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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:01 PM Original message |
Has the DU community become too politically correct? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you refering to my rape/violence isn't funny topic? |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Not referencing your thread specifically ... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Part of the problem I think is the difference between thought and action. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Honored to give you the first R |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Humor, even black humor, keeps humans sane |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hats off to you! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. A little bit OT but I'm sick of the phrase "politically correct" |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I find it terribly offensive. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Is there an irony emoticon? |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. exactly. Terry Jeffrey used it exactly in this manner on Hardball yesterday. |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Enthusiastically agreed; it's basically an intellectually lazy way |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
157. I agree. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Yup. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Well, let's give you the benefit of the doubt. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. You'll always have "pet issue" people. It's just the way it is. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
71. Bravo! Great Post |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
174. Very nice post. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. There is NOTHING funny about homophobic Frosted Mini-Wheats! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. This quote of yours says it all for me: |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
124. Speaking for myself, it doesn't bother me when people aren't outraged. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. How about this: |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only to white folks. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Behave!!! O mama gonna beat yo hindpots!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. Yikes! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Really? Only white people? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I asked every single one of them. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. and have signed affadavits. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. notarized. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. co-signed by God. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
173. Its true..I'm not white and I signed his affidavit...actually, I signed three, just to be sure. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Ah. Well, okay. That certainly would do it. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Too PC" usually means a rightwinger complaining that they can't say what they want |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Thank you! |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. yep....and jagoffs like Beck are always the ones who scream the LOUDest |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. "POLITEically" correct is NOT what was meant in the OP. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Nice. What a wonderful way to bring someone over to your side. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. there is not "wonderful" and "light" way to demand respect, okay? withold support for |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
165. The difference between tolerance and intolerance is not subtle. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. why should we have to try to get you on our side. is bigotry an accepted liberal value now? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
166. I've made it perfectly clear that I support these issues. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. So you need to be coaxed to "our" side on issues? And you're "progressive"? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #55 |
167. What nonsense. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
94. Deleted message |
k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
108. i'm sorry, what does "bring someone over to your side" mean? nt. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #108 |
168. "... bring us over to your side" as in convince us to become active. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. no, not clear yet... |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Thanks for making my point for me. |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Maybe he/she was just being sarcastic? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
96. I am SERIOUS as a fucking heart attack !! |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. you see no middle ground between saying STFU / get over it and agreement? this martyr bullshit |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Are you a graduate of the Hannity school of debate? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. your willfully obtuse bullshit doesn't answer my question. you see no middle ground? |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Read the OP. I explicitly acknowledge the existence of a "middle ground". |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. but but but..."anyone who doesn't subscribe to your point of view is a "clueless asshole".' |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #85 |
118. You're quite the piece of work, aren't you? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. you responded to Blitz re people who tell him to STFU as if he shld respect them- why? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
99. the asshole i responded who called us oversensitive |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
140. he said people who tell him to STFU!!! Not those that "DON"T AGREE 100% "- THAT is why i said |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:54 PM Original message |
Jonny, I love you. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
102. the homophobes certainly don't! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #102 |
119. Yes, they aren't a fan of our blatant homo talk. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. you mean the gazillion threads that told GLBT DU'ers to shut up and sit down? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. but you didnt ask in a fun wonderful way that makes the sophmoric jokester feel good about himself! |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Funny, I thought I was just a white male liberal...... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "endless cries of victimhood" - -another tres sensitive concept |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
111. this thread is just replete with every right wing catch phrase |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. oh see, i was told global warming was a bigger concern for me than misogyny or human rights for gay |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. You don't have a right to an audience |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. asking for respect is ill mannered, huh? crying wolf is it? so your concerns are paramount... |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
77. Let me be really clear..... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. see your self created problems do mean little to me, i'm sort of more about society's ills.... |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
139. Environment, health care, housing, war? Self-created? |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
145. It infringes on the free speech of others? |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #145 |
155. I have no objection to manners. Manners are good. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #155 |
162. Personal attacks are against the rules. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. I imagine it is |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. lesser to them, and you shld respect that. to people who do not have them, equal rights are urgent. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
101. you keep using that word... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
161. Legitimate effort? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. IA with right wingers, that is indeed what they whine about |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
92. yes. more than usually, id say 100 percent of the time. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well, the "douchebag" thing was kind of ridiculous. |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
126. I thought we had settled the issue... How dare you use that word again !!! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. PC is mostly okay with me |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. This reminds me of that sketch on TDS about Fox News. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. Derogatory humor isn't funny |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Good. Very good. thank you |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. my 2 cents |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
95. Good points sleebarker |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Political correctness has replaced uptightness about sex-- |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. Maybe, but then again.. |
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rakovsky (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. No! |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. Peace be my Brother... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. "It's not that someone is offending you, you make yourself feel offended." |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I make myself earn 30% less than men in my field! I make myself an easy target |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. If somebody calls you an unfortunate name, remember, it's not THEM. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. hmmm |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. How about somebody calls me ugly and I am NOT confident that I'm not? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Remember what Eleanor Roosevelt said |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. it's inspirational, and may work as a one on one situation, but we are talking about combined forces |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. They're still going to be there |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Thanks! |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. That's the point.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. 'an individual can choose their own feelings' |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. you can choose your reaction, and mine is to not give bigotry a free pass. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #89 |
100. congrats bettyellen... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. 'you are probably hurting your cause more than you are helping it.' |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. People are very passionate about what they believe in... |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. out of curiousity, what cause are you referring to? nt. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. whatever cause it is it's obviously not a cause he supports. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #105 |
115. it could be any cause. eom |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #115 |
127. your response seems more particular to the person.. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. he lied and said i called him a bigot, but i did not even imply it. LOL . |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #127 |
132. The cause... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. passionate, but not accusing you of bigoted statements at all. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. do you support this cause, as you call it? nt. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #137 |
148. Lifestyle? |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #148 |
156. maybe we are misunderstanding each other... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #100 |
110. self delete |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. Good luck, dapper. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #120 |
129. you BIGOT! :-) |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #120 |
133. awww...sounds like a victimhood post to me. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #100 |
130. i never said you were a bigot, i said i choose to react against bigotry instead of managing feelings |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. btw, I was joking about the Bigot remark... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #130 |
169. y'know, i resent being caLLed a homophobe |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:48 PM Original message |
In reality, you can choose your own feelings... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
98. Of course I say I could have handled it things better after the fact... |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. Depends on if your interested or argumentative... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #107 |
113. Well now you are talking about behavior modification |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. Not exactly |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. i can believe that somehting is misogynist or homophobic and not be wounded- YET i can still do |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
135. If that is so, then shouldn't that go both ways? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. Yes I think so. When someone questions your humanity based on a subjective advertisment, yes. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. Explain more your cancer survivor story |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. I'll vouch for that. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. What kind of things were funny? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I was eleven then. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
93. Oh, man, I'm sorry you had to go through that at that age |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
83. One example. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. LOL! |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
81. Maybe, but let me tell you what offends me. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
86. notice how it is always the so-called repressed minorities... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. u mean all those white men walking on eggshells and repressing their free speech |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. "We can't say what we wanted to with impunity for decades & we don't like it!" |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. i mean, what is with playing the victim all the time? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
104. Yes, you don't "help your cause" that way |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. "so called" cause, the poster has yet to agree to the existance of this alleged repression |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #104 |
153. Helping your cause.... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
90. It Took Me 30 Years to Understand Your Last Line |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
125. There is nothing more UNPRODUCTIVE |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #125 |
143. Well, Yeah, But You Know What? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. "I haven't seen anyone say, 'get over it.'" |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #147 |
154. In This Country, Yes |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:51 AM Response to Reply #143 |
176. Haven't really seen any "cries of pain," either. I see a lot |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
109. In a word...NO |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #109 |
116. VelmaD put it perfectly, I can add nothing to this post. nt |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #109 |
123. but Velma! The OP has actualy supported gay rights in the past! So he can do no wrong..... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #109 |
128. Well said. nt |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #109 |
138. good post, Velma!! |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #109 |
144. Wow. I wish I could just recommend your post. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
152. Bravo Velma!! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #109 |
160. If I could recommend only 1 post today, this would be it. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:26 AM Response to Reply #109 |
163. One of your best posts ever. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #109 |
171. Excellent post, Velma |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
117. I am. - n/t |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
141. It's all about CONTEXT |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
142. Too politically correct?! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
146. 11 Bravo I do appreciate your PM to me even though |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Likewise |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
149. Not from some of the stuff |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
150. I don't think it's politically correct to be offended when someone laughs at your sensitive spot... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
164. YES! |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
172. Yes |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:43 AM Response to Reply #172 |
175. Oh do tell. |
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