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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:38 AM
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Ask a RW'er this:
When using the term "Liberal"

Do you use the Merriam-Webster definition or the insane ranting definitions brought to you by Limbaugh, FAUX, Savage, Hannity, etc..?

In other words...are you logic and definiton based or are you emotionally unstable to the point of brainwashed?
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:39 AM
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1. Always
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:40 AM
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2. lib·er·al (lĭb'ər-əl, lĭb'rəl)
Edited on Sat Apr-01-06 10:41 AM by IanDB1
lib·er·al (lĭb'ər-əl, lĭb'rəl) pronunciation
adj.

1. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.

2. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

http://www.answers.com/liberal&r=67

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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:41 AM
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3. You'll get a blank stare if you mention "Merriam-Webster"
Judging by their atrocious spelling, I don't think most have cracked a dictionary since third grade.
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:49 AM
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4. You are correct...
...they wouldn't know a "Spellchecker" if it bit them in the ass.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 11:04 AM
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7. They probably think Miram Webster was a character actress in a
1950's era sitcom!!! Say, didn't she play a librarian in Our Miss Brooks?
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 11:46 AM
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10. You'll get a blank stare when you ask them anything that can't
be answered by a predigested talking point.

My favorite from a few years ago was to ask them, since theirs were superior, to define family values or to tell me how theirs differed from mine.

I've since run out of patience for seeing them stop, stare and drool and I go right for the jugular. I just listen to them for a second, cut them off, and tell them their ranting is the most unchristian thing I've ever heard.

It gets them to stop ranting, anyway.
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:49 AM
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5. Everything they spout is third-hand
Liberal: • adjective 1 willing to respect and accept behaviour or opinions different from one’s own. 2 (of a society, law, etc.) favourable to individual rights and freedoms. 3 (in a political context) favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate reform. 4 (Liberal) (in the UK) relating to the Liberal Democrat party. 5 (especially of an interpretation of a law) not strictly literal. 6 given, used, or giving in generous amounts. 7 (of education) concerned with broadening general knowledge and experience.

• noun 1 a person of liberal views. 2 (Liberal) (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.

— DERIVATIVES liberalism noun liberality noun liberally adverb.

— ORIGIN originally meaning suitable for a free man: from Latin liberalis, from liber ‘free man’.


I've never heard one of them argue with original material or ask a question. Never.
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 10:50 AM
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6. Damn liberal dictionaries!
:sarcasm:
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 11:12 AM
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8. In the future, all a RW will need is an upload.
The Rightbots will subscribe to a daily braincast from Limbaughtron 8000.
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 09:10 PM
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11. hahaha
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 11:36 AM
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9. They know not of what they speak...
their small minds can only wrap around one thing: Liberal=Bad.
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