so I have no opinion on them marylandblue Feb 2018 #158
But I and others have seen them. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #159
What is it edhopper Feb 2018 #164
I saw evidence of tactics and possible agenda. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #166
People with opinions edhopper Feb 2018 #170
I see some harsh rhetoric and perhaps some ad hominen marylandblue Feb 2018 #173
Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #174
Ok fine then, getting back to this thread marylandblue Feb 2018 #177
I suggested reporting the threats. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #191
Well I suppose Trump does not need to unequivically condemn white supremacists marylandblue Feb 2018 #196
For the umpteen hundredth time: trotsky Feb 2018 #188
That is why I do not participate in DU Mail MineralMan Feb 2018 #190
I stopped responding to some posters. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #195
I just find it simpler not to use DU Mail. MineralMan Feb 2018 #204
It seems Gil has a personal vendetta against atheist posters here. Mariana Feb 2018 #161
Nice attempt at reframing. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #167
Why do your posts read like they start off as Mad Libs? Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #187
Try reading the fantasy framing of #161. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #206
It's quite obvious you don't much care for atheists. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #208
I do not care for simplistic framing, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #209
I don't care. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #210
Talk about reframing! marylandblue Feb 2018 #199
It's performance art. Mariana Feb 2018 #202
He's brilliant at it! trotsky Feb 2018 #205
Theres over 900 hate groups in the US. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #201
Most Americans are theists. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #207
Yes, Christians. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #211
Are they prorportional? Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #212
It only takes one, dude. MineralMan Feb 2018 #17
Perspective is the correct word, and you are avoiding it. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #23
So what, Guillaume? MineralMan Feb 2018 #31
And guillaumeb Feb 2018 #37
You keep posting the same words, over and over again. MineralMan Feb 2018 #50
When I keep reading the same misframing from more than one poster, guillaumeb Feb 2018 #53
Don't ask me questions about what anyone else has posted, please. MineralMan Feb 2018 #54
This is not perspective, it is lack of empathy marylandblue Feb 2018 #123
Are you speaking of an individual who takes such action? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #126
Even just threats are a way of silencing people, marylandblue Feb 2018 #128
Which was why I suggested reporting any threats to the police. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #129
Why are you pointing out the obvious again? marylandblue Feb 2018 #130
If it were truly obvious, many more incident of domestic/relationship abuse guillaumeb Feb 2018 #131
You are pointing out that few Christians make these threats marylandblue Feb 2018 #132
I suspect most atheists who receive death threats Mariana Feb 2018 #133
But, but, Christians are being persecuted in the US. sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #9
Most people have forgotten the kidnapping and murder of Madelyn Murray O'Hair MineralMan Feb 2018 #6
I've been around a while. trotsky Feb 2018 #10
Yes. I've had my share of such things, too. MineralMan Feb 2018 #13
I bet you didn't expect this thread to show exactly why these kinds of death threats are so scary. trotsky Feb 2018 #39
Well, I guess I expected a discussion, rather than a spamfest. MineralMan Feb 2018 #52
This is actually a pretty instructive moment. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #56
Fucking right you are. n/t trotsky Feb 2018 #58
Yes, it is. Rather than condemn those who would issue death threats, MineralMan Feb 2018 #61
"I hope nobody sees it as a valid argument." trotsky Feb 2018 #65
I'll tell you one thing Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #98
Word. Iggo Feb 2018 #169
In this case I can't ignore the hatred. trotsky Feb 2018 #180
No Christians have leapt to his defense Mariana Feb 2018 #103
What passes for acceptable Christian behavior these days, right here on DU. trotsky Feb 2018 #181
I've noticed that no other Christians are telling him he's wrong. Mariana Feb 2018 #100
Their failure to self-police is the stuff of legend. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #124
Yer rite. Especially the ones in Boston. Mariana Feb 2018 #127
The Boston Atheists revoked the membership of a Trump supporter. Mariana Feb 2018 #64
Ha! Nice reminder. trotsky Feb 2018 #66
Interesting that you minimize intolerance when it is a group of atheists. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #70
Still pushing that line? Lordquinton Feb 2018 #116
Still agreeing with the tactic? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #118
Clearly I disagree with your tactic Lordquinton Feb 2018 #119
More harmony. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #120
We know you are denying your blatant tactics Lordquinton Feb 2018 #171
A reversal of reality, but if this is the best that you can do, I understand. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #175
Honestly if banning someone from an internet group is the worst you can come up with Lordquinton Feb 2018 #178
Gil has explained that his posts in this group Mariana Feb 2018 #179
That's an interesting link Lordquinton Feb 2018 #189
Harmony. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #193
You dropped your mask Lordquinton Feb 2018 #200
What a bizarre reading of what I actually said. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #192
Bravo! Mariana Feb 2018 #197
5 sets of clapping hands. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #198
You put on a terrific show, Gil. Mariana Feb 2018 #203
Children have received death threats from Christians. Mariana Feb 2018 #68
Yup. It's more common than many people think, and MineralMan Feb 2018 #69
You know as a former altar boy SonofDonald Feb 2018 #83
Sorry. I'm not quite sure what you mean. MineralMan Feb 2018 #84
It is necessary to support the meme. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #88
You spent years in the Catholic church and never once heard that faith was necessary for salvation? Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #91
Dod you read the comment? guillaumeb Feb 2018 #92
That was my reply to the letter SonofDonald Feb 2018 #94
It was self-explanatory. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #107
Not directed at you guillaumeb. n/t SonofDonald Feb 2018 #95
It's fascinating you always leap to that "defense". Act_of_Reparation Feb 2018 #96
It's wonderful that you weren't taught that attitude. Mariana Feb 2018 #97
First of all, that is a felony gopiscrap Feb 2018 #102
Some Christians think the way to convert others to Christianity Mariana Feb 2018 #104
yes but dear God, let's hope we are beyond the Middle Ages gopiscrap Feb 2018 #106
We are. They aren't Iggo Feb 2018 #168
Apparently, some Christians behave differently. MineralMan Feb 2018 #105
well this has been eye opening and most alarming rurallib Feb 2018 #114
You're welcome. The thread went off the rails MineralMan Feb 2018 #115
But instructive. Permanut Feb 2018 #121
Indeed. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #136
On another thread, someone posted about Mariana Feb 2018 #140
I wish I could say I was surprised. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #141
Of course, none of the other Christians Mariana Feb 2018 #145
I can't say I blame them Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #152
I hope they can track this sick person down and stop this Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #154
I hope the police who were assigned to investigate it Mariana Feb 2018 #163
My hopes also. nm Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #165
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