lol

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If you're a 35 plus year old parent of a set of 16 year twins - what does that say about you, when your child is smarter or more clever or even more industrious than their much older/more experienced adult parent figure?

If that's the actual case, then - the roles have been reversed and total fubar would exist (and does).

Dude, if my goblins were 10 times smarter than me I would think I did a good job. This post of yours is totally out of line, even for you.

MAGA

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Do you think that post of yours is on-topic?

This old whyo is so far in the closet he's living in Narnia as the white queen

Admitting who you really are is wonderful, but pretending you aren't what you are, while hating what you are and spreading that hate, is low. Very very low. Maybe the worst thing you can be.

Ya'll forgot the topic of the thread is about free speech and not "what is a woman". The very loud anti-trans crowd that has popped up in the last year seems to think that their views should be platformed anywhere they want. They think that if people don't want to listen, it is the same as suppressing their "free-speech" which is not what free-speech is at all.

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lol you still sore that we deleted about half your posts?

What do you mean? Just saying that your post is so off topic that at first I thought you posted in the wrong thread.

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Has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

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This new verb, ‘platformed’, is one I don't like. If we mean, ‘allowed a voice’, then most people should have their voice heard. The context is everything though. In the context of debates though, as in the Oxford and Cambridge Unions, it should be an open, apolitical space. It’s not a political party conference, where partisan views are to be expected, it is a universal platform. Why some, usually left-wing, groups think it is theirs to command is preposterous.

I’m not sure where you’re from, Magical_felix, but in the UK we have had some timely reminders of what happens when ideology trumps debate and, by extension, common sense.

What is the point in debating things with people who agree with you? That is navel gazing, not debate.

Let me know how many churches are giving equal time to speakers talking about gay rights.

Like I said, freedom of speech doesn't mean people need to be forced to listen to you.

You can say 2+2=5 all you want, doesn't mean MIT students need to sit there and listen.

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But you conflate different things here. As I said in my post, crazy is fine to debate (it can be a challenge to debate a crazy idea, and hones your debsting skills), but violent motives should (in my opinion) be beyond debate because it’s outside the parameters of reasonable debate. I’m not sure I understand the context of the rest of what you say, but the argument that someone is trying to exclude someone from society is certainly contestable, and should be contested, I would have thought. It’s not creating a malign idea, it’s putting it back in its box, isn't it? Sorry if I've misunderstood your argument.

I think what you are missing is that a lot of people have already "contested" a lot of conservative ideas and have decided that they don't agree. This is especially true in places of higher learning. Everyone has a right to debate and have free speech and all of that but, and it's a big but, people do not have to listen to them. Conservatives seem to think that free speech means the right to being platformed, and that is just not the case.

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Our world is WAY OVERDUE a COMMON DEFINITION OF HATE SPEECH.

Remember when you were talking about a secret cabal of powerful people controlling the entire world in the conspiracy thread, and I ridiculed you for it because what you were alluding to is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion?

You were trying to dress one of the oldest and most racist conspiracy theories in a suit.

This is the same thing... Do you understand now?

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He's a patriot. He's fighting for gun rights by holding a gun (for which he currently has the right to own and carry) at children's bus stops. Show some respect.

This might be a nasty trick by the leftist socialists actually, another one of their psyops... Like, this kind of behavior might lead to open carry legislation.

Look how he is holding it... How is this not threatening? If I was at the supermarket and he walked in just like this, I would run.

lol

Disney has pulled the plug on a 1 billion dollar development in Florida that would’ve created more than 2,000 jobs with $120,000 as the average salary.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/disney-ron-desantis-florida.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Finally tackling the real issues.

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There will be no default. As everyone knows, Treasury receives more than ten billion dollars daily in tax revenue. So there will be plenty of money to service the debts as they come due. A failure to raise the borrowing limit means that Treasury will be unable to issue new debt in excess of the current limit. That is a luxury Greece didn't have.

True, when you have states like California with a nearly 4 dollar economy, a lot of taxes are produced.

lol

Wow, the woke mob strikes again.

Vermin 🔪

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Why do you think I don’t think there are weirdos who make multiple accounts in online forums?

Because you called it a conspiracy… [Edited by moderator]

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What do you mean, what do I mean?

You don’t think there are weirdos who make multiple accounts in online forums?

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Well, that is a conspiracy theory.

What do you mean?

I believe there are weirdos in online forums who create many accounts to reply to themselves.

That's a shame

Lauren Boebert files for divorce

https://denvergazette.com/politics/colorado-politics/lauren-boebert-divorce-filing/article_ec850404-f429-11ed-b474-6f6872d17bb9.html

Stupidity is rampant

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If you are unable to communicate with me outside of these public forums, you will be unable to get a response to your off-topic question(s).

Ok so that would still be online, but not in the forum. Got it.

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Offline or not at all.

How? Like am I supposed to send you a paper letter asking you why you use Bill Barr as your avatar?

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As your comment is obviously off-topic, I will not respond to it here, but if you are interested in pursuing this, we can discuss it offline.

Chryses, I thought maybe it was like some kind of clever thing you were doing. No need to threaten me with your "let's take this outside, pal" attitude. I was just curious geez

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You remain mistaken, for it is an example of a sovereign debt crisis that could occur o the U.S., for as you said, "A government-debt crisis may happen".

What is irrelevant was comments such as, "Sure, if the US economy goes down the drain, it'll take down a lot of other countries with it as well.", "Greece is part of the eurozone and their situation was becoming a danger to other member states", and "This made the situation worse for the population".

Why do you use a picture of Bill Barr as your avatar?

Patriots

https://eddsa.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/public/650033_2023_Noelle_Dunphy_v_Rudolph_W_Giuliani_et_al_COMPLAINT_10.pdf