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Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

RE: What actually happens when you take guns away from good people.

chef · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
We have some sincerely ungrateful, unpatriotic people that need to leave this country and never look back. People DIED to give us the freedoms we have. They fled from the countries you think are better to establish a country that is different and celebrates individual freedoms. People that understood the dangers and hardships of an overbearing government and wanted to assure that we would not suffer from such tyranny again. So take your ungrateful and dishonorable opinions of what those men died for and shove it up your ass.

100% agree.

Thought you might like this:

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

How narrow minded...

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

Wrong. It's what this country was built on. Oh that's right, other countries are SOOOOOOO much better.

-- Edited by Tinydancer on Tuesday 8th of December 2015 01:43:06 PM

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

The America loathing that liberals have is always stunning.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
The America loathing that liberals have is always stunning.

FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME:

I do NOT loathe America, but it is NOT perfect.

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
The America loathing that liberals have is always stunning.
FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME:
I do NOT loathe America, but it is NOT perfect.
flan

And it's getting less and less perfect the longer Obama is in office and liberal policies are allowed to continue eroding it.

chef · Guru

flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan

If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.

It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...

No, there are many definitions of "American."

The nation started as a melting pot, remember?

flan

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan

It absolutely did not....

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
It absolutely did not....

Riiiiight...

flan

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
It absolutely did not....
Riiiiight...
flan

Tell me about our founders melting pot....you have an ignorance of history....i grieve for the kids you influence. To have such an ignorant teacher. ..

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
It absolutely did not....
Riiiiight...
flan
Tell me about our founders melting pot....you have an ignorance of history....i grieve for the kids you influence. To have such an ignorant teacher. ..

Wow, you just called flan ignorant. And here I thought name calling was against the rules. Not really surprised though.

WYSIWYG · Guru

The U.S. did start as a "melting pot" as flan327 correctly pointed out. It's supposed to still be one, with the acceptance of diversity making this a better place than other places where conformity is a requirement.

chef · Guru

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan

Yes, a melting pot of people who WANTED to be American. Who WANTED to adopt the ways of our country.

You could take a lesson from those people.

chef · Guru

WYSIWYG wrote:
The U.S. did start as a "melting pot" as flan327 correctly pointed out. It's supposed to still be one, with the acceptance of diversity making this a better place than other places where conformity is a requirement.

No. It didn't start as a melting pot. The melting pot came well after this nation was founded.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
It absolutely did not....
Riiiiight...
flan
Tell me about our founders melting pot....you have an ignorance of history....i grieve for the kids you influence. To have such an ignorant teacher. ..

We USED to be friends.

Are there ANY Mods here?

flan

weltschmerz · Guru

Doesn't look like it.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
It absolutely did not....
Riiiiight...
flan
Tell me about our founders melting pot....you have an ignorance of history....i grieve for the kids you influence. To have such an ignorant teacher. ..

What the hell is wrong with you? You know better. Do NOT do this again. I'm done. This is your last warning.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
It absolutely did not....
Riiiiight...
flan
Tell me about our founders melting pot....you have an ignorance of history....i grieve for the kids you influence. To have such an ignorant teacher. ..

We USED to be friends.
Are there ANY Mods here?
flan

At midnight? Usually not. If that's an issue for you, look and see if a mod is on the board before posting anything. Otherwise, deal with it like a grown up until one gets here, the mods are not at your beck and call.

Ohfour · Hooker

Flan, I apologize. Sincerely. I got caught up in the news last night and it brought out the ugly in me. It won't happen again...

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Apology accepted.

Thank you.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
Yes, a melting pot of people who WANTED to be American. Who WANTED to adopt the ways of our country.
You could take a lesson from those people.

"American" does NOT equal "clone."

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
Yes, a melting pot of people who WANTED to be American. Who WANTED to adopt the ways of our country.
You could take a lesson from those people.
"American" does NOT equal "clone."
flan

No, it doesn't. But it should equal a whole lot of things you don't seem to support. Like freedom.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Yeah, I'm definitely anti-FREEDOM.

flan

WYSIWYG · Guru

No. It didn't start as a melting pot. The melting pot came well after this nation was founded.
- chef

________________________________

I disagree. It's more inclusive now than it was back at the founding but we were a mix then as well. Puritans, Quakers, Evangelicals, Protestants, Jews, non-believers, Pagans. There were ex-Britaish, ex-Germans, ex-French, ex-Italians, ex-Scandanavians, et cetera. The people may have been mostly white that were in the original pot melting together to form one nation but they were still pretty diverse.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

The difference is this.

When the first settlers and foundi g fathers described themselves, they called themselves Americans.

Not something-American.

They were unified as one.

Now, everyone has to be "special", unique.

And what you end up with is a broken nation.

This is America.

Not something-America.

-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Wednesday 9th of December 2015 11:16:15 PM

WYSIWYG · Guru

I agree, lilyofcourse. A lot of the divisiveness did start when being a hyphenated-American started to become popular.

chef · Guru

WYSIWYG wrote:
No. It didn't start as a melting pot. The melting pot came well after this nation was founded.
- chef

________________________________

I disagree. It's more inclusive now than it was back at the founding but we were a mix then as well. Puritans, Quakers, Evangelicals, Protestants, Jews, non-believers, Pagans. There were ex-Britaish, ex-Germans, ex-French, ex-Italians, ex-Scandanavians, et cetera. The people may have been mostly white that were in the original pot melting together to form one nation but they were still pretty diverse.

The term melting pot has nothing to do with simply being a mix of people aka a heterogenous society. It has to do with homogenization with that society aka assimilating into American society. It means adopting American ways, values, and mores.

The term 'melting pot' didn't enter the common lexicon in this country until the early 1900s.

chef · Guru

flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
chef wrote:
flan327 wrote:
How narrow minded...

flan
If you're referring to the pic I posted, calling that narrow-minded is calling yourself Unamerican.
It also means that you're perfectly fine with people messing with your country, liberty, family, etc. And, to that, I use your favorite emoticon ...
No, there are many definitions of "American."
The nation started as a melting pot, remember?
flan
Yes, a melting pot of people who WANTED to be American. Who WANTED to adopt the ways of our country.
You could take a lesson from those people.
"American" does NOT equal "clone."
flan

I never said it did. But you go ahead and keep the non-sequiturs coming.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

flan327 wrote:
Yeah, I'm definitely anti-FREEDOM.

flan

Yup. Just like Repos are racists, bigots, homophobes, xenophobes, colonialists, elder haters who want to push granny over the cliff, poison the water, let the Earth die, whatever. Dems have been tossing those charges at Repos for a long , long time. If you disagree with Obama's policies, well then you are a Racist, blah, blah.

WYSIWYG · Guru

The term melting pot has nothing to do with simply being a mix of people aka a heterogenous society. It has to do with homogenization with that society aka assimilating into American society. It means adopting American ways, values, and mores.

The term 'melting pot' didn't enter the common lexicon in this country until the early 1900s
- chef

__________________________________

I understand and agree that the term didn't exist back at the formation of our country. That doesn't mean the concept didn't exist. It just means they didn't have a name for it.

And back then they (the mostly white people, admittedly) assimilated into a society that became America. That's how the idea of a "melting pot" got started, even if they didn't know what to call it.

chef · Guru

WYSIWYG wrote:
The term melting pot has nothing to do with simply being a mix of people aka a heterogenous society. It has to do with homogenization with that society aka assimilating into American society. It means adopting American ways, values, and mores.

The term 'melting pot' didn't enter the common lexicon in this country until the early 1900s
- chef

__________________________________

I understand and agree that the term didn't exist back at the formation of our country. That doesn't mean the concept didn't exist. It just means they didn't have a name for it.

And back then they (the mostly white people, admittedly) assimilated into a society that became America. That's how the idea of a "melting pot" got started, even if they didn't know what to call it.

They did not assimilate. They stole the land from the American Indians. If they assimilated, we would have a lot of American Indian traditions. We would not have the culture we have today.

WYSIWYG · Guru

You misread me. I didn't say they assimilated into the existing Native American culture. I said they assimilated into a society that became America. One single society that they all "melted" into. Like a melting pot, you could say.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Another stupid meme...

flan

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

How is it stupid? He has said those things, has he not? Can't defend it - call it stupid.

burns07 · Guru

obama has consistently throughout his tenure worked to undermine or circumvent nearly every standing institution/organization in our country: the constitution itself, the congress, the judiciary, the military, the insurance industry, the social services network, the schools/education system, the law enforcement system, the telecommunication systems, the church(es), the immigration system, the elections system, the banking system, the domestic ( and international ) intelligence systems, the international trade import/export systems, our international diplomatic system--without mentioning how these efforts and his ( and the liberal's ) policies have divided and weakened/harmed the populace

he is without question the least qualified/least interested in the common welfare/least accountable person to ever hold the office--the sooner he is gone the better

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

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Tinydancer · Guru

flan327 wrote:
Another stupid meme...

flan

I'll post it for you flan...lol

Ohfour · Hooker

Lawyerlady wrote:
How is it stupid? He has said those things, has he not? Can't defend it - call it stupid.

He actually said both quotes. Why is anyone defending him?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Because we need the original source...Not some BS from Pinterest.

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

Google is your friend as you are so fond of saying flan.

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
Because we need the original source...Not some BS from Pinterest.

flan

Really? Look it up for yourself...i did...

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Tinydancer wrote:
Google is your friend as you are so fond of saying flan.

How many posters here have told you NOT to PM them anymore?

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Sigh. Obama said both those things. Putting it in a meme doesn't make it less so.

Tinydancer · Guru

Is it a contest? I could just say whatever's on my mind in a post so I don't get your point. Are you and NJN pm'ing about me right now?

eta in reference to flans petulant post.

-- Edited by Tinydancer on Friday 11th of December 2015 09:22:15 PM

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Paranoid much?

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

flan327 wrote:
Tinydancer wrote:
Google is your friend as you are so fond of saying flan.
How many posters here have told you NOT to PM them anymore?
flan

Ahhhh...so you and NJN are pm'ing about me. And you called ME a stalker...lololololololol

Tinydancer · Guru

flan327 wrote:
Paranoid much?

flan

So how did you know flanny? Are the clouds colored pink up there on your high horse?