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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:30 PM Original message |
Do you assume a person is stupid if you find out they are a republican? |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't assume they're stupid. I assume they need mental help. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, I don't assume they are stupid |
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judge_smales (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nope. Not the same. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:32 PM Original message |
I assume they are either rich or ignorant... |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. No but I assume that... |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. ok |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. HUGE difference: they chose to be Republicans |
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elfwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. prejudice |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. That doesn't make sense, you can't determine a person's ideology |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. dupe delete |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stupid or greedy! |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Add to those two |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. John Stuart Mill's observation: |
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jay-3d (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. MY FRIEND |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. I assume willful heartlessness |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. "Willful heartlessness"... yeah, that's good. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I figure a poor repug is stupid, a rich Repug is just mean-spirited. |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Some rich people are stupid. Gwbush* for example. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Unfortunately I do, but I know it's wrong. |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:40 PM Original message |
How can it be "naive" when they know exactly what they're doing? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. The rank and file who vote I don't think really know what they |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Plenty of politically savvy people are republican |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Well, there are those who are Republican for the social and economic gain. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. "A vote for Bush is a character flaw" |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Misguided or careless |
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4MoreYearsOfHell (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. No, not always stupid, |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not stupid -- uninformed or rich |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. but |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Maybe gullible is a better word than stupid? n/t |
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LDS Jock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. agreed, difference between stupid and ignorant |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. I"m getting to the point where... |
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Saltdog (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. No |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:40 PM Original message |
People are driven by different issues. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. What Brotherjohn said |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. No. Most of the ones I know are |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. What kind of stuipid question is that? |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. It is a stupid, offensive question, isn't it? |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Stupid, ignorant or greedy |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Theres a big gulf between the congnoscenti and the masses. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. No, but I believe people who make blanket assumptions are jackasses |
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jay-3d (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. YOU |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't assume they're stupid----I assume they're evil. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. I assume they'll |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes |
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West Coast Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. I assume they are stupid if they have stupid opinions.... |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. No. I wait to discover whether or not they are a Fundie. I don't |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. Hey, me I don't trust people who won't eat pork. |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. That's not how I meant it, but roll your eyes if you must. I simply mean |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. Like when I see someone buying the National Enquirer. |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. No assumption... |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. Not stupid |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. YES!ABSOLUTELY!WITHOUT A DOUBT! |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Here, Here |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. I assume they are greedy..Not one has let me down yet ! |
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oldcoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. Supporting Republicans is stupid in most cases |
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wadestock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's really quite logical.....and factually based...... |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. I don't assume they're Repugs |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. Stupid or greedy. |
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Nadienne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. In all fairness, |
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DelawareValleyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. Stupid? No |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. I assume they're stupid if... |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I agree with you 100%. |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. no, ignorant or greedy or a combination of the two |
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Independent_Minded (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. it is equally ignorant |
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Butterflies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
59. stupid, greedy, stubborn |
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bagnana (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I never assume anything |
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Blue Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
63. They have an unwillingness to learn or listen to facts |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Do you assume anyone who posts only flamebait on DU is a republican? |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Not necessarily. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Well, then I'd assume them to be evil. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Verrrry thin? That's generous! |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. Doing irreparable or very long term damage for short term gain |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. Oh god, this talking point keeps coming back again and again. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
68. Stupid or evil, or both. |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. No, just uninformed. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
70. YES and NO - DELIBERATE IGNORANCE is what they are guilty of |
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LSU_Subversive (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
71. I think there are many different types of republicans: |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
74. My reaction often is: "how can someone so smart be so stupid" |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
75. Stupid or rich |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. depends on the person. check the cheerleader factor. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-20-04 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
77. No, not stupid, but most definitely closed minded... |
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