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I come from a time and a place where I judge people by the content of their character; I don't give a damn if you are tall or short; gay or straight; Jew or Gentile; White, Black, Brown or Green; Conservative or Liberal. -- Note to mods: if you are going to infract me have the decency to post the reason, and expect to hold everyone else to the same standard.
They didn't lie about him being a Democrat. They (arguable) lied about him being left wing. There is a difference.
I never said it did. But to use that as a reason to say that TODAY'S politicians (of either party) are racist is disingenuous at best.
Last edited by Rommon64; 2012-12-24 at 11:40 PM.
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But why does it matter? These people are crazy and aren't representative of anything except people who need to be locked away from society. It doesn't matter who or what the Democrats were 200 years ago. It doesn't matter they created the KKK. It. Doesn't. Matter. So why do people make such a big deal out of nothing?
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Caveat emptor tends to be the guiding principle. Of course there are recourses against blatant false advertising, but most people that intend to decieve possess the ability to cover their asses sufficiently.
The one exception is defamation, and in this case the logic is this; defamation has only occured if the falsity was such that a reasonable person could believe it to be true.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
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Just wait until they start calling them an atheist hate group.
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Why? Nothing is going to come of it - indeed, nothing should. You can't say you support freedom of the press and then crusade against the press for exercising that right. There are people who will abuse their liberties, but taking action against them by abrogating that liberty sets a dangerous precedent.
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And this means what, exactly? The parties in the United States are so large and generic that of course you're going to have people contrary to the majority platform.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
I guess this is just another one of these things where, in order to uphold the whole 'Freedom and Justice for all!' concept that we've built our nations on, we need to except that it'll some times come with grey areas.
'I may not like what you say, but I will die for your right to say it' and all that.
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Why... because the Democrats of today have it ingrained in their DNA to claim that their opposition is racist. And as I see it, if you are going to call someone racist you damn well better be able to prove it, otherwise its slanderous, dishonest, and worthy of all the scorn someone can bring down on another.
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I wonder if people understand why I call them Faux News now.
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