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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:12 AM Original message |
The "Yes, but" standard -- "Yes, I believe in free speech, but now's not a good time." |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good examples |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That was a quick sign. How did you do that? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. how? because... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. LOL how did you do that?! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. huh? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I just found it online |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It was a perfect symbol for the moment. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I Was Taught That It's Better To Follow "Yes" With "And" |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Quite right! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Good comment. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Freedom is hazardous, |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. don't get me wrong... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Heh heh |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. happy thanksgiving mf! |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's neat. I am so not good at graphics. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. And Phil Donahue's show cancelled on the eve of the Iraq invasion |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. A quibble (i.e. my own "Yes But...) |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I was not speaking of government intervention... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I have advised a wait-and-see attitude, but |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, I believe you have the right to free speech, |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, you have every right to call my opinions stupid... |
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South Side (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Let's Get Real |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, I believe what I posted. Welcome to DU. |
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South Side (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You Welcome Me By Vomiting |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Bye. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Ah, yes, interesting user name. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. address the message |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thanks for the back up. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. DUmmie - what's this? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. yes |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. high school never ends, does it? |
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South Side (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The message is about speaking out without an adjoiner |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. now the member's user name? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. you game = obvious. Put down the poster to discount the message. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. I give you a hard time sometimes, but I totally agree with you on this one. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Appreciated. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R. It seems as if free speech is only okay if it matches the listener's views. |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. That logic is all around us |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. I have a step-grandmother in law with which I bumped heads over the Dixie Chicks. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Well, if Barack starts to like it... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. Don't confuse "you shouldn't say that" with "you shouldn't be allowed to say that". |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Actually, here and at other Democratic forums right now... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Sadly, there are some people stuck in "Id development" who can't distinguish |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think historians are gonna look back on 2001-2004 as a time like the 1919-20 Red Scare |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Help me out: How is critizing those who criticize those who criticized the war itself not a double.. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Everything can be twisted into what it is not....if the intent is there. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. Right up there with "New Orleans is drowning, Bush and FEMA are blowing it....but.. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. Why has there been so much caving into |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. Very sad that so many people |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. The trouble comes from |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
51. Great OP; wish I had found it earlier to rec it. I belonged to a political forum |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It is important to keep speaking on what we think. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. that blew me away |
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