Village Idiot

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  15 Year Old Mormon Girl Tortured For Being Gay

  by cofty in

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  alex cooper, a former mormon, offers a terrifying account of being held hostage for eight months in an unlicensed “residential treatment program” modeled on the many “therapeutic” boot camps scattered across utah.. at the mormon run “treatment center” alex was physically and verbally abused.

  many days she was forced to stand facing a wall wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks.

  she developed sores on her shoulders and cramps in her back.

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  I'm sure a JW or two has made use of conversion therapy for their gay children.
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  RESPONSIBILITY vs. "moral" Responsibility (What is the distinction and what is the difference?)

  by Terry in

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  this is not intended to be a highbrow discussion!.

  you ( ought ) to pay me back that $100.

  .. bank loan.

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  Terry, concerning your bank loan/friend loan analogy both are moral responsibilities but you have the addition, with the bank loan, of a legal responsibility. The legal responsibility is how the state enforces and regulates what is at heart a moral responsibility.
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  You should not even exist!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  a thought struck me...... the very generation (no pun intended) of people who the society is focussing so much attention on, that is the children, should not even be here!

  (think caleb and sofia etc).

  their parents, who are probably aged between 20 - 40 are the very generation too that should not be here if the societies strict guidance from the 70's and 80's was followed by their parents...ie to not have kids "because the end is soooooo close!".

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  SonoftheTrinity:

  ...when a prophet prophesies that which does not come to pass you have a positive duty to mock that prophet.

  Or stone him to death.
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  These are Bernie supporters waiting for their free stuff

  by Morning Warship in

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  juandfiero:

  I feel Food Stamps are a benefit that is taken advantage of and needs reform. I know this from experience because I was on food stamps at one time. It is easy to take advantage and game the system, if you wanted to

  I too have been on food stamps and the process involved getting photographed and fingerprinted in order to prevent fraud. It was nothing close to easy.
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  These are Bernie supporters waiting for their free stuff

  by Morning Warship in

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  Sanchy:

  Can you truly say that Bernie has "financed his own campaign"? He has millions and millions of dollars worth of donations and contributions, mostly from Unions and other Orgs that might benefit from his presidency.

  Most of his contributions are from small donors in the $5 - $100 range. It is not mostly from unions who are not the great liberal powerhouse that the Right likes to imagine.
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  These are Bernie supporters waiting for their free stuff

  by Morning Warship in

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  Sanchy:

  This is why our social programs are bloated and will collapse sooner or later, as well as why most other countries practicing a stronger form of socialism are not doing so well.

  West European countries have done much better than the US as regards their standard of living. The recent economic situation was a worldwide event due to the Bank collapse of 2008, not bureaucracy in general.
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  What song explains what you have gone through in life?

  by brandnew in

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  this is mine....watch "coolio ft. l.v - gangsta's paradise (official music video)" on youtubehttps://youtu.be/cpgbzylnz7c

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  Losing my religion.
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  The people are mobilizing Mr Drumpf

  by Simon in

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  protesters shut down a trump rally.

  massive numbers of people are out in chicago and have shut his event down.

  there were scuffles inside the event.. despite his lame attempt to pretend the violence he instigates is nothing to do with him it's clear that it is as the cnn quotes during the last event showed only too well.. this doesn't happen at anyone else's events - candidates have even given up the stage to protesters, not called for them to be beaten and punched.. trump is an ugly person and this is just a small taste of what a future under his rule would be like.. shame on the gop for not kicking his ass out.

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  Finkelstein:

  My advise would be to turn him off, this is going to go on for a few more months .

  It's like watching a train wreck from a short distance. You just can't turn it off.
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  Long time lurker, first time poster ...

  by LettMorrisSplaneit in

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  i finally had the guts to create a profile to be able to post.

  i've been lurking for a few months and have read all your experiences and comments dutifully.

  you have been a great help in my process of waking up from this cult posing as the one true religion.

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  Hi there LMS and welcome!
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  These are Bernie supporters waiting for their free stuff

  by Morning Warship in

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  The working poor can no longer afford food because minimum wage has been cut down by several years of inflation. Instead of being forced to get food stamps they should be given a living wage. Corporations, though, think that they are entitled to the sweat and blood of workers who create their wealth. Walmart even gives their workers information on how to apply for benefits. Walmart and others like them are the parasites.

  It is the financial elite who think they're entitled to free labor just like the aristocracy of old.