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  1. Whitestrake Pelinal

    United States Discussions on Hollow Rhetoric

    You don't actually know what "empty rhetoric" means, do you? It doesn't matter how you feel about a statement, if it feels hollow to you or not. It doesn't matter if you agree with the statement, or even if the statement is logically sound. A statement is "empty rhetoric" when it is not...
  2. Whitestrake Pelinal

    United States Discussions on Hollow Rhetoric

    This is a common modern attitude, self-serving defeatism: 'oh I can't do anything and I shouldn't have to anyway its all just too big', a comforting lie that absolves man of his obligations. Raising kids to be fed into a wood chipper of african bigotry and violence is not raising them well...
  3. Whitestrake Pelinal

    United States Discussions on Hollow Rhetoric

    "they" will be the law-makers, judges, enforcers, and the juries and informers who back them up. "our country will go to hell, but my kids will be raised right" is an awfully low bar, and not a kind thing to do ones children.
  4. Whitestrake Pelinal

    United States Discussions on Hollow Rhetoric

    There is nothing worse we can do to the next generation, either. I guess as long as we're okay making them suffer so we can avoid paying a price today...
  5. Whitestrake Pelinal

    United States Discussions on Hollow Rhetoric

    His allegiance and intent matter less than whether his words are true or not. Given the long string of defeats American Christians and patriots have suffered over the last half-century we really ought to be looking hard at our tactics, and at whether we are really doing enough, or merely enough...
  6. Whitestrake Pelinal

    United States Discussions on Hollow Rhetoric

    We can always just wait and see what happens, try real hard not to notice the writing on the wall.
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