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by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 7:37 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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I just had a look at Carrier's site to see if any lulz were to be had. Well, there are a few. He announces that he is going to give a talk for a chapter of the Society of Biblical Literature. But, as you can imagine, that doesn't sound impressive enough for the good doctor. Since this club hired a v...
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:43 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Another thing Hitler and Trump have in common is that they are the only people in history who had a higher (and as utterly misplaced) self-regard than Dr. Richard Carrier PhD. I think you've never heard of a certain Silvio Berlusconi. Selected quotes: I have little hair because my brain is so big i...
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:37 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Trump isn't a Nazi. Not even close. He has no ideology, the Nazis had one, they had the Mein Kampf, they were openly anti-semitic/racist. Trump is simply anti-illegal immigrants and anti-terrorism, at least on the surface he's not much worse than Bush II or Romney. Even the wall is merely some hund...
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 5:30 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Another thing Hitler and Trump have in common is that they are the only people in history who had a higher (and as utterly misplaced) self-regard than Dr. Richard Carrier PhD.
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 5:10 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Those Women's Marches going on today are another dumb PR move that only works to Trump's advantage, another symptom of the disease called Identity Politics. As if only women have grounds to dislike Trump. Great way to alienate half the population.
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 5:04 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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History repeats itself, the first time as a tragedy, the second as a farce. Old Karl was wrong about many things, but he had some interesting insight. Now we're in the middle of the farce. The SJWs and the Trumpinistas are both filled with major lolcows, with posturing, immaturity, inappropriate ex...
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:47 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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At the moment, there is a bit of a twitter fight between Dan Arel of Patheos, and Stephen "Godless Spellchecker" Knight & Peter Boghossian over the on-camera punch against Alt Right's Richard Spencer. Dan Arel in good CTRL Left fashion found it good that he got punched, the others disagreed. [.twee...
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:33 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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History repeats itself, but the repeat is different enough to make people think that it is not a repeat. A:B is as C:D. I've got to laugh at the stupid UK government who believe that Trump is really going to give Britain preferential treatement. He didn't even say that. When asked if Britain would n...
by Jan Steen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 3:35 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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If Trump is Hitler, then the SJWs are the Bolsheviks. Hitler would never have risen to power if it hadn't been for the shit-stirring by the communists in post-WWI Germany and the frightening example of a Bolshevik state in Russia. Stupid SJW scum like Myers play right into Trump's tiny Tyrannosaurus...
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:29 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Wow. :shock: The comments from the Spokane stud are well... http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/12/29/spokane-washingtons-most-single-man/#comments "This guy has red spots all over his skin, blue lips, and barely breaths. There is probably something wrong with him. Maybe he should see a doc...
by Jan Steen
Fri Dec 30, 2016 3:55 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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In other news, trans-racial person of colour receives cold-shoulder treatment from cis-people of colour. Rachel Dolezal, who identifies as a PoC, has been disinvited from an MLK event. A group of eight Cary clergy wrote a letter to town officials in October expressing their concerns with Dolezal’s i...
by Jan Steen
Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:47 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Here is a link to that paper. It's a classic piece of communist-jargon-laden tripe, shamelessly arguing in favour of racially motivated mass murder. Moreover, it was written when Ciccariello-Maher was an employee of Drexel University. I read the article yesterday and found it to be mostly babble. T...
by Jan Steen
Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:41 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Here is a link to that paper. It's a classic piece of communist-jargon-laden tripe, shamelessly arguing in favour of racially motivated mass murder. Moreover, it was written when Ciccariello-Maher was an employee of Drexel University. It is now clear that his tweets were not satire or "morbid jokes...
by Jan Steen
Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:06 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Drexel University professor George Ciccariello-Maher is attempting to deflect criticism of a Christmas Eve tweet wishing for “white genocide” by claiming it was a satirical joke made at the expense of delusional white supremacists. But in a previously published philosophy paper, Ciccariello-Maher e...
by Jan Steen
Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:50 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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My first reaction was to laugh about it, but on second thoughts, when you consider how many talented PhDs in real scientific fields are unable to find a job at a university, I find it utterly depressing rather than funny. While I am also depressed about this, too, I can understand it. The students ...
by Jan Steen
Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:24 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Brechtian Hip-Hop: Didactics and Self-Production in Post-Gangsta Political Mixtapes You think I'm making this up? Unfortunately, no. Ciccariello actually wrote and published this vapid paper in Journal of Black Studies 36(1): 129-160 (2005). My first reaction was to laugh about it, but on second th...
by Jan Steen
Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:19 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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If the genocidal communist prof were to lose his job, there is one thing we can be certain of: It will not be a loss to science. Not in the least. I challenge you to produce a title for a hoax paper written for an imaginary journal of racial & post-colonial studies. Give it a try before reading on. ...
by Jan Steen
Wed Dec 28, 2016 9:09 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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It is well known that SJWs don't like the term 'witch hunt', and will always deny that they engage in such themselves (see for example the Tim Hunt affair). Also, claiming that you were making a joke is no acceptable excuse to them when they consider something you said 'problematic' (again, see the ...
by Jan Steen
Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:56 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
Replies: 72028
Views: 10882437

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Old_ones wrote:If I had to guess what stopped communism from being cool and trendy, I'd probably go with Russia.
Or the Mao suits.
by Jan Steen
Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:52 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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This George Ciccariello sounds like some kind of Pol Pot who merely lacks the power to enact his fantasies. This is not, however, what makes me particularly angry. Ideology-driven sociopaths, be they communists or neo-nazis, are a dime a dozen. What makes me angry is that morons like him are the ena...
by Jan Steen
Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:18 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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I think Carrier just lied to his fans in June 2016 about his voluntary leaving (in the interest of FTB!) in order to save face. He didn't want them to know the truth: that he was going to be kicked off FTB, which he already knew.
by Jan Steen
Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:09 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
Replies: 72028
Views: 10882437

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If Carrier had been coerced by FTB to pretend he left voluntarily he would surely have used this fact in his Brief, no? Exposing this kind of blackmail would be extremely damaging to FTB.
by Jan Steen
Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:01 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
Replies: 72028
Views: 10882437

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The conflict is clearly that in his Brief Carrier wants to create the impression that he had to move his blog from FTB against his will (causing him untold damage). He doesn't tell the judge that he had claimed earlier that he left voluntarily, allegedly in the interest of FTB. Either he is lying n...
by Jan Steen
Mon Dec 26, 2016 2:37 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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I would love to know what a judge who has probably never heard before of Freethought Blogs and the amazing Dr. Carrier really thinks about this case. It must look like a complete freak show to that person.
by Jan Steen
Mon Dec 26, 2016 2:20 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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More of Carrier's lying. In his Brief he claims that he was kicked off FTB and that his stuff was blocked against his will: I don't necessarily see a conflict here. He might've left voluntarily first, and then wanted to log back in to check something, only to find his account already neutered and a...
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 3:42 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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It's his supa-serious effort that makes him such a clown. He is a buffoon whereas RW is just nasty and negative. Carrier has a thoroughly nasty streak as well, like all SJWs. Don't forget his A+ manifesto, his posts against Shermer, Thunderf00t, Radford, etc. Which is why I cannot feel sorry for hi...
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 3:31 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Brive1987 wrote:
74 patrons and $214 per blog post. Which is 0.0005c per word
His fans do get some value for money. Say what you will about Carrier, but at least he makes an effort. Which is not something you can say about RW's lazy shit. She rips off the neck-bearded suckers who throw money at her.
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 3:22 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
Replies: 72028
Views: 10882437

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You still have to wonder how he can afford his legal escapades, hopeless and desperate as they may seem. Maybe his many poly girlfriends and his fans from Poland to Hong Kong are helping him out. Does he even have a Patreon? He has. Only his patreons are nowadays allowed to comment on his posts, I ...
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 2:37 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
Replies: 72028
Views: 10882437

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Is it Christmas? Why did no-one tell me? *sniff*.
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 2:26 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Still, I'm curious what kind of "science experiment expected to generate considerable publicity" they had in mind. Would it have involved the interactions of semen with young female students' faces? Extra laughs for the "Peer reviewed academic journal publication" – the spunky monkey is truly patho...
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 2:15 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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Archive link for Carrier's 24 June 2016 post.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161225221 ... chives/586
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 2:09 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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More of Carrier's lying. In his Brief he claims that he was kicked off FTB and that his stuff was blocked against his will: Moreover, Defendant FreethoughtBlogs blocked access to Dr. Carrier's blog, blocked Dr. Carrier from publishing content, and blocked the public's access to all previous publicat...
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:29 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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<quote="CuntajusRationality">Not sure if this has already been posted, but here's a copy of Carrier's latest filing in his lawsuit - Brief in Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss. Filed 12/22/16. http://docdro.id/ZKSyLON</quote> Wait a minute. On page 5, Carrier asserts that the FTBOrbit statements ...
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:18 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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The death of political correctness. I hope! http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/lawrence-solomon-2016-was-a-great-year-actually-it-heralds-a-return-to-the-old-normal Merry Xmas all! Unfortunately, this Solomon guy is a creationist-level idiot. 2016 represents the final blow to true believers ...
by Jan Steen
Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:51 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Have there been any analogous cryptozoological hunts that have eventually shown the existence of a large animal with a similarly poor evidence base? For example, anybody know the status of the thylacine sightings in Tasmania? Only certified nutters still see them, even in their backyard. There was ...
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 17, 2016 5:32 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Have there been any analogous cryptozoological hunts that have eventually shown the existence of a large animal with a similarly poor evidence base? For example, anybody know the status of the thylacine sightings in Tasmania? Only certified nutters still see them, even in their backyard. There was ...
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 17, 2016 5:25 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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An updated cover for National Geographic. http://i.imgur.com/Fa1OUMp.jpg Brings up a question for me. Yes, Greta says many many nutty things, but does go after people and try to ruin their lives? I can't seem to recall her doing that. Greta will not shun away from carrying a pitchfork if one is han...
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:02 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Somehow I find it oddly reassuring that someone who supports UKIP turns out to be a bigfoot nutter.
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:39 am
Forum: FTB Images and Archives
Topic: Baboonapalooza - graphics and multimedia
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An updated cover for National Geographic.

http://i.imgur.com/Fa1OUMp.jpg
by Jan Steen
Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:37 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Views: 10882437

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An updated cover for National Geographic.

http://i.imgur.com/Fa1OUMp.jpg
by Jan Steen
Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:54 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Anyone surprised? http://imgur.com/qTRjVJe.jpg https://twitter.com/pzmyers/status/800012799652950016 Since he couldn't become famous by writing a decent book, he's decided to become famous by trying to be the most repulsive piece of shit the a/s community has ever seen. This is definitely one of hi...
by Jan Steen
Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Ninja'd by Tigzy, I s'pose.
by Jan Steen
Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:33 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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It's far too soon to be having election flashbacks, but dammit I can't help it. The more Carrier runs his gob the more I want him to get crushed by the FTBorbitards, but the more I hear from them the more I want him to pull through and ruin them all. I can't decide who I want to see lose the most. ...
by Jan Steen
Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:57 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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And there's nary a mention of him getting semen on his face and hunting undergrad poon. But you can almost see him frothing at the mouth, and who knows where else. "My peer-reviewed book was peer-reviewed by two major professors. So why does Bart Ehrman refuse to read my peer-reviewed book? Doesn't...
by Jan Steen
Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:12 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Dr. Richard Carrier PhD has an obsession with peer review. Whenever he mentions one of his own lead balloons he will reflexively add that it has been peer reviewed (which in many cases is questionable at best). He apparently believes that when some publication has passed peer review it somehow bears...
by Jan Steen
Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:55 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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by Jan Steen
Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:22 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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deLurch wrote:Becca is going off about all of her death threats & rape threats.
Does this include her narrow escape in that elevator?

Yawn. I have seen one-trick ponies that knew more tricks to entertain their audience.
by Jan Steen
Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:56 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Christ on a bike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJc_D7ufoTg No, the National Ballet's standards are not representative for Canada as a whole. That's why they're the National Ballet rather than, say, your local neighbourhood dance school. I don't believe I've yet gotten into an argument with one o...
by Jan Steen
Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:50 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Lsuoma wrote:
deLurch wrote:
Apologize to crybullies? They'll fucking crucify you!
When regressives like Regreta use the word 'apologize' they actually mean 'confess'.
by Jan Steen
Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:28 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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by Jan Steen
Wed Sep 28, 2016 3:03 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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carriers latest blog post: every philosopher makes a boner mistake or two (me included; and I’m always happy to discover and correct them) :o So Carrier's a philosopher now? Who knew? OK, I got one: Spermanuel Kunt. That post may well be the most rambling, incoherent, pseudo-intellectual hogwash he...
by Jan Steen
Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:22 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Dr. Carrier PhD is getting his ass handed to him by Tim Hendrix, someone who actually understands Bayesian statistics, and is reduced to shouting "I'm right and you're wrong, because reasons." Now that I think I have answered your post, perhaps you can answer the question that I have put forward in ...
by Jan Steen
Sat Sep 24, 2016 1:53 am
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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OMG. A white Aussie has been killed by black men in Georgia. Brace yourself for the riots. http://www.news.com.au/national/australian-art-gallery-owner-kevin-reid-shot-dead-in-georgia/news-story/e02bb0b013821b929e8a76afe04a86db https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Q8d-LR8hZnEX-TAhuqaCdrASOqVF118...
by Jan Steen
Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:24 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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by Jan Steen
Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:21 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Western civilization would be a good idea, as Gandhi allegedly said. Deporting millions of people would be rather uncivilized in any case. We should certainly be more assertive about our western values. The solution to the Islam problem is better education and intolerance of hate preachers. Muslims ...
by Jan Steen
Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:33 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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d4m10n wrote:I'd pay to see Steerzo piss on Mein Kampf.

Does that sort of thing fall within Kickstarter guidelines?
Do androids even piss? Does Steersmann dream of electric sheep?
by Jan Steen
Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:28 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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People here have been feeding the troll all the time (I'm not entirely innocent myself), and now he can keep going for years. #DeportSteersmannUnlessHe PissesOnMeinKampf I mean I hate the fuck and would be glad to not has to see all the responses to him but again if people would just quit discussin...
by Jan Steen
Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:12 pm
Forum: Past Misdeeds
Topic: The Refuge of the Toads
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Yea, #BanIslam: close the borders to them; deport the fucking lot. Lsuoma, can you wonderize Adolf Eichmann Steersmann, please? This kind of neo-nazi rhetoric, which seems on the increase, descends to bottom-feeding hooligan level. It's not witty. It's not intelligent. It's got no redeeming qualiti...