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Lordquinton

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42. I mean, you said it

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 11:18 PM

Apr 2017

Last edited Wed Apr 19, 2017, 12:59 PM - Edit history (1)

If the shoe fits. Not an ad hominem if it's your own words. Calling someone inept for using them is an ad hominem, and personal attacks.

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71 Billion Reasons to Tax Religious Organizations. [View all] Cattledog Apr 2017 OP

slight correction, as i seriously doubt all but one are actual theists. unblock Apr 2017 #1

They are actual theists if they claim to be. trotsky Apr 2017 #8

horsehockey. unblock Apr 2017 #9

you nail it, unblock Skittles Apr 2017 #27

thanks! unblock Apr 2017 #29

Your careless use of words does end up with you reinforcing ideas about dishonest non-believers muriel_volestrangler Apr 2017 #31

By "most politicians' proclamations ring hollow", I mean unblock Apr 2017 #34

Wow, that is incredibly offensive Lordquinton Apr 2017 #38

wtf?? post 31 contains at least one demonstrable error, misquoting my post unblock Apr 2017 #40

The line of thinking you are promoting Lordquinton Apr 2017 #43

No, I said politicians lie. unblock Apr 2017 #44

How many of them Lordquinton Apr 2017 #49

This whole line of posts is surreal. SomethingNew Apr 2017 #51

agreed, wish i knew. unblock Apr 2017 #52

i take this as more evidence that you're just picking out words from my post to stir sh!t up. unblock Apr 2017 #53

US defense spending this year is 7.04 trillion. rug Apr 2017 #2

That's not defense..that's total of ALL govt's spending.(Fed-Local) AncientGeezer Apr 2017 #3

Mea clulpa. defense spending is only $854 billion, more than five times the SPI's proposal. rug Apr 2017 #4

The EPA's budget was only $8 billion Lordquinton Apr 2017 #5

Reduce Defense spending by 50%, exempting entitlements like the VA and interest on past defense debt AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #10

What does or does not please you is not a basis for public policy. rug Apr 2017 #12

We'll ignore for a second your earlier deflection. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #15

Speaking in plural is a weasely means to disgise the limit of yoiur pronoucements. rug Apr 2017 #16

Why not both? AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #18

Because it's dishonest. rug Apr 2017 #20

Some of the site is 'under construction', but it does seem they are honestly doing so. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #21

What was it someone said earlier? Lordquinton Apr 2017 #39

Inapt. rug Apr 2017 #41

I mean, you said it Lordquinton Apr 2017 #42

Said in a more intelligent converstion. rug Apr 2017 #46

Much like your typing. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #47

I'll put my typing against your vocabulary and see who comes out on top. rug Apr 2017 #57

Ok. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #58

Straight to personal attacks, I see. Lordquinton Apr 2017 #50

That, my friend, is the definition of irony Heddi Apr 2017 #54

Inapt rug Apr 2017 #55

"That remark is allso inept and stupid and a tedious ad hominem." AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #59

There is a literary term, which eludes me, for using like-sounding words for emphasis. rug Apr 2017 #60

You're really trying to work the juries today. rug Apr 2017 #56

Anyway Lordquinton Apr 2017 #61

Most churches do not have a pot to piss in. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #6

Ok. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #11

Lol.. my thought as well. EvilAL Apr 2017 #45

The "hidden tax" we all pay. trotsky Apr 2017 #7

Property is where the charitable activities take place. rug Apr 2017 #13

Four million dollar piece of shit two blocks from my house. I pay for the roads, right of way, AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #14

Why do yo repeatedly reference public policy to yourself? rug Apr 2017 #17

We tax, at the property level, for impermeable surfaces to handle costs associated with water runoff AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #19

Do you want to get rid of the First Amendment? rug Apr 2017 #22

If they can afford a parking lot in what was previously forest land AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #23

You're more upset it's a church parking lot that that it replaced forest land. rug Apr 2017 #24

I'm uspet because it's exempt. A business wouldn't be exempt. I wouldn't be PAYING FOR IT AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #25

Tell it to the local governments that give corps. tax abatements. rug Apr 2017 #26

What part of 'Tax Exempt' is confusing to you? AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #28

So you approve if they cut down a forest and pay taxes but disapprove if a church builds a lot. rug Apr 2017 #30

I'm ok with development. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #32

"Your imaginary friend" is the new Godwin. rug Apr 2017 #33

You're free to cut out and give up. That's cool. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #35

You're very good at asuming. rug Apr 2017 #36

You want to tax all 501(c)(3)? Or just churches? struggle4progress Apr 2017 #37

Maybe just wind Church exemption back to 1953. AtheistCrusader Apr 2017 #48

Lots of religious groups like that idea. Igel Apr 2017 #64

I don't think anyone's thought this through all the way... tortoise1956 Apr 2017 #62

To be honest, churches should be subject to the same accounting rules as other non-profits.... Humanist_Activist Apr 2017 #63

Except that part of their "charitable" work Igel Apr 2017 #65