The origins of the gimmie-gimmie mentaltiy ? The entitlement mindset.
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Sunday, August 9, 2026 14:33
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
This is quite a different stance from the one you took during the Gulf oil spill. At that time, you DEMANDED that the government take over and fix it, because it was simply too big to expect the oil company to carry the load.
So what changed? Or do you firmly believe that governments are required to "carry the load" for corporations, but never for people?
Again, you're wrong. Go find where I said that the govt " take over and fix it ". I never said that. There's no reason to believe the govt would have the equipment or man power to do what was necessary. Where I said Obama failed was in mobilizing the resources we DID have, and allowing other resources to be used, which is a far cry from the govt taking over and fixing the gusher, which was a mile below the water surface. And that is again an entirely different topic from this one, so you couldn't be more wrong in how you mischaracterize me or my position. Again.
"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein
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Quote:Rappy, I don't hate you. I merely hope that someday you will learn how to be a real boy. Instead of... yanno... a puppet.
Sig,
Your irrational hatred towards me has (again) clouded your view of the topic at hand.
I invite you to step back and offer up any opinions you may have of this welfare queen broodmare.
This nonsensical sniping at me, merely because I posted the story, is beyond tedious.
As for my "solution", just OOC what do YOU suppose I would suggest, and why do you suppose I might suggest it?
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"Hey, I done mentioned the dads twice."
I've noticed from time to time posts before mine showing up only long after I post - not sure how that happens, but no intentional ignoring occurred.
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Originally posted by SignyM: Rappy, I don't hate you. I merely hope that someday you will learn how to be a real boy. Instead of... yanno... a puppet.
As for my "solution", just OOC what do YOU suppose I would suggest, and why do you suppose I might suggest it?
I assure you, I'm more real and more man than you could possibly imagine. ( in best Obi-Wan Kenobi voice )
Seriously, you're attempted belittling of me via my " puppet " views is precisely what I'm talking about. Apparently you can't comprehend anyone with my views, so you ridicule and mock them. And me. Thus, you hate me. I get it.
"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by AURaptor:Quote:
Originally posted by SignyM: Rappy, I don't hate you. I merely hope that someday you will learn how to be a real boy. Instead of... yanno... a puppet.
As for my "solution", just OOC what do YOU suppose I would suggest, and why do you suppose I might suggest it?
I assure you, I'm more real and more man than you could possibly imagine. ( in best Obi-Wan Kenobi voice )
Seriously, you're attempted belittling of me via my " puppet " views is precisely what I'm talking about. Apparently you can't comprehend anyone with my views, so you ridicule and mock them. And me. Thus, you hate me. I get it.
Interesting. I think Rappy just inadvertently admitted why he hates us so much.
"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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I got stalled out on the first line.
Does he think we could imagine him as Obi-Wan? Really? Or does he think that if he posts he's using his 'best Obi-Wan Kenobi voice' well give his post credit?
I really don't understand the point of his post. It's like there's a major disconnect between reality and whatever is in his head.
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Oops, wrong thread
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I got stalled out on the first line.
Does he think we could imagine him as Obi-Wan? Really? Or does he think that if he posts he's using his 'best Obi-Wan Kenobi voice' well give his post credit?
I really don't understand the point of his post. It's like there's a major disconnect between reality and whatever is in his head.
He seems to be trying to use the Jedi mind trick to convince us all that he's a man. Seems like he's trying to convince himself, too.
He's claiming that because Signy can't fathom Rappy's beliefs, she has to hate him. It's a tacit admission that since he can't understand where we're all coming from, and can't relate to us, he has a pathological NEED to hate us all.
It explains where much of his xenophobia comes from, doesn't it? That absolute ironclad NEED to hate anything he can't immediately understand and empathize with?
As you've pointed out, the more he posts, the more Rappy reveals about his true nature.
"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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Quote:No, rappy, I don't mock you for your "views", I mock your views because they are... even on cursory examination... nearly 100% fact-free, self-contradictory, and utterly predictable. I can predict what "you" are going to say by listening to Limbaugh and any number of right-wing entertainers, and you will repeat what they say verbatim, without even once ever attempting to either validate what they say or check it for internal consistency.
Seriously, you're attempted belittling of me via my " puppet " views is precisely what I'm talking about. Apparently you can't comprehend anyone with my views, so you ridicule and mock them. And me. Thus, you hate me. I get it.
In other words, you are a puppet.
Let me give you a few examples from the past:
Not more than two months before the economy went over a precipice, you insisted (insisted, I tell ya!
) that the economy was "on fire!" We tried to tell you, we really did, but you would have none of our "left wing" "facts".You insisted for years and years that Saddam had viable weapons of mass destruction deployed east, north, south somewhat of Baghdad... eventually you backed that down to "had" WMD ... old, degraded but, hell, certainly worth the 4 trillion we spent on destabilizing Iraq, right? Right?
In your very last thread, you brayed about "freedom" but then advocated forced sterilization.
You talk about the freedom to be greedy and fierce and rapacious as you want to be, but balk when anyone else claims the same freedom... you call that the "gimme-gimme" mentality. As if you don't practice it yourself!
I could go on, but really, it would be tedious and I don't want to spend my whole evening typing!
Meanwhile, have you figured out what I would advocate, and why? I would like you to at least take a stab at what you THINK I would say. I have a very good bead on you... I just wonder if your understanding of me is equal to my understanding of you.
So, swing away. Have at it. Construct what you think my response is.
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I see that my hope that no one was on at 3:40AM was foolish. Surely there's a better way to spend time, like sleeping.
That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.
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