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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
99. It is their totalitarian government responsible for this behavior.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 02:16 PM
Jan 2019

Please demonstrate *exactly* how it is anything else.

Go ahead.

Can you imagine having to host a trumpist in your home? (shiver) Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #1
No. Not once dessert is over. dameatball Jan 2019 #2
Imagine if it were a family member. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #3
Family is family, you deal with it, Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #13
So because bad behavior is possible without religion... Major Nikon Jan 2019 #4
Missed. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #6
Bullshit. You made this about religion and posted it in the religion group Major Nikon Jan 2019 #8
Once again, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #9
So now I have to comment on the article itself and not the editorial comments in the OP? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #10
The article does deal with the terrible tactics employed by the Chinese Government. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #11
So now I'm ignoring it if I don't follow your marching orders? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #12
So why are you posting in the religion group? Lordquinton Jan 2019 #14
So he can make half-fast cowardly accusations of intolerance evidently Major Nikon Jan 2019 #71
And yet when humans behave decently, you never hesitate to give credit to religion. trotsky Jan 2019 #18
Not actually the case. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #20
Actually the case. trotsky Jan 2019 #22
It really helps in China to be part of the majority. Igel Jan 2019 #5
My view is that the goal is political, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #7
So you're saying this has nothing to do with religion? Lordquinton Jan 2019 #15
No, I am saying something different. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #19
Do you think China should be more tolerant of the Turkistan Islamic Party? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #25
I think that the leaders of the Chinese Government should not be totalitarians. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #28
You didn't answer the question Major Nikon Jan 2019 #31
Start another post in GD. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #32
Meanwhile you still didn't answer the question Major Nikon Jan 2019 #33
I did answer. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #34
I didn't ask you to repeat your argle-bargle Major Nikon Jan 2019 #35
China Sends 1.1 Million Party Members to Share Uighurs' Homes guillaumeb Jan 2019 #38
No shit Major Nikon Jan 2019 #39
My ending remarks: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #41
I would prefer you just answer my question from #25 that you still haven't Major Nikon Jan 2019 #42
Follow MM's advice. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #43
Blaming your refusal to engage in discussion on someone else is also revealing Major Nikon Jan 2019 #44
That is how Gil practices Christianity. Mariana Jan 2019 #75
MK's replies are an example if diversion. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #81
Please stop calling me out like that. MineralMan Jan 2019 #79
Simply repeating your own advice. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #80
I speak for myself. I insist that you not speak for me, MineralMan Jan 2019 #82
And do you feel free to speak for theists? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #83
Not the same thing in any way. MineralMan Jan 2019 #84
Creating another rule? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #85
Just fucking stop doing what he asked you to stop doing. trotsky Jan 2019 #89
I loved my response: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #90
Just fucking stop doing what he asked you to stop doing. trotsky Jan 2019 #91
The double standard is evident. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #92
You claim to be a follower of Jesus. trotsky Jan 2019 #93
Refer to my previous reply. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #94
You just keep pointing at the motes in others' eyes while ignoring the plank in your own. trotsky Jan 2019 #95
And keep avoiding the substance if the post. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #96
Yes, "we" do. trotsky Jan 2019 #97
1.1 million spies being placed in the homes of theists. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #98
It is their totalitarian government responsible for this behavior. trotsky Jan 2019 #99
And the leaders of this totalitarian Government are.....? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #100
I don't know which leaders are responsible, nor what they truly believe. trotsky Jan 2019 #101
The leaders are atheists. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #102
But you made an additional claim. trotsky Jan 2019 #103
No, I did not make that claim. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #104
So you now admit atheism had nothing to do with this? trotsky Jan 2019 #105
Again with the misframing. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #106
Did atheism have anything to do with this or not? trotsky Jan 2019 #107
You are making accusations. 2 of them. Followed by another. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #108
I am asking a question. You won't answer it. trotsky Jan 2019 #109
Admit what you did. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #110
I fully admit I'm asking a question. trotsky Jan 2019 #111
I understand your refusal. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #112
Motte and bailey. n/t trotsky Jan 2019 #113
Avoidance. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #114
I will have to look for those post edhopper Jan 2019 #16
Good luck with that Major Nikon Jan 2019 #40
Whatever. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #17
We agree that this is totalitarianism. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #21
"totalitarians are not limited to theists" trotsky Jan 2019 #23
Well, you could discuss the actual post, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #29
How about you discuss the actual post then? trotsky Jan 2019 #37
I'm sure we agree on a great many things. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #26
What leads you to assume that the mass of the Chinese people support their own Government? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #30
What leads you to believe they don't? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #36
While in Saudi Arabia... edhopper Jan 2019 #24
Except for the fact that I ended by writing: guillaumeb Jan 2019 #27
So what is your point? edhopper Jan 2019 #46
Simply pointing out the obvious. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #47
Are they doing it becaue of atheism. edhopper Jan 2019 #49
They are doing it because they are totalitarians. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #50
The Saudis clearly state they are doing it because of Islam edhopper Jan 2019 #55
The Saudis make this claim. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #57
of course not edhopper Jan 2019 #58
Totalitarians make claims to justify what they choose to do. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #59
So no one is motivated by religion? edhopper Jan 2019 #60
People are motivated to do what they want. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #61
"if they can claim that it is for a higher purpose, so much the better." trotsky Jan 2019 #72
Dangerous? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #73
#Whataboutism n/t trotsky Jan 2019 #74
Avoidance eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #76
Oh absolutely. trotsky Jan 2019 #86
Read the post. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #87
So says Captain Avoidance. trotsky Jan 2019 #88
It certainly can be. German Nazis were MineralMan Jan 2019 #77
We agree on this. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #78
Notice how you just get a repeat of the sermon rather than an answer Major Nikon Jan 2019 #53
You don't even need to go that far Major Nikon Jan 2019 #45
I could read these talking points on other sites. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #48
Name one Major Nikon Jan 2019 #51
Victim blaming. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #52
You should go back and read what I wrote Major Nikon Jan 2019 #54
I did. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #56
So now let's explore all the ways you are full of shit Major Nikon Jan 2019 #62
Yes, call it sarcasm. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #63
"Evil atheism" is Islamophobia? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #64
You are amazing. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #65
I see you have no defense for your ad hominem fuckery Major Nikon Jan 2019 #66
Your own words are my defense. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #67
My own words already detailed your fuck up Major Nikon Jan 2019 #68
Congratulations on convincing yourself. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #69
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