A new term of art . . .

[markpkessinger]

Last edited Fri Apr 12, 2013, 06:33 PM - Edit history (1)

I think it is only fair that, since those of us who express any serious disagreement with anything the President proposes are routinely dismissed as being part of an alleged "Professional Left," we have a parallel term for those who reflexively defend anything the President does or says. Therefore, I propose "Professional Obama Defenders" (or "PODs" or "POD people" for short). Fair enough?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Why try to encourage more division?

[markpkessinger]

2. I'm actually trying to do the opposite . . .

. . . by pointing out how egregious it is to use these kinds of terms in the first place. These labels are divisive (both of them). But for far too many, they only seem to see the divisiveness in one direction.

[11 Bravo]

10. You remind me of a company commander in VN (not mine, thankfully) who said ...

"We had to destroy the village in order to save it." It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.

[markpkessinger]

11. I believe the village was set afire . . .

. . . when people started using terms like "Professional Left" and "troll" against anybody who dared to lob any criticism of the President.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. ^^^^^^^^SUPER HERO for the DOWNTRODDEN^^^^^

Team Awesome Forever!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Sooooooo meta

Alright, Team Awesome! List the Top Five POD pople!

[markpkessinger]

4. Not my point at all . . .

. . . See #2 above.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. markpkessinger is one of Team Awesome's Number 1 AWESOME Posters!!!!

Take that, Cult of Personality POD People!!! The FDR Awesome's are gonna kick your Fake Dem Asses this time! Thanks for the new name for those Cult of Personalities, markpkessinger! POD people is awesome, cuz they're all like zombies and shit! Go Team Awesome Go!

The only question left is whether this AWESOME substantial post gets 85 or 95 RECs for sticking it to the Obamabot POD People. Yeah Team Awesome!!! Rec! Rec! Rec! Rec!

[one_voice]

5. For fucks sake...

[markpkessinger]

6. See #2 above n/t

[one_voice]

7. see #5 above. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

9. The name calling is something to welcome, it represents a lack of content and better a lack of wit

When a person in the midst of complex policy discussions has to blurt 'Emogprog' they might as well just admit defeat and walk away. There is no need to hurl epithets at people who are even more afraid of and offended by facts, figures, links to authoritative materials than they are of taunts or catcalls. Citation of actual information before these folks is like holding a crucifix up to a vampire, it causes them to shrink and wither.