Conservatives sure do like being hypocritical little twats.
Republicans engaged in similar procedural combat after Democrats made the 2013 change, tying up the Senate to slow President Barack Obama’s push to fill judicial vacancies.
The Washington Post has identified 587 key positions requiring U.S. Senate confirmation. Of those key positions, As of August 17, 2017, 117 of Trump's nominees have been confirmed, 106 are awaiting confirmation, and 0 have been announced but not yet formally nominated.
So.... of the 587 key positions, Trump has nominated 223 as of a week ago. Then, there's this other side of things:
At least 17 of Trump’s nominees took more than a month to be officially sent to the Senate, at which point the vetting by senators and aides can begin in earnest, according to a POLITICO analysis. (One of the 17 nominations, Jim Donovan to be Trump’s deputy Treasury secretary, has since been withdrawn).
I get it... i really do understand; you conservatives are fucking hypocrites who have to play the victim all the time because you can't govern worth a shit. When you do get in power, the only fucking thing you do is to try to stay in power, instead of help the country.... oh... and whine, a lot.
...and because you can't seem to be able to read....
Here is what is happening: Democrats are requiring that Republicans check all the procedural boxes on most nominees....
...which means, the rules say it has to be done a specific way, and democrats are saying the republicans have to follow the rules.
“The level of obstruction exhibited by Senate Democrats on these nominees is just breathtaking,” Mr. McConnell said...
...and yet it is still far, far better than what McConnell and the other bitch republicans did with Merrick Garland, a level of obstruction that had never been seen before. And because you're an inbred little piece of shit hypocrite...
Republicans engaged in similar procedural combat after Democrats made the 2013 change, tying up the Senate to slow President Barack Obama’s push to fill judicial vacancies.
So, you vindictive partisan fuck..... go to a library and beg them to get you into a class to teach you how to read. Then cut your nuts off, you ignorant dipshits are fucking up the gene pool.
Thank you for being a clueless little NAZI sympathizer who apparently doesn't have enough of an education to understand the written word. Stalin, a sociopathic murdering piece of shit is certainly no more favorable than your preferred leader Hitler, and the only people suggesting he is are useless cunts making strawman arguments so they can flaunt their inner Nazism while hoping to avoid people calking them useless shit stains.
But lets be very clear, if you're instead going to compare Nazism (fascism) to communism, then maybe you should actually understand what the fuck your talking about.... something i'm sure no one has ever accused you of doing.
Fascism is ultra-nationalism, typically married to religion. It seeks to scapegoat a minority group of people to "blame" for everyone's woes, with a wide swing into racial purity, where everyone "else" is literally inferior because of some slight.... whether it's color of skin, religion, or some other bullshit. It tends to be very militaristic, and very violent. It's typically dictatorial, and anti-democratic. They're anti communist, anti-union, and believe a woman's place is pregnant in the kitchen. Fascism started as an opposition to socialism, because socialism opposed nationalism, and you can't very well have a "master race" if you don't feel superior to everyone else can you.
Communism, on the other hand, believes that everyone is equal. The popular "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," is the level playing field that communism strives for... although the first time that idea shows up in any written work is actually in the New Testament, and is something Jesus tells to his followers. Communism, unlike socialism, requires a "revolution" to throw out the old system (whatever that may be at the time). It's desire is to be stateless, classless, and governed directly by the people... which has never been achieved. There is no individual ownership, with everything being owned by the communal group (again, the first time this ever appeared in writing is the New Testament, again with Jesus instructing his followers on how to live). The means of production is communally owned, and all gain from it equally (think along the lines of the Alaskan Permanent Fund...which is about as communist/socialist as it gets in the US). The idea behind communism was envisioned as an economic theory alternative from capitalism and feudalism.
So, while fascism is a direct philosophy of war, violence, hatred, and destruction.... communism attempts to make every equal by being communal (it never has, but that's it's basic desire). The basic tenets of communism are found in the New Testament, and directly attributed to the teachings of Jesus. So you tell me, nazi, which one of these appear on it's face to be the "better" of the two ideas?
The problem you have is you're not smart enough not to conflate the philosophy of communism with the actions of Stalin (who was a complete fucking monster), and then trying to defend Hitler for actually following the philosophy of fascism.
But lets get down to brass tacks, shall we? 9/11 was committed by conservative Muslims. Since then, more people in the US have been killed by conservative nationalists who, quite simply, are following the philosophy of fascism. Your argument is like these stupid cunts who talk about how the KKK was formed by the democratic party, but fail to note that the democrats were the conservative party of that time. You lie either because you're a sack of shit, or your simply that fucking stupid.
And regardless of your argument, social democracies are some of the best run countries in the world right now, with the best economies. Face it... you're a fucking nazi. You may be too stupid to know that, but when you subscribe and espouse their ideology, that's what the fuck you are.
When we in the US talk about far-right, we typically mean conservative. It's not necessarily interchangeable, but it's used that way most the time.... in Europe you draw more distinction between the two. The fundamentalist Muslims are the most conservative, just as the evangelicals here in the US are.
The left, here in the states, are more sympathetic to Muslims in general (over conservatives) because we believe that everyone has the same rights, regardless of what their religion is, and we see conservatives being complete authoritarian asses to a whole religion while at the same time suggesting that they're upholding some patriotic duty to the US (as opposed to basically acting like the NAZI's did against the Jews after taking power pre-WWII). So the left is really rooting for the small things in life... like the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, things that conservatives hate (while giving lots of lip service to).
In addition, conservative here in the US include actual NAZI's, along with other vile pieces of shit... so while Europe has kept the farthest right pieces of shit mostly out in the cold, here in the US their dogma is embrace by a lot of conservatives.... far more than actually realize they're fucking NAZI's.
..and, yeh, we have some mentally challenged dipshits over here that thing NAZI's were socialists for that exact reason.... some even on this board. I'm sure they'll be down voting my post here ASAP because they really hate being told the truth, and they want everyone to be "PC" to them while they're being complete asshats to anyone they want.
Google takes money from the government, making it quasi-governmental.
No, it makes it a private company that gets money from the government; there's nothing quasi-governmental about it. Additionally, they are not the ones determining what speech is acceptable on the "public internet," but they are the ones determining what speech they allow on THEIR OWN SERVERS and running through THEIR OWN SERVICES.
I would agree, however, that you're using words/phrases that you don't understanding the meaning of.
No. You might think it would be the worthless type of shit that thinks it's moral to hunt Jews if some worthless piece of shit NAZI makes it legal, but i never will.
Good people will do good, bad people will do bad. You can make a religion that will use the promise of "heaven" to try to maintain order, which uses the carrot for the good to comply, or the stick to make the bad to comply, but the good will still tend to do good on their own, and the bad sill still tend to do bad regardless.
The problem is stupid fucks like you who can't seem to differentiate betwixt the two, and it has nothing to do with being a statist, or an anarchist (although most anarchist would be scare shitless little pissants in real anarchy).
It's intent that matters (as i understand it). The bakery owner specifically stated that they denied making the cake because the individuals were gay.... placing it in the civil rights arena. Had they simply denied making the cake saying they couldn't do it, there may have been nothing the couple could do about it... but the bakery wanted to make a point of violating the law.
The difference would be, a company can say specifically they don't want NAZI's on their site because they're NAZI's, and get away with it. It's not about whether the NAZI is gay or straight, it's about them being a NAZI. And the point you make is valid... there's some things you can change, and some you can't.
Would you be so cheerful if ISPs refused to say, host LGBTQ sites?
Federal courts have ruled that LGBTQ are a protected class under the Civil Rights Act https://www.lifesitenews.com/n... so, yes, that would be illegal on the part of the ISP. That's federal law. Now, the current administration would prefer that states be allowed to be petty tyrants and strip any citizen they want of their rights, so they've appealed the ruling.... we'll see how that turns our.
I'm pretty sure that it was settled that NO, private businesses do not get to pick and choose who they serve when the court determined the bakery DID have to make a wedding cake for the gay marriage http://aclu-co.org/court-rules...
IF you had read that article, you'd have noticed this little tidbit in there:
Longstanding Colorado state law prohibits public accommodations, including businesses such as Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service based on factors such as race, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.
So yes, a state court in Colorado said the bakery was violating the state law.
I believe that was widely hailed as a precedent setting verdict that would stop those 'closed minded' businesses from constraining people's freedom...like this.
The former was a federal court ruling LGBTQ is a protected class, and falls under the Civil Rights Act, the latter is a state affirming you have to follow the law. The federal ruling was precedent setting, the state one... not so much. Regardless.... neither of those apply to worthless fucking NAZI's, because not only are NAZI's NOT a protected class... they are enemies of the United States.
> "Literally everyone to the right of Stalin is a Nazi."
Clearly you just need to clean the shit out from between your ears, because that's the stupidest thing i've read all morning... although with the number of neo-nazi appeasers and wannabe's on this site, i'm sure there will be much more stupid to come.
It requires nothing of private companies.... but official government forums?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Or, for this purpose....
Congress shall make no law.... abridging the freedom of speech..... or the right of the people ( ) to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
If Trump's twitter is personal, than it's not an official forum, BUT, the White House has stated repeatedly that it IS an official forum. So yes, this is in the courts purview, and it isn't black and white. Cutting people off from an official forum seems to be a violation of the first amendment twice over, regardless of what the DoJ happens to opinion about it. Deleting tweets after the fact also may run afoul of preserving official records.
And there's the difference, and distinction, that needs to be made. There are many churches in each religion that teach things that are NOT taught by their "prophets," and it's those who claim to be or those religions who are most easily led astray that cause the damage. Those people tend to be those more gulible and more prone to be "led" by false prophets.
The parable of the sheep and the goat is the epitome of Christianity:
‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
And what do we get from conservative churches here in the states: homosexuality is bad, abortion is murder.
And lets be clear about that.... the bible calls homosexuality an abomination.... along with idolatry (you know, that cross you see people wearing, or the image of Mohamed), eating seafood that lacks fins or scales (oysters, clams, scallops, lobsert... which i'm ok with lobster being called an abomination, i can't stand it myself), or eating insects, or eating birds of prey (the bald eagles thank you, by the way), dishonesty (i'm all for that, but it seems to be an abomination that a LOT of people embrace), eating unclean food (like...bacon.....), adultery (you know, like getting a divorce and remarrying.... like over half the people in this country, with a higher percentage of divorces occurring in states that vote conservative....), oppressing the poor and needy (check out the republican political platform), a sower of discord (.... seriously, Proverbs 6:19), justifying the wicked, touching pig leather (there goes my fucking billfold).... and the list goes on and on.
Now, as for abortion, you'll notice one thing that DIDN'T make the abomination list; abortion doesn't show up in there, and abortion (through chemicals... herbal) was a known thing back then, and the only time it's mentioned in the Bible is when it is specifically said it MUST be carried out whenever the father demands it. In Jesus's time, in the land where Jesus would have been born, grew up, and one would have to think, learn a few things..... the Roman Empire was law of the land. And guess what they did..... lots of herbal abortions. It was such a common practice that they LITERALLY drove the herb they used into extinction. Yet, let me quote what Jesus had to say about the practice:
.....
But, those are the two things conservative churches teach... anti-homosexual, and anti-abortion..... not anything that Jesus actually taught (they do give lip service to some of them, but then they turn to their false prophets to pack the house, apparently). So there are things within religions that are good and moral, but once hatred and fear take over, it pretty much turns to shit.
That's the point the radical conservatives in this country don't get. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all came from the same religion to start with, and share a very large portion of their beliefs and teachings. Christianity and Islam have the addition of having their messiah return already, as apparently the Jewish messiah ain't quite got here yet. Thing is, the beliefs of conservative evangelicals in the US are more strongly based in the old testament than the new, and in many of the evangelical churches a lot of what they teach is exactly opposite of what Jesus taught.
I would have modded you up if i had the chance, because your question hits at the crux of many of the problems we're facing.... but you knew that already.
I'd imagine, in this case, it would depend if the use of twitter in this case is official or personal, and the White House has argued specifically that they are official,. I'd imagine that the real first amendment argument would be on the side of those kicked off, as at that point, the government is restricting the speech of citizens on official forums....
But, as my point goes... the justice department can say whatever it wants, and the courts will give consideration to it i'm sure, BUT... the courts aren't limited to what the justice department says; they are not subservient to the JD's opinions, especially in the case of civil rights violations (which is what this is).
People like you, who lie apparently at every chance they get, are part of the problem. Muslims routinely condemn the violence done in their name, it's just doesn't show up on the likes of fauxnews and drudge because it doesn't fit the stupider-than-fuck narrative that you've posted here. It's fringe groups that commit the violence, just as with groups here in the US. The problem here is, the rightwing has been radicalized the past 30+ years so that those fringe groups now feel that they're acceptable enough to come out in the open. Look around, pull your head out of your ass if need be... but quit being a lying little parrot.
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Conservatives sure do like being hypocritical little twats.
Republicans engaged in similar procedural combat after Democrats made the 2013 change, tying up the Senate to slow President Barack Obama’s push to fill judicial vacancies.
Here's some light reading for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... with highlights:
The Washington Post has identified 587 key positions requiring U.S. Senate confirmation. Of those key positions, As of August 17, 2017, 117 of Trump's nominees have been confirmed, 106 are awaiting confirmation, and 0 have been announced but not yet formally nominated.
So.... of the 587 key positions, Trump has nominated 223 as of a week ago. Then, there's this other side of things:
http://www.politico.com/story/...
At least 17 of Trump’s nominees took more than a month to be officially sent to the Senate, at which point the vetting by senators and aides can begin in earnest, according to a POLITICO analysis. (One of the 17 nominations, Jim Donovan to be Trump’s deputy Treasury secretary, has since been withdrawn).
I get it... i really do understand; you conservatives are fucking hypocrites who have to play the victim all the time because you can't govern worth a shit. When you do get in power, the only fucking thing you do is to try to stay in power, instead of help the country.... oh... and whine, a lot.
Here is what is happening: Democrats are requiring that Republicans check all the procedural boxes on most nominees....
“The level of obstruction exhibited by Senate Democrats on these nominees is just breathtaking,” Mr. McConnell said...
Republicans engaged in similar procedural combat after Democrats made the 2013 change, tying up the Senate to slow President Barack Obama’s push to fill judicial vacancies.
So, you vindictive partisan fuck..... go to a library and beg them to get you into a class to teach you how to read. Then cut your nuts off, you ignorant dipshits are fucking up the gene pool.
One more X, and we can see if it'll hold the 1.8 petabytes of porn from this other thread.... https://hardware.slashdot.org/...
Thank you for being a clueless little NAZI sympathizer who apparently doesn't have enough of an education to understand the written word. Stalin, a sociopathic murdering piece of shit is certainly no more favorable than your preferred leader Hitler, and the only people suggesting he is are useless cunts making strawman arguments so they can flaunt their inner Nazism while hoping to avoid people calking them useless shit stains.
But lets be very clear, if you're instead going to compare Nazism (fascism) to communism, then maybe you should actually understand what the fuck your talking about.... something i'm sure no one has ever accused you of doing.
Fascism is ultra-nationalism, typically married to religion. It seeks to scapegoat a minority group of people to "blame" for everyone's woes, with a wide swing into racial purity, where everyone "else" is literally inferior because of some slight.... whether it's color of skin, religion, or some other bullshit. It tends to be very militaristic, and very violent. It's typically dictatorial, and anti-democratic. They're anti communist, anti-union, and believe a woman's place is pregnant in the kitchen. Fascism started as an opposition to socialism, because socialism opposed nationalism, and you can't very well have a "master race" if you don't feel superior to everyone else can you.
Communism, on the other hand, believes that everyone is equal. The popular "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," is the level playing field that communism strives for... although the first time that idea shows up in any written work is actually in the New Testament, and is something Jesus tells to his followers. Communism, unlike socialism, requires a "revolution" to throw out the old system (whatever that may be at the time). It's desire is to be stateless, classless, and governed directly by the people... which has never been achieved. There is no individual ownership, with everything being owned by the communal group (again, the first time this ever appeared in writing is the New Testament, again with Jesus instructing his followers on how to live). The means of production is communally owned, and all gain from it equally (think along the lines of the Alaskan Permanent Fund...which is about as communist/socialist as it gets in the US). The idea behind communism was envisioned as an economic theory alternative from capitalism and feudalism.
So, while fascism is a direct philosophy of war, violence, hatred, and destruction.... communism attempts to make every equal by being communal (it never has, but that's it's basic desire). The basic tenets of communism are found in the New Testament, and directly attributed to the teachings of Jesus. So you tell me, nazi, which one of these appear on it's face to be the "better" of the two ideas?
The problem you have is you're not smart enough not to conflate the philosophy of communism with the actions of Stalin (who was a complete fucking monster), and then trying to defend Hitler for actually following the philosophy of fascism.
But lets get down to brass tacks, shall we? 9/11 was committed by conservative Muslims. Since then, more people in the US have been killed by conservative nationalists who, quite simply, are following the philosophy of fascism. Your argument is like these stupid cunts who talk about how the KKK was formed by the democratic party, but fail to note that the democrats were the conservative party of that time. You lie either because you're a sack of shit, or your simply that fucking stupid.
And regardless of your argument, social democracies are some of the best run countries in the world right now, with the best economies. Face it... you're a fucking nazi. You may be too stupid to know that, but when you subscribe and espouse their ideology, that's what the fuck you are.
Way to embrace your inner NAZI. Takes a pretty sick, twisted, fuck to stick up for old Adolf, but i guess you were the right person for the job.
When we in the US talk about far-right, we typically mean conservative. It's not necessarily interchangeable, but it's used that way most the time.... in Europe you draw more distinction between the two. The fundamentalist Muslims are the most conservative, just as the evangelicals here in the US are.
..and, yeh, we have some mentally challenged dipshits over here that thing NAZI's were socialists for that exact reason.... some even on this board. I'm sure they'll be down voting my post here ASAP because they really hate being told the truth, and they want everyone to be "PC" to them while they're being complete asshats to anyone they want.
The left, here in the states, are more sympathetic to Muslims in general (over conservatives) because we believe that everyone has the same rights, regardless of what their religion is, and we see conservatives being complete authoritarian asses to a whole religion while at the same time suggesting that they're upholding some patriotic duty to the US (as opposed to basically acting like the NAZI's did against the Jews after taking power pre-WWII). So the left is really rooting for the small things in life... like the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, things that conservatives hate (while giving lots of lip service to).
In addition, conservative here in the US include actual NAZI's, along with other vile pieces of shit... so while Europe has kept the farthest right pieces of shit mostly out in the cold, here in the US their dogma is embrace by a lot of conservatives.... far more than actually realize they're fucking NAZI's.
Google takes money from the government, making it quasi-governmental.
No, it makes it a private company that gets money from the government; there's nothing quasi-governmental about it. Additionally, they are not the ones determining what speech is acceptable on the "public internet," but they are the ones determining what speech they allow on THEIR OWN SERVERS and running through THEIR OWN SERVICES.
...because maybe it's easier for you to understand as a cartoon.
I would agree, however, that you're using words/phrases that you don't understanding the meaning of.
https://xkcd.com/1357/
They don't need a reason to fuck things up, hell, they don't even need to try... it just comes naturally to them.
...the poor and middle class will be taxed more to make up the difference. Republicans fucking over people for corporations yet again.
No. You might think it would be the worthless type of shit that thinks it's moral to hunt Jews if some worthless piece of shit NAZI makes it legal, but i never will.
Good people will do good, bad people will do bad. You can make a religion that will use the promise of "heaven" to try to maintain order, which uses the carrot for the good to comply, or the stick to make the bad to comply, but the good will still tend to do good on their own, and the bad sill still tend to do bad regardless.
The problem is stupid fucks like you who can't seem to differentiate betwixt the two, and it has nothing to do with being a statist, or an anarchist (although most anarchist would be scare shitless little pissants in real anarchy).
It's intent that matters (as i understand it). The bakery owner specifically stated that they denied making the cake because the individuals were gay.... placing it in the civil rights arena. Had they simply denied making the cake saying they couldn't do it, there may have been nothing the couple could do about it... but the bakery wanted to make a point of violating the law.
The difference would be, a company can say specifically they don't want NAZI's on their site because they're NAZI's, and get away with it. It's not about whether the NAZI is gay or straight, it's about them being a NAZI. And the point you make is valid... there's some things you can change, and some you can't.
It must be hell going through life as stupid as you are.
Exactly.
https://xkcd.com/1357/
Always good to post in these discussions, as so few people understand.
Or, say, a "private business" refusing to rent an apartment to a black family?
That is specifically illegal: http://civilrights.findlaw.com...
Would you be so cheerful if ISPs refused to say, host LGBTQ sites?
Federal courts have ruled that LGBTQ are a protected class under the Civil Rights Act https://www.lifesitenews.com/n... so, yes, that would be illegal on the part of the ISP. That's federal law. Now, the current administration would prefer that states be allowed to be petty tyrants and strip any citizen they want of their rights, so they've appealed the ruling.... we'll see how that turns our.
I'm pretty sure that it was settled that NO, private businesses do not get to pick and choose who they serve when the court determined the bakery DID have to make a wedding cake for the gay marriage http://aclu-co.org/court-rules...
IF you had read that article, you'd have noticed this little tidbit in there:
Longstanding Colorado state law prohibits public accommodations, including businesses such as Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service based on factors such as race, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.
So yes, a state court in Colorado said the bakery was violating the state law.
I believe that was widely hailed as a precedent setting verdict that would stop those 'closed minded' businesses from constraining people's freedom ...like this.
The former was a federal court ruling LGBTQ is a protected class, and falls under the Civil Rights Act, the latter is a state affirming you have to follow the law. The federal ruling was precedent setting, the state one... not so much. Regardless.... neither of those apply to worthless fucking NAZI's, because not only are NAZI's NOT a protected class... they are enemies of the United States.
You mean like this..... http://thehill.com/policy/nati...
> "Literally everyone to the right of Stalin is a Nazi."
Clearly you just need to clean the shit out from between your ears, because that's the stupidest thing i've read all morning... although with the number of neo-nazi appeasers and wannabe's on this site, i'm sure there will be much more stupid to come.
Nice straw man. Try again when you're not so much of a coward, that way we know who to laugh at.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Or, for this purpose....
Congress shall make no law.... abridging the freedom of speech..... or the right of the people ( ) to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
If Trump's twitter is personal, than it's not an official forum, BUT, the White House has stated repeatedly that it IS an official forum. So yes, this is in the courts purview, and it isn't black and white. Cutting people off from an official forum seems to be a violation of the first amendment twice over, regardless of what the DoJ happens to opinion about it. Deleting tweets after the fact also may run afoul of preserving official records.
The parable of the sheep and the goat is the epitome of Christianity:
‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
And what do we get from conservative churches here in the states: homosexuality is bad, abortion is murder.
And lets be clear about that.... the bible calls homosexuality an abomination.... along with idolatry (you know, that cross you see people wearing, or the image of Mohamed), eating seafood that lacks fins or scales (oysters, clams, scallops, lobsert... which i'm ok with lobster being called an abomination, i can't stand it myself), or eating insects, or eating birds of prey (the bald eagles thank you, by the way), dishonesty (i'm all for that, but it seems to be an abomination that a LOT of people embrace), eating unclean food (like...bacon.....), adultery (you know, like getting a divorce and remarrying.... like over half the people in this country, with a higher percentage of divorces occurring in states that vote conservative....), oppressing the poor and needy (check out the republican political platform), a sower of discord (.... seriously, Proverbs 6:19), justifying the wicked, touching pig leather (there goes my fucking billfold).... and the list goes on and on.
Now, as for abortion, you'll notice one thing that DIDN'T make the abomination list; abortion doesn't show up in there, and abortion (through chemicals... herbal) was a known thing back then, and the only time it's mentioned in the Bible is when it is specifically said it MUST be carried out whenever the father demands it. In Jesus's time, in the land where Jesus would have been born, grew up, and one would have to think, learn a few things..... the Roman Empire was law of the land. And guess what they did..... lots of herbal abortions. It was such a common practice that they LITERALLY drove the herb they used into extinction. Yet, let me quote what Jesus had to say about the practice:
.....
But, those are the two things conservative churches teach... anti-homosexual, and anti-abortion..... not anything that Jesus actually taught (they do give lip service to some of them, but then they turn to their false prophets to pack the house, apparently). So there are things within religions that are good and moral, but once hatred and fear take over, it pretty much turns to shit.
That's the point the radical conservatives in this country don't get. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all came from the same religion to start with, and share a very large portion of their beliefs and teachings. Christianity and Islam have the addition of having their messiah return already, as apparently the Jewish messiah ain't quite got here yet. Thing is, the beliefs of conservative evangelicals in the US are more strongly based in the old testament than the new, and in many of the evangelical churches a lot of what they teach is exactly opposite of what Jesus taught.
I would have modded you up if i had the chance, because your question hits at the crux of many of the problems we're facing.... but you knew that already.
No, it proves you can make a strawman argument, and stick by it for a hundred words or so.
I'd imagine, in this case, it would depend if the use of twitter in this case is official or personal, and the White House has argued specifically that they are official,. I'd imagine that the real first amendment argument would be on the side of those kicked off, as at that point, the government is restricting the speech of citizens on official forums....
But, as my point goes... the justice department can say whatever it wants, and the courts will give consideration to it i'm sure, BUT... the courts aren't limited to what the justice department says; they are not subservient to the JD's opinions, especially in the case of civil rights violations (which is what this is).
Those are the same thing, and they're all worthless pieces of shit.
People like you, who lie apparently at every chance they get, are part of the problem. Muslims routinely condemn the violence done in their name, it's just doesn't show up on the likes of fauxnews and drudge because it doesn't fit the stupider-than-fuck narrative that you've posted here. It's fringe groups that commit the violence, just as with groups here in the US. The problem here is, the rightwing has been radicalized the past 30+ years so that those fringe groups now feel that they're acceptable enough to come out in the open. Look around, pull your head out of your ass if need be... but quit being a lying little parrot.
If you agree with the NAZI propaganda, like you obviously do, YOU are a fucking NAZI.