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Religion

Voltaire2

(13,048 posts) Thu Aug 29, 2019, 07:08 AM Aug 2019

FYI: posting idiocy from RNS is frequently a Real Bad Idea. [View all]

You might want to:

a) do a slow read of the entire article.
b) google the author and screen for rightwing christian fascism
c) think twice post once.

On the other hand there is always self-delete when shit hits the fan.

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FYI: posting idiocy from RNS is frequently a Real Bad Idea. [View all] Voltaire2 Aug 2019 OP

What is RNS? What's the background to the post? 3Hotdogs Aug 2019 #1

Religion News Service Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #2

Thanx. 3Hotdogs Aug 2019 #3

Ask for specific citations. eom guillaumeb Aug 2019 #7

Oh, and one more question. 3Hotdogs Aug 2019 #4

sometimes it is clear. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #5

Some are smart enough to be embarrassed Major Nikon Aug 2019 #9

Feel free to read replies 8, 10, and 11. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #12

A vague assertion against another poster. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #6

Things like this? guillaumeb Aug 2019 #8

Or perhaps things like this: guillaumeb Aug 2019 #10

Or things like this: guillaumeb Aug 2019 #11

A little defensive today? Cartoonist Aug 2019 #13

I have no idea which post occasioned this attack on a DU member. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #14

Go to the religion group Cartoonist Aug 2019 #15

But that does nothing about the various wild assertions about a source. eom guillaumeb Aug 2019 #18

"attack on a DU member" trotsky Aug 2019 #16

Shocking, isn't it? Major Nikon Aug 2019 #17

His posts often have the same feel as Trump's Twitter feed. trotsky Aug 2019 #20

Gil's imagination is getting the better of him, I think. Mariana Aug 2019 #19

Getting to define words his way seems to be the only way he can win an argument. trotsky Aug 2019 #21