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jd_free
13y ago
So, you equate Mandela with Castro and Guevara, and consider that a good thing? Care to through bin Laden in there? I guess fighting British soldiers is exactly the same as necklacing civilians, too, so it's fair to compare it too the
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jd_free
13y ago
Exactly. If you are under 35, there's a good chance you have literally no idea about anything bad Mandela ever did and believe that he was imprisoned for doing something Rosa Parks-like or something. The fact that history can be rewrit
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jd_free
13y ago
The above is an example of exactly what's wrong with politics: A person who defines his side as "anything good" and the opposing side as "anything bad". Obliviously, he insists that the millions on the other side be
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jd_free
13y ago
The hilarious part is that all of these "geniuses" are being tricked into spending tons of time on a puzzle that has no solution or end.
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13y ago
Coverage of Mandela is a testament to the prevailing powers' ability to rewrite history. Millions of people think he was put in jail for protesting apartheid or something else noble. He was actually a terrorist leader - his group kille
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jd_free
13y ago
We live in a society where people who use "diversity" as a buzzword are actively promoting policies that discourage diversity of thought and demand conformance. "Standards" dictated from on high are the bane of creative
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13y ago
"Loser Pays" is the convention in most of the rest of the world, but not America, due to opposition from American liberals who say that poor people will be afraid to sue anyone if they fear having to pay the other side's lega