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Sticks and stones

Sagittarius83

Sagittarius83

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“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”

Have we in the west become so thin skinned that we don’t believe this anymore?
 
Sagittarius83 said:
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”

Have we in the west become so thin skinned that we don’t believe this anymore?
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Those days are long gone. Now you can be arrested, fined, and maybe even jailed or imprisoned or fired from your job as the result of word choices.
 
Individual said:
Those days are long gone. Now you can be arrested, fined, and maybe even jailed or imprisoned or fired from your job as the result of word choices.
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Also, if you call enough people names, you can be elected President of the United States! Mike Pounce in my opinion was particularly inspired. I wonder what he meant by that.

List of nicknames used by Donald Trump - Wikipedia

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Individual said:
Those days are long gone. Now you can be arrested, fined, and maybe even jailed or imprisoned or fired from your job as the result of word choices.
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Yes.
I wonder how many millennials have ever even heard this expression. And if so do they view it as hate speech?
 
Sagittarius83 said:
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”

Have we in the west become so thin skinned that we don’t believe this anymore?
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Nope. It all goes back to everyone gets a trophy. Even little Jonny in right field who everyone knows is horrible. But he’s made to feel he’s not and even given a trophy to reinforce the opposite of reality. And that is little Johnny sux.

Now they are adults and the way you’re raised tends to be how you live. So don’t call them any names.

Remember, Michael Obama says when they go low —- the Democrats need to go lower. 👍
 
VySky said:
Nope. It all goes back to everyone gets a trophy. Even little Jonny in right field who everyone knows is horrible. But he’s made to feel he’s not and even given a trophy to reinforce the opposite of reality. And that is little Johnny sux.

Now they are adults and the way you’re raised tends to be how you live.

Remember, Michael Obama says when they go low —- the Democrats need to go lower. 👍
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Yes a Peter Pan world without consequences.
Wipe out reality until reality wipes out the wiper.
Sow the wind and…well you know.
 
How is it that Trumps name becomes mentioned in so many threads, regardless of the topic?
Individual said:
He's gone, get over it/him.
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Individual said:
How is it that Trumps name becomes mentioned in so many threads, regardless of the topic?
He's gone, get over it/him.
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Because there has to be an Emmanuel Goldstein to blame things on. Biden and Harris are too precious.

For the record, I blame William Henry Harrison for everything bad.
 
Sagittarius83 said:
How is it that Trumps name becomes mentioned in so many threads, regardless of the topic?

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Because there has to be an Emmanuel Goldstein to blame things on. Biden and Harris are too precious.

For the record, I blame William Henry Harrison for everything bad.
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I blame Woodrow Wilson as the initiator.
 
Individual said:
I blame Woodrow Wilson as the initiator.
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Wilson was a casual murderer and the ultimate narcissist.
He sent American soldiers into a war that was not in American interests and in so doing prevented a standoff that would have provided the Germans with an armistice more fair.
He essentially sowed the seeds of Nazi Germany by creating an atmosphere that left Germans desperate for someone like Hitler.
He sent soldiers he knew were sick with the so called Spanish flu into Europe and basically introduced a pandemic into Europe.
He was a war criminal and in the end a germ murderer and he suffered after his stroke and if there is a Hell I hope he roasts in screaming torment forever.
But he was a US Democratic and therefore wildly protected in the US .
I want to say more but respect the rules of this forum!!!
 
Sagittarius83 said:
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”

Have we in the west become so thin skinned that we don’t believe this anymore?
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You're on to something

People seem to not being able to handle any criticism at all
 
The absence of left wing input on this thread is deafening.
They disagree with the premise that names will never hurt you and likely want to censor or ban such speech but don’t want to appear thin skinned and oversensitive.
So you lefties, step up and say what is wrong with the sticks and stones premise.
Let us know how it hurts your sensitive nature.
Let us know how developing a thick skin is a bad thing.
I am a member of the PVV party here so my skin is necessarily thick!
 
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Our weak citizenry scapegoats by calling them "Haters"
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Racist, haters…all incantational words to intimidate weak white people.

I on the other hand am immune from the magic.

So place your racist curses on me.

I will not budge!
 
Sagittarius83 said:
Racist, haters…all incantational words to intimidate weak white people.

I on the other hand am immune from the magic.

So place your racist curses on me.

I will not budge!
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What does 'white' have to do with anything?
 
Sagittarius83 said:
W

What does racism have to do with anything but the word is thrown about like confetti and always singularly attributed to Caucasians.
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Then, why do you bring up 'white'? Unless it was an obsession with you.
 
RAMOSS said:
Then, why do you bring up 'white'? Unless it was an obsession with you.
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It appears that racism is an obsession with many people on here.
I am simply balancing the conversation.
I simply refuse to accept white guilt because I have nothing to feel guilty about
 
Sagittarius83 said:
It appears that racism is an obsession with many people on here.
I am simply balancing the conversation.
I simply refuse to accept white guilt because I have nothing to feel guilty about
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Yes
It was you who brought that topic up.
 
RAMOSS said:
Yes
It was you who brought that topic up.
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If someone is forcing you to read my threads and posts then I apologize.

I choose to simply ignore members whose posts I find worthless.

I imagine you can do that too :)
 
Sagittarius83 said:
If someone is forcing you to read my threads and posts then I apologize.

I choose to simply ignore members whose posts I find worthless.

I imagine you can do that too :)
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That is not relavent to the fact you 1) said people obsess about race and 2) are the one that brought up that topic. So sorry you misunderstood.
 
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