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<p>[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 12523, member: 7"]</p><p>If only I could get paid to do this professionally.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">The argument:</span></strong></span></p><p></p><p>Referencing this article: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62301091">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62301091</a>, one twit said:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1551498239660085248[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">The rebuttal:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p>Key word: "accused of".</p><p>Hey Pam, I accuse you of rape. So, by your own logic, you should get canceled, lose your job, friends and family, now, right? No? Why not? Because it's just a accusation, and you didn't really rape anybody? Huh, okay, so accusations mean nothing, since just anybody can make them for any or no reason at all, based on zero evidence? Great, you learned something.</p><p></p><p>Yes, players will boycott over being forced to wear a rainbow. Wouldn't you boycott over being forced to wear a cross? Or a star of David? Or any of the Islamic symbols? You'd refuse to wear these symbols because they don't represent you, and you don't want to be associated with them, right? Well it's the same reasoning here.</p><p></p><p>"Human rights", you might say, "this isn't a political issue".</p><p>What about the right to have your own religion? To disagree? Are these not human rights too? See, you don't want "equality". You don't even know the meaning of the word.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 12523, member: 7"] If only I could get paid to do this professionally. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][B][SIZE=26px]The argument:[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] Referencing this article: [URL]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62301091[/URL], one twit said: [MEDIA=twitter]1551498239660085248[/MEDIA] [B][SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]The rebuttal:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] Key word: "accused of". Hey Pam, I accuse you of rape. So, by your own logic, you should get canceled, lose your job, friends and family, now, right? No? Why not? Because it's just a accusation, and you didn't really rape anybody? Huh, okay, so accusations mean nothing, since just anybody can make them for any or no reason at all, based on zero evidence? Great, you learned something. Yes, players will boycott over being forced to wear a rainbow. Wouldn't you boycott over being forced to wear a cross? Or a star of David? Or any of the Islamic symbols? You'd refuse to wear these symbols because they don't represent you, and you don't want to be associated with them, right? Well it's the same reasoning here. "Human rights", you might say, "this isn't a political issue". What about the right to have your own religion? To disagree? Are these not human rights too? See, you don't want "equality". You don't even know the meaning of the word. [/QUOTE]
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