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Originally Posted by Moonliner
Oh pish posh, hide behind semantics all you want.
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Semantics has nothing to do with it.
The statements made were general.
The statements made are easily substantiated; far more than any religious statement, general or specific, could ever be.
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The sign was made to piss people off and grab a few headlines. That's it.
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The only ones to make it a "headline" was 'look at me I'm the best talk show and television pundit' - I have anger management issues - Bill O'Rielly; and religious people who cannot handle either being indirectly or directly questioned regarding their religious observance.
It's funny...when people were protesting the funerals of fallen soldiers and gay marriage with their religiously based picket signs, they cried "freedom of speech" and "expression"; but when an atheist makes
perfectly valid general statements contradicting religious dogma...suddenly "freedom of speech" and "expression" doesn't exist. It's merely chalked up to "hate speech," "an ugly sign," and slammed with an ad hominem fallacy attacking it.
Go figure...
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I would be a much better statement if, like I said previously, it had a some charm and personality, some colorful lights perhaps or a fluffy bunny.
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A fluffy bunny doesn't quite get the same message across...
S.D.