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Offline dpareja

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Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« on: January 30, 2018, 03:31:49 pm »
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371342-schiff-says-office-has-received-death-threats-over-republican-spin-memo

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA 28th), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, is reporting that his office has been receiving death threats over the Devin Nunes memo.

I await the cease-and-desist letters he will be sending out to those calling his office with these threats; after all, we've already established that the use of "cunt" is enough to trigger such, and death threats are surely worse.
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Re: Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2018, 03:50:39 pm »
The hell are you talking about?  Far as I know, that was a Republican who sent those letters to constituents who wanted answers.

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Re: Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2018, 03:56:49 pm »
The hell are you talking about?  Far as I know, that was a Republican who sent those letters to constituents who wanted answers.

Ironbite-with legit gripes.

My point is, if a member of Congress will send out letters over that (and, yes, some people were calling his staffers "cunts"), then surely Adam Schiff would be justified in sending cease-and-desist letters to people who are phoning in death threats to his office.
Quote from: Jordan Duram
It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?

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Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.

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Re: Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2018, 05:26:01 pm »
The problem is that the moment a Democrat sends out a cease and desist for any legitimate reason, the Republicans and their voters will jump on them and accuse them of refusing to listen to their constituents, despite their complete silence at Ron Johnson and Tom Cotton using cease and desist letters against people with legitimate grievances.

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Re: Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2018, 05:43:14 pm »
The problem is that the moment a Democrat sends out a cease and desist for any legitimate reason, the Republicans and their voters will jump on them and accuse them of refusing to listen to their constituents, despite their complete silence at Ron Johnson and (I think) Pat Toomey using cease and desist letters against people with legitimate grievances.

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Re: Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2018, 05:52:36 pm »
The Republican I was referring to was Tom Cotton.
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It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?

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Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.

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Re: Another Democratic lawmaker receiving death threats
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2018, 06:05:15 pm »
That's right. It was Johnson and Cotton, not Toomey.
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