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From the many Daily Shows I’ve seen, and having read his brilliant autobiography “Born a Crime” there is no way he is either racist or anti-jewish. Yes, he has no hesitation in subjecting people of whatever persuasion, ethnicity or race to the barbs of his razor-sharp wit and humour, but that’s not being racist – that’s being willing to put the pompous and the pontificators in their places regardless of who they are.

To suggest that he is prejudiced is totally ludicrous. Trevor Noah is a remarkable human being born and raised in the slums of South Africa who knows exactly what it’s like to be subjected to racist rants.

Grand Architect accuses Trevor of being “scum” and that he should zip his mouth. I now have a strongly held opinion about not-so-Grand Architect and it’s far from being grand! If you want to judge for yourselves just tune into Comedy Central on channel 120.

The Two Words and A Comma group fought to have “sexual orientation,” added to the HRA.
That was their sole purpose. THEY were the ones that said that they weren’t fighting for gay marriage.
After it got added, they disbanded, their purpose fulfilled.

The only one dishonest here is you, “Portia”.

You constantly spread lies and misinformation, then run away when it is rebutted.

The entire campaign was based on the concept of equality and opposition to baseless discrimination.
Not once have you offered a single valid, legal reason to continue banning people from getting married. Not once.

That’s the very definition of “baseless discrimination”.

Please stop lying. It isn’t good for Bermuda.

“Oh, there are SO many things wrong with the liberal agenda. Liberals do not stand for tolerance…unless it is for their own ideas.”

This is nothing more than tone policing. “They’re rude, so they don’t want to listen.”
This is completely untrue. In general – and, yes, there are some that step WAY over the line, but the vast majority of the time – liberals absolutely DO stand for tolerance. It’s when they refuse to tolerate injustice that you lot start kicking up.
And yes. People do stand up for their own ideas. Why is this a bad thing? Are you serious with that? You’re literally saying “Liberals are bad because they stand up for what they believe in”… It’s ludicrous.

“Their aim is to shut down any debate, any ideas that are contrary to their own agenda.”

Again, this is a lie. Most of us are BEGGING you to debate us! BEGGING you to answer questions… SIMPLE questions. BEGGING you to elaborate on and defend your position.
We don’t shut down debate. You just run from any actual debate.
And, again, in general, if you offer us a valid reason to change our mind, most of us will.
The only ones refusing to listen to anything contrary to an agenda are you anti-equality folks. How many times have we offered reasoned responses to your posts, backed up with links, only to have it ignored and the subject changed? How many times have we gone through and read the links that you lot have put up and offered data-driven, factual responses debunking them? EVERY time.
It’s not us that shut down the debate. It’s you that are incapable of having one.

:It is a dangerous agenda based on false ideas of diversity and acceptance, which embraces those who “look” different but not those who think different.”

This is completely untrue, as well. How many times have people said to you, personally, “We’re not trying to stop you from thinking that. We agree that people should be allowed to believe whatever they want. It’s the fact that you are going beyond “belief” and into “action” by pressuring Government to deny people rights because of your belief.”?
I know that I’ve said that to you on several occasions. It’s been ignored.
You keep trying to create this narrative of “They’re against us because we think different” and, as mentioned, it’s simply not true.
If it were just how you lot thought, everything would be fine. It’s the fact that you think that we should all have to think like that, as a society.

“One only has to look at what is going on these days to see that Liberals are not focused on tolerance, love or peace, but on spreading hate everywhere, on harassing and attempting to silence opposition.”

Not even a LITTLE bit true. You can’t just lie like this and expect to get away with it.
The ones spreading hate, harassing and trying to silence opposition are the ones that are LITERALLY trying to force the Government to illegally discriminate against people for ABSOLUTELY no reason.
As mentioned, we keep trying to talk to you lot, but you keep running away or, worse, lying.
Like you are doing here.

“It is sad to see the division. America has never been less “free” and I would hate to see Bermuda head down the same path.”

Wait… you think it’s the LIBERALS that are making America less free? What are you smoking? Are you even a little bit serious with this?

I note that you decided to go with an ad hominem, attacking the Justice, rather than actually speaking to the ruling.
Telling.

You say “the Government has an excellent case for an appeal”… yet don’t explain what that case is.

Why is that?

I don’t believe in reparations for blacks because it would be impossible to adjudicate, but I firmly believe in social programmes that help to uplift those of our people in Bermuda who have been unable to climb out of the cycle of poverty (these should help such folk regardless of their race).

I believe in a free press but not in the spreading of hatred or contempt for people of opposite opinions. I believe in the rule of law but will express my own strongly held views if I see others’ rights being trampled on.

I do not believe in capital punishment, nor in the ridiculous war on drugs during which we have locked up hundreds of our young men for cannabis offences – and to what avail?

I do not believe it when people try to lecture me on the need for “tolerance, love and peace” while simultaneously attempting to spread their own brand of hatred and bigotry to silence me.

Yes, please label me a Liberal.

Rather than criticize him through your own biased opinions, especially if he happens to make fun of something you personally see as attacking your core beliefs, might I recommend that if you don’t like Trevor you use the “off” switch on your TV or computer, and if you are at all intrigued by what he has to say then I strongly recomment that you read his autobiography. It’s a fabulous read and will be good for your soul.

To suggest that the OBA is “riddled with moral decay and filthy values” is both absurd and totally false. I’m presuming that straightforward is writing from the biblical moral point of view. I have to wonder about his or her views on the subject of adultery and the fact there is no legislation against it despite the fact that it merits inclusion in the Ten Commandments and for which the biblical punishment for this “abomination” is rather severe and final! Or maybe adultery does not contribute in any way to our “messed up morals”.

or, he’s a comedian…lol@u

Oh no, they didn’t.

What an effin idiot.

Seeing as they don’t actually have grounds for an appeal (and given that the only reason they will appeal is a transparent “The UK won’t let us do what we want! INDEPENDENCE!” ploy), this should be sorted out by the end of July.

Is THAT what you think the point of it was?

You really aren’t terribly bright, are you?

SJW for life!!!

Can you list the things that are bad, please? Cuz it seems to me that tolerance, love, peace and taking care of our fellow man are pretty good things!