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beam me up scottie

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25. Exactly!

Reply to trotsky (Reply #24)

Mon May 8, 2017, 05:36 PM

May 2017

Thought police cannot stand the idea that someone rejects their ideology so they try to bully us into silence. Then there are those who constantly try to tone police minorities: Pipe down or you might offend someone!

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BBC: Stephen Fry faces blasphemy probe after God comments [View all] beam me up scottie May 2017 OP

Time for The Spanish Inquisition! Lint Head May 2017 #1

Thanks, I love that skit! beam me up scottie May 2017 #2

This is so great! I wish Mel Brookes would make more movies. Lint Head May 2017 #4

Me too! beam me up scottie May 2017 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author SergeStorms May 2017 #16

Cardinal Fang........ SergeStorms May 2017 #17

What the ??? progressoid May 2017 #3

catholic church and taliban/ISIS have some things in common nt msongs May 2017 #5

more than some... dhill926 May 2017 #7

Exactly what I was going to say. n/t trotsky May 2017 #23

Right? beam me up scottie May 2017 #6

I wouldn't worry about this. OnDoutside May 2017 #9

Yeah, like the article stated, it does seem "highly unlikely" that prosecution against Fry progressoid May 2017 #21

I reckon it's some political opponent acting the maggot. OnDoutside May 2017 #22

It looks like many opposition groups are hoping the Frye case Jno_Gilmor_ May 2017 #8

I wouldn't mind if it turned into a contest. beam me up scottie May 2017 #10

😈😈😈 Jno_Gilmor_ May 2017 #12

"God" save us from religion. What utter stupidity! n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #11

Time to invoke the wrath of Cthulhu. beam me up scottie May 2017 #13

No, an inquisition is EXACTLY what's needed here. Let his accuser face him... DRoseDARs May 2017 #14

Well said! beam me up scottie May 2017 #15

talibornagain. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #18

Fundamentalists want to control our speech and thought. beam me up scottie May 2017 #19

"The fact that others mock them and their sacred cows absolutely INFURIATES them." trotsky May 2017 #24

Exactly! beam me up scottie May 2017 #25

As someone smarter than me (admittedly a low bar) once said, gtar100 May 2017 #31

Precisely! trotsky May 2017 #35

My prediction is that Ireland will toss it's blasphemy laws Voltaire2 May 2017 #26

I hope you're right. beam me up scottie May 2017 #28

Who is the injured party in a blasphemy case? stopbush May 2017 #27

Ideas don't need protection, people do. beam me up scottie May 2017 #29

My friend's 19 year old grandson just diagnosed with bone cancer.. mountain grammy May 2017 #30

That's terrible. I'm so sorry for your friend and her grandson. beam me up scottie May 2017 #32

His mother is a bit nuts mountain grammy May 2017 #33

I agree, do it now! beam me up scottie May 2017 #34