Bombing the moon, denying the poor the right to drink soda, what's next for DU?

We certainly are becoming the Net Nannies aren't we? Don't bomb the moon it's gonna blow up into little pieces (forget that it's been PEPPERED by asteroids for millions of years) don't let the poor buy soda with their food stamps, it's UNHEALTHY. Buy ONLY hybrid cars or you just aren't green enough, even though most of you don't use cloth grocery bags, have tap water filters for your precious bottled water, or buy American when you have a choice. And GOD FORBID you own an American car, why they are all such JUNK.


Tedious, reading the threads in GD is getting tedious. We used to be about defeating the Pukes and stopping their propaganda. Instead, we've become them.

Better for the planet, better for people's health. I'd prefer everyone become enlightened and make that choice on their own though, instead of a law enforcing it. ;-)

the evil weed of death. Don't go within a mile of a non-smoker (I don't smoke but I sympathize with the rights of smokers).

My bumpersticker in response to those who dictate to others and have NO interest in actually listening to those they want to control.

removing lead from paint. White lead paint made the whitest white and it was practically kid proof! Those finger prints wiped right off!

The OP is usually about the benefits of going veggie, and there are hardcore carnivores who project the nanny arguement onto an attempt to educate (not legislate).

healthy lives and not drink soda, eat sugar, artificial sweeteners, tobacco brownies, fast food, ban it all, make everyone go to cooking school. Ban microwaves too.

dumbing down the argument are we?

But only if they atone for their sin with a grueling 2 hour workout.

The anti-sodas for poor people locked that up a good while ago.

Especially if you drink too much. If you drank two liters of beer, could you drive legally? If you drank two liters of soda what would happen, you'd get gas maybe?

I'm not dumbing down anything, DU already dumbed down this argument like they have so many others, at the cost of another person's freedom.

the argument was presented strictly in the context of food cards.

I think you'll find more people in support of regulating food safety for all, and educating everyone about pop. Not so much support for just targeting the people easiest to control.

Thank you for your succinct wrapup of the situation.

That's pretty damn sickening for a "Democratic" website. :evilfrown:

Haven't you heard? :sarcasm:

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

to kick things off. I mean, not really, that would be wrong if someone were to do that. But if they did -- it would be funny.

I don't condone it. I'm just mentioning it here because I thought it might be important for someone to weigh in on whether or not to spit tobacco juice in Ann Coulter's face.

Seriously, don't do it.

Even though it would be hysterical.

It's shocking how badly they're treated in society.

a lot of other voters in this country.

and kindness than quite a few posters I've read here recently.

I don't know why this place has gotten meaner, but it has.

It's all about control. Your body, your choice - unless we say it is not because of money and health care.

People always seem to want to control others and their choices, and I just don't get why. You don't like something, don't do it/

Keep your religion and your BELIEFS out of MY life and those of others.

"we should make them..."

from the position of an overeducated middle class person.

"We should make (those welfare people, those people in other countries, those people who don't follow the rules, those POOR people) do X.

As though I were somehow superior to them; like I spoke as one of the RULERS.

Creeped myself out when I understood whose voice was *really* coming out of my mouth.

to the poor how THEY should live, what THEY should drive, what THEY should eat because it is best for them according to the nannies among us. But don't tell the nannies to follow their own rules, oh no, that would be against the rules.....


I always thought as Democrats, Liberals, Progressives we lent a helping hand, at arm's length respecting the rights of everyone, and did not try to tell those who were less able to achieve financial independence what they could or could not do. Now, we have entire threads about what those among us who are the poorest being told that they must abide by OUR rules and eat what we tell them to eat or they don't get our help.

What the hell have we become?

Such as in the moon "bombing" threads:

Person one: "They're going to crack the moon in half!!!"

Person two: "That's ridiculous"

Person one, or maybe three other people: "But you don't KNOW that they won't. We have NO IDEA what's going to really happen!!!"

It's like, "well, maybe you don't, but some people who are way more knowledgeable about the subject than you have strong evidence suggesting that the moon will, in fact, not crack in half". Of course we don't KNOW anything for certain... but we still all manage to live our lives, don't we?

Maybe the nannies will be looking to tax condoms next, why not, the only thing the poor will have left is sex.....

...who has any right to be complaining about others telling people what to do, what with your accusing people of being anti-American traitors for not buying your crap from your car dealership, not supporting the bailout to save your job, etc.

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and your grudge against me is worrisome.

Sounds like you're just railing against the fact that some people disagree with you on some issues...

we just want the "net nannies" to leave us alone and not tax/tariff/sanction what we want to do or buy or consume. (I've heard the term "nanny state" used by conservatives to refer to their bugaboo - a big liberal government that tells you all the things you can and can't do, because it knows what is good for you. I don't think I've heard it used the term "net nanny" used by progressives in the same context.) :)

i've seen a few posts bearing those kinds of advocations lately.

There are idiots everywhere, even on DU. But, yeah, I understand what you're saying.

I find that people who are anti-vacinne (and believe in some bullshit "aggregate toxicity theory" of health) often share most of the views you are talking about.

Oh wait... we've done that.

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K & R !!!

:kick:

Makes the people from cities with stingy owners feel bad.

:eyes:

you have the floor

bug legs in my tuna, why can't they make asphalt smell better, the price of a pound of flesh, whore who work for politicians disguised as lobbyists, imported junk, the price of airfares, did I miss anything you'd be interested in?

:shrug:

Because if we raise the minimum wage then people making more than the minimum wage will be hurt..

:eyes:

:applause: :yourock:

put all the poor people in them, and THEN bomb.

For added tension, let's strap the balloon family to the bomb, as well as some Danish cartoonists.

The Olive Garden and Target will serve as corporate sponsors, and I think Glenn Beck and Nancy Grace would make perfect anchors for the gig.

Hurting other people is fun. Sure, we try to be civilized and only hurt people's feelings and sense of self worth, but we still enjoy the attack.

Insulting people's intellect because their moon bombing concerns are misplaced is fun.

Telling people their favorite drink should be heavily taxed is a fun.

Telling smokers they smell bad is fun.

Telling religious people they are stupid and gullible is fun.

Insulting Wal-Mart shoppers is fun.

Personal attacks are a fun way to pass the time.

Life is short, have some fun.

"the right to drink soda"??? Way to go, you bold crusader for equality! You tell em!

Are you kidding me? Were you born without a sense of hypocrisy or something?

I agree that the nanny shit is annoying. It's annoying when others do it, and it's annoying when *you* do it.

going over to the Rapture Ready web site and reading a 15 page thread by religious fundies making the same arguments re: bombing the moon that our own woo-woos were.