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The President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction

POSTED BY: Geezer
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:26 PM

I'm curious: Is it worse to call an opponent a "son of a bitch", or to call a female opponent a "bitch"?

Or are both equally inflammatory?

Would someone using such an epithet, or at the very least not condemning such language, automatically lose any support you might otherwise give them?



"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:35 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I'm curious:



Yes.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:27 AM

Sounds like you could never have voted for someone like McCain/Palin, then, since they were either engaging in such violent rhetoric themselves, or simply standing around chuckling while others used such inflammatory language.

Glad to hear you never supported either of them, Geezer. ;)

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Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Sounds like you could never have voted for someone like McCain/Palin, then, since they were either engaging in such violent rhetoric themselves, or simply standing around chuckling while others used such inflammatory language.

Glad to hear you never supported either of them, Geezer. ;)



Nope. I could never have voted for McCain or Palin because I didn't support many of their policies. I voted straight Libertarian in 2010, except for my state representative, who's a Republican representing one of the most liberal districts in Va.

Not voting for them does not mean I was unaware of the character assassination directed at them by the news and entertainment media, or the fact that Democratic politicians were also, if not engaged in such rhetoric, then standing around chuckling at it.

Unfortunately, such attacks have re-emerged in recent years, after a period of detante. I recognize this is occurring on both sides, but I don't have to like it or accept it.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:32 PM

Gawd, Geezer's getting to be just like Raptor...rather than address questions, he starts a new tack: Media is picked on McCain/Palin; even if Democrats DIDN'T do the same, they were laughing at it. It's getting ridiculous.

It's just impossible for him to make his point; what Hoffa said is open to interpretation, tho' it shouldn't have been because the full quote shows his intent, even if his wording was unfortunate. What Breitbart said was FILLED with violent rhetoric and much longer; there is no question what his intent was. There was no reason for it to go beyond that.


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signing off


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Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:00 PM

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Gawd, Geezer's getting to be just like Raptor...rather than address questions, he starts a new tack: Media is picked on McCain/Palin; even if Democrats DIDN'T do the same, they were laughing at it. It's getting ridiculous.



Gawd, Niki's Getting worse than Mike. At least he'll address insults in the first person.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:12 PM

Apparently, Geezer, you do not know or appreciate the meaning of the word "IF", And you left out important parts of my quotes

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My reasoning is that if businesses are also people, they should be taxed like people. And, if they commit a serious crime, the business should be put to death." Signy

"if businesses are also people ... with privacy rights, and "free speech" ... they should be taxed like ordinary wage earners"




All I'm suggesting that you do is follow YOUR logic, not mine. Apparently, you can't even follow your own premises to their logical end. Sorry dude, but you're as much a tool as rappy.

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Thursday, April 3, 2025 11:52 AM

French media France24

The most economically illiterate speech I have ever heard.Long Form Discussion

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