The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

That's a nice job of selective quoting to make a position seem more extreme than it actually is, memphis.  You have a future in writing political attack ads.

It's only absurd if you insist that a marriage is a marriage only if the government is involved.  People were getting married long before governments were involved, and if governments decide to get out of the marriage business, people will still be getting married.  Keep in mind that in the interracial case that same-sex marriage activists use as a comparison, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings were arrested and sentenced to one year in jail for being married and living together.  That's not happening anywhere in the US with same-sex couples.  So I'll stand by what I said in that post:

Ever since Lawrence v. Texas. everyone throughout the United States has had the right to be in a same-sex marriage.  So the right to be married is not what you are arguing for.  What you are arguing for is that same-sex marriages be given the same state privileges that opposite-sex marriages are, and only a few states do that at present.

[memphis]

You're really not making things any better for yourself. The right to have sex with somebody in private is obviously not the same thing as the right to marry somebody. 

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

You're really not making things any better for yourself. The right to have sex with somebody in private is obviously not the same thing as the right to marry somebody. 

Even married couples get in trouble with the law if they have sex in public, but that's not what you're talking about here. What we're discussing is whether being married requires a government.  You think people can't be married without government involvement and I think it doesn't require a government. It's as simple as that.

[Paul Kemp]

Looks like we missed out on this one:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=169577.msg3631129;boardseen#new

[Paul Kemp]

This guy should've stopped after the first sentence:

Donald Trump is a damn Yankee fool & a corporate elitist fat cat scumbag. He is like Abraham Lincoln in the sense they are both stupid fat cats who hate the workers & great people of the south & want to kill the south with there damn Tarrifs.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

No; the professor was so obviously fake that I never found him funny.

[they don't love you like i love you]

This guy should've stopped after the first sentence:

Donald Trump is a damn Yankee fool & a corporate elitist fat cat scumbag. He is like Abraham Lincoln in the sense they are both stupid fat cats who hate the workers & great people of the south & want to kill the south with there damn Tarrifs.

That's from a now banned sock/troll, so not really the type of post that belongs here.

[Paul Kemp]

This guy should've stopped after the first sentence:

Donald Trump is a damn Yankee fool & a corporate elitist fat cat scumbag. He is like Abraham Lincoln in the sense they are both stupid fat cats who hate the workers & great people of the south & want to kill the south with there damn Tarrifs.

That's from a now banned sock/troll, so not really the type of post that belongs here.

I wasn't aware of that but I'm not sure who you are to determine what "type of post" belongs here.

[Paul Kemp]

Of course this is the only thing Naso responds to in this thread:

Approaching this critically, I'd mark it down to the fact that people are not drawn to the internet as a informative source but rather a communicative or social network. Almost everyone avails themselves of information from the internet, but if people aren't doing it often or thinking critcally, then the net gain is zero. And a lot of people aren't thinking critically, which in part explains the rise of conspiracism, combined with pretensions of superiority.

I also think a lot of sources use the internet as a crutch in lieu of proper explaination. Call it the "LMGTFY" effect. People are often just expected to "get" things more nowadays. I think that might explain a lot of the extreme ignorance you're talking about.

Also, I might think the end of the Cold War played a role as well. With the rise of American unipolarity, understanding the world around us as well as why the American system was inherently better than Communism, became less politically pertinent.

Because Lena Dunham

But also this.

You might be on to something regarding the end of the Cold War's effect.

[Simfan35]

Help me Kemp!

[memphis]

You're really not making things any better for yourself. The right to have sex with somebody in private is obviously not the same thing as the right to marry somebody. 

Even married couples get in trouble with the law if they have sex in public, but that's not what you're talking about here. What we're discussing is whether being married requires a government.  You think people can't be married without government involvement and I think it doesn't require a government. It's as simple as that.

I think government is required for a civil mariage, yes. Civil marriage is what that entire thread was about. If you want to suggest every sex act in the entire country is a government-free "marriage," that's your folly.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

You're really not making things any better for yourself. The right to have sex with somebody in private is obviously not the same thing as the right to marry somebody. 

Even married couples get in trouble with the law if they have sex in public, but that's not what you're talking about here. What we're discussing is whether being married requires a government.  You think people can't be married without government involvement and I think it doesn't require a government. It's as simple as that.

I think government is required for a civil mariage, yes. Civil marriage is what that entire thread was about. If you want to suggest every sex act in the entire country is a government-free "marriage," that's your folly.

Not every sex act, just those committed by those in a loving relationship which involves mutual support and a common residence.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Here for not ignoring the fact that men get raped too.

There are over 1800 rapes a day in the United States.
Krazen makes an average of 6 posts a day.
Therefore, every time krazen makes a post, 300 women are raped.

#stopkrazen

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

This was no glitch. The Fascists have enemy targets; the dissenters who fight for freedom. Jmfcst and Simfan were the two most notably of the martyrs, but clearly the Fascists have more vanguard posters in their crosshairs. Opebo, Lief, and BRTD will have been slain by the Fascist hordes by the end of the year, mark my words. Fight, comrades! Fight the tyrants! Fight for your liberty!

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Simfan irreversibly violated the meme

This seems relevant:

http://meemsy.com/v/7103

[Oakvale]

Here for not ignoring the fact that men get raped too.

[Paul Kemp]

Here for not ignoring the fact that men get raped too.

There are over 1800 rapes a day in the United States.
Krazen makes an average of 6 posts a day.
Therefore, every time krazen makes a post, 300 women are raped.

#stopkrazen

You're doing this wrong.

[Bacon King]

Here for not ignoring the fact that men get raped too.

There are over 1800 rapes a day in the United States.
Krazen makes an average of 6 posts a day.
Therefore, every time krazen makes a post, 300 women are raped.

#stopkrazen

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Sorry I was typing something else as a response and accidently a coke bottle left the word "not" in the post.

[they don't love you like i love you]

I feel like we aren't going to have another Italian pope for centuries.

I wouldn't mind another Italian pope, but you're probably right.  Of course, my church would not be pleased with me discussing this, especially since it views the pope and the Catholic Church as the Antichrist.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

This is so wrong...but I'm so glad he's gone. Good riddance!

[Antonio the Sixth]

There are many more crimes than murder, rape, robbery and assault that deserve prison.

Such as?

[they don't love you like i love you]

Anyway, lets change the subject.  Enough of the attacks.  I will be fine.  I've been fine for many years.  My life is not screwed up like has been previously mentioned.  I am a little impulsive on the decision making, but it doesn't mean I have bad judgement, nor do my parents.  God has seen me through many mistakes in the past and I have no doubt He will see me through this one, which I still don't think its a mistake.  Its not the choice I would have made on my own.  If it were all up to me, which it shouild be, but is not then I would be heading to work in about 6 hours and would have extended my apartment lease another six months.  Anyway, I've got a busy weekend ahead, but I do plan on getting started looking on Sunday.  I've got several places to call tomorrow and we're going to Shawnee as a family for lunch at Cracker Barrel and a trip to Walmart.  Saturday is a lot of rearranging and getting my room ready to go.  I will be looking online as well the next two evenings.  I do plan on looking really heavy next week.

Let's be clear.  I did not want to come back to Oklahoma and I was prepared to suspend the job search for the next 12-18 months and continue on with the status quo.  I enjoyed my job in Utah and I worked for the best boss anybody could ever ask for.  Since my parents are helping me out, I could not turn my Dad down.  Mom thinks I should have given it another 6-9 months, at minimum, but Dad overpowered both of us.  Oh well, what's done is done and two wrongs don't make a right, so I am going to find a job as fast as I can, and try to be into an apartment of my own by Christmas if not the Autumn.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Seems pointless considering the poster, but...

Evil. However, he might be decent enough as secretary of state.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Anyway, lets change the subject.  Enough of the attacks.  I will be fine.  I've been fine for many years.  My life is not screwed up like has been previously mentioned.  I am a little impulsive on the decision making, but it doesn't mean I have bad judgement, nor do my parents.  God has seen me through many mistakes in the past and I have no doubt He will see me through this one, which I still don't think its a mistake.  Its not the choice I would have made on my own.  If it were all up to me, which it shouild be, but is not then I would be heading to work in about 6 hours and would have extended my apartment lease another six months.  Anyway, I've got a busy weekend ahead, but I do plan on getting started looking on Sunday.  I've got several places to call tomorrow and we're going to Shawnee as a family for lunch at Cracker Barrel and a trip to Walmart.  Saturday is a lot of rearranging and getting my room ready to go.  I will be looking online as well the next two evenings.  I do plan on looking really heavy next week.

Let's be clear.  I did not want to come back to Oklahoma and I was prepared to suspend the job search for the next 12-18 months and continue on with the status quo.  I enjoyed my job in Utah and I worked for the best boss anybody could ever ask for.  Since my parents are helping me out, I could not turn my Dad down.  Mom thinks I should have given it another 6-9 months, at minimum, but Dad overpowered both of us.  Oh well, what's done is done and two wrongs don't make a right, so I am going to find a job as fast as I can, and try to be into an apartment of my own by Christmas if not the Autumn.

I bolded the most absurd part for you Red, tho I fully agree with giving the extended quote.