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Old Aug 17, 2017 | 04:20 PM
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Didn't Isis destroy statues? I guess we should blow up mount rushmore now. America is so confusing to me.
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Old Aug 17, 2017 | 04:27 PM
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False equivalency is false.



Driving drunk is illegal. We should ban all driving.
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Old Aug 17, 2017 | 11:10 PM
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i betcha cant wait for them to put up a bin laden statute at the world trade center.
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Old Aug 18, 2017 | 07:36 AM
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Old Aug 18, 2017 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by i8acobra
False equivalency is false.



Driving drunk is illegal. We should ban all driving.
Driving drunk is illegal, but we don't take matter into our own hands and kill the drunk by an angry mob. There are legal ways to get things done and tearing down monuments in the name of "justice" because you're butthurt over it isn't the way to do it.





There's a video on Facebook of these kids getting arrested days afterwards.
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Old Aug 18, 2017 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by JonGTR
Driving drunk is illegal, but we don't take matter into our own hands and kill the drunk by an angry mob. There are legal ways to get things done and tearing down monuments in the name of "justice" because you're butthurt over it isn't the way to do it.





There's a video on Facebook of these kids getting arrested days afterwards.


You're talking about the ONE monument that was illegally pulled down, and yes, they should be arrested and charged with vandalism and/or criminal mischief. I'm talking about the several that were voted on and legally removed.



Another false equivalency... "If you support the legal removal, you also support illegally tearing down".
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Old Aug 18, 2017 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by i8acobra
You're talking about the ONE monument that was illegally pulled down, and yes, they should be arrested and charged with vandalism and/or criminal mischief. I'm talking about the several that were voted on and legally removed.



Another false equivalency... "If you support the legal removal, you also support illegally tearing down".
The title of this thread is "....topple statues."



To topple is to remove by force, overturning, and causing to fall. Presumably, this is by illegal force.

Statue(s) is plural, meaning more than 1, and not referring to the 1 done legally.



Not to mention he also said "destroy statues". Obviously this thread is about the illegal and future removal of multiple statues, not just the one you keep trying to direct our attention to. Not our fault you can't read the title, or read the room for that matter.
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Old Aug 18, 2017 | 06:59 PM
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False equivalency is false, but now we hear calls from elected Democrats to remove confederate statues...even people talking about blowing up Stone Mountain in Georgia. All of a sudden... because this was so important for the last 8 years (or something).
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Old Aug 19, 2017 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JonGTR
The title of this thread is "....topple statues."



To topple is to remove by force, overturning, and causing to fall. Presumably, this is by illegal force.

Statue(s) is plural, meaning more than 1, and not referring to the 1 done legally.



Not to mention he also said "destroy statues". Obviously this thread is about the illegal and future removal of multiple statues, not just the one you keep trying to direct our attention to. Not our fault you can't read the title, or read the room for that matter.


Oh, I guess I just didn't realize that one incident, involving people who were caught and arrested warranted getting one's panties in a knot. By all mean, carry on hissy fitting.
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by i8acobra
Oh, I guess I just didn't realize that one incident, involving people who were caught and arrested warranted getting one's panties in a knot. By all mean, carry on hissy fitting.
One incident? Here are just a handful that popped up in the last few days:



https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.d74fe0b90052

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local...168249392.html

http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/674297/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politi...zed/index.html



And this certainly won't help stop the defamation of monuments:

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/08...th-fact-check/





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