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re: Rand Paul = Democrats’ Enemy #1

Posted on 8/7/14 at 12:08 pm to
Posted by trackfan
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Posted on 8/7/14 at 12:08 pm to
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you cannot compare promoting genital mutilation, making women 2nd class citizens, public beheadings, etc to not being able to buy alcohol on sundays or forcing bars to close at 2am...or saying the pledge with "under god" in it.

He didn't try to compare these things. You're creating a strawman.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Member since Jan 2004
425192 posts
Posted on 8/7/14 at 12:11 pm to
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He didn't try to compare these things.

he tried to make them equivalent. they are not

it sounds really nice to play the "hey i'm going to defend this underdog culture and try to display hypocrisy by comparing it to the dominant culture of the area/time that is criticizing the underdog culture" card

but when you get into comparing the 2...it's often a simple comparison

again. i am not religious. i am not christian, jewish, buddhist, hindu, taoist, shinto, sikh, or a member of any indigenous faith
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