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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:52 AM Original message |
Poll question: Are We Liberals Snobs or Just Misunderstood? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. it is not our fault |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. lol |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Neither... We're informed... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Dangerous |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. being proven right over and over and over again |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. well, they're willfully stooooopid -- |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. Compared to what? |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. true |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. can we say "projection"???? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Some are snobs, but true liberals are egalitarians. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Very Well Said |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Agreed. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. it is not about hating Kincaid |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I agree... There is definately a split between the... |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. "ivory tower styled liberal" |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I agree with you on that. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. Point taken, but |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I have no doubt that there are people like your co-worker. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I was introduced to the concept of the working class by a Berkeley |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Nobody's perfect. |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. we all need to learn to.... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. We are in kind of a difficult situation, actually |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Good Point |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Some people are willfully stupid, though. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You mean like |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. yup |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Yes, very good point. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I think it's a little more complicated.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. I think the more ed one has, the more empathy one is trained to have |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Empathy has to do with brain function and early parenting |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I tend toward critical thinking being the difference. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Well, yeah. Now that you mention it, |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. when you say bumfu$% Utah |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Did you mean to post this to me? |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I meant it in a more figurative sense, |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I did not say anything about Utah |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Actually, my family lived in Salt Lake City |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. I have no clue what you are talking about. My favorite place |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-09-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. He was addressing me, |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. Oh, absolutely they hired a consultant. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Don't agree at all. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Really? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yes! |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Even the GOP realizes more education -> more liberal |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Actually... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Definitely |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. "refuse to be culturally open minded????" |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think what right-wingers are really saying..... |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. some are and some are not snobs. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. I am a snob, because I demand that |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Does it take a "snob" to figure out yer "just misunderstood" BY DESIGN |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not so much misunderstood as misrepresented. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. "...those unwilling to be culturally open-minded" What does that make |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Just means we're against offshoring intellectually-challenging jobs. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Most liberals I know live right around the poverty line. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. No one is more of a snob than a repuke with a big |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. people like to hang on to their culture |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thank God for the snobs. |
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UDenver20 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm definitely a snob.... |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. The snob label relates to education, and this is one of the neocon memes. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. I rather be snob and or misunderstood than a republican maschocist |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Its not being a snob if you can back it up |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'd rather be a snob for democracy than a souless fascist who kills babies |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Well, when you put it that way! |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
57. Ive seen both. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. I'm too poor to be a snob |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. we are snobs, holier than thou, and arrogant.... |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
62. Demanding the truth is snobish. Taking the government's word as gospel |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. There are Snobs in Every Group |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
70. Snobs... |
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