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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:23 PM
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Is arguing about EVERYTHING an inherently Democratic Party...'thing'?
So, I was reading the thread about line drying your clothes, which seemed like an innocuous enough topic to me. But lo and behold....175+ posts arguing, debating and discussing line drying clothes. Do you think this is an inherently Democrat trait? That people who are drawn to question, debate and argue are more likely to be Democrats? Or is it just a DU thing?
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:25 PM
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1. I disagree
on general principle.


:evilgrin:
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:26 PM
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2. It's just a "thing."
There just are people who are hard-wired to debate and argue about everything. I'm related to one or two of them, and they can be exasperating.

They're not necessarily righties or lefties or political or anything, but just usually seem to be a certain personality type.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:28 PM
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3. Yes.
Unless you disagree.
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:29 PM
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4. It's an Internet thing
Look at Freerepublic; they argue just as much if not more. It's just what people on Internet message boards do; the result of a combination of subjects people care about and relative anonymity
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:33 PM
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5. My Mom used to talk about her uncles arguing about politics all the time
Edited on Wed May-30-07 12:37 PM by Pirate Smile
while she was growing up.

The uncles (and her Dad) were the first generation born in America with both parents immigrants from Ireland. They had the Irish love of politics. She said it would practically get to the point of fists flying.

They were, of course, all Democrats.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:33 PM
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6. this post annoys me....
Edited on Wed May-30-07 12:34 PM by mike_c
TROLL!

:rofl:
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:34 PM
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7. Yes. We are rarely in lockstep on anything. I think that's a good thing, tho. nt
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:49 PM
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8. Getting Dems to agree on anything is like herding cats.
You're never going to get them all in the same place at the same time, and the cats don't appreciate it.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 04:58 PM
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19. No it isn't
:popcorn:
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 05:15 PM
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20. .
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 05:22 PM
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21. ...
:patriot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWymXNPaU7g
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zippy890 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 12:49 PM
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9. DemocratIC trait you mean
'Do you think this is an inherently Democrat trait?'

should read:

'Do you think this is an inherently Democratic trait?'

;)
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:44 PM
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16. ditto! althought I'd argue you weren't harsh enough about it. ;) n/t
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:36 PM
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10. People are at various stages of de-coding their relationships to
"the group", any group, that can be liberating, but I suspect it will be important to find out if they can re-code those relationships in personally functional and meaningful ways that integrate into somethig new or not . . . .
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:39 PM
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11. Such A Big Tent That There's So Much Likelihood Of Differing Viewpoints.
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:43 PM
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13. goodness I hate the RANGERS! ;) n/t
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:45 PM
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17. LOL It's All Good. Who Ya For Though?
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 06:12 PM
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24. haha..
I figured I'd argue since this is the dems argue about everything thread... I used to like them when Pavel was with them a decade ago, I'm now a blue jackets fan... :)~


"I'm American! I'm American! If you voted for the man you waste your time!" (heard mindcrime 2? some of its pretty cool, some I could do without)
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:42 PM
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12. It's a human thing
Sometimes mind numbing, sometimes fun.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:44 PM
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15. Sometimes mind-numbing fun. You took the words right out of my keyboard. nt
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:43 PM
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14. People who use a dryer should be hung out to dry!!!!!
:silly:
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 01:48 PM
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18. "So I was reading this thread about line drying clothes"
:rofl:

I am laughing so hard it is hard to type through the tearing up.

:rofl:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 05:32 PM
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22. No. Agreeing on everything is a right-wing thing.
The people who can debate tend to be Dems, I imagine, and the environment here promotes fairly free expression.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-30-07 05:40 PM
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23. Democrats don't argue about *everything*
that kind of hyperbole infuriates me!
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