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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 23, 2010 - 07:09pm PT
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As an American of Italian ancestry I accept your apology, Ken.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 23, 2010 - 07:09pm PT
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Though the WASP half of me has some serious explaining to do.
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Gene
Social climber
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Aug 23, 2010 - 10:29pm PT
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Skip,
Is that really the writer you want to idenify with?
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 23, 2010 - 10:46pm PT
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Skipt it right. People who oppose the "Ground Zero Mosque" (which isn't at ground zero and isn't a mosque) represent the kind of high minded critical thinking skills that this country was founded on. It's all so obvious! This has everything to do with a very well thought out critique of what is right for America and not the kneejerk reaction of a populace easily hyped up by blog posts and the idea that an easily ostracized "other" is out to get us! Up is down! Black is white! Now everyone support Palin in her bid to "reclaim" the civil rights movement!
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 23, 2010 - 10:51pm PT
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Who said left or right? This is a debate about whether or not you love America. And the people who support the Ground Zero Mosque obviously don't.
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Gene
Social climber
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Aug 23, 2010 - 10:57pm PT
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Skipt,
You have won the non sequitor of the day. Bravo!
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 23, 2010 - 10:59pm PT
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Nice try at using a meme you apparently don't understand, Skipt. I would have to be pretending to be victimized in some way to be "playing the victim." I am simply pointing out how much people hate America when they clearly hate America. Why else would someone support building a shrine honoring 9/11 hijackers right AT ground zero if they didn't hate America?
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Aug 23, 2010 - 11:15pm PT
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Yargle Bargle
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 23, 2010 - 11:17pm PT
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Skipt said In fact, I can think of many reasons for not wanting the Mosque there that doesn't include right wing hate.
Many on the left only pretend to be open minded. And, its a bad pretend at that.
Skipt you are having a hard time reading English or something. Who said anything about right wing hate? Or reasons for NOT wanting the mosque to be built? I was talking about the people who want it to TO be built. Because they hate America.
And I totally agree with you about being open minded. Truly open minded people like you and I know how to tell the difference between a "cultural center" and a "mosque" that hasn't even been built in a town where neither of us actually live. Truly open minded people like you and I KNOW that these mosques, built by people with a history of teaching moderate views, are actually going to be centers of intolerance and hatefulness. We KNOW these things, Skipt. You and I. Because we are open minded. And thoughtful.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 24, 2010 - 12:02am PT
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Maybe the Muslims should ban the Christians from building any churchs in europe and the middle east because of the Crusades. The hypocracy of saying all muslims are guilty for the actions of a few fanatics is staggering for a country that espouses freedom of religion and tolerance as a basic tennant.
Anyone who has spent any time studying judeo/christian religions knows the difference between them and Islam is pretty small (pick your favorite profit). Maybe we should judge all Christians based on the Inquistion?
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 24, 2010 - 12:17am PT
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We must remember that America has more Muslim blood on it's hands than Al Qaeda has innocent non-Muslim blood on it's hands.
How DARE he not acknowledge that a Muslim is worth only 1/10,000th of a non-Muslim! Thank you for posting this, bluering. You have opened my eyes.
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Matt
Trad climber
primordial soup
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Aug 24, 2010 - 12:28am PT
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(going back a few posts here)
no lowest, but i can read...
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Aug 24, 2010 - 01:27pm PT
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Build baby Build!
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 24, 2010 - 07:38pm PT
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Only ignorant, closed minded liberals resort to expressing themselves in cartoons.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Aug 24, 2010 - 09:18pm PT
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Hey!, I resemble that remark.
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Skeptimistic
Mountain climber
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Aug 24, 2010 - 09:52pm PT
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you and I KNOW that these mosques, built by people with a history of teaching moderate views, are actually going to be centers of intolerance and hatefulness
Really? If you KNOW this to be true, surely you must have some undeniable facts that prove your point and how it will absolutely come to be in this particular instance. Come on, shed some light. I'm sure that FuchSnooze would love to have this information...
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Jeremy Handren
climber
NV
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Aug 24, 2010 - 09:57pm PT
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Good discussion on newshour tonight.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Aug 25, 2010 - 12:40pm PT
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No radical extremism there. No siree he's an Ahmarikan and always right.
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Mason
Trad climber
Yay Area
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Aug 25, 2010 - 01:51pm PT
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Lol.
This is going to end very badly. Politicians, bankers and media pundits slangin' hatred.
Reading a little bit of history, I see stark similarities between now and the great depression.
The great depression ended in WWII.
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