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When Parody Becomes Reality, You Know There's a Problem
Townhall.com ^ | August 29, 2017 | Bernard Goldberg

Posted on 08/29/2017 5:36:06 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 08/29/2017 5:36:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

US Constitution was written by slave owners. We should probably get rid of it.

But on the bright side, Karl Marx never owned a slave and his Communist Manifesto is a fine blueprint for the 21st century.


2 posted on 08/29/2017 5:38:45 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Kaslin

I gave up on parody/satire years ago because it is more believable than real news.


3 posted on 08/29/2017 5:45:30 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Kaslin

“It” never stops.


4 posted on 08/29/2017 5:46:16 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

This is exactly what the rats want.


5 posted on 08/29/2017 5:54:01 AM PDT by Kaslin (Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur - Politicians are not born; they are excreted. (Cicero)
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To: Leep

I heard the Rats are demanding the.US withdraw support from South Korea because they have so many generals named General Lee!! Look it up!!


6 posted on 08/29/2017 5:55:25 AM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Kaslin

We’re not going to be able to reason with these people.


7 posted on 08/29/2017 6:02:51 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump.)
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To: Kaslin

What goes around comes around.

In spades.................................


8 posted on 08/29/2017 6:11:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Kaslin

‘Hate speech is not free speech’

To the Left, anything with which they disagree is ‘hate speech’. We really need to rein in the narrative. Big Media goes along with whatever these SJWs and Dems put forth. They have the megaphone, but even that does not translate into success for their causes. We need to be louder with our common sense.....we just need a venue to communicate (especially after FoxNews has gone so far Left).


9 posted on 08/29/2017 6:13:57 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: bk1000

One cannot reason with people driven by ideology, religion or cultural construct.

They might as well be the space aliens in Independence Day.................


10 posted on 08/29/2017 6:14:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Kaslin

Today it is “remove symbols of the Confederacy”, tomorrow it will be “ remove symbols of Christianity”...........already happening actually.


11 posted on 08/29/2017 6:15:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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They only way to counter this ‘Hate speech is not free speech’ meme is to throw it back in their faces with every word they utter, scream and whine, by calling it “hate speech.”.....................................


12 posted on 08/29/2017 6:16:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Kaslin
I recently wrote about the controversy over removing Confederate era statues from public places, and in my column I acknowledged the concerns of those who don't want to honor or celebrate men who fought, at least in part, to preserve slavery.

I'll toss a brick into this thinking. In 1861, Slavery was legal in the Union. The Union fought to bring the South back into the Union as quickly as possible. Had the South rejoined the Union in 1861, Slavery would have been preserved.

Therefore the Union was fighting to preserve slavery.

Yes, it's a distortion of the facts, but it is the exact same distortion of the facts as people engage in when they say the South was fighting to preserve slavery.

Slavery was already the default condition. It was the status quo in the Union.

13 posted on 08/29/2017 6:29:36 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Red Badger
They only way to counter this ‘Hate speech is not free speech’ meme is to throw it back in their faces with every word they utter, scream and whine, by calling it “hate speech.”.....................................

Well that might work if we owned all the broadcasting transmitters the way they do. But since we don't, how will we reach the millions of viewers per day that need to be reached to make this idea work?

14 posted on 08/29/2017 6:31:03 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

It’s not the populace at large that is in need of education, just the ones on the campus..................


15 posted on 08/29/2017 6:51:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Karl Marx never owned a slave

He did, however, have a servant whom he treated abominably.

Besides treating this servant as if she were a slave, Marx impregnated her. A son who was born to the servant was shunned by Marx, and he lived in poverty.

16 posted on 08/29/2017 6:52:43 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Kaslin

I think they should rename the horse peregrinator and be done with it. Besides it will make a lot look up the meaning at dictionary.com.


17 posted on 08/29/2017 6:54:49 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Kaslin

If they succeed at this, books will be next. Guaranteed.


18 posted on 08/29/2017 6:56:50 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: Red Badger
It’s not the populace at large that is in need of education, just the ones on the campus..................

I think they need it the most, but I think the general public also needs to get this information.

19 posted on 08/29/2017 7:00:59 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: ClearCase_guy

This is a good place to insert this:

https://www.educationviews.org/barack-obamas-ancestors-owned-slaves/

” Obama’s great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Washington Overall...owned two slaves in Kentucky: a 15-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man. ... Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Duvall, also owned a pair of slaves listed in an 1850 census record. They were a 60-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman. In fact, the Duvalls were a wealthy family whose members were descended from a major landowner, Maureen Duvall, whose estate owned at least 18 slaves in the 17th century.”


20 posted on 08/29/2017 7:19:02 AM PDT by native texan
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