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In reply to the discussion: "goat-fucker", "Aladdin", "terrorist-sympathizer", "If you say Allahu Akbar, I'm gonna kill you" ... [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)11. You offer the word of a man who murdered 50 people as if that word was bond and you
do so in order to mitigate his horrific actions. He's not the victim. Do you realize that Florida has legal discrimination in employment and housing against the people he killed? Do you think LGBT go through life without hearing bullying crap from the likes of Omar the bigot?
Nothing makes what he did alright, try to wrap your head around that. Oppressed persons should learn empathy with others who are oppressed, not come to murder them. Learn that lesson.
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DetlefK
Aug 2016
OP
You offer the word of a man who murdered 50 people as if that word was bond and you
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2016
#11
And so? By the logic you present, every 'house of worship' that denigrates LGBT, every
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2016
#19
"I don't think the poster is trying to mitigate or justify his actions."
cannabis_flower
Aug 2016
#20
And now the name calling begins. Instead of calling me names why don't you tell me
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2016
#28
Oh I see they are still pushing that deflection. I also note that these posters can not
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2016
#33
We talk about the Rs looking at things simplistically and wanting B&W answers,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2016
#29
Do some research. Forgiveness is for the person forgiving. The forgiven one doesn't have to know.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2016
#25
Only part of the country is of hate, bullying, and fear. Sprinkled throughout and concentrated in
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2016
#26
If you respond to insults with violence, there is something wrong with you and not one who insulted
Taitertots
Aug 2016
#21
If there is something wrong with someone, then they have a problem. Perhaps an illness
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2016
#30