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No, it's not funny that Romney totally supports Obama's foreign policy positions... (Original Post) Bonobo Oct 2012 OP
? ProSense Oct 2012 #1
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #7
Nice personal attack. nt Bonobo Oct 2012 #8
Explain where that was wrong in any sense. cliffordu Oct 2012 #10
Double down on personal attacks... Bonobo Oct 2012 #12
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #16
No, simply pointing out what you're doing Scootaloo Oct 2012 #15
The point is you made it about me and avoided discussion of the issue. Which is... Bonobo Oct 2012 #17
Not fucking. Actually g-g rubbing. nt Bonobo Oct 2012 #18
Ending wars is sad? JaneyVee Oct 2012 #2
Lame BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #3
Oh, there's something truly sad about this OP Summer Hathaway Oct 2012 #4
are you drinking? Whisp Oct 2012 #5
There are some small differences. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #6
Didn't I see that airbrushed on the side of a van last week? progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #9
That was moderate Romney. LisaL Oct 2012 #11
I think the severely sick RobMey *would* start WWIII on a whim... Amonester Oct 2012 #13
Cool graphic fujiyama Oct 2012 #14
People don't actually say "Fujiyama" by the way. Bonobo Oct 2012 #19

Response to ProSense (Reply #1)

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
10. Explain where that was wrong in any sense.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:01 AM
Oct 2012

you ought to be ashamed.

Nevermind. We know who you are, what you really represent.

Seen it for years.

Carry on!!

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
12. Double down on personal attacks...
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:04 AM
Oct 2012

But the thing is, Cliffordu, it goes for you doubly.

Why just the other day, I remember you defending Anti-semitic twitters.

It is your kind that should be ashamed.

Response to Bonobo (Reply #12)

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
15. No, simply pointing out what you're doing
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:15 AM
Oct 2012

Which is in fact, squashing any positive sentiment about Obama you find around here.

A personal attack would have been citing some personal feature (real or imagined) of yours that is of no relevance to your argument, and using that as basis of criticism for your argument. For instance, your choice of avatar, the quality of your typing, who your mother voted for in 1960, or the total amount of grunge beneath your toenails. "Bonobo doesn't scrub his filthy fucking feet, why should we pay any attention to what he has to say," that a personal attack.

Now, I did reference your choice of screen name, which may be where you got confused. However this was a simile, owing to the fact that a bonobo will pretty much solve any problem through fucking. Works for them, I guess, what the heck. I was likening your sqashing of pro-Obama sentiment ("fucking it into the ground&quot to the habits of Pan paniscus.

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
17. The point is you made it about me and avoided discussion of the issue. Which is...
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:18 AM
Oct 2012

that there is very little room between the candidates on foreign policy and the US, sadly, has a very bellicose foreign policy.

The issue is that the fact that Romney agrees so much with Obama on foreign policy is a reflection on how far to the right we have come and not how far tot he left HE has come.

Discussing THAT would be on point. Making it about me and your "intuition" about my motives is a personal attack.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
6. There are some small differences.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:26 AM
Oct 2012

But the media really zooms in on and magnifies the differences.

We have a very narrow range of debate, and people zoom in on it and it looks like a big difference.

But if you zoom out a little it's clear they agree on most things.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
13. I think the severely sick RobMey *would* start WWIII on a whim...
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:06 AM
Oct 2012

to make more profits.

And I say *would* because he *should* never come close to the secret codes.

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
19. People don't actually say "Fujiyama" by the way.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:22 AM
Oct 2012

It is properly pronounced "Fuji-san" with "san" being the Chinese reading for the Kanji for "yama".

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