Newspeak has finally arrived - Trump bans the official use of 7 words

Permabear

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JackTaylorFan

Permabear wrote: »

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So you are telling me, that public companies can openly discriminate - okay... Yeah, obtuse is the word.

Skylinehead

Permabear wrote: »

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Yeah, try shouting terrorist stuff in a public space, see how you get on with your "free speech".

Permabear

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rossie1977

JackTaylorFan wrote: »

He is pandering to the most extreme and dangerous of Republican bases: Evangelical Christians. His position is whatever they tell him the bible says

He is pandering to white southern Evangelical Christians.

20Cent

never ceases to amaze me how far right wingers will bend back to support whatever Looney idea pops into trumps head. Banning words ok with that now.

Skylinehead

Permabear wrote: »

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I didn't say anything about the First Amendment. I replied to you in relation to "free speech". Which, as you've admitted, has caveats. Therefore absolute free speech does not exist, anywhere.

JackTaylorFan

rossie1977 wrote: »

He is pandering to white southern Evangelical Christians.

Making a distinction between Evangelical Christians, by race and geographical location are we? 'Cause I know of some pretty extreme fundamental types up in North Dakota who support Trump and the rest of the cast of villains from Captain Planet, too. And then you got your African American ones in North Carolina, ya'll.

****, I even know some local Evangelicals living right here who adamantly support this anti-science, anti-equality ideology.

Sonics2k

Skylinehead wrote: »

Yeah, try shouting terrorist stuff in a public space, see how you get on with your "free speech".

Do you actually know what Free Speech is?

I'm not one to often agree with Permabear, but in this case you genuinely seem to not know what you're talking about.

edit: Just saw your follow up comment, so you're actually just being pedantic. Fair enough, really.

Skylinehead

Sonics2k wrote: »

Do you actually know what Free Speech is?

I'm not one to often agree with Permabear, but in this case you genuinely seem to not know what you're talking about.

edit: Just saw your follow up comment, so you're actually just being pedantic. Fair enough, really.

Freedom of speech is a general concept....if you want to talk about American implementations, you should say so. Especially when one of your comments is about boards.ie policy, which certainly has nothing to do with the good ol' USA.

rossie1977

JackTaylorFan wrote: »

Making a distinction between Evangelical Christians, by race and geographical location are we? 'Cause I know of some pretty extreme fundamental types up in North Dakota who support Trump and the rest of the cast of villains from Captain Planet, too. And then you got your African American ones in North Carolina, ya'll.

****, I even know some local Evangelicals living right here who adamantly support this anti-science, anti-equality ideology.

There is a difference between black evangelicals and white evangelicals for one. We saw that in recent Alabama election https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/12/13/there-was-an-enormous-gap-between-black-evangelical-voters-and-white-evangelical-voters-in-alabama/?utm_term=.df9112c811c8

Trump doesn't pander to the black evangelicals simply because he has nothing in common with them. Also many evangelical leaders in places like New York and the New England region were calling on Roy Moore to do the right thing and step aside yet the southern white evangelicals doubled down

Sonics2k

Skylinehead wrote: »

Freedom of speech is a general concept....if you want to talk about American implementations, you should say so. Especially when one of your comments is about boards.ie policy, which certainly has nothing to do with the good ol' USA.

The entire thread and OP was about a US based change in policy. It's very evident that follow up posts would also be US based.

Skylinehead

Sonics2k wrote: »

The entire thread and OP was about a US based change in policy. It's very evident that follow up posts would also be US based.

Read the post I quoted again. Is boards.ie "US based"?

Actually, do you have anything of note to contribute, instead of calling me pedantic?

JackTaylorFan

rossie1977 wrote: »

There is a difference between black evangelicals and white evangelicals for one. We saw that in recent Alabama election https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/12/13/there-was-an-enormous-gap-between-black-evangelical-voters-and-white-evangelical-voters-in-alabama/?utm_term=.df9112c811c8

Trump doesn't pander to the black evangelicals simply because he has nothing in common with them. Also many evangelical leaders in places like New York and the New England region were calling on Roy Moore to do the right thing and step aside yet the southern white evangelicals doubled down

What's your angle here? are you trying to reclaim the word evangelical - because that particular nomenclature is tainted beyond repair.

BBDBB

Skylinehead wrote: »

Yeah, try shouting terrorist stuff in a public space, see how you get on with your "free speech".

What do we want?

"Equal rights for short balding men with challenges in sartorial presentation!

When do we want em?

"Whenevers convenient with you, no rush!"

What if we dont get em?

"We'll stand awkwardly in corners at social gatherings, fiddling with the buttons on our cardigans!"

Capt'n Midnight

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Donald Trump ate my hamster

Knew we should have put that stake through Max Clifford's heart.

screamer

Ah sticks and stones and all that. I'm so fed up now people just focus on the small day to day ****e he does....in the grand scheme of things.. .. he's harmless. Leave him get on with making America great again ( an impossible task) with which I wish him well.

pickarooney

What about foetus spelled properly? Is that OK?