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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 09:01 PM Jul 2013

The true difference between liberals and conservatives/teabaggers.

Last edited Tue Jul 23, 2013, 07:34 AM - Edit history (1)

I've said this before, but I think that bears repeating given the state of lunacy we're seeing from the other side.

Liberals will spend hours debating whether 4 is 2 + 2 or 1 + 3.

Conservatives will go to their hourly teabagger rallies, hear the speaker/screamer/screecher proclaim that 2 + 2 = 3, and then yell that anyone who says different is a traitor, communist, nazi, socialist, is committing treason, etc., ad infinitum! They will genuinely believe it, too!

PEACE!

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The true difference between liberals and conservatives/teabaggers. (Original Post) MarianJack Jul 2013 OP
+1 Dawson Leery Jul 2013 #1
Thanx! MarianJack Jul 2013 #3
yes, you make a good point d_r Jul 2013 #2
When I think of 3,... MarianJack Jul 2013 #4
Also - we can spell our protest signs correctly!_ Initech Jul 2013 #5
True! MarianJack Jul 2013 #6
Hair, hair. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #7
Or, in my case,... MarianJack Jul 2013 #9
Well put and right to the point. dgauss Jul 2013 #8
I also say 2+2, dang it! MarianJack Jul 2013 #10
Exactly, let's get to the point. mwooldri Jul 2013 #20
But you are completely missing that it is important which two comes first. Pholus Jul 2013 #26
1s, 2s and 3s .....? Whiskeytide Jul 2013 #11
Prime numbers because... MarianJack Jul 2013 #12
Oh man - that's good!! Whiskeytide Jul 2013 #13
Thanx! MarianJack Jul 2013 #15
You forget the point. mwooldri Jul 2013 #21
And I'd never want... MarianJack Jul 2013 #27
what pisses me off (as a socialist) PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #14
Also, don't forget that... MarianJack Jul 2013 #16
I know a conservative Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #36
He forgot... MarianJack Jul 2013 #41
LOL Iliyah Jul 2013 #17
I sometimes suspect... MarianJack Jul 2013 #28
*Whether Fearless Jul 2013 #18
Thet's fyne! MarianJack Jul 2013 #29
I wonder what conservative liberals are? mwooldri Jul 2013 #19
I'm reluctant to call teabaggers "batshit" crazy. MarianJack Jul 2013 #31
Oh yes. In Europe, Obama would be considered a center-right politician Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #37
3+.999999999999999999 repeating = 4 RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #22
I have no idea! MarianJack Jul 2013 #32
I spent over an hour trying to convince one of my co-workers of that Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #38
Some liberals even debate the proper spelling.. awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #23
You make a good point. MarianJack Jul 2013 #33
Right. kentauros Jul 2013 #42
I hate to say it... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #24
at least you are consistent. DCBob Jul 2013 #30
Normally I'd agree, but... MarianJack Jul 2013 #34
I am talking from my experience at this place nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #39
True, there are some here... MarianJack Jul 2013 #40
I see it as part of the hyper partisanship that nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #43
Lots of good points on this thread! dgauss Jul 2013 #25
Many of them are... MarianJack Jul 2013 #35

d_r

(6,907 posts)
2. yes, you make a good point
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 09:17 PM
Jul 2013

and I can agree with you completely to an extent. I think that most liberals will initially think of 2+2=4, because society has programmed us to think of that equation. Ever since we were children, we have heard people in authority saying that 2+2=4, and so we assume it. But many of us will wonder if there is more to the story, and begin to question. Of course, logic bears that there are only so many numbers that can exist in this fact family. However, what about 3? Why have we forgotten three? In many cultures, three is considered a magic number. But in main stream America, we jump right past 3 and go straight to 2+2. We really should consider the implications of this on 3. And why should it be 3+1=4? Why not 1+3? Seriously. Should we assume that because 3 is the greater number that it should always come first? How could that possibly be fair to all the ones in the world? Who will speak for the ones? I will, that's who. I've seen too much in this life to be afraid now to stake my support for 1+3. It is really the only option that is fair to everyone, if you think about it. 1+3, that's for me.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
4. When I think of 3,...
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 09:35 PM
Jul 2013

...I can only imagine the denomination of bill with either richard nixon's or george w turdhead's picture on it...maybe saint ronald, too!

Thanks for the smile!

PEACE!

dgauss

(882 posts)
8. Well put and right to the point.
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 10:25 PM
Jul 2013

And obviously 4 is 2+2. The people that think 4 is 1+3 are just trying to stir things up.

Pholus

(4,062 posts)
26. But you are completely missing that it is important which two comes first.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 12:45 AM
Jul 2013

Is it 2+2 or 2+2, cause that difference matters!

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
11. 1s, 2s and 3s .....?
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 10:30 PM
Jul 2013

...Well, clearly you're all closet prime-ists! No one ever even thinks of 4+0, do they? Especially the 0s!! They're nothing in your minds! I'm alerting and putting you all on ignore!

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
21. You forget the point.
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 11:42 PM
Jul 2013

Is 3.999 + 0.001 = 4? Or could 3.999 be as good enough as 4?

I think we have a point here. Or a 4 point 0...

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
14. what pisses me off (as a socialist)
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 10:38 PM
Jul 2013

Is that they use fascism/communism/socialism all as the same form of gov. And BO is all of them. Fascism is NOT Socialism!! They are polar opposites.

Right wingers are always misusing language in order to confuse people.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
36. I know a conservative
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 08:34 AM
Jul 2013

Who told me that Obama is a Marxist, a socialist, a fascist and an anarchist. Apparently simultaneously. I told him that statements like that is why I believe that ignorance is a mark of American conservatives.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
19. I wonder what conservative liberals are?
Mon Jul 22, 2013, 11:38 PM
Jul 2013

And is a liberal conservative the same as a conservative liberal?

There are some good people in the world who call themselves conservative. It is sad in this day and age that the people who are considered to be "liberal" in the USA are viewed as "conservative" elsewhere... and conservatives in the USA are considered "far right"... as for the Tea Party... I think the rest of them world thinks of them as being "batshit crazy". Apologies to batshit by the way.

So to put your statement in "the rest of the world eyes" we have conservatives who can spend hours debating the topic "The answer is 4, what's the question", even with actual liberals or *omg* socialists... the far right and batshit crazy people will hear the speech saying 2+3 = 3 and anyone who disagrees is also batshit crazy (in their eyes anyway). Again, apologies to batshit. I understand batshit is useful as a natural fertilizer.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
31. I'm reluctant to call teabaggers "batshit" crazy.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 07:26 AM
Jul 2013

I not only have too much respect for bats, I have too much respect for the shit, too!

PEACE!

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
37. Oh yes. In Europe, Obama would be considered a center-right politician
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 08:37 AM
Jul 2013

But then, American conservatives actually know nothing about socialism. (Hint: Actual socialists do not like Obama, since he clearly is not a socialist.)

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
38. I spent over an hour trying to convince one of my co-workers of that
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 08:42 AM
Jul 2013

Actually, I was trying to show him that 0.99999... = 1.

The proof is simple:

x = .99999...

multiply both sides by 10, giving

10x = 9.99999....

subtract the first equation from the second:

10x = 9.99999....
- x = .99999...

giving 9x = 9

divide both sides by 9, and x = 1. He simply would not believe that it was valid.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
33. You make a good point.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 07:30 AM
Jul 2013

How's the whether in your area today? Up here in Maine it's reigning like hell!

PEACE!

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
42. Right.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 09:45 AM
Jul 2013

It should be spelled "khwatharaz."

whether (conj.)
Old English hwæðer, hweðer "which of two, whether," from Proto-Germanic *khwatharaz (cf. Old Saxon hwedar, Old Norse hvarr, Gothic huaþar, Old High German hwedar "which of the two," German weder "neither&quot , from interrogative base *khwa- "who" (see who) + comparative suffix *-theraz (cf. Sanskrit katarah, Avestan katara-, Greek poteros, Latin uter "which of the two, either of two," Lithuanian katras "which of the two," Old Church Slavonic koteru "which&quot . Its comparative form is either. Phrase whether or not (also whether or no) recorded from 1650s.




 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
43. I see it as part of the hyper partisanship that
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 09:59 AM
Jul 2013

Is not helping. A simple example...Filner, my mayor, refuses to resign after chasing some skirts. (He did more than that, but).

He is a Republican...nope...he's a Democrat...but the automatic reaction is the only side is morally bankrupt, we are pure as newly fallen snow.

I find that offensive, but.

Now let me check the status of emergency pressers with our young and the restless...city hall edition.

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