Politics 61 countries have more mass shootings than US, despite media lies

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  1. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I actually watched this. This guy is the biggest asshole I have ever seen. Maybe replace him with Mitch McConnell.
     
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    mook The 2018-19 season was the best I've seen

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    Offhand, I know there are 195 countries in the world. So even by the 61 country metric (a number I don't believe without supporting linked evidence, but whatever), you are gleeful that the US is literally in the bottom 33% among all countries in the world. That's what you want to hang your hat on? You're basically saying you're quite happy to be on the same end of the list that includes places like Sudan and Afghanistan? (Assuming your data is true, which I don't.)

    Whatever happened to the shining city on a hill?

    Aren't you kind of embarrassed to be outraged over this when so many people were just murdered?
     
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    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    So if you disagree with someone then they are anti American? If that's the case, then I should think of you as anti American? There is very little i agree with you on. :bgrin:
     
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    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    That's Moscow Mitch to the world, lol
     
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    So according to you, we're catching up with Somalia and countries actually involved in genocide, ethinic cleansing and civil war.....you're celebrating this as a "win"?
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    There haven't been any air strikes in my neighborhood lately, so I guess I should feel blessed??
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    MASA!

    Totally has double meaning! First it means, Make America Somalia Again! AND it plays to the stereotypes of black people from the 1800's! Yes Masa! No Masa!
     
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  9. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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  10. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I don't read just any old fake news thrown out there. There is a ton of it and you throw a lot of it out there trying to see how much will stick to the wall.
    I've learned that most of what you post is crap and seldom from a credible source. My time is more valuable than continuously chasing down your bullshit.
    Give me something from a credible source and I will read it.
    Demeaning me does not help your cause except with fellow haters.
    By the way, I was just checking out the IQ scale recently and this person you call child like, irrational and living in a world of fantasy has an IQ in the top 0.1% of the population. I think I have the ability to grasp knowledge that you seem unable to grasp.
     
  11. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, being intelligent doesn't hinder someone from being childlike, irrational, or living in a world of fantasy.
     
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  12. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    To be more accurate, there are different areas of intelligence. When we use the term intelligent in general language we mean an average of all areas. This is how IQ measurement schemes work. Those terms you refer to apply to the general intelligence or average of the different areas. They are demeaning expressions that have no place in here.
     
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    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    We could argue the semantics of intelligence, its multiple definitions and its synonyms, though Id rather not! Also for the record I wasn’t calling you any of those things.
     
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    So you believe someone should be able to walk into a crowded theater and yell “fire” with no repercussions since the government cannot prohibit speech based on the first amendment?
     
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    Not a Mariners fan?
     
  17. Stevenson

    Stevenson Old School

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    Don't take the bait guys. It's all a shtick. I would bet big money that the joy for @MARIS61 is getting a rise out of us with his silliness. Don't take anything he posts seriously, because he doesn't. Like a terrorist, his joy is inflaming, not elucidating.
     
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  18. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Got to admire his dedication to his craft, though.

    barfo
     
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  19. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I've never understood people like that.
     
  20. CupWizier

    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Even if that is the case, it's still funny to poke massive holes in his theories and imaginative stories. He doesn't get a rise out of me but he gets lots of chuckles from me. :biglaugh:
     

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