If I knew how to give a big up thumb I wouldattofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:54 amI honestly think Sally would be safer with a can of pepper spray.henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:21 pm No, I see a gov strippin' away property, or makin' property unavailable as tyranny. Not vengeance: self-defense (you don't really mean to suggest Sally has no right to defend herself from the whimsical rapist, do you?).
America has completely lost the plot.
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Haha! I've been perplexed by that too! One night (drunk) I hit some keys on my keyboard and a smorgasbord of icons including the thumb came up, and as if I can remember what i did! - Maybe Henry could educate us?vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:57 amIf I knew how to give a big up thumb I wouldattofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:54 amI honestly think Sally would be safer with a can of pepper spray.henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:21 pm No, I see a gov strippin' away property, or makin' property unavailable as tyranny. Not vengeance: self-defense (you don't really mean to suggest Sally has no right to defend herself from the whimsical rapist, do you?).
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Sally might disagree. Seems to me, she -- not me, not you, not legislators -- gets to decide how, and with what, she defends herself.attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:54 amI honestly think Sally would be safer with a can of pepper spray.henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:21 pm No, I see a gov strippin' away property, or makin' property unavailable as tyranny. Not vengeance: self-defense (you don't really mean to suggest Sally has no right to defend herself from the whimsical rapist, do you?).
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been tryin' to, for years, but I'm a lousy teacherMaybe Henry could educate us?
and you're all lousy students
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Yeah, a rocket launcher might be better, or a nuclear missile..... Fucking yank moron.
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America has completely lost the plot, well no, it never was what it pretended to be from day one.
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*What was it America pretended to be but never was?popeye1945 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:30 pm America has completely lost the plot, well no, *it never was what it pretended to be from day one.
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Great, for starters.henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:34 pm*What was it America pretended to be but never was?popeye1945 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:30 pm America has completely lost the plot, well no, *it never was what it pretended to be from day one.
Well that place WAS GREAT, PERFECT, and HEAVEN-LIKE, well BEFORE it was STOLEN, or TAKEN BY, 'you', "others".
*And it was, OBVIOUSLY, NOT great as "america" 'pretended', but as some people liked to PRETEND that "America" was great. For example, like a past president, from the days when this was being written, who VERY MUCH PRETENDED that the "america" it knew WAS great,
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Henry,henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:34 pm*What was it America pretended to be but never was?popeye1945 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:30 pm America has completely lost the plot, well no, *it never was what it pretended to be from day one.
America has always been an imperial power and a colonizer all the while claiming to be the exact opposite, today it is a grandiose example of a power seeking world domination. America has a long history of imperialism most Americans simply do not know their own history but buy into the propaganda, as American exceptualism.
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Always? Hyperbole. And -- as I say -- there's a difference between America and United States.America has always been an imperial power and a colonizer
What's the opposite of imperial power and a colonizer?all the while claiming to be the exact opposite
This is the nature of The State, yes.today it is a grandiose example of a power seeking world domination
Nope.America has a long history of imperialism
Well, yeah, a good number are straightjacketed by propaganda (I believe you fall into that category), but not most, no.most Americans simply do not know their own history but buy into the propaganda
What, to you, does the myth of American exceptionalism entail?American exceptualism
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Well, then...sit on this and swivel..henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:12 ambeen tryin' to, for years, but I'm a lousy teacherMaybe Henry could educate us?
and you're all lousy students
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get bent, nutjobattofishpi wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:25 pmWell, then...sit on this and swivel..henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:12 ambeen tryin' to, for years, but I'm a lousy teacherMaybe Henry could educate us?
and you're all lousy students
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henry quirk wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:47 pmget bent, nutjobattofishpi wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 2:25 pmWell, then...sit on this and swivel..henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:12 am
been tryin' to, for years, but I'm a lousy teacher
and you're all lousy students
Hang on, which one of me are you talking about wanting to bend over (presumably so you can violate one of our bottoms (that we share (most of the time)))?