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14 Mar 2017, 4:45 pm

AceOfSpades wrote:

For example, poverty, discrimination, and broken homes do not explain firing a gun into a crowd just to get one person.

It does explain the disdain for life. If one grows up to know that they are worthless and unwanted, why not share the joy?

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14 Mar 2017, 5:15 pm

I'm split on this.

Part of me goes this way - he's endorsing Young Turks, that's all I need to know.

Part of me goes the other way - Hey, we're in the post-truth world now! He should go full-gusto and teach Dianetics! Sign students up for Sea Org!

Then again that second half of me is the same crude half that's inclined to make dead baby jokes now and then.

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14 Mar 2017, 7:39 pm

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Glad to see a fellow lover of dark humor. :twisted:

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15 Mar 2017, 5:23 am

androbot01 wrote:

AceOfSpades wrote:

For example, poverty, discrimination, and broken homes do not explain firing a gun into a crowd just to get one person.

It does explain the disdain for life. If one grows up to know that they are worthless and unwanted, why not share the joy?

I agree it does to a level. My dad who works in drug rehabilitation explained this. Poverty breaks families and by having someone grow up not receiving care and empathy it prevents them from developing emotionally. This can prevent someone from feeling care or compassion to someone.

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15 Mar 2017, 7:52 am

As with any sort of group dominated by the regressive left, individual thought is viewed as a threat because people that they view as morons, racists, and uncultured might get a say.

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22 Mar 2017, 3:44 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:

As with any sort of group dominated by the regressive left, individual thought is viewed as a threat because people that they view as morons, racists, and uncultured might get a say.

True. I am getting a little worried about anyone who supports Trump's Muslim ban being labelled as racist.

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22 Mar 2017, 5:29 pm

Shahunshah wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

As with any sort of group dominated by the regressive left, individual thought is viewed as a threat because people that they view as morons, racists, and uncultured might get a say.

True. I am getting a little worried about anyone who supports Trump's Muslim ban being labelled as racist.

I am not a fan of his ban, but calling it racist to me is stupid. I think he is just bending over to his constituents. It annoys me when people think Islam is a race.

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22 Mar 2017, 8:20 pm

BettaPonic wrote:

Shahunshah wrote:

ASPartOfMe wrote:

As with any sort of group dominated by the regressive left, individual thought is viewed as a threat because people that they view as morons, racists, and uncultured might get a say.

True. I am getting a little worried about anyone who supports Trump's Muslim ban being labelled as racist.

I am not a fan of his ban, but calling it racist to me is stupid. I think he is just bending over to his constituents. It annoys me when people think Islam is a race.

I think a bad level of discrimination is the impact but the thinking behind it I don't believe was racist.

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