Berengaria

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  What was it like being a JW in the 1960's and 1970's

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  this is obviously a question for the older generation.

  i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.

  was the society as strict as it is today?.

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  Berengaria

  It was bloody awful. Far more strict.
  
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  UC Berkeley orders cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

  by freemindfade in

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  uc berkeley administrators canceled a scheduled speech by right-wing pundit ann coulter, saying they can’t protect participants from rioting if it goes ahead.

  http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-orders-cancellation-of-ann-coulter-11084299.php.

  now i am no ann coulter fan (although the sjw police on here will accuse me of being a fan shortly after posting this), but i am a fan of free speech!

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  Berengaria

  Geezus Simon we may as well debate Protestants and Catholics in Elizabethan England.
  

  I have no dog in this fight. I think both sides of this bs are extremist idiots. But don't try to say that there is little neo Nazi violence, and then in the same post say they murdered literally thousands just so you can add Democrats to the end of the sentence. Your disingenuousness is showing.
  
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  UC Berkeley orders cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  uc berkeley administrators canceled a scheduled speech by right-wing pundit ann coulter, saying they can’t protect participants from rioting if it goes ahead.

  http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-orders-cancellation-of-ann-coulter-11084299.php.

  now i am no ann coulter fan (although the sjw police on here will accuse me of being a fan shortly after posting this), but i am a fan of free speech!

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  "You might not like to admit it, but there is little neo-nazi violence in reality (in the US, of course there has been actual fascism elsewhere)."

  They have a long history of extreme violence in this country.
  
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  UC Berkeley orders cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  uc berkeley administrators canceled a scheduled speech by right-wing pundit ann coulter, saying they can’t protect participants from rioting if it goes ahead.

  http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-orders-cancellation-of-ann-coulter-11084299.php.

  now i am no ann coulter fan (although the sjw police on here will accuse me of being a fan shortly after posting this), but i am a fan of free speech!

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  Berengaria

  There were indeed white nationalist groups at the April 15th tax march in Berkeley. Extremist groups from right and left love Berkeley. The AntiFa chick was punched in the face by one.

  As for Free Speech, I think something between the USA and Canada is probably the most reasonable. That's my personal opinion. I see it as a matter of how far can you go in exercising your rights before you begin to infringe on another's. Or become dangerous. Some of you that are so outraged about this issue, how would you react to a group of Muslims having a parade on Main St. and waving banners espousing Muslim pride, and talking hatefully about the infidels? How about Black Lives Matter?

  Ann Coulter is hardly having her free speech infringed upon because she couldn't take the stage in Berkeley. Not to mention they reconsidered and decided to go ahead with her appearance, but she refused. Perfect opportunity for her to make the rounds with this phony outrage on the right.

  The very name AntiFa makes it clear it is a reaction to Fascism so quite obviously the Fascism came first.

  Simon, please, you know that the parties did a complete reversal of place over the last 100 years. That was more about the South than the party. Republicans have been purposely cultivating the South and that particular hatred since Nixon. The Southern Strategy.
  
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  UC Berkeley orders cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  uc berkeley administrators canceled a scheduled speech by right-wing pundit ann coulter, saying they can’t protect participants from rioting if it goes ahead.

  http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-orders-cancellation-of-ann-coulter-11084299.php.

  now i am no ann coulter fan (although the sjw police on here will accuse me of being a fan shortly after posting this), but i am a fan of free speech!

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  Berengaria

  So at what point is it free speech vs fake bs? I mean just how much are we supposed to legitimize nonsense? Where is the line drawn? So every ridiculous opportunist gets to be on the same stage as serious speakers? Isn't that just exactly a big part of our problem right now? Fake news given the same consideration as actual facts??
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  UC Berkeley orders cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  uc berkeley administrators canceled a scheduled speech by right-wing pundit ann coulter, saying they can’t protect participants from rioting if it goes ahead.

  http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-orders-cancellation-of-ann-coulter-11084299.php.

  now i am no ann coulter fan (although the sjw police on here will accuse me of being a fan shortly after posting this), but i am a fan of free speech!

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  Berengaria

  Kpop I see you are getting a lot of your information from The Blaze and Glenn Beck.

  The entire country was having well publicized marches to demand Trump release his taxes. The white nationalist groups that showed up in Berkeley were there because they knew they would find a fight.
  
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  The Trump Connection

  by Coded Logic in

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  i'm a little dumb struck to see that donald trump's first cross word against russia are in support of the jws.. http://fox-news24.com/trump-warns-russia-over-jehovahs-witnesses-ban-and-urges-members-to-seek-asylum-in-the-us/.

  is this because trump genuinely values freedom of religion?

  or is it because his son in law jared kushner has financial dealings with the jws?

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  Berengaria

  I'm not sure what all the kerfuffle here is? There are two simple facts in this story though. Kushner and his partners have purchased properties from the JWs. The State Department did issue a statement denouncing the Russian JW ban.
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

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  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  Berengaria

  What exactly were those failures? Not because I think there weren't any, but just to clarify such a broad statement.

  "Seriously?"

  Yes, seriously. Can you clearly articulate the failures that you yourself are referring to?
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

  1. social
  2. current

  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  "I fail to see how that makes Clinton's failures OK in any way."

  What exactly were those failures? Not because I think there weren't any, but just to clarify such a broad statement.
  
  

  
  
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  1,000 Paid Russian Trolls Spread Fake News On Hillary Clinton, Senate Intelligence Heads Told

  by Village Idiot in

  1. social
  2. current

  just when you thought you've heard it all, out comes some new information on the russian hijacking of our election.

  former fbi agent clint watts testified about the full extent of russian interference.

  it goes back further than we thought; more extensive and broader in its reach (marco rubio was in their sights); and with greater planning.. even russians who were in charge of this fake news operation have mysteriously died.. watts told the committee to “follow the dead bodies” to learn more, referring to several russians connected to kremlin fake news who have died in the past few months.. what else can we expect from such a murderous thug who expresses such gratitude to his own men?

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  Berengaria

  I'm sorry VI, you will get no where with these folks.

  The real question we should all be asking, is what was Putin's goal? What is he trying to achieve? Some say disrupting western Democracy. Nato? This is bigger than just our election.

  Some of you have quite obviously bought in to the nonsense being fed you. I hesitate to call it fake news, as that has become so overused. Bullshit is more like.