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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]"I can't blame " is an idiom.
I guess if someone threw the baby out with the bath water you would call CPS?[/quote]

What? Are you an English language learner? What do you think "I can't blame" means? Here is what the Oxford dictionary says:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/i-don't-or-can't-blame-you-or-her-etc.

"Used to indicate that one agrees that the action or attitude taken was reasonable"

If the OP also finds English challenging, it is easy enough for her to say that she misspoke and actually can blame the neo-Nazis. Instead she just keeps talking about women being raped as if that makes beating these children okay. One the one hand she claims she doesn't support the violence and on the other she suggests that all immigrants are guilty of rape. It is a strange contradiction.
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In my experience the phrase is almost always used when talking about otherwise blameworthy behavior. See the examples from your link "I don't blame you for being loyal to your friend." clearly the implication is the  friend did something wrong and "you" stuck by them.

That is obviously the way OP uses it, and the sense many here took it. 
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In other words, the person supports the other for standing by the friend. Notice, support is directed at the person who stood by, not the friend. But, as I said, the OP can easily clear this up by simply clarifying her statement that she doesn't blame the neo-Nazis for beating children.
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I suggest you prove your own statement as true first. This is your M.O. - you make something up then claim someone else said it. Then you insult anyone else who doesn't agree with you.

Do you know how hateful it is to accuse that PP of not knowing the English language? And you accuse me of being phobic? Please![/quote]

The poster clearly find English challenging. She doesn't understand the meaning of a very common phrase. I'm sorry if that is insulting to her, but it is just fact. Given her lack of understanding of the statement, she should have stayed out of the discussion.

I am not sure what you are asking me to prove. You are the one who said you don't blame the neo-Nazis. If that does not mean that you support the neo-Nazis, why can't you simply say that you misspoke and that you actually do blame the neo-Nazis? I think you are trying to have it both ways. You say that you don't blame them, you keep bringing up rapes, and the you say, "what me? I don't support them." Pick your side Do you blame them or not?
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