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Sig1Hunter

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  1. "In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal, on-topic discussion,[3] often for the troll's amusement."

  2. you are very wrong. many heroin addicts are not looking towards the drug for pain relief. that wasn't even at the root of the drug's discovery. opioids, yes...heroin, no. same could be said for crack. same drug different forms. so would you say cracks heads were/are looking for chronic pain relief? what have you been reading or watching? you do realize that marijuana was used much earlier and more frequent than opioids for pain among many cultures. it wasn't until good ol' Anslinger changed that worldwide.

    Heroin and crack are the same drug in different forms? Say what?

  3. There is a saliva swab test police officers can use. It takes 8 minutes to get results.

    It's not quite that simple. Most states don't have a per se law for marijuana impaired driving (like .08 is for alcohol). So, we rely upon Drug Recognition Experts (DREs) to gain convictions in drug impaired driving cases. Unfortunately, DREs are very few and far between.

    I'm concerned about people downing cold medicine and driving

    Why? Is there a rash of that where you live? It isn't an issue where I live/work.
  4. And mistake number 3 was Cliff Avril being offside on final play of game, and not to mention Sherman destroying the WR in endzone 35 yards away from the play. Just blows my mind.

    Not sure why you think Avril was offsides. I just rewatched the play 5 times and I can't see that at all.

  5. "Appears to identify as a Muslim" = and there we have it.

    Yeah, you got me. I have no idea what his religion is, nor do I care. There are social media posts that seem to show that he identifies as a Muslim. So what? Why does Muslim = bad to you?

     

    I'm starting to get outraged, myself, over the fact that people are outraged over the term "Muslim". I'm getting out of this debate while I still have my sanity. Y'all enjoy!

  6. Kaep is not Muslim.

     

    Therefore, calling him a Muslim is derogatory. It implies that anyone willing to make a sacrifice by (peacefully) protesting an American tradition must be Muslim. Either that, or he has physical features that he/she perceives to be the same as those who practice the religion of Islam.

    Maybe he is, maybe he's not. Who cares? If someone calls me a Jew because I have a big nose and a Jewish name, should I be offended? I'd love to be offended by something. It seems like the "victims" get so much play in this country. It's probably a lot of fun!

  7. This is a fair question.

     

    My impression is that Klemko implied the Bills fan used the term as an epithet, as if "Muslim" was a bad term and anyone who was Muslim deserves to be tackled.

     

    I can't read Klemko's mind but I felt like he was insinuating some sort of drunken racism that doesn't reflect well on Buffalo.

     

    Worse, after reading the young lady's article, I'm wondering if he made the whole thing up and that would certainly be outrageous.

     

    An equally likely perspective is that Kaepernick, who appears to identify as a Muslim, is the QB of the opposing team and therefore should be tackled. Trying to insinuate "racism" is just adding fuel to the fire. And, for what? To drive the narrative? To drive clicks, ads, revenue? That is the outrageous part of this whole thing.

  8. The term I heard most was "raghead." Sadly, we soldiers always come up with terms to demean our enemies. It makes killing them easier.

     

    But personally when I heard the that term I would quickly correct the speaker and remind him that some of our own were from this part of the world. A lot of so-called "ragheads" were fighting on our side, either as American soldiers or as allies. We were going to kill a bunch of SOBs bearing arms against us and supporting ignoble causes. There was no need, however, to denigrate the culture.

     

    Come on man? Where? Americans stand up for what's right and demeaning Muslims - or any other religious or ethnic group - is wrong.

     

    So, you weren't outraged. You identified their statements as in poor taste and corrected them. Seems about right.

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