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In reply to the discussion: A comment I posted to the NY Times reportage of the two murdered officers [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)72. No That's Not The Reason To Disregard What They Say
The reason to disregard what they say is that their conclusions are completely wrong. The twisting of facts to get to those erroneous conclusions are an simple outcome. I don't dismiss because they have the facts wrong. I dismiss them because they're buffoons who intentional distort data to reach unsupportable conclusions.
Not nearly the same thing.
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A comment I posted to the NY Times reportage of the two murdered officers [View all]
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
OP
He did not murder his ex girlfriend. He shot her, but she is alive and expected to recover. nt
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#1
To many it will affect the import as they will (reasonably) question your knowledge of the basic
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#10
I did not find the OP judgy or patronizing, but I can see how some would. I simply thought
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#16
Wait, yout don''t agree that since R's do not know the basic facts of climate change, that we
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#41
Yep, things fly over my head all the time. Planes, stars, planets etc ........, why do you ask? nt
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#44
BS, I have never heard another union make threats as intimidating as these.
Live and Learn
Dec 2014
#58
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
GeorgeGist
Dec 2014
#3
I've been trying to find comments made after the RW domestic terrorists killed officers
blm
Dec 2014
#23
This is actually the first time I have read that the girlfriend was not actually murdered
Kalidurga
Dec 2014
#31
The problems with deBlasio and NYPD predate this shooting and are more complicated
Wella
Dec 2014
#48
I addressed some of this in another Times comment that I just posted . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#49
No, it's not, if you assume that the Baltimore gunman saw the Mayor's telecast, but
Wella
Dec 2014
#54
And how does attempting to kill his girlfriend, and then killing himself . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#56
Even if his primary motivation could be established to be killing cops . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#59
Mental illness, in many cases, does not impair executive functioning . . .
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#63