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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:39 PM Original message |
Why is it in a bastion of deep thinking such as in DU, |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. simplemindedness is not reserved to the right |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. "a bastion of deep thinking such as in DU" is an insulting OP topic. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. See above |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I don't see any 'edit' but it came across as |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Edited to add: I did not mean the title of this as a diss, I meant it as a compliment. I've been exp |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think he's "all goodness & light". . . I just don't |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. you are the one with the problem. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And you |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm supposed to be the loudest mouth Chavez supporter here |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You? Naw....get outta here! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. . . . |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Unlike the fellow who called me a simpleton |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. When I find myself doing it, it's a matter of time. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I ain't arguing with that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Some of us need keyboard brakes. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. My brakes are squealing |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. "I have to wade through so much of the binary to get the good stuff." |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Really? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
66. I would have thought that honor to go to Chavezspeaksthetruth |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. "...bastion of deep thinking such as DU." I always think of this place as a rowdy neighborhood bar |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. DU is my bar, and you are my whiskey |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. It's probably a much healthier way to view this place |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Where's my beer? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I bought the last round. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Brrrr to cold for beer, I'll take a hot toddy please. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Or the all-time great one... if you are critical of Hill, then you "hate" her. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Human nature my friend |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. It didn't used to be this way. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's kinda of a generalization isn't it? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I'm watching him closely |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Your question was valid.....no doubt |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Oh yeah, it's the oil, it;'s always the oil |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. "10 Worst dictators"? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. With thinking like that, clearly you are against us. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. LOL |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. The problem with these "evil men" is that they always seem to be sitting on mountains of oil. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You just described my point of view exactly |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I stand with Joseph Kennedy! |
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Chrisy5558 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I agree with you |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Where is that wonderful picture of the strawman? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Would you like to talk about my actual point |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I did. You invented an argument to attack to make your point. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. Or that Chavez might be really good for most Venezuelans while being a power-hungry dick? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yes, I can hold both of those simultaneously and as well, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Fine with me |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. delete--wrong thread |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
44. To honest about it, I have not read a whole lot of praise for Saddam Hussein around here or have I |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. The point of my post was not Chavez or Hussein, it was black and white thinkers here at DU |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
46. i can hold black and white as one and hurts my head, not... lol |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's because of how message boards work in general, and the rules on this one |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I don't know how to tell you this, but the average DUer is |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:20 AM Response to Reply #50 |
67. To the right of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon on SOME issues |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. Having read a number of your posts, I suggest that you are not particularly moderate but |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. Political thinking is inherently black and white. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. Polarization happens |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Critical thinking in politics is definitely not black or white... |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. There are some good posts on this thread. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. As an Anarchist, I'm not overly fond of leaders of any stripe. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
74. I like this quote from the space 1999 sci fi series: |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. I completely agree with you |
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rAVES (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. People only like Chavez because he hates Bush? Wrong |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. For some people, that is, in fact, the sum total of their argument |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. No it isn't. It is a made up argument, a straw man. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Whatever |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. And there you go again. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's become a very binary world... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Thank you for your reasoned, and dare I say, nuanced discussion |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
75. Sorry for the omission... |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Yeah - I do tend to react with disgust whenever someone says the words moderate or middle |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. "middleground..." |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. I've sometimes felt the same... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
62. Hugo Chavez isn't torturing people like Saddam Hussein, |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
68. I think part of it is anger about the way that Chavez is portrayed in the US media |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I think part of my personal anger in this subject |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
71. It's all about corporatism and empire. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
72. Just putting on my deep thinking hat |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
73. Even Hitler did some good things |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-19-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
77. a nice, thoughtful OP |
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