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anti partisan

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34. Research the political positions of the Taliban
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 07:11 AM
Dec 2013

Before you compare them to some faux backwoods hillbilly.

This faux backwoods hillbilly is nothing like the Taliban. The false equivalency is disingenuous at best.

Mormons? Amish maybe.......... firsttimer Dec 2013 #1
Duck Dynasty clan... freshwest Dec 2013 #3
Not the Amish, at least. KitSileya Dec 2013 #47
I think in AR you can marry a 13 year old. Of course, AR also wants a Death Penalty for children, blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #2
I had to look this up etherealtruth Dec 2013 #52
You know who else supported universal health care? Hitler. anti partisan Dec 2013 #4
Hmmm. I'm not sure I understand your point. kcr Dec 2013 #5
The point is that using fallacious arguments is a poor standard. anti partisan Dec 2013 #7
I hardly think that's stooping to their level kcr Dec 2013 #9
Marrying 15 year old girls is not wrong because the Taliban supports it. anti partisan Dec 2013 #15
Maybe not. But it isn't a fallacy kcr Dec 2013 #16
I don't either, but "not as bad as marrying 15 year olds" isn't exactly a high standard to set (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #20
Oh, come on. Quite a bit lower than what the person you were responding to did. n/t kcr Dec 2013 #24
My personal favorite... JNelson6563 Dec 2013 #56
_+1 lunasun Dec 2013 #58
Can you point to any source about Hitler's support for Universal Healthcare? WowSeriously Dec 2013 #10
Not the point I was trying to make anti partisan Dec 2013 #13
Yes kcr Dec 2013 #14
You have a mustache. You're just like Hitler Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #17
Horrible fallacious comedy. kcr Dec 2013 #18
It's an implicit fallacy anti partisan Dec 2013 #19
Genocide is wrong on so many levels.Gee, you think? That's the reason behind the whole Godwin thing. kcr Dec 2013 #23
Perhaps it wasn't an apt comparison that I made. anti partisan Dec 2013 #26
I get what you're saying kcr Dec 2013 #27
Fair enough. Agree to disagree on this one. (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #28
I understand that. But the rightwing has also succeeded WowSeriously Dec 2013 #40
FWIW I don't feel like Christianity or Atheism were directly responsible for most Nazi policies. anti partisan Dec 2013 #41
I think you are correct. Religion was never WowSeriously Dec 2013 #53
You know who else supported gun control? Mao Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #21
Tell that to the OP, not me (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author kcr Dec 2013 #25
You tell me where the OP is wrong in that assertation that the Taliban also supports marrying Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #30
You tell me when it's relevant to any meaningful conversation (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #32
It's called a correlation. One group espouses the same claptrap the other group does Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #33
Research the political positions of the Taliban anti partisan Dec 2013 #34
Same turd. . .different polish. Next! Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #35
Not even close. anti partisan Dec 2013 #36
Probably okay with it because Christian fundies have never had any problems killing for Jesus Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #37
I'm actually just respecting intellectual honesty and the dignity of Taliban victims anti partisan Dec 2013 #38
Erm.... Squinch Dec 2013 #44
Eh, your call. anti partisan Dec 2013 #45
Sure. You weren't using Godwin-ism, you were just using Godwin-ism. I see. Squinch Dec 2013 #46
Sorry if it's too hard to understand. anti partisan Dec 2013 #48
Nope. Really not hard to understand at all. Squinch Dec 2013 #50
Aren't you a tough cookie? (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #51
You're comparing universal health care to marrying off 15 yr old girls ? SammyWinstonJack Dec 2013 #54
Clearly (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #55
"subjugates women" check ErikJ Dec 2013 #6
That's worthy of its own OP Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #8
I'm pretty confident the Nazis didn't oppose science, only Jewish scientists. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #11
Jewish Science therories Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #12
I mentioned the Jewish Scientist exception, which I think would have included their theories. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #39
+1 ZRT2209 Dec 2013 #59
Phil and Osama ... napkinz Dec 2013 #29
I know where you're going with this. . .but it does seem a little much. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #31
Tell that to the ducks. Paulie Dec 2013 #57
+1 ZRT2209 Dec 2013 #60
Roman Polanski? Fla_Democrat Dec 2013 #42
I'd like to see Roman Polanski apply for Taliban membership (nt) anti partisan Dec 2013 #49
All countries for comparison here dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #43
So what? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #61
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