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bush_is_wacko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:07 PM
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I got htis stupid email from someone and I decided to take the
opportunity to teach him a lesson about liberals. Here is what I wrote him and the email he sent me.

Funny thing is most Liberals agree with Rooney's right to make these statements. Everybody has a right to an opinion, but NO ONE has a right to create laws that diminish another persons right to feel the way they do or say what they want to say. The constitution has historically been used to instate rights NOT take rights away. Liberals do not want to take away religious, sexual orientation, abortion, minority, gun owners, or any other kind of rights.

Right-wing nutcases want to IMPOSE their belief system on others. They are threatened by allowing individuals to have the freedom to say what they want to say and do what they want to do. They have brainwashed the multitudes by making a big deal out of Atheist's and conspiracy theorists who are NOT representative of the MAJORITY of Liberals.

It is a shame in this country that too many Americans can't read the constitution this country was founded on. INCLUSION does not EXCLUDE the rights of some Americans to be ignorant. Liberals support EVEN that right.

<<snip>>

Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.

"The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America.
Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer.
I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason,that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television.
That doesn't stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement.And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa;so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent.
I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe.
I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.
And if you don't like my point of view,tough... THEN DON'T PASS IT ON!!"

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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:08 PM
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1. I'll tell ya' something people don't have a right to say.
They don't have a right to say that Andy Rooney said this.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:10 PM
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3. I figured this had to be snoped.
Good work, LoZoccolo :thumbsup:
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:16 PM
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9. All you usually have to do to debunk these is...
...Google some phrase in the email that's pretty unique, and the word "snopes", and there you have it!
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:17 PM
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10. Oh I'm a big snopes fan
You're just quicker on the draw than I am! :D
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:10 PM
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4. Oh, and when you reply with this...
...be sure to cc: everyone else to whom he sent it!
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:12 PM
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7. I was gonna say, didn't sound like Rooney to me
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roenyc Donating Member (824 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:18 PM
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11. whew, thank goodness, scared me for moment
thought the whole world was going nuts. not that i am a fan of andy's but that entire thing was a bit much. even for hannity!
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 05:24 PM
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20. now this is some funny sh**, because I thought repugs wanted
people to have babies.

"I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies. "
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 05:47 AM
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21. Since it was an urban legend, and thus not true (read the whole thread)...
...don't draw any conclusions from it.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:09 PM
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2. It took me 15 seconds to debunk this one
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:10 PM
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5. The lesson you should have learned is that emails are full of urban
Edited on Wed Jan-12-05 04:12 PM by tx_dem41
legends. Check out Snopes next time instead of "taking the bait".
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:11 PM
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6. You need to 'Reply All' with the snopes link....
...send it to EVERYONE the original sender copied.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:12 PM
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8. You guys beat me to snopes.com but there is no way Andy Rooney
would say this UTTER NONSENSE on TV.

Disgusting!
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:18 PM
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12. Dripping with ignorance. Ask him about right-wing Political Correctness
Like:

-Liberal is a bad word
-Everyone must say they support the troops at all times
-Capitalism is definitely, without question, superior to socialism, communism, and all other forms of government

And many others. They are guilty of the same things they accuse us of. I wonder if they support the rights of minorities NOT to be tolerant of the majority because they are different, weird, or tick them off?
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 05:16 PM
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19. Right-wing idea of special rights
Conservatives think the only "minorities" (if you want to call them such) who should have "special rights" under affirmative action are multimillionaires, billionaires, and multinational corporations.
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bush_is_wacko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:23 PM
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13. Thanks for that. I've been trying to get this guy for a while.
Now I have the ammunition!
:yourock:
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:25 PM
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14. Fire at will, biw
And don't spare a word.
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bush_is_wacko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:29 PM
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16. Oh, I haven't been sparing much of anything.
This guy is ACTUALLY a Liberal, but he doesn't realize it yet. I'm happy to enlighten him. Maybe he'll realize that he is supporting the EXACT opposite of his own beliefs!
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Sweet Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 04:29 PM
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15. FYI: I added this to the DU propaganda debunker
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bush_is_wacko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 05:01 PM
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17. This is great! I never knew this was here either.
I came to this site in August and every day I learn something new. This one is going on my forums list! Thanks again!
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Sweet Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-05 05:08 PM
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18. We're a new group. Welcome! /nt
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