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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:00 AM Original message |
Texas thinks "public" is an offensive word, so they excise it from the name of the library. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Some overzealous religious nut probably thought that was how you spell |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Small point |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. unbelievable... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. When did the term "public" become synonymous with "socialism" and "communism"? |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. When the capitalists started defining it as such n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. When the intensity of the right-wing weirdos' extremism reached (and surpassed) Stalinist levels. nt |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Extremism is consuming America |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Is there something in the air and water |
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Mrs. Ted Nancy (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I think so |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I'm guessing "Gasland" won't be on the shelves |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. It's memetic polution, not chemical. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. We public are a dirty unwanted rabble aren't we? But here, take my public funds! |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yeah, the word "public" means "exclusive" |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I'm with you!!!! |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Next step: rename it to the Tostitos Fort Worth Library |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Wait...what? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The same exact thing that's wrong with every single state in the union: |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Touche, kentauros. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. They are probably tired of the typos that leave out the "L" |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. If they think that "public" is such a dirty word ... then |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. They're working pretty hard on that |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. "a place ...viewed as institutional and restrictive" Sounds like churches need |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. Only Texas could think of this |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. You're not giving Nevada the credit it deserves! n/t |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. What's just as obnoxious is their "branding" of the library |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. I worked at one of the ft Worth branch libraries after HS... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well, yeah, |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was with the article until the end... |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. I thought it was going to be because... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. orwell museum material. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Math: Corporate friendly centrist Democrats + Republicans = Privatization |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. +1 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. That is PATHETIC. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nevermind. I thought it said "Texas thinks 'Pubic' is an offensive word..." |
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Baby Bear (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. A Rose by any name..... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. What the ???? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
37. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. Why is it that their radical views are so easily thrust upon us |
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