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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 01:44 PM
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"It's not Weak to Ask 'Why?'"
This week's nominee for Orwell's Dustbin is the phrase ''blame-America first.''

It's just one of the argument-avoiding insults on the right wing's long list of synonyms for ''liberals.''

To make the term sound like it carries some intellectual weight, you'll often hear right-wing brothers and sisters talk about how open-toe sandal wearin', tree-huggin,' bunny lovin', latte drinkin', terrorist-sympathizin', weak-on-defense, liberals engage in too much ''self-introspection.'' So, not only are ''liberals'' out to destroy America with their bleeding hearts and soft-headedness, they're also Jean Paul Sarte-reading navel-gazers.

Now, to see how ridiculous this is, imagine if this real-men-don't-introspect logic was applied to, say, police homicide investigations.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0726-26.htm
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 02:05 PM
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1. RWers can't really
be as stupid as they make themselves out to be. I mean, if you can't even figure out the identity of some-one from the description "Joe Wilson's wife", you're probably not qualified to find your way out of bed in the morning.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 02:12 PM
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2. Well, so long as Dubya is president, ...
blaming America first is just the most-efficient approach.
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