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Originally posted by Desert_Rat:
You're trolling as usual, but I'll bite anyways.
No. Trolling would be me playing devil's advocate to get your goat. I'm being honest. The fact that it bothers you doesn't make me a troll.

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[QBI don't think we need more laws. We just need to ensure we hang on to the ideal that this is a free country, and it should not turn into a nanny state like most in Western Europe already have.[/QB]
Great. I couldn't agree more.

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Originally posted by Desert_Rat:
As a citizenry, we need to pull back a bit on multiculturalism at all costs and hang on to the culture that is uniquely American.
What the fuck is multiculturalism anyway? Serving burritos in the cafeteria? Why should I be so afraid of it? Should I run around, hysterically screaming at Mexicans? What should we do?!?!

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Don't stand for the bullshit like Madman cited in Michigan with prayer calls over public address systems. That's not separation of church and state.
What Michigan does is Michigan's problem. Sounds like a States Rights issue to me. I don't live in Michigan, so fuck 'em.

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So next you'll argue that the Christian right is no better. I contend it is. It was that same Christian right that founded this country, and then granted freedom of religion, provided it does not interfere with affairs of state.
Really? Wow, I had no idea that the Christian Right had such a deep respect for separation of church and state in this country. Maybe it's because they don't. If it were up to the Christian Right, you'd go to jail for 2Live Crew records. Not that you shouldn't, but just not for the reasons that Christians would give you. And Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson didn't found this country, numb nuts. Revolutionaries did!

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ALL muslim countries are incapable of this and govern under some variation of islamic law.
Yeah, well, that's their fuckin' problem. Not mine.

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Your beloved Iran is a good example of that.
When have I ever touted Iran? Now you're just makin' shit up.

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A non-muslim wouldn't be terribly comfortable there. Would you not want to feel welcome in your own country based on your religious beliefs?
If it were up to the Christian Right, I wouldn't be too welcome for my religious beliefs. You bet your ass the idea makes me uncomfortable. I don't trust Christians. I know too many of them.

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Originally posted by Desert_Rat:
Let them fill our borders and then refuse to acclimate as American citizens with a love of freedom and tolerance of others, and that's exactly what will happen here in another couple generations. And we'll welcome it with open arms because of this insane notion of politically correct multiculturalism until we all wake up one day and say, "WTF?"
I don't care what the fuck people do, or what they believe, as long as they don't prevent me from mine. What the fuck? Have we lost sight of this?

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That same religious right, and the moderate right - half of the country's population, is the only thing keeping the US from becoming the next nanny state.
Right and Left have done their share to fuck the values this country was founded upon, don't get mixed up in that. You can accuse the religious right of a lot of things....preserving your rights as an individual ain't one of them.