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I said that if he had endured a career as an enlisted Marine, then a little bit of so-called "bullying"--in the form of Trump and his allies merely blocking his hopes for advancement, of all things, especially when Trump and his allies are soon to be gone anyway--wouldn't have intimidated him at al...

At some level I suppose I should accept responsibility for where the thread has gone. I'm certainly, intentionally antagonizing Shades. It struck me as a dopey, poorly informed comment made by someone who lacked perspective. I'm to blame, too. Shades is certainly no snowflake, but neither is Col. V...

Carry on. I interrupted the discussion as to whether or not Col. Vindman is a snowflake.

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Temp. Admin. wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:03 am

Morley wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:41 am

Please tell me you’re kidding us.

Why would I be?

I'm going to take that as a 'no." And that basic training still regularly haunts your dreams.

Thank you.

Honor: Sounds like marine basic training still haunts you in your dreams, Shades.
Shades: Of course it does. Regularly. If it doesn't, then you haven't been through it.


Please tell me you’re kidding us.

Lemmie wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:43 pm

I did find it disturbing that an OP about male extremism and anti-feminism online spilling over into deadly real life violence ended up where we are.

Cue the famous Atwood paraphrase.

"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."

I’m still laughing that someone really might feel threatened by humanism. I thought that was long dead as a boogeymen. Even *gasp* the secular variety.

I thought we were more sophisticated than that.

I’d hazard a guess and say that you would fit within the confines of the secular/humanist camp. You would then be part of the group that Holland is referring to in his address. Those, that if there are enough of them, and over a period of time, will disrupt traditional values and change the fabric ...

I don’t know you from Adam, but I’d hazard a guess and say that you would fit within the confines of the secular/humanist camp. You would then be part of the group that Holland is referring to in his address. Those, that if there are enough of them, and over a period of time, will disrupt tradition...