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Every minute that Al Franken remains in the United States Senate this morning is a nation's shame

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Nov 16, 2017.

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  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I was answering for your sake. He already answered it. I was literally trying to save you alone time and trouble.
     
  2. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Daily News still going with Creighton Holub as the photographer of the panties photo even though Holub told me he had taken his leave just before that USO show.

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    Radio host accuses Sen. Al Franken of groping her during USO tour
     
  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

  4. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    I said "on this site." It's a public forum, used by many of us at work and that is better when more people post. There is also already a precedent for words (and images) that can't be used here. I'm a writer, and I believe in the free use of language. I also understand that language has power, and I'm not sure that words that easily qualify as slurs should be used here.

    I get that it's hard to define what words shouldn't be used, and I get the slippery slope argument, and I get that I'm likely in the minority. I just don't think Dick's meme is okay. I'm sure we have gay and lesbian members, and that doesn't seem like a very nice thing for them to see. Yes, it was in a movie. It was in a movie from 1982. Times have changed.

    That's all.
     
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  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    What if Ragu had posted it?
     
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  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

  7. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Not an issue for you to be worried about. Plus, he didn't. You did.
     
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    There were 10-15 people on our island, including many of the sharpest tacks on the board.

    This is your island:

    1. The guy who defended Joe Paterno.
    2. The guy who wrote a piece about how women are terrible at fucking him.
    3. The guy who was suspended for making suicide jokes.

    I’m pretty comfortable on our island.
     
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  9. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Man, you really think you're something. We are all impressed.
     
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  10. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    The gentleman doth accentuate his comfort too much, methinks.
     
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  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    First-world problem.
     
  12. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Yes, but you know you just a) underlined your elitism, and b) proved that you have a "dossier" to use on people.

    Joe McCarthy lives among us, folks. Hope he didn't break a hip going up in the attic to check his files.
     
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