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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:10 PM
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Class Warfare? What the hell are you talking about?
Just what the hell are you trying to say, Republicans? Are you seeing Communists under the bed again? What is it about taxing millionaires and billionaires that so resembles "warfare" to you? Stop being so hysterical all the time! Get a grip on yourselves!

...and so on...

We need to stop being so adult about this class warfare bullshit. Any Republican who uses the term needs to have it shoved back down his or her throat. Cool explanations don't counter this sneaky insinuation. They never say it straight. The little "class warfare" gem is always in a sub-clause for these brave people or in parentheses. Let's take offense.

It also doesn't pay, IMO, to counter-insinuate that they are waging class warfare on the middle and working class. That only validates the warfare frame. They aren't warring against the middle and working class. It is more like screwing them.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:13 PM
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1. Bring back the joke about the Koch Brother, the teabagger and the union worker...
...sitting at the table with a dozen cookies between 'em. The Koch Brother scarfs down 11 of the cookies, belches loudly and says to the teabagger, "That union thug wants your cookie."

How's that for "class warfare?"

:rofl:

NGU.

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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:20 PM
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2. It is class warfare according to the oligarchs. The destruction of the
working class and middle class is not class warfare because they have no value, i. e. profit. They look upon us as we look upon fire ants in our front yard. Just get rid of them.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:27 PM
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5. Or get rid of each other ,so they can slide unopposed ,they've become
accustomed since 2000 .
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:27 PM
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6. They think of us more like dairy cows.
Edited on Sun Sep-18-11 05:27 PM by gulliver
I say let's think of them that way too. Let's all be a bunch of cows.
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ErikJ Donating Member (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:21 PM
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3. Poorest 20 percent of Texans can expect to face a tax rate four times as high as top 1%
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:23 PM
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4. The 400 and their Agent's waiting out this Democracy thing.
Edited on Sun Sep-18-11 05:24 PM by orpupilofnature57
No shame from politicians is a scary thing.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:45 PM
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7. they like a "flat tax" but still can't stand paying the same rate as the rest of us....
the cognitive dissonance is easily resolved:

they are greedy, completely self-interested swine who will use any and every argument they think will get them more money.
the idea they republicans have any semblance of a philosophy beyond greed and corruption is just that, another argument they think will get them more money.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:47 PM
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8. They are spreading fear because frightened people make impulsive decisions
Edited on Sun Sep-18-11 05:48 PM by Fire Walk With Me
such as voting republican when republicans are the ones who are creating this mess.

They are literally using cult techniques...fear, isolation, demonization of the things you know and that are right and can actually help you...creating reliance upon bingo, only them.
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cantbeserious Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:53 PM
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9. Class Warfare In One Simple To Understand Graphic
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:53 PM
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10. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, gulliver.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 05:55 PM
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11. Warrren Buffet said it right.
"There's class warfare and my class is winning."
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-11 06:04 PM
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12. "Class Warfare" favoring the wealthy is the Republican way.
It is "Welfare for the Rich." It is widening the wealth gap.
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