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trotsky

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29. What reason do you have for NOT believing Trump and Reagan?

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #28)

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 02:09 PM

Aug 2018

Careful, you're doing it again.

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I've been told that I should not point out child sexual abuse [View all] MineralMan Aug 2018 OP

Say what? Those are the ones who should be top of the list to report abuse of children. Frustratedlady Aug 2018 #1

Yes. That's how it seems to me, too. MineralMan Aug 2018 #2

It's also an inherent element of any patriarchal power structure... TygrBright Aug 2018 #3

Yup - agree with you. It's about control - mind, money, sex. Hypocrites try to accuse others erronis Aug 2018 #12

I have an alternative explanation. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2018 #23

Of *course* not all religious leaders are sexual predators cyclonefence Aug 2018 #4

No, they are clearly not all doing it. MineralMan Aug 2018 #5

Who's doing that? I haven't seen it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #6

Well, this post is in the Religion Group...so... MineralMan Aug 2018 #8

Do any of those other organizations provide (unlicensed) counseling services to troubled people? Major Nikon Aug 2018 #16

"Religious" leaders attacking children thucythucy Aug 2018 #7

Another particular problem involving abusive therapists and psychologists is The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #9

Good point. thucythucy Aug 2018 #10

In the stone age, when I was a teenager, MineralMan Aug 2018 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author thucythucy Aug 2018 #18

Yes, there are many such stories. MineralMan Aug 2018 #20

Why did you put the word "religious" in quotes? Mariana Aug 2018 #17

I imagine sometimes it is thucythucy Aug 2018 #19

It doesn't matter to victims, no. trotsky Aug 2018 #22

Well, in my experience thucythucy Aug 2018 #24

What I'm saying is that you have absolutely no way to know. trotsky Aug 2018 #27

If we have no way of knowing thucythucy Aug 2018 #28

What reason do you have for NOT believing Trump and Reagan? trotsky Aug 2018 #29

Are you serious? thucythucy Aug 2018 #30

So what? trotsky Aug 2018 #33

Clearly, I never ever said "sufficiently bad people are automatically excluded" thucythucy Aug 2018 #34

Yeah, you did. trotsky Aug 2018 #35

What is interesting is that you can repeat what Voltaire2 Aug 2018 #36

See my post 37. thucythucy Aug 2018 #38

Notice I said "some" not "all." thucythucy Aug 2018 #37

We know some of them are charlatans. Mariana Aug 2018 #41

Thank you. trotsky Aug 2018 #43

How does someone come to the conclusion Mariana Aug 2018 #44

Never said that. thucythucy Aug 2018 #47

No one here has ever said anything like Mariana Aug 2018 #49

Because they think lying scoundrels are less likely to be sincerely religious. trotsky Aug 2018 #58

Again, please notice I said "some" not "all." thucythucy Aug 2018 #45

I did notice you said "some" and not "all". Mariana Aug 2018 #46

She also didn't say that the scumbags are more like to be atheist marylandblue Aug 2018 #50

And you'll notice how my critics on this thread thucythucy Aug 2018 #51

I don't believe you are bigoted. trotsky Aug 2018 #59

"...have internalized a form of religious bigotry." Mariana Aug 2018 #61

You still don't explain how you came to the conclusion Mariana Aug 2018 #60

And yet underlying ALL of that carefully crafted response is still an assumption. trotsky Aug 2018 #42

Every abuser should be talked about. GemDigger Aug 2018 #11

That was indeed bizarre. Voltaire2 Aug 2018 #13

I'm not surprised, somehow. MineralMan Aug 2018 #15

Keep on posting, MineralMan.. Permanut Aug 2018 #21

Absolutely! thucythucy Aug 2018 #25

I find it particularly odious when WhiteTara Aug 2018 #26

The military is another hierarchy thucythucy Aug 2018 #31

They're all part of the gang... NeoGreen Aug 2018 #32

The latest report about the abuses perpetrated (and covered up) thucythucy Aug 2018 #39

Law enforcement has traditionally taken a "hands-off" position MineralMan Aug 2018 #40

I agree with everything you've said here. thucythucy Aug 2018 #48

Colorado has a statute that I wish were universal gtar100 Aug 2018 #52

"I have been told..." guillaumeb Aug 2018 #53

Why do you ask? MineralMan Aug 2018 #54

It is in your own chosen title, guillaumeb Aug 2018 #55

I see. MineralMan Aug 2018 #56

I also see. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #57