Posted on 07/31/2006 12:29:38 PM PDT by veronica
Edited on 07/31/2006 1:43:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
M'kay. Not sure why you felt the need to remind me of that, but okay.
Always interesting when someone practices selective quotation for the purposes of mischaracterizing what was actually said.
You forgot my last sentence in your selective quote: "At least then we'd be able to keep an eye on what such people do, and we could more easily refute what they say." That's very nearly identical in intent to what you said.
Nothing. What is PC is hounding someone (and I'm not just referring to Gibson here) over and over because their speech is offensive.
I never see these kinds of posts when we come down on drunken Kennedys or stars who advocate the gay agenda.
Then you haven't been paying attention.
Am I being PC for denoucning anti-semitism? Fine, I'll take the label, considering the motives of those who are labelling me.
That's right. No one can disagree with you on any terms without having their motives not-so-slyly impuned as...what?...you put the name to it. Let's get your own prejudices out in the open.
Wonder what his wife has to say after he's read through the scripts for the female parts in movies.
The Nazis caused the Holocaust. In FR we generally, as a rule, DO NOT BLAME VICTIMS.
A large part of what's driving this outpouring of outrage is that people who had defended Gibson of accusations of anti-Semitism in the past now feel that he played them for saps and fools. Naturally, they're ticked off about that.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1674127/posts?page=395#395
The deputy became alarmed as Gibson's tirade escalated, and called ahead for a sergeant to meet them when they arrived at the station. When they arrived, a sergeant began videotaping Gibson, who noticed the camera and then said, "What the f*** do you think you're doing?"
Yeah, he's been houded over and over--for how many months now have we been denouncing him? Oh, right--a few days.
When it's anti-semitism, though, as soon as one person complains, they're "hounding" someone.
"I never see these kinds of posts when we come down on drunken Kennedys or stars who advocate the gay agenda." Then you haven't been paying attention.
Yes, how silly of me--those threads are clogged with posts saying "Hey, lay off the Kennedys" and "You know, we should just sit back and not talk about those pushing the gay agenda." Yeah, the place is overflowing with those.
That's right. No one can disagree with you on any terms without having their motives not-so-slyly impuned as...what?...you put the name to it. Let's get your own prejudices out in the open.
What a freakin crybaby--yeah, I said no one can disagree with me...which no one has stopped you from doing, LOL!
I don't have to put a name to what is so blindingly obvious to anyone with eyesight slightly better than Helen Keller's.
I'll just let the irony of you complaining about my selective quotation (not an issue when one click can bring anyone back to your entire original post) while YOU selectively quoted my post give us all a good laugh.
The above are your words, not mine. I responded to YOU by saying "then you haven't been paying attention." Yet you come back with the following?
Yes, how silly of me--those threads are clogged with posts saying "Hey, lay off the Kennedys" and "You know, we should just sit back and not talk about those pushing the gay agenda." Yeah, the place is overflowing with those.
You're nuts!
William Donahue is turning into a joke. He even appeared on the Opie and Anthony radio show to prove that he had "forgiven them"!!!!
"Insurgents"? I call them TERRORISTS. People who pretend they are distributing candy to children and then blow them up are TERRORISTS. The word "insurgents" gives them a dignity which they do not deserve.
I am happy to agree that anyone using such tactics should be blown into the smallest possible pieces. Of course, they often do that for themselves.
What I was referring to are those who, quite contrary to the experience of all counter-insurgency history, believe that we would be more effective against the terrorists if we were much more ruthless against the general population. The problem is that in insurgent and counter-insurgent warfare the field of battle, and the prize, is indeed the hearts and minds of the population. Initiating our own indiscriminate counter-terror would be satisfying in some ways, but quite undoubtedly counter-productive in the long run.
Insurgent is a general term referring to who a group is fighting against. Terrorist refers to particular tactics used by some insurgents.
so, "Jew hating" is ok and should get the stamp of approval?
No. I know it's hard for many around here to walk and chew gum at the same time, but it really is possible to despise political correctness without tilting over the edge to say bigotry of any kind is OK.
I consider the Iraqi "insurgents" to be terrorists. Period.
What Gibson said was bigotry. If he had spouted the "N" word what would you reaction have been? That is a really brilliant move: you are stopped for drunken driving and you insult the ethnicity of the police officer - way to go, Mel. That will really make sure he doesn't haul your tush to jail.
John 8:7 If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone.
Perhaps we are not in a position to judge the evil in men's hearts.
John 8:7 If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone.
Perhaps we are not in a position to judge the evil in men's hearts.
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