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Starboard Tack

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16. No we can't

Reply to edhopper (Reply #9)

Sat May 19, 2012, 05:38 PM

May 2012

For the same reason we can't blame freedom for what someone does or says in the name of freedom. Despots and bigots and politicians do it regularly. The world is full of nutjobs who go off the reservation.

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Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Blasts Gays, Cites Bible Passage Calling For Their Death [View all] edhopper May 2012 OP

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Here's a source, though the author isn't named. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #8

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He and he alone is responsible for his despicable position. cbayer May 2012 #4

So we can't blame religion edhopper May 2012 #9

Religion is an inanimate. People can adopt it, believe it, use it cbayer May 2012 #10

No we can't Starboard Tack May 2012 #16

That to me edhopper May 2012 #17

Southern Baptist is a sub-group of one religion. Starboard Tack May 2012 #18

A very, very large "sub group" edhopper May 2012 #19

It is only our secular laws skepticscott May 2012 #21

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A compromise: We will summary execute all gays as soon as... DetlefK May 2012 #12

Hmm! Starboard Tack May 2012 #13

Sigh. What the fuck is in the water down there? 47of74 May 2012 #14

Seems we have teachers who feel the same way edhopper May 2012 #20