Are Liberals psychic? by TheHappyTrader

That can't be true, They voted Obama into office saying things would be different. Well, they're not, and liberals have become ideological pretzels trying to defend Obama.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:03 PM

Ah, but clearly this was their intention all along. Don't you see it? They've become pretzels so they can better relate to every other ineffective aspect of our society. Just check 'em out, they've got three wars going on, efficiently one up'ing the republican'ts. And is it merely a coincidence that a pretzel was responsible for the attempted assassination of the previous republican president?

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:14 PM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
That can't be true, They voted Obama into office saying things would be different. Well, there not, and liberals have become ideological pretzels trying to defend Obama.

Speaking of broad brushes...

And I think you meant "they're not". Unless you meant something that was there, not.

Oh, hey - there's that "winky" emoticon!

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:19 PM

Oh, I see. I was dooped into thinking (from the liberals on this board) that they were voting for Obama because they were against war, as was he. That he was going to bring all the troops home by..er,.um I think inside one year. They are sneaky little bastards. I think we should salt all these pretzels around here and eat them.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:19 PM

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
After much undocumented research and half a minute's idle thought, I have come to the conclusion that liberals must be psychic.

1.) They always know everything, including what you are thinking and why you are thinking it?

2.) They are the only ones who understand what the country really wants/needs.

I know, I know, it may seem they are oblivious, but you can't possible understand the nation's needs as well as a liberal, so it's best to leave the judgments to them. After all, only liberals posses the intellectual authority to make judgments without being bigoted.

You mean you DON'T think the teabaggers know or understand what the country needs? Why on Earth would you support any political group if you thought they had no freaking clue what your country wanted or needed?

And didn't you just make a rather large ASSumption, in ASSuming that "they always know everything"? Why, it's *almost* like you're trying to tell us liberals what we're thinking, and what we know!

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:19 PM

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Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
Oh, I see. I was dooped into thinking (from the liberals on this board) that they were voting for Obama because they were against war, as was he. That he was going to bring all the troops home by..er,.um I think inside one year. They are sneaky little bastards. I think we should salt all these pretzels around here and eat them.

You can start by eating me.

But you're right - the troops ARE sneaky little bastards! That's why I'll never willingly give a nickel of my tax money to support the troops!

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:22 PM

But you are not a pretzel. You said you condemn these actions, well you don't support it. And, something tells me you are stale.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:27 PM

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Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
But you are not a pretzel. You said you condemn these actions, well you don't support it. And, something tells me you are stale.

But I am a liberal. You've broad-brushed all liberals as defending this war and defending Obama and being pretzels.

Are you admitting you were wrong?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:34 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
But you are not a pretzel. You said you condemn these actions, well you don't support it. And, something tells me you are stale.

But I am a liberal. You've broad-brushed all liberals as defending this war and defending Obama and being pretzels.

Are you admitting you were wrong?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

Alright "Mr. literal" I'll fix that before you pass out,

"and SOME liberals have become ideological pretzels trying to defend Obama"

Is that better?

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:39 PM

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You mean you DON'T think the teabaggers know or understand what the country needs? Why on Earth would you support any political group if you thought they had no freaking clue what your country wanted or needed?

And didn't you just make a rather large ASSumption, in ASSuming that "they always know everything"? Why, it's *almost* like you're trying to tell us liberals what we're thinking, and what we know!

Very well done my psychic Liberal friend. Indeed I do not think teabaggers know or understand much more than how to drop their balls upon the faces of their smitten enemies. That and shooting. I have noticed a strong correlation amongst 'teabagging' and victory in 'first person shooter' styled video games.

And then you finish with a delightful paradox. Clearly one or both of us is lying, unless of course I am actually liberal.

Speaking of ASSumption, you appear to assume I have earthly motivations for supporting any political group. You can't prove anything

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:53 PM

Do you not make the same ASSumption about me?

All you know of me is that I'm a liberal. And if you've been paying attention, I don't support any of our three wars. (Probably the biggest difference there is, I didn't support Afghanistan and Iraq when Bush was in office either, while it seems that pretty much every "conservative" here *did* support them, right up until January of 2009, at least.

)

Tonight on MSNBC, somebody said something about "After the bombing in Libya, the debate over it." It struck me that that whole attitude is 180º backwards. You're supposed to have the debate BEFORE you start the bombing. But that's just not The American Way™ any more, is it? Nope, we're a nation of Bomb First, Ask Questions Never®.

Meanwhile, who do you think Obama picked in his brackets? I'm not talking about his NCAA brackets - that's old news (and every President since Taft has done them, it seems [/snark]) - I'm talking about his Mid-East brackets. Did he pick Bahrain to beat The Protesters? Saudi to upset Yemen? Who'd he pick in Libya? Does he have Jordan as an upset? Think he'll let Sudan go to sudden death?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 5:05 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Do you not make the same ASSumption about me?

All you know of me is that I'm a liberal. And if you've been paying attention, I don't support any of our three wars. (Probably the biggest difference there is, I didn't support Afghanistan and Iraq when Bush was in office either, while it seems that pretty much every "conservative" here *did* support them, right up until January of 2009, at least. )

Tonight on MSNBC, somebody said something about "After the bombing in Libya, the debate over it." It struck me that that whole attitude is 180º backwards. You're supposed to have the debate BEFORE you start the bombing. But that's just not The American Way™ any more, is it? Nope, we're a nation of Bomb First, Ask Questions Never®.

Meanwhile, who do you think Obama picked in his brackets? I'm not talking about his NCAA brackets - that's old news (and every President since Taft has done them, it seems [/snark]) - I'm talking about his Mid-East brackets. Did he pick Bahrain to beat The Protesters? Saudi to upset Yemen? Who'd he pick in Libya? Does he have Jordan as an upset? Think he'll let Sudan go to sudden death?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

No one knows about obama's picks. However, as a betting man, I would bet the opposite of what he says.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6:50 PM

BYTEMITE

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This thread confuses me, mostly because I've never seen Happy engage in the left-right baiting around here.

I predict he got really really bored, or he's joking.

EDIT: Ah, I see the distaff counterpart thread will shed some light on this unusual behaviour.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:12 PM

FREMDFIRMA

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
Are Liberals psychic?

No.

They are psychotic.

Next question ?

-F

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:56 PM

DMAANLILEILTT

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
2.) They are the only ones who understand what the country really wants/needs.

Isn't that the definition of politics?

"I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?"

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:16 AM

This explains why Bush choked on a preztel, but Happy, I think this is academic. It's a standard academic attitude, and the structure is innate to the system: Learn, know, teach. This is a pretty flawed model for information flow.

Most of what the right calls "liberal" is an academically trained or brainwashed pseudo-socialist agenda maker who has either been duped, as I was, or wants power for themselves, and actually supports the centralization of power as if it were a good idea.

Most of the people who consider themselves liberals do so because they think of themselves as caring and giving people who want to help. This group can be hijacked by the first group in a similar manner to how conservatives can be hijacked by religious and patriotic rhetoric.

If someone suggests that there is a group with a plight, then the academic liberal elite can suggest a solution of "helping" them, which inevitably involves moving more control to a central authority. I suppose you could call this left wing authoritarianism [/snark]

The underlying flaws in this are apparent to someone who is being objective: a) that the real goal here is the centralization of power, and b) that "help" and "control" are very closely related concepts and frequently those who step forward to help do not care at all about the former, only the latter. Whether it's Cabrini Green or the attacks on Lybia liberal elite policy will look like this, and be pushed in this manner. Most are more subtle than those but contain the same elements and structure.

The problem is that these are designed to *not* be looked at objectively, because they have their own built in emotional hook. Any discussion you have on them is liable to turn into an emotional argument rather than rational debate. So the well intentioned liberal will support the policy because they feel for the group that has the plight. Whether or not the plight is real is immaterial, the plight is believed, and those with it are perceived as victims, and the caring liberal wants to help. Help is provided as a solution, which is why Obama just said all this stuff about humanitarian assistance to the downtrodden etc. in Libya at the same time he was bombing hospitals.

If someone argues against the agenda of helping they are seen as uncaring, insensitive or heartless, precisely because it is an emotional debate which has been set up, not a rational one.

A rational debate might look into:
1) Is there really a plight?
2) Does this solution help? or control? Are there any other solutions?
3) Are we, or some centralized authority the best people to administer these solutions?

Years ago I ran into an African based African charity group that was focused on "information to Africa." The underlying idea was that none of Africa's problems required actual outside intervention, just the information, better farming techniques, healthcare methods, etc. Their reasoning was that past interventions to help by assistance to local govts. by international agencies had ended extremely badly, and not solved the problem, but usually ended up propping up some brutal regime and selling off natural resources to some foreign corporation.

Anyone can see why this idea isn't going to get a lot of support from the US govt. But it's the sort of debate we don't have because of the framework within which the positions are help, because it's a rational look at emotional issues, which is exploited by international interventionists.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:51 AM

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...I don't support any of our three wars. (Probably the biggest difference there is, I didn't support Afghanistan and Iraq when Bush was in office either, while it seems that pretty much every "conservative" here *did* support them...

And just how could you know what 'pretty much every conservative' thought in that manner without psychic intuition? This is why we need more Liberals in power. They know things, things only liberals can't be expected to realize or understand.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:52 AM

I suppose I owe RWED an explanation for this thread. Well, probably not, but I'll provide one on account of at least one person appears curious

I've been very busy for about 5 days and come back to RWED to see like the first 4 or 5 thread topics about conservatives destroying the country, about how "this is what they really want to happen, not what they are saying and certainly not what the actual legislation or proposition says..."

Now I could explain how all these partisan based assumptions ain't doing anyone on either side any favors, but that would be an exercise in futility. Also, the Liberals are the only ones allowed to accuse others of bigotry and any discussion on how Liberals could possibly (gasp) do something better was bound to turn into a bitchfest on how conservatives were clearly far worst.

So, I thought I'd make my point in humor. Still won't change much, but at least it was kinda fun

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:12 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

What a laugh...back and forth and back and forth about something so elemental:

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1.) They always know everything, including what you are thinking and why you are thinking it?

2.) They are the only ones who understand what the country really wants/needs.

This is as true of the right as of the left, and is utilized by virtually every candidate for every office!

Obviously some at least of this is aimed at me. I haven't judged that the right is trying to worsen the situation by their actions...I didn't want to BELIEVE it for a long time. I have come around to believing it relucantly by their ACTIONS, not what they say. They say they're about jobs, but haven't created a single one that I can see; they said they aren't about social issues, yet that's the only legislation they have offered so far; Walker and other newly-elected Republican governors and state legislatures were elected partly because of saying they would get their states out of debt, yet they immediately began giving tax credits to rich corporations while taxing the middle class, working poor and poor. Walker was DEFINITELY not elected to bust the unions, but he kept quiet about that until elected, then immediately gave tax cuts in virtually the same amount as he now cries poor! Hypocrisy is typical in politics; the right is just as guilty as the left.

How about some examples? How many right-wing candidates in the midterms CLAIMED they represented what "the people want"? Ergo they obviously THINK they know what people want, or say they do, which I think is more likely the truth. Or else they lied just to get elected, which again is the purvey of both sides, but would be more egregious than if they actually BELIEVED it.

Try to show me where liberals have claimed the above, and I can counter with the opposite from conservatives: politicians, legislators AND people right here on FFF. To say it holds true for just the left is either self-delusion, hypocrisy or ignorance...in this case deliberate ignorance? It's so easy to see on both sides, I'm amazed you can't see it!

As to "the Liberals are the only ones allowed to accuse others of bigotry"--are you freaking KIDDING ME??? How many cries do we hear almost daily from the right about how it's actually LIBERALS who are racists, and that any cry of racism aimed at the right is "reverse-racism", etc., etc. Your statement blows my mind.

Nobody needs to point fingers at one side or the other; nobody has to argue back and forth which does what you suggest more or less; both do it, always have. To say one side is more egregious about it than the other is nuts.

Pointing out what Bush/conservatives did when Obama/liberals are attacked for doing the same is by way of saying "why are you complaining? The guy on your side did exactly the same thing or worse, and where were the complaints then?" I wasn't here then, but I'll bet dollars to donuts when liberals complained about Bush, conservatives were quick to come up with "But Clinton..." So that's true on both sides as well.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:26 AM

HERO

Quote:
Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
I have come to the conclusion that liberals must be psychic.

Its spelled "psychotic".

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
"I would rather not ignore your contributions." Niki2, 2010.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:39 AM

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Nobody needs to point fingers at one side or the other; nobody has to argue back and forth which does what you suggest more or less; both do it, always have. To say one side is more egregious about it than the other is nuts.

I wasn't aware I claimed one side was any worse than the other, but I suppose I should trust your psychic judgment, sense you have the liberal power of knowing my true thoughts and intentions. Many of which I am often unaware of... but then again I am not psychic

P.S. I wouldn't expect a serious answer or put to much thought into this thread, I certainly didn't. The teacher part of me doesn't believe in calling out a single person in a public forum like this, this was just a comment on a behavior I've observed from multiple folks in multiple locations. If I had a problem with any one person, I'd send them a private message or just deal with it. No one needs my approval

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:14 AM

FREMDFIRMA

Oh I make no secret or illusion of my partisanship, however it's a temporary thing - I decided some time ago that it was best to address the matter via barroom rules, you finish the bastard on the floor in front of you FIRST, put the boot in good and proper and FINISH THE FREAKIN JOB, then go off to the next one.

Way we been doin it, we chase em out, then we chase the other one out, back and forth, on and on - try that to a piece of metal, bending it back and forth like that, see what happens.

The "plan" is as follows, finish the Republicans good and proper, I mean witchhunt, I mean purge, I mean *reign of fuckin terror*, right out of Robespierre and McCarthy, set the Democrats up for it by proxy, and just when they get done grinding the boot in.... cause you know bloody well in the doing they will offend the general population beyond tolerance, WHACK, give them the exact same treatment.

This clears the deck, and Robespierres mistake isn't so likely given we're already making strong progress regarding reforms in our treatment of youth even *with* massive government resistance, with that cleared the only hostile factor left would be corporations, but without a government and its military to protect them from the victims of their exploitations and abuses, THAT playing field starts levelling out too.

And one could say, right now, they're walking right into the noose, both of em, while I and others are rubbing their pals together with glee and sharpening their axes.

Why fight extremists when you can grind them up against each other - remember, sometimes the best use of a dangerous resource is to USE IT UP, ehe ?

So yeah, that's where I stand, just so you know.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:35 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER

This thread sucks.

Carry on.....

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:37 PM

MOCKROMANCER

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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
This thread sucks.

Carry on.....

My kind of poster. Short and sweet.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:06 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Quote:
Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
Alright "Mr. literal" I'll fix that before you pass out,

"and SOME liberals have become ideological pretzels trying to defend Obama"

Is that better?

Tweet!!!

You have been given a yellow card warning for violation of the official RWED unwritten rules - you are failing to ALWAYS negatively stereotype any ENTIRE political party, ideological group, or religion with which you are not in total agreement.

A subsequent violation will result in a red card violation and your being asked to leave the field for the remainder of the game.

For more serious violations of this type, including actually having a productive discussion, you may receive a suspension of indeterminate length (possibly from a rope).

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:33 PM

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
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...I don't support any of our three wars. (Probably the biggest difference there is, I didn't support Afghanistan and Iraq when Bush was in office either, while it seems that pretty much every "conservative" here *did* support them...

And just how could you know what 'pretty much every conservative' thought in that manner without psychic intuition? This is why we need more Liberals in power. They know things, things only liberals can't be expected to realize or understand.

You seem to have completely overlooked the part where I prefaced that with "...it seems that..."

So no, I'm not psychic. I've been to this rodeo a time or seven though, so I can get where I might *seem* psychic to you and the other uninformed conservatives. ;)

Conservatives claimed that the latest election was all about jobs, jobs, jobs. They also claim that they're all about the budget and the deficit (which they created). Then, once they get into office, what happens?

Jobs? Nope. Not a single bill has been passed by the House that has anything to do with job creation.

Budget? Nope. While decrying everything the President has proposed for the 2012 budget, the House - led by Republicans - has yet to offer a budget of any kind. This, despite the rules which say that all spending bills must originate in the House. Still no budget, still no jobs.

It doesn't take a psychic to see that you've been hoodwinked. Or to see that your favorite GOP lawmakers have no intention of addressing the signature issues they ran on. One need only look at their track record.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:50 PM

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Tweet!!!

You have been given a yellow card warning for violation of the official RWED unwritten rules - you are failing to ALWAYS negatively stereotype any ENTIRE political party, ideological group, or religion with which you are not in total agreement.

A subsequent violation will result in a red card violation and your being asked to leave the field for the remainder of the game.

For more serious violations of this type, including actually having a productive discussion, you may receive a suspension of indeterminate length (possibly from a rope).

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Right, guess I should start playing by the rules. Ahem...

Why so butthurt libtards? Is it cause a black man is bombing Africa or just because no one likes you? Let's face it, you're nuttier than squirrel turds! It must really suck to be liberal, unable to defend oneself with resorting to petty unrelated stabs at your opposition. Ya know, real Africans used to boast about their opponents strength and competence because the victors glory was made greater upon defeating them. Maybe the libtards should take a cue from the history of the blacks they pretend to care about!

There, was that better? Partisan and pointless enough? I threw in some racism for good measure.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:03 PM

Of course you did. You're conservative; you can't help but throw in some racism! ;)

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:06 PM

Dude, racism is like bacon, you can add it to make anything better. Unless you're a jew I guess....

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:12 PM

MOCKROMANCER

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Of course you did. You're conservative; you can't help but throw in some racism! ;)

I'm conservative and I rarely use racism. It is too easy, it's kinda like fighting a cripple on an escalator. I like fair fights. It's equal to saying "all conservatives" when making no point at all. Why bother?

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:13 PM

MOCKROMANCER

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
Dude, racism is like bacon, you can add it to make anything better. Unless you're a jew I guess....

Jews like racism. That is why they are Jews.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:28 PM

Wow, Trader, you've actually lessened my opinion of you.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:04 PM

This thread ain't worth taking seriously. A snark that has gone on far too long. If I could delete this thread I would, but sense I can't this is a silly place that ought to be relocated to Troll Country.

I'm sorry you feel that way... I think...

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:08 PM

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Quote:
Originally posted by QuestionableQuestionality:
Alright "Mr. literal" I'll fix that before you pass out,

"and SOME liberals have become ideological pretzels trying to defend Obama"

Is that better?

Tweet!!!

You have been given a yellow card warning for violation of the official RWED unwritten rules - you are failing to ALWAYS negatively stereotype any ENTIRE political party, ideological group, or religion with which you are not in total agreement.

A subsequent violation will result in a red card violation and your being asked to leave the field for the remainder of the game.

For more serious violations of this type, including actually having a productive discussion, you may receive a suspension of indeterminate length (possibly from a rope).

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Nah, it's <140 chars, game on.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:08 PM

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
This thread ain't worth taking seriously. A snark that has gone on far too long. If I could delete this thread I would, but sense I can't this is a silly place that ought to be relocated to Troll Country.

I'm sorry you feel that way... I think...

Meh, it's a passing phase, I'm sure.

This thread didn't really seem your style. Seemed... beneath you, somehow.

Or I'm just thinking less of lots of people these days. It happens. At the moment I'm a bit on the outs with most of the people in my life, so I'm probably not a reliable source to ask about such things.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:08 PM

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Nah, it's <140 chars, game on.

That may be the shortest post you've ever made, DT. Tweets agree with you!

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:46 PM

Oh, man, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that gets better for you. I haven't really had much experience with that, but I can sympathize even if I can't accurately emphasize (am I using the right words? It seems to sound right).

This sillyness/stupidness on my part was out of redirected frustration, much of it not really related to anything here, and I am sorry if niki, yourself, or any others felt targeted. Perhaps it's not as obvious, but I was also making fun of conservatives. It's highly unlikely that I would 'target' any person. Ideas, but not people, that's really not my style.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:43 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Nah, it's <140 chars, game on.

That may be the shortest post you've ever made, DT. Tweets agree with you!

Good point. From now on, all my post will be <140 chars.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:25 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

It seemed pretty obvious to me that Happy was being sarcastic, someone really thought that he thinks liberals are psychic? Oh well, or maybe they were just pretending to think that he really thought that liberals were psychic. Drat it, I'm confused now, speaking of twisting up into a pretzel ... :)

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:58 AM

Watch out, conservatives sometimes choke on pretzels.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:42 AM

STORYMARK

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Originally posted by TheHappyTrader:
After much undocumented research and half a minute's idle thought, I have come to the conclusion that liberals must be psychic.

1.) They always know everything, including what you are thinking and why you are thinking it?

2.) They are the only ones who understand what the country really wants/needs.

I know, I know, it may seem they are oblivious, but you can't possible understand the nation's needs as well as a liberal, so it's best to leave the judgments to them. After all, only liberals posses the intellectual authority to make judgments without being bigoted.

That's cute, as if conservatives don't behave the same way.

Adorable.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:33 AM

HERO

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Oh I make no secret or illusion of my partisanship...

You had us all fooled.

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
"I would rather not ignore your contributions." Niki2, 2010.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 7:53 AM