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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:03 PM Original message |
Fellow Obama Supporters: What is so difficult about the concept of respecting the opposition? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Respect is never automatic, it needs to be earned |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Were talking candidates, not the entire party |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. There Is Nothing Wrong With Disagreement But That The Vitriol On This Board Goes Way Beyond That |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. There Is Nothing Wrong With Disagreement But The Vitriol On This Board Goes Way Beyond That |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Only the ones who post venomous, racist lies... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I Hope You're Not Accusing Me Of Spreading Venemous, Racist Lies |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. No - not as long as you're not accusing me... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Not If You Haven't , Of Course |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Wrong |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's the Brownshirt in us |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Exactly what I was going to say. Why should I respect some |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I say it's the part in us that |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hope you get a Duzy award for this, Mike. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. She lost my respect |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Forgive and forget Abby |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Yes |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. His advisor called her a "monster" |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. * |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Does Patronizing Strangers On A Bulletin Board Empower You? |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. no more than it does you. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. You Just Shot A Friend |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:25 PM Original message |
Sorry |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Stereo |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You Like Images, Abby |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. No! No! Don't stoop to her level. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Thank You |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Dipping into your handy supply of... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I Asked The Poster Why She Patronized Another Poster And Then She Patronized Me |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. I hear you - me, too. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. I strongly disagree we started it and if we are coming back we are at least using facts. I mostly. |
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Drachasor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree, we should all take the high road |
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ekwhite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Again, |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. The respectable opposition is respected |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. What if you support Obama b/c you find the opposition vile? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. It happens, unfortunately. Some people turn politics into their own ego trip |
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musicblind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Hmm, you seem too intelligent to be on DU. Are you sure you aren't breaking the rules somehow? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. The flip side, of course, is that if you do insult a candidate in a personal way, |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. You nailed it. Thanks for this response. I had a *very* similar journey. n/t |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
69. That's a very thoughful commentary |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. You are correct, but we didn't start it, Hillary mocking us did! |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. you've been here for two days |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Apparently you have missed the many totally disrespectful anti-Obama threads |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have to admit my own gender has driven me crazy with their fact free arguments |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have no problem with asking each side to treat the other with respect. |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Fuck that |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. Blaaaaaaach |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. The rudest ones are the ones that get noticed. |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Why are these posts always attacking Obama supporters? |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I'd say let the HRC supporters take care of their own. |
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Hav (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Good point.. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. I apologize Mike |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. I respected Hillary a month a ago |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. thank you. some of the people are absolutely unhinged and they are not doing their candidate any fa |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. I dunno, but neither side seems able to get it |
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Unbowed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. Respect was given to the Clintons but they and their surrogates alone are responsible for its loss. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. Sigh |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. As Ghandi said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. I tell my kids "a hair for a hair makes the whole world bald" |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. I get sick of being called a cult member |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. A lot of Hillary supporters here have never used those terms |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. Negatives... |
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LVjinx (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'd guess 25-50% of the Obama supporters here are actually Freepers trying to take the Clintons down |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. ... and 75% of the Clinton supporters here are doing Limbaugh's dirty work for him... |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Unverifiable, and entirely unlikely. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. HRC doesn't have an *honest* path to the nomination |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-22-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. I DESPISE the Clintons. I HATE the Clintons |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
67. I've decided to focus wholly on McCain at this point although it's hard holding back against... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-23-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
68. What is a shame... |
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