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The lawsuit? Good, Bad, or Ugly?

1-Good-Them dang lyin' News people need to be taught a lesson, so we need to spank 'em in the wallet!
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2-Bad-They just reporten the news as accurately as dey can, as dey see it. Leave 'em alone OP!
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3-Ugly.....Just Ugly overall.
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4- There's a 4th option? Misleading poll OP!
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Total votes : 132

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Postby The Black Forrest » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:56 am

Guelder wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Trump's always been a racist. He changed his tune on abortion and gun control when he started getting popular with Republicans, but even when he was a "progressive" he was a racist.


He's not a racist


Non-racists don't get sued for violating the fair housing act.
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Postby Vassenor » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:56 am

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Vassenor wrote:
So all that stuff about how Mexicans and Muslims were the cause of all America's problems isn't racism. The Birtherism isn't racism.


Trump is speaking the truth


What makes it true?
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Postby The of Japan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:57 am

Vassenor wrote:
Guelder wrote:
He's not a racist


So all that stuff about how Mexicans and Muslims were the cause of all America's problems isn't racism. The Birtherism isn't racism.

its not like people also tried to use birtherism on cruz
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Postby Ifreann » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:57 am

Guelder wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Trump's always been a racist. He changed his tune on abortion and gun control when he started getting popular with Republicans, but even when he was a "progressive" he was a racist.


He's not a racist

Whatever helps you sleep at night, chief.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:57 am

The of Japan wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
So all that stuff about how Mexicans and Muslims were the cause of all America's problems isn't racism. The Birtherism isn't racism.

its not like people also tried to use birtherism on cruz


Trump did.
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Postby Vassenor » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:57 am

The of Japan wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
So all that stuff about how Mexicans and Muslims were the cause of all America's problems isn't racism. The Birtherism isn't racism.

its not like people also tried to use birtherism on cruz


And how many people were doing it seriously rather than as an attempt to highlight hypocrisy?
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Postby Guelder » Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:58 am

*Edited out*
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Postby Vassenor » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:00 am

Guelder wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
What makes it true?


Liberal scum


Is not an answer.
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Postby Ifreann » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:00 am

The of Japan wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
So all that stuff about how Mexicans and Muslims were the cause of all America's problems isn't racism. The Birtherism isn't racism.

its not like people also tried to use birtherism on cruz

Oh wow, that totally proves that Trump isn't a racist.
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Postby The of Japan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:02 am

Ifreann wrote:
The of Japan wrote:its not like people also tried to use birtherism on cruz

Oh wow, that totally proves that Trump isn't a racist.

I was only reffering to the birtherism part
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Postby Guelder » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:02 am

*Edited out*
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Postby Neutraligon » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:02 am

Guelder wrote:
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Is not an answer.


You are just as brainwashed as other liberals like Katy Perry

Still not an answer.
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Postby The of Japan » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:03 am

Guelder wrote:
Vassenor wrote:
Is not an answer.


You are just as brainwashed as other liberals like Katy Perry

be careful with your statements, you just earned a report
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Postby The Black Forrest » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:04 am

Guelder wrote:*Edited out*


A small apology helps your cause with the mods as well. They understand people get angry....
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Postby Ifreann » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:05 am

The of Japan wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Oh wow, that totally proves that Trump isn't a racist.

I was only reffering to the birtherism part

Yeah, and if someone, somewhere, suggested that Ted Cruz wasn't born in the US, well that is rock-solid proof that when Donald Trump spent years swearing blind that Barack Obama was a Kenyan Muslim, that wasn't racist.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:06 am

Ifreann wrote:
The of Japan wrote:its not like people also tried to use birtherism on cruz

Oh wow, that totally proves that Trump isn't a racist.


I don't understand the need to argue he isn't a racist. We have had racist Presidents in the past.....
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Postby Badger Industries » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:10 am

No opinion on the CNN aspect of the lawsuit but the SPLC is actually a great civil service organisation that defends those who have suffered physical abuse and targeted harassment at the hands of racists. They don't deserve this.

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Postby Gauthier » Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:35 am

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Gauthier wrote:Same opportunistic logic that has dirtbag lawyers convince mass shooting victims and their families to sue the company that makes the model of firearms the shooter used.

Even there there's a link. This is like the families of a mass shooting suing...well, the SPLC. It doesn't make a lick of sense.

CNN did a story on the SPLC's Hate Group Map which included various Christian organizations. Google Search turned up only right wing sites covering it and throwing fits about it so we can conclude it's about hypocritical snowflake feefees.
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Postby United Muscovite Nations » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:04 am

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Gauthier wrote:The side that bawls about Mean Libruls censoring poor oppressed Milo Whatshisname is now trying to no platform Michael Moore with a lawsuit.

The smell of consistency in the air.

I cannot at all get my head around why the SPLC is being sued. What do they have to do with shit Michael Moore says on CNN?

It's two unrelated law suits. Some pastor is suing the SPLC because it labeled his church as a hate group.
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Postby Thermodolia » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:11 am

United Muscovite Nations wrote:
Ifreann wrote:I cannot at all get my head around why the SPLC is being sued. What do they have to do with shit Michael Moore says on CNN?

It's two unrelated law suits. Some pastor is suing the SPLC because it labeled his church as a hate group.

Well that would have been helpful to know
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Postby Ifreann » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:14 am

United Muscovite Nations wrote:
Ifreann wrote:I cannot at all get my head around why the SPLC is being sued. What do they have to do with shit Michael Moore says on CNN?

It's two unrelated law suits. Some pastor is suing the SPLC because it labeled his church as a hate group.

Ah. Well, that's differently stupid.
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Postby Guelder » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:27 am

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You are just as brainwashed as other liberals like Katy Perry

be careful with your statements, you just earned a report


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Postby New Rogernomics » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:44 am

SPLC is highly partisan, and lost a lot of credibility over the years.

In my opinion, when they starting going after ex-Muslims, Muslim reformers, and targeting groups just for being Republican-leaning, they went off the deep end.

I don't know if the various lawsuits will be successful, but it is a think tank or rights group, on the way out.

With SPLC, it is bring out the popcorn and enjoy the show.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:48 am

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The of Japan wrote:be careful with your statements, you just earned a report


Because i'm a Conservative


Because you violated the sites rules.
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Postby The East Marches II » Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:50 am

The title of it made me hope that CNN was being sued for causing people to lose brain cells and killing the legacy Ted Turner left. What a disappointment.

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