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Title: "Militant Atheist" Endorses Stalinist Censorship for "religious fanatics" at LP; Exposed as a Hypocrite
Source: Liberty Post
URL Source: http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/ ... gi?ArtNum=348566&Disp=525#C525
Published: Oct 13, 2014
Author: Redleghunter
Post Date: 2014-10-13 14:15:07 by Liberator
Keywords: MilitantAtheist, HypocritalLibertarian, FauxConstitutionalist
Views: 77777
Comments: 168

#525. To: tpaine, Vicomte13, GarySpFc, listener (#502)

(Tpaine):"We've all seen what happened at FR when religious fanaticism took too much control. Goldie doesn't want it to happen here. Comprende?"

LOL you are a piece of work. What about the libertarian, CT and homosexual lobby fanatics who post here? Mr. Libertarian you can't silence one philosophical voice or view, let all others opine and expect to be called libertarian.

Mr. Constitution I and every person of faith or religion has a First Amendment Right to freely exercise our religion AND as with all Americans the freedom of speech. Now if Goldi wants to limit those rights on her forum fine, but call it "Limited Libertypost" to accurately portray the site.

For someone who opines daily on the rights of individuals yet wants a particular philosophical thought suppressed is complete hypocrisy.

Please examine yourself.

redleghunter  posted on  2014-10-13   13:42:51 ET  Reply   Trace  


Poster Comment: Tpaine -- yet another closeted out-of-the-woodwork Stalinist libertarian/Militant Atheist and anti-Christian -- was exposed and called out for his utter and complete blatant hypocrisy. Courtesy, redleghunter..

Redleghunter is apparently one of those "religious fanatics" tpaine referred to. Tpaine -- a HUGE so-called "constitutionalist" and crusader for libertarianism -- was emboldened and still intoxicated and inspired by Goldi-Lox's "fanatic jesus"/you make me VOMIT!" comment.

Will Mr. Constitution "comprende" Hunting Season when its declared on hypocritical Libertarians? Chyeah, Paine -- We ALL saw what happened when one Closet Christian-Hater got called out on his fake "libertarian" and select memory of the US Constitution.

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#12. To: TooConservative, and all you preaching fanatics, religous or not. (#5)

Liberator, --- Another lovely cross-forum thread you posted.

At least he posted a link to that thread, --- wherein Goldi, and I, defended her concept that posters on a forum dedicated to discussions on constitutional liberty and its political aspects, should not have to be subjected to fundamentalist preaching on threads posted about politics. I think we made her point, and the preaching over at LP was toned down a bit.

tpaine, I don't think you can compete with my own much more impressive thread found here.

There's no comparison. I had goldi on my side, so I won't rub it in.

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-15   18:34:16 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: tpaine (#12)

I think we made her point, and the preaching over at LP was toned down a bit.

She was a pretty fierce monotheist. And there were times it was too much; sometimes it seems you couldn't go 5 posts on some threads without it jumping the tracks into deep theology. That wasn't what people clicked on the article to read. It's an entirely fair point. I always said the same about posting too much Ron Paul stuff. Or the endless Palin stuff. You need a mix of news to have a little broader site.

It isn't some final cruel descent into tyranny because you're expected to at least try post on-topic for a thread. Some people get so dramatic about it.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-01-15   20:56:39 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: TooConservative (#13)

Some people get so dramatic about it.

Lots of drama here now, and the same old suspects from LP are scripting it. So far it's been mostly fun, but I think they're starting to ride AKA and the Devil a bit too much. Seems like every other post they're being pinged.

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-15   21:13:16 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Liberator (#0)

Thankfully, we had this site to come to when LP started to head towards the Soviet-style "freedom from religion" censorship.

Orthodoxa  posted on  2015-01-15   21:47:48 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: tpaine, TooConservative, all you preaching fanatics, religous or not, all you atheists or not (#12)

"Preaching fanatic"??

Why I oughta...!!

Oh, and a hat-tip to TC for opening this can o' worms. Hey, it's not my fault you guys bait me.

;-)

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   22:00:36 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Orthodoxa (#15) (Edited)

Thankfully, we had this site to come to when LP started to head towards the Soviet-style "freedom from religion" censorship.

It felt more more "Stalinist" than Soviet ;-) Certain strains of libertarians and atheists still believe that "freedom from religion " is a constitutional "right."

Jesus Freaks unite!! :-)

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   22:10:07 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: Liberator (#16)

Mr. Constitution I and every person of faith or religion has a First Amendment Right to freely exercise our religion AND as with all Americans the freedom of speech.

Quite right Mr Obvious. But that was not the issue on the thread you cited.

Now if Goldi wants to limit those rights on her forum fine, but call it "Limited Libertypost" to accurately portray the site.

She didn't limit any rights. She asked the religious fundamentalists to lighten up, and by and large they did.

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-15   22:13:29 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Orthodoxa (#15)

Thankfully, we had this site to come to when LP started to head towards the Soviet-style "freedom from religion" censorship.

Soviet? Seriously?     : )

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-01-15   22:26:55 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: tpaine (#18)

She didn't limit any rights. She asked the religious fundamentalists to lighten up, and by and large they did.

Though I'm loooong over the issue at hand, JESUS people/fanatics" were ordered to cram His mention. NOT "lighten up."

That subject thread as so often is the case these days involved crossover issues of both religion AND politics. It wasn't strictly a "Jesus-fanatic" thread.

As for your part, I stand by my words and claim, paine. You sounded more Stalinist than Constitutional:

"We've all seen what happened at FR when religious fanaticism took too much control. Goldie doesn't want it to happen here. Comprende?"

Uh, no comprendo, Senor Constitution.

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   22:35:28 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: TooConservative, Orthodoxa, CZ82 (#19)

Soviet? Seriously? : )

Can't we Jesus-fanatics have any fun and engage in the slightest hyperbole?

Homophobe.

8-P

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   22:37:37 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Liberator (#20)

She didn't limit any rights. She asked the religious fundamentalists to lighten up, and by and large they did.

Though I'm loooong over the issue at hand, JESUS people/fanatics" were ordered to cram His mention. NOT "lighten up."

Anybody can read that thread, and it proves you're still hyping the issue.

That subject thread as so often is the case these days involved crossover issues of both religion AND politics. It wasn't strictly a "Jesus-fanatic" thread.

As I said, anybody can read it, and see that you've mischaracterized it.

As for your part, I stand by my words and claim, paine. You sounded more Stalinist than Constitutional:

"We've all seen what happened at FR when religious fanaticism took too much control. Goldie doesn't want it to happen here. Comprende?"

I stand by my comment. Your Stalinist remark is sheer bull, and it makes you sound like a fool.

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-15   22:51:44 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: TooConservative (#19)

Soviet? Seriously?

"Freedom from religion" is a Soviet concept, not an American one.

We have freedom OF religion here. For a site to advertise itself as not censoring people for their beliefs, but then to censor people due to their religious beliefs or in some cases even political beliefs (she also regularly purged Libertarian posts during election seasons -- note: I'm not a Libertarian, I just recognize that when the censorship of them started that someday it would happen to me too, and indeed it did.)

Off topic vulgarity and insults were tolerated and even encouraged, but people simply posting their religious views on a topic of the day were told to keep it hidden from view.

The Soviets did the same thing, they would proclaim that the Soviet Union had "freedom of and FROM religion", in practice that meant that if anyone saw you openly practicing or proclaiming Jesus Christ, that you would be punished for it.

The Soviets started out proclaiming that they were just "protecting" the average citizen from the "offensive" counter-revolutionary speech of Christians as well, but once they had consolidated their power then scenes like this one from the video occurred:

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That Russian Orthodox Bishop was placed on trial and executed because he had committed the "crime" of selling all of his possessions and giving the money to the poor -- the Commies declared that he had committed "treason" because "poverty does not exist in the Soviet Union".

Ordinary people who went to Church would be tracked by the NKVD and later the KGB and punished for openly displaying their belief in Jesus Christ, because much like the God-Haters at LP, they were offended if they had to see someone openly being a Christian or talking about it.

Christians in the Soviet Union were told that they had "freedom of religion", they just had to keep it completely hidden or be punished because if a God- hater saw it they would be offended by it. The Soviets saw restrictions on the public practice of Christianity as completely reasonable, much like the God-hater contingent at LP felt about posting Christian viewpoints on the forums there.

Orthodoxa  posted on  2015-01-15   22:54:11 ET  (1 image) [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: tpaine (#22) (Edited)

She didn't limit any rights. She asked the religious fundamentalists to lighten up, and by and large they did...

Anybody can read that thread, and it proves you're still hyping the issue.

No, I'm not; In fact I'm not the one who dragged this three month-old thread out of mothballs. And let's not belabor the truth of the matter, ok? The record is indeed there for all to see. And so are your own words.

I stand by my comment. Your Stalinist remark is sheer bull, and it makes you sound like a fool.

You're entitled to your opinion, but not the facts.

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   22:55:55 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: Orthodoxa, TooConservative (#23)

Off topic vulgarity and insults were tolerated and even encouraged, but people simply posting their religious views on a topic of the day were told to keep it hidden from view.

+1

Christians in the Soviet Union were told that they had "freedom of religion", they just had to keep it completely hidden or be punished because if a God- hater saw it they would be offended by it. The Soviets saw restrictions on the public practice of Christianity as completely reasonable, much like the God-hater contingent at LP felt about posting Christian viewpoints on the forums there.

Your historical and recent observations cannot be refuted. Unless certain libertrian-types who talk the talk but don't walk the walk find history erroneous.

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   23:00:50 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: Liberator (#25)

Your historical and recent observations cannot be refuted. Unless certain libertrian-types who talk the talk but don't walk the walk find history erroneous.

Yeah, those that style themselves as "libertarian" but support censorship of religion are especially hypocritical.

The atheists continually bleat that they fear a "theocracy" if American Christians are allowed to participate in the public square, but history shows us that there was never any regime more completely evil and oppressive than the one that occurred when the atheists seized power.

Orthodoxa  posted on  2015-01-15   23:17:01 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Orthodoxa (#26)

Yeah, those that style themselves as "libertarian" but support censorship of religion are especially hypocritical.

Thank you. EXACTLY my point.

The atheists continually bleat that they fear a "theocracy" if American Christians are allowed to participate in the public square, but history shows us that there was never any regime more completely evil and oppressive than the one that occurred when the atheists seized power.

So well articulated a "true-dat," that it still blows my mind that the same atheists ignore history, yet perpetuate this so-called "theocracy" myth. That it is ever taken seriously by any "intellectual honest/critical thinkers" is beyond me.

Liberator  posted on  2015-01-15   23:24:44 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: tpaine (#14)

Lots of drama here now, and the same old suspects from LP are scripting it. So far it's been mostly fun, but I think they're starting to ride AKA and the Devil a bit too much. Seems like every other post they're being pinged.

They had their own little "Praise the Lord" echo chamber going where nary a contrary word was heard,and they liked it that way.

Now they are going to start playing "The Persecuted Victim" again.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:28:16 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Orthodoxa (#15) (Edited)

Thankfully, we had this site to come to when LP started to head towards the Soviet-style "freedom from religion" censorship.

Yeah,days jist to mucha dat freedum stuff goin round,huh?

We'uns doan needs nunya dat stinkin feedum stuff,dowe?

Who doze peeppills think dey iz anyhow,'murikans?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:30:06 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: Liberator (#17) (Edited)

Certain strains of libertarians and atheists still believe that "freedom from religion " is a constitutional "right."

Only because it is. It's called having a "choice". Nobody is forcing you to NOT be religious,but you clearly want to force your religious viewpoints on everyone else.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:32:12 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: Orthodoxa (#23)

Your whole post is a crock of crap,although I don't have the slightest doubt you believe it because it is what you have been told since you were a child.

Nobody was punished for going to church. In FACT,the priesthood was a KGB career field. After all,who better to keep a eye on the people than the man that hears their confessions?

Stalin understood this well because he went to school to become a priest.

The fact that it is rare to find a Russian that doesn't claim to be of the Russian Orthodox faith today is proof that religion wasn't suppressed on the level you claim.

The communists treated religion like they did everything else. They were for it as long as they controlled it,and opposed to it if they thought some foreigners were controlling it. Their whole focus was on controlling power over everyone and everything. I first went to Russia as a tourist the year the Soviet Union collapsed,and I grew up believing the same crap you do. I was very surprised to see all the old churches being restored and at never personally meeting a Russian that didn't claim to believe in God. I'm sure they exist,I just didn't meet any.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:44:13 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: Liberator (#25)

Christians in the Soviet Union were told that they had "freedom of religion", they just had to keep it completely hidden or be punished because if a God- hater saw it they would be offended by it. The Soviets saw restrictions on the public practice of Christianity as completely reasonable, much like the God-hater contingent at LP felt about posting Christian viewpoints on the forums there.

Your historical and recent observations cannot be refuted.

Say WHAT?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:45:32 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: sneakypete, Y'ALL (#30)

Liberator (#17) ---- Certain strains of libertarians and atheists still believe that "freedom from religion " is a constitutional "right."

Only because it is. ---- sneakypete

These clowns refuse to admit that: -- "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", --- refers to freedom from STATE religion.

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-15   23:46:17 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: Orthodoxa (#26)

The atheists continually bleat that they fear a "theocracy" if American Christians are allowed to participate in the public square,

Define what you mean by "public square."

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:46:46 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: sneakypete (#30)

Only because it is. It's called having a "choice". Nobody is forcing you to NOT be religious,but you clearly want to force your religious viewpoints on everyone else.

Yeah, the Soviets believed that you had a "choice" as well. They were really offended by people forcing their religious beliefs one everyone else. I mean, look at those insensitive prisoners toward the end of the video, most of them are reciting the Lord's Prayer in public, where everyone is forced to hear it! Obviously the ethical atheist jackboots felt that this violation of their freedom from religion must be dealt with!

Orthodoxa  posted on  2015-01-15   23:48:23 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: tpaine (#33) (Edited)

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", -

I wish someone would bitch-slap Congress and remind them that applies to Muslims,too. Even Muslims with money.

Maybe even ESPECIALLY Muslims with money.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-15   23:58:17 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: tpaine (#33)

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", --- refers to freedom from STATE religion.

It says congress shall make..... It doesn't say the governors shall make no .....

So it couldn't be freedom from state religion. Maybe Federal religion.

So if the state constitution didn't prohibit why couldn't you have a state religion? I'm not saying we should or shouldn't. I'm just saying words have meanings.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-01-16   0:02:25 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Orthodoxa (#35)

Yeah, the Soviets believed that you had a "choice" as well.

I don't know who you think claimed that to be true,but it sure wasn't ME. The only Christian religion that was state-approved in the Soviet Union was the Russian Orthodox Church.

Of course there were also Jews and Muslims in the USSR,but I have no idea how the various sects were treated,or if one sect from each was given preference.

They were really offended by people forcing their religious beliefs one everyone else. I mean, look at those insensitive prisoners toward the end of the video, most of them are reciting the Lord's Prayer in public, where everyone is forced to hear it!

You are using a freaking MOVIE as "proof"? Tell me,do you think farm animals carry on conversations,and that rabbits are smarter than hunters?

Obviously the ethical atheist jackboots felt that this violation of their freedom from religion must be dealt with!

When have you ever seen ME describe atheists as "ethical"? Like Christians,some are,and some aren't.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-16   0:06:40 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: sneakypete (#31)

Nobody was punished for going to church. In FACT,the priesthood was a KGB career field. After all,who better to keep a eye on the people than the man that hears their confessions?

Stalin understood this well because he went to school to become a priest.

The fact that it is rare to find a Russian that doesn't claim to be of the Russian Orthodox faith today is proof that religion wasn't suppressed on the level you claim.

The communists treated religion like they did everything else. They were for it as long as they controlled it,and opposed to it if they thought some foreigners were controlling it. Their whole focus was on controlling power over everyone and everything. I first went to Russia as a tourist the year the Soviet Union collapsed,and I grew up believing the same crap you do. I was very surprised to see all the old churches being restored and at never personally meeting a Russian that didn't claim to believe in God. I'm sure they exist,I just didn't meet any.

The documentation for people being punished for going to Church is enormous. One Russian Orthodox priest was literally CRUCIFIED on the doors to his Church by the Atheist Soviets.

Literally millions of Christians were killed because of their public confession of Jesus Christ.

And yes, the majority of Russians were and are Christian. They were being persecuted by an Atheist minority. That's what happens when you let people with an Atheist world-view seize power, they have no moral code.

And you confess that you saw Churches being RESTORED. Who was it that had torn them down in the first place?

And of course today most Russians are indeed openly Christian. They KNOW that only God could have overthrown the most evil empire in the history of mankind.

Orthodoxa  posted on  2015-01-16   0:11:52 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Orthodoxa (#39)

The documentation for people being punished for going to Church is enormous.

And we all know documents don't lie,right?

One Russian Orthodox priest was literally CRUCIFIED on the doors to his Church by the Atheist Soviets.

I have never tried to deny that some priests weren't murdered by the Soviets,and their churches weren't shut down. Stalin had this done to some of the priests that wouldn't play the role of informer on their congregation. Others were sent off to the labor camps and worked/starved to death.

The ones that did play along kept their churches and were kept fat and happy.

Or maybe you think that Stalin didn't know about the Patriarch in Moscow? And you confess that you saw Churches being RESTORED. Who was it that had torn them down in the first place?

"CONFESS"? What religious crime am I being suspected of being guilty?

SOME churches doesn't equal ALL churches,which was your original claim.

They KNOW that only God could have overthrown the most evil empire in the history of mankind.

Uh,huh. Odd how they/you never seem to question how a all-powerful and all-seeing God let the evil empire come into existence to start with,isn't it?

Maybe you think Stalin had him fooled because he went to Divinity School?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-16   0:19:51 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: A K A Stone (#37) (Edited)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", --- refers to freedom from STATE religion.

It says congress shall make..... It doesn't say the governors shall make no ..... So it couldn't be freedom from state religion. Maybe Federal religion.

There were some states that still had established state sponsored religions, but they gradually faded away. By the time Utah tried to enter the union, they were rejected because of their state religion.

So if the state constitution didn't prohibit why couldn't you have a state religion? I'm not saying we should or shouldn't. I'm just saying words have meanings.

Indeed they do, and the no establishment of religion clause was generally accepted to apply to the States before the civil war.

You'd think by now we wouldn't have to argue about it anymore....

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-16   0:25:40 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: sneakypete (#40)

"And we all know documents don't lie,right? "

One of the videos I posted had literal historical footage of Russian Orthodox Christian Churches being destroyed by atheist Soviet thugs. I guess our own eyes are lying to us as well. The Soviets used the same debate strategy, a Potempkin village would be set up to convince gullible socialist fellow travelers from the West that the USSR was a worker's paradise.

"I have never tried to deny that some priests weren't murdered by the Soviets,and their churches weren't shut down. Stalin had this done to some of the priests that wouldn't play the role of informer on their congregation. Others were sent off to the labor camps and worked/starved to death.

The ones that did play along kept their churches and were kept fat and happy."

The so-called "Living Church" was a very short-lived and failed attempt to take control over the Russian Orthodox Church by the Soviets. Hardly anyone went to it because they could tell it was a fake, non-Christian Church. They knew that the real Church was the real thing because so many martyrs endured gruesome torture and death and never renounced Jesus Christ.

"Or maybe you think that Stalin didn't know about the Patriarch in Moscow?"

Many Russian Orthodox Patriarchs and Bishops died as martyrs. St. Tykhon, pray for us!

""CONFESS"? What religious crime am I being suspected of being guilty?

SOME churches doesn't equal ALL churches,which was your original claim. "

You tried to claim that the atheist Soviets did not destroy Churches, but in the very same post remarked that when you visited Russia when the USSR fell, that you saw Churches being RESTORED. LOL, they would not have had to re-build Churches if they had not been demolished by the atheists in the first place. And I never claimed that ALL Churches had been destroyed, Stalin liked to do things in an unpredictable fashion, he found that it created far more terror that way. His officials would actually occasionally have a loyal Communist killed along with the Christians -- people would be terrified that if even an apparently obedient lackey would die for some slight perceived wrong, that they could be killed at any moment.

"Uh,huh. Odd how they/you never seem to question how a all-powerful and all- seeing God let the evil empire come into existence to start with,isn't it?

Maybe you think Stalin had him fooled because he went to Divinity School?"

Stalin renounced Jesus Christ and became an atheist, that's what took him down the road to being such an evil monster.

And many Russian Orthodox Saints prophesied of the coming persecution years before the atheists seized power in Russia. God allowed for evil people to prevail for a short time, he gives us free will. But ultimately He delivered the Russian people from their godless tyranny.

Orthodoxa  posted on  2015-01-16   0:55:12 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: TooConservative (#5)

LOL TC never knew you were an old thread kindler:)

The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”(Isaiah 40:8)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-01-16   1:49:51 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: Orthodoxa (#42)

Good to "see" ya.

The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”(Isaiah 40:8)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-01-16   1:50:23 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: sneakypete (#40)

I have never tried to deny that some priests weren't murdered by the Soviets,and their churches weren't shut down. Stalin had this done to some of the priests that wouldn't play the role of informer on their congregation.

So Soviets were demolishing the church buildings because the priests there did not want to be informers?

How did you learn about history of the Russian Church? From TV? From a tourist trip? Or from atheist friends from Russia? From a neocon "history" book? Or from all the above?

A Pole  posted on  2015-01-16   3:18:23 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: A K A Stone (#37)

It says congress shall make..... It doesn't say the governors shall make no .....

The left can't be constrained by actual language or original intent. They have a "living Constitution" that means whatever they want it to.

Palmdale  posted on  2015-01-16   3:25:46 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: redleghunter (#43)

LOL TC never knew you were an old thread kindler:)

True enough. Look how popular I've made these two threads about me and tpaine.

I knew of them before but tried always to stay out of the cross-forum flame wars. So I just never posted on it before.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-01-16   5:50:43 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: Liberator (#9)

dishonorable

There were a couple of other words he used to use incessantly.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-16   6:12:30 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: tpaine (#14)

Must be trying to manipulate Stone and Devil into seeing their point of view good luck with that. {chuckle} From the looks of it S&D seem to be ignoring them.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-16   6:32:28 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: TooConservative (#47)

You always was a popular guy you just never knew it, you can always tell how much you're liked by how much they ridicule you. :)

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-16   6:36:51 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: Orthodoxa (#23)

For a site to advertise itself as not censoring people for their beliefs, but then to censor people due to their religious beliefs or in some cases even political beliefs (she also regularly purged Libertarian posts during election seasons -- note: I'm not a Libertarian, I just recognize that when the censorship of them started that someday it would happen to me too, and indeed it did.)

That seems to be a common occurrence no matter where you go, people claim they want to have free speech for everybody even when then don't really want to hear you point of view.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-16   6:41:04 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: Orthodoxa, liberator, tpaine, redleghunter, Devil Anse, A K A Stone (#23)

Ordinary people who went to Church would be tracked by the NKVD and later the KGB and punished for openly displaying their belief in Jesus Christ, because much like the God-Haters at LP, they were offended if they had to see someone openly being a Christian or talking about it.

Uh-huh. So that's what Goldi was trying to do.

So just how many news threads completely unrelated to religion should Goldi have allowed to be hijacked into theology before she wouldn't get accused of conducting her own Katyn massacre of helpless LP users living under her jackbooted Soviet regime?

She's dead now. And no one got sent to a gulag. Some petty people did storm out acting like Goldi had tried to nail them to a cross and posted a lot of hurtful drivel about her, mostly here on LF. And I think you all are ashamed now (or should be) for how unkind you were to a sick woman who occasionally had a little outburst on some minor issue on a forum she spent a lot of money to run so people could post freely.

Don't let your guilty conscience deceive you. Some of you mistreated Goldi at least as much as you claim she mistreated you.

Don't expect anyone to seriously debate your nonsensical idea of LP as a Soviet gulag. It's ridiculous. What's next, doubling down to compare Goldi to the commandant of Auschwitz?

My opinion is some of this LP dreck should be cleaned up and this forum should make a new start. Same applies for some of the attack threads on 4um. Or personal attack threads on me or tpaine. For that matter, using the articles sidebar as a text message service makes LF look a little unhinged. And those Boris threads that are a single-post quote from FR or LP? Good grief, do I even need to say it? How valuable is that stuff to keep around and how much does it make LF look like a nest of kooks to people who might wander in here and be interested in joining?

Our sidebar and headlines are very important to LF's reputation and ability to attract and keep new users. It's that simple.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-01-16   6:54:47 ET  [Locked]   Trace   Private Reply  



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