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   Message 5,791 of 6,487   
   Chris Ahlstrom to jojo   
   Re: "Agree to disagree"   
   21 Nov 25 15:10:51   
   
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   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   jojo wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > Clave wrote:   
   >> "Agree to disagree" is reserved for things like "Pink Floyd is   
   >> better than Led Zeppelin." *Not* racism, homophobia, sexism.   
   >> *Not* basic human decency. *Not* human rights.   
   >>   
   >> *Not* the right to be treated equally regardless of race,   
   >> religion, color, creed or sexual orientation.   
   >>   
   >> We do not have a difference of opinion on those. We have a   
   >> difference in morality. Those who do not oppose the "isms" and   
   >> who do not support basic human decency and human rights have no   
   >> morality.   
   >   
   > morality is a spectrum.   
      
   An absorption spectrum or an emission spectrum?   
      
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