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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:06 AM Original message |
I just saw some of the ugliest of the Tea Party's ugly -- from a "friend" on Facebook |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. my thought, one innocent killed, it is murder. so i ask people that are pro death penalty |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You'd think, given their apparent attitude, |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Next time you have this conversation |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. "it takes balls to execute an innocent man" |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. that is one of the major differences between liberals and conservatives... |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. That's what it's all about to them. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. YES! |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. +1,000,000 |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Wrong and strong |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
72. They don't care about wrong. |
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Gin Blossom (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Good point. W and his "steely resolve". n/t |
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AnnieK401 (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
59. You're on to something |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. Yes and what people don't understand |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Most of the ones I talk to say "Well, if it wasn't this, it was something else they did" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. wow. wow. lol, i havent heard that. granted, i use that on kids when they cry |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
58. you should say "what happens when it's you? |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. They never, ever, envision this happening to them |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. ok, I'll chime in as a DP supporter. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Wow... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
64. I'm sure it would be horrible. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. How can the identity of the killer be 'certain'? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
65. I can appreciate your mistrust of the state. |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
56. As a DP opponent, I cannot get my head around "not lightly" when there is |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
66. Some day I may be in the minority side of this issue. |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I don't understand your comment, I can't figure out what you are stating or |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I suppose that was my short hand of saying exactly what you just said. |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. I thank you for your respect and approach to this issue, but I don't understand... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I think the DP is proportional and restrained in that... |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
62. Ask yourself this - is it empirically helpful? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Thank you for posing thoughtful questions. |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
82. I mean this with all sincerity... |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Even if you were a human completely devoid of compassion, it still costs more to |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Yeah, I thought about making that point . . .. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
68. You would think that the anti big gobmint people would be all for saving money... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. And then there's this... |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. New Mexico eliminated the death penalty a couple of |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. It's still relevant. |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. perfect reply |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. It is ugly, but I'd also say not to despair. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Thank you ... |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I agree. From the Salem witch trials to the Pinkerton's gunning down |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, OffWithTheirHeads! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
45. And the genocide of native Americans..............nt |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good reply, I also like the reply that a Government executed Jesus. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yes, that comment had to have opened more than a few eyes. EOM |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Your post raises my spirits |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. This PARODY strangely fits here |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Your friend is wrong if his concerns are about executions saving taxpayer money. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. How does he feel about the trillions that the wars cost taxpayers? nt |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. probably makes him wet, like Hitchens when he thinks of Muslims being penetrated |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. I lucked out on the FB thing |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Meh. I can sort of understand the support for the death penalty. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. I'll be honest... |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
60. me too.. I don't connect as far back as high school |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. Deleted message |
Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Executions don't save any money! |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. You're right. Bogus claim that executing someone is cheaper. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. The "prison system" is a huge for-profit enterprise, and the results are just what capitalism does.. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. No, but a huge, for-profit enterprise is what happens when you privatize prisons |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. We are the only first world country in the world to still use the death penalty. |
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Jenny_92808 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Well said...the death penalty is disgusting and uncivilized... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. At one time it was reversed ... and the RW overturned it again -- sad -- |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. China's not a 1st World country? nt. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. 2nd world, maybe, But not first world... |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. hmmmm |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. We used to be a 1st world country. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Good response. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
40. Actually, it can cost millions in appeals to execute someone. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. "Beware of those with a strong urge to punish" -- |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. I share your concern. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. The election of 2000 |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You are so right. nt |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
48. What do you mean you are "despairing"? Just buck up, get your message out, and WORK for DEMS. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
50. Why do people who are so convinced everything government touches turns to shit... |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I'm afraid Tea Baggers and intellectual consistency parted ways long ago ;) |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Still needs to be pointed out from time to time... |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
55. I personally know two people okay with the execution of an innocent man |
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David Sky (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. I find the Tea Baggers' grasp of logic to be sadly missing most of |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. Was this guy a slacking-stoner type in high school? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Actually he was a jock, a very popular football player, ... |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
70. I'm amazed at the cow-stupid looks I get when I tell these idiots |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
76. The Tea Party should be renamed - The Death Party. |
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