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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:33 PM Original message |
Question: what does "talking point" mean? |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Everyone has talking points. |
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onecitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. You might like this......... |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Book-en-markin' thanks n/t |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not derogatory, one of the best websites out there (Josh Marshall) |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. lol. we posted at the same time |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. so if someone says: |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. More like.. |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. If we hear the same (democratic) sentence from several sources |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "Same sentence" only becomes |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I doubt that progressives would ever become unthinking in their repetition |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I would hope not either |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The reason we bitch about right wing talking points |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. when I say: |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes that is a talking point |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. my least favorite left wing talking point: |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Hey leftistagitator, has anyone ever posted one of these RW talking |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. In my short time lurking and posting ... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Tina, your question is good. I don't for a minute doubt the reality |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I'm not sure |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks, I've bookmarked these now, but I find it hard to believe |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Just to clarify |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 10:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. For a textbook example of the "mistakes" I am referring to: |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don't know if they send out talking point bulletins to all the networks |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That would be a textbook example how? |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Good question! |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. It's not some big secret |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I think that's the equivalent |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Speaking of which...... |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. The negative part of the term "talking point"... |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's commonly used by people who don't want to |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Maybe because the NRA |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I guess better an NRA talking point than . . . |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. It was just an example. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Your post is a right-wing Republican NRA talking point. You are |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. you scared me there for a sec |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Sorry, welcome aboard. You will learn there are basically two |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Great band name: The Dogmatic Boneheads n/t |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I like it. Good for a hardcore punk band. Catch ya later, Tina. Gotta try |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Easy. RW talking points are all bullshit. n/t |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I am with you, but . . . |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Well, we're not outside "our" enclave here, are we |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Right, but I was attracted to DU |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Do you suppose "received wisdom" would work better for you? |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. two reasons I am hung up on "talking point" |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. So let me get this straight |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I think your last paragraph hits the nail on the head |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Context matters when considering the intent of someone's post |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Question |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Right. Not sure what the question was |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. There was no question |
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dpibel (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. I'm sorry: |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Because, speaking as a newbie, |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That isn't the case. I think you are making assumptions |
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Tina H (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Thanks, that helps, too |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Oh I know and I didn't take it that way |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Probably the most current prominent example of a RWTP |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Another pernicious RW Talking Point, is "Yes, Kerry served in Vietnam, |
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dansker (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Anyhting you want |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
48. One of the BEST BBC World Service shows is "Talking Point" |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. Talking points are simply persuasive points used to argue |
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