ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:05 PM |
Yes, he's the first non-straight person to come out in major sports.
But does it really need to be all over the news?
I don't care that he his. I'm perfectly okay if he is.
I just don't need to hear about it every five minutes.
Plus, Obama took time to congratulate him, when he needs to be focusing on other problems in the world..
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:08 PM |
Sir, Obama does that every year with teams that win. It's a tradition for every sports team that wins a championship.
Obama took time to congratulate one person on something that is a minority of the population in America.
There's a difference.
I don't mind Obama congratulating sports teams.
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wsd906
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:09 PM |
@Sir
Thats BS.
Thanks to President Bush, we have eliminated hundreds of thousands of terrorists.
Also thanks to him, we no longer are wasting our time, money, and troops in the Middle East. |
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:09 PM |
| I just don't get why it's such a big deal. |
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:16 PM |
Personally, I'm not in support of same-gender marriage. I accept it, but I don't like it.
I just hate it's being glorified and one man is being celebrated for it.
My personal views.
Can't change them.
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:16 PM |
"Dubya, when you think of it, all Bush did was just temporarily send a threat message to terrorists globally for maybe a few months when his government and forces killed Saddam Hussein."
He started the War on Terror.. Obviously someone doesn't remember the eight years before Obama.
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FIRECAKE
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:17 PM |
"Obama took time to congratulate one person on something that is a minority of the population in America."
"minority"
the supporters of the LGBT don't represent a minority of the country
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:19 PM |
"the supporters of the LGBT don't represent a minority of the country"
i'm talking about people that are actually LGBT. yes, over half support it. are all actually LGBT? probably not
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:24 PM |
>unneeded
why
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wsd906
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:24 PM |
No dip theres still terrorists out there, were all terrorists of our own kind Sir... "when you think about it"
And Bush did way more than temporarily send a threat message to terrorists. You do realize that they located Bin Laden during Bush's term in office. You know there would be an outrage from American people if Special Forces bombed a place and killed innocent people that they beleived to be a threat (It happens quite frequently)? It took alot of time to devolope their ideas on how to eliminate him and actually put it into action.
Also to add onto that, when it comes to forgien investigation bureau (bear with me and my spelling) and specials forces n such, the President has no control over what they do.
This is why you see political cartoons that say "No Mr. President, the FBI controls the White House" (domestically wise of course in that sense) |
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:25 PM |
considering he had the guts and it's saying something about the current about people that are not straight and want to be together |
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:37 PM |
and please explain what would have happened if we did nothing after the attacks.
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0reoman12
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:38 PM |
| it takes a lot of courage to admit that ur "not straight" and possibly ruin ur career |
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:41 PM |
| Because he is the first player to come out in a community that in the sports world, may or may not of accepted him, it took courage and determination to do it. |
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:43 PM |
The funny thing is, I don't see many people criticizing him because of it on mainstream media.
Greiner did the same thing.
And she gets a huge signing from Nike.
I'm sorry, I'm just not for it. If people choose, then they can be LGBT. I just don't want it to be forced down my throat and in my face.
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wsd906
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:47 PM |
Can the president authorize the attacks? Yes Will he? No It takes too much time to do that, nor does he have the majority power to do it because if he wants it done then it has to go through congress which can take ages (citing war powers act of 1973)
Also, I want to point out your previous comment: "The War on Terror in Iraq was an unneeded war that only had the goal of killing Saddam but lasted several years after (2005 to 2009-11)"
I also can agree with Ddude in his comment of "Why?"
Most outragous statement my ears have heard in awhile. Ok, yeah, they kill thousands Americans intentionally and justice still has no right to be fufilled, seems legit. You do realize that whether or not these terrorists were US citizens it would still contradict almost half of our laws we half? Ok they are terrorists and just killed a bunch of people, lets not do anything about it!! Such stupidity. They commited crimes Sir! If you commit a crime then justice should be fufilled.
Do I agree with all aspects of the war on terror? No, if I were managing that, I would have sent troops in to basically wreck OPEC and jack all their oil because OPEC is just a bunch of jelly countries that wish that they were as successful as the US, hate to tell you that, but its true. |
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:49 PM |
| ..Notice my phrasing of past tense? |
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FIRECAKE
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:50 PM |
"are all actually LGBT? probably not"
does it matter?
the community includes the supporters, LGBT or not.
this is like saying that no accolades should be given to people like jackie robinson
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ddude
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| 29 Apr 2013 06:50 PM |
Yes, I did.
I was putting my point out there.
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