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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:02 PM Original message |
DU As A Whole Hasn't Become More Centrist. You've Just Become Less Tolerant. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. "You"? |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. God, I remember teeing off on the Greens right after the selection |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it has to do with being the united opposition vs. the divided people in power. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Exactly. nt |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. I disagree. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Exactly. n/t |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. concur |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. This. n/t |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Yep |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Laughable! Most of the people you think came here in late Bush years have been here longer than you |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. whoops |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Deleting |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
64. seems to me that DU was less tolerant in the past too |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Spot-on |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. This doesn't conform to my preconceptions |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. And but for the incivility, that might not be a bad thing. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. You know? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The smaller forums are less rough and tumble (or most of them are). |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R. DU seems to have lost it's old moderate posters like Wyldwolf. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I suspect he might have moved on when his boss Mr. From did. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I suspected he worked for one of them. I know professional corporate-speak when I ignore it. n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. i definitely miss his shameless whoring for Lieberman over Lamont in '06 |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's funny. I think it's more extremist, less centrist. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
65. Respectfully, that door swings both ways. Some with more moderate views have taken to calling more |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. For years we had a common enemy in the whitehouse, it kept us more united. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. true, but... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I think the "common enemy" dynamic would apply even if Obama was more progressive. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. The balkanization of America.... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. simply not true. unfortunately. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yup. On all counts. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Excuse me, but who are you to try and tell me what I'm thinking? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's not the content as much as the tone. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Agree with you and OP. :) K&R n/t |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. The drift to GOP lite is celebrated as diversity |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. I agree 100% |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. I agree nt. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bullshit |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Yep |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. Big-assed K&R |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm happy to be intolerant of warmongers, pro-lifers, and politicans who want to piss away |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You know we can all see you joined like two weeks ago, right? |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Apparently you don't understand that one can read DU without being a member. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Heh. OK. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Deleted message |
KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. apparently YOU don't understand most of us realize that DU has NOT been recently overrun by prolife |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Telling somebody how they should perceive something is pretty damn intolerant in my book. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. +100,000 |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Yeah - and nothing like being told I don't have the right to protest. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Roflmao! Welcome to DU |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Welcome to DU. |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Thanks! |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. Translation: Everyone must pretend there's not an elephant (DLC) in the room. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. I agree |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
48. k&r |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. silly me, i thought it was a matter of me being consistent |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. "A total confirmation experience" |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I really like that one too, gives me hope I can *demand* 3 olives in my Bloody Mary |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Only organic olives, of course. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. Agreed |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. it is not the disagreement but that the corporatists usually insult rather than offer arguments |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. you're wrong because you are teh suck |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. Actually, I've never been tolerant of those who would throw away women's rights and continue wars |
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DIKB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. We are far more alike than we are different |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. DU has always had a broad spectrum of political views-- often strongly expressed |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. . |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. Today you said "Boo hoo awwwww some DU'ers pet politician insulted"--and you're lecturing tolerance? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-06-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
67. Centrism = Republican Lite |
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