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  1. PseudoSABR
    Who is abandoning their principles? NO ONE IS FOR SUPPRESSION OF SPEECH. Stop it with that strawman. But you're goddamn right I'm going to tell-off those who use their liberty to deny others liberty.
  2. PseudoSABR
    I don't know how anyone can claim to be a champion of liberty if they are not willing to take a stand against those who use their liberty to deny others liberty. It's absurd. It's ideological not reasonable. Look, all acts are political, even non-acts. In my opinion, when you stand on the margins and let the majority or traditional view point battle a minority or progressive viewpoint, you simply crown those already king--you allow those with the most power to control the debate and essentially endorse the status quo. It seems cowardly and unprincipled.
  3. PseudoSABR
    Yeah those damn liberals wanting to limit speech and not have a discussion of ideas!
  4. PseudoSABR
    Fair enough.
  5. PseudoSABR
    Again, sanctioning should be a non-issue here. As far as the issue, it's precisely the opposite that has taken place--that homosexuality is publicly scorned so as to somehow limit it. That's not sanctioned by any government entity, that's a cultural dynamic. Look, no one wants public scorn to change someone's mind, we want reason to change their mind. No one here wants to bully people into righteousness. (I find that just as reprehensible as you, and I'm sure others feel the same way). In my view, publicly scorning these kind of comments aren't important in that they change, say, Hunter's mind, rather it's important to publicly scorn homophobia, so it's not normalized and does not remain the status quo. You won't change any minds, but perhaps we can change the public discourse in a way that fosters less bigots.
  6. PseudoSABR
    For the lazy: Whether damage control or not, I'm glad he tweeted this.
  7. PseudoSABR
    How innocent your selective quoting must have been!
  8. PseudoSABR
    Allowed? No one is talking about disallowing Hunter's viewpoint. We're saying it's a contemptible viewpoint that's worthy of public scorn. I think your penchant for legalese is obscuring the points that people are trying to make. No one's confused about legality, but where there's nuance is in the discussion about how we handle Hunter's comments socially and ethically, about how the public ought to respond to such comments.
  9. PseudoSABR
    Well, it is garbage...as a justification. There's legal 'right' and there's the earned, moral 'right' -- and when people say someone doesn't have the 'right' to say something, they often mean the latter.
  10. PseudoSABR
    If you had said it would be difficult and uncomfortable to be around Black players in the locker room; people would call you a racist. You don't need to show hate to be a homophobe.
  11. PseudoSABR
    Does it really need to be pointed out that Torii has a right to his opinion? Jesus, everybody knows that--in my opinion, pointing out that right brushes aside the contemptible opinion, and reinforces the intolerant status quo. A legal right is not a justification.
  12. PseudoSABR
    Dave and I completed a trade tonight. I'm sure both of us have some bitter grapes about the players acquired and dealt. Lincecum Doumit for Pineda Avila 2014 1st round milb pick
  13. PseudoSABR
    Will Terry Ryan leave the Guatemalan hacky sack league untapped? There's some guys who have arms and legs and can do athletic things with them. Likely TR will come up short again, and be satisfied with overhauling minor league pitching depth by acquiring two high velocity, high ceiling prospects, as if the Twins chances of success is somehow better in the future than it is now.
  14. PseudoSABR
    Brain washed and egotistic. Hunter's never been given a reason to question the BS that was fed to him as a child (as so many athletes equate their success with God's will). Not a good recipe for decency.
  15. PseudoSABR
    I like this article. It's bold and cynical, yet bound by tangible--and articulate--observation. The author takes the middle road on projection, which is the safe bet, but the author praises Buxton's capacity to go well beyond his safe bet. It will be fun to see how Buxton adjusts to the competition of each level, because what we're watching for is his capacity adjust, not the excess of his skills.
  16. PseudoSABR
    The majority of people agree with this. Hopefully, something gets done. There's a minority of people who actually believe they have a 'right' to such weapons. Boo-hoo for them.
  17. PseudoSABR
    I think the basic point (coming from TR) is that overpaying for lousy pitching (Corriea) is less expensive than overpaying for average pitching (McCarthy, etc.).
  18. PseudoSABR
    As logical as your point might seem, the Twins have always won doing the exactly opposite approach. The cores of their winning teams have always been home grown or players acquired as prospects. Typically the present is overpriced in terms of what it cost in future value. How many years of serviceable players did KC trade for two years each of Davis and Shields? That approach doesn't make sense to me, and as a fan, I hope for the Twins as well. It's not really about projecting what happens in the future, it's about getting numbers of controllable players who you believe have talent. The more of those players you have arriving at the same time the better it is for your team--the rest, as you suggest, is left unpredicatable. When the Twins have a better core, I'm all for overpaying for the present, but that's not this year and probably not next year either. Gulp.
  19. PseudoSABR
    I agree with your take save this passage. There's likely to be another, younger Swisher-like player when (if) the Indians are actually competitive. In two, three years, I'm sure the Indians will wish they had that 16 million a year to put elsewhere.
  20. PseudoSABR
    I don't like their chances.
  21. PseudoSABR
    Meyer and May are better Christmas presents than I honestly expected from the offseason. A black coal like Corriea isn't going to muddle my holiday spirits.
  22. PseudoSABR
    I don't think Willingham would net what Cleveland got, so that's why I didn't put it that way. I'm all for moving Willingham for a good piece, but I don't want to reinvest the saved money in Swisher on the whisps of competitiveness. And I bet you really wouldn't do that either...
  23. PseudoSABR
    Wow. I'd pay like a bizzilion dollars for that middle of the order!
  24. PseudoSABR
    Look, I'm a proponent of competing in 2013/14 if it doesn't restrict better moves in the future. Would you have been willing to trade Willingham and sign Swisher to this deal, for instance? I sure wouldn't.
  25. PseudoSABR
    I can tell you're a thinking man.
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