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I've never personally seen a restaurant serving "freedom fries," and really don't have the impression that that is or ever was commonplace anywhere in the US. The only example Wikipedia offers of a place that still serves them is a restaurant in Philadelphia. What did you see to make you say "They do question people's patriotism"? To me, when McCain and Palin refer to "real, smalltown, pro-America America," they're invoking an archetype that appeals to social conservatives in all kinds of locales; they're not just, or even primarily, addressing actual "real smalltown" voters. A flattering stereotype of hardworking, self-sufficient, unpretentious people who aren't easily swayed by pretty words or trendy ideas and are neither greedy narcissists nor self-pitying defeatists...the pioneer spirit lives on in the suburbs, blah blah yadda yadda. For many voters who do live in rural areas and certain types of urban ones, Rust Belters for example, the rhetoric also plays to an aggrieved sense that their concerns have been ignored by the government for decades, and a growing suspicion that everyone else is just pointing and laughing at them for being 'stuck' there. You've heard of inferiority complexes masquerading as superiority complexes? Something like that. Greater social conservatism enhances the sense of alienation but it's just that, an enhancer. The 'beware-the-human-sewer-that-is-rural-America' attitude is poison for the Democrats, and it's not just the 20% who actually fit that description who take offense. |
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![]() We were talking about adoption, you made that correlation very clear in your first mention of Socrates. In fact you brought it up and honestly your thought process completely discusts me. Do yourself a favor and drop it. And no you are wrong, the majority of pedophillia is from homosexual men. Quote:
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Now books, I have no clue what you are talking about, I see the whole spectrum in books. Now I've heard you talk about the university thing before, and it's kind of a double edged sword don't you think? Higher education = liberal. Well then does that mean lower education = conservative? I can go on and on about this fallacy, but you've already tried this subject and it's off topic. But I think the number one reason that higher education is considered liberal, is that no university worth it's salt would ever allow the type of "logic" your Socrates/gay adoption argument portrayed. |
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One person that demands a lower age of consent represents a problem? What about heterosexuals making the same claim? |
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Seriously, this is why we have adoption agencies: to keep out bad parents (gay and straight) who would mistreat their children on whatever grounds (not just sexual). But you are so determined to be ignorant and bigoted that I'm not sure why we're even bothering. |
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Don't know if anyone's caught this
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The signs gave me reason to pause, and I saw other evidence of that whole "Amurica" ideal. Many more 9/11 signs, flags, that kind of thing. I got a sense of that "love it or leave it" mentality, the feeling that if you questioned how things were handles, you were a real American. I'm sure Palin's words are resonating with them. |
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Follower: Evangelist Alamo had 9-year-old bride - CNN.com
This straight guy thinks it's ok to marry children. You have to admit that there is a problem. Quote:
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What we DO see a lot of around here recently are "yes on 8" bigots, holding ridiculous signs like "yes on 8 - religious freedom" and "yes on 8, less government" WTF???? I drive by an intersection and glare at them, they stare at me with moronic grins and give me a thumbs up, and I think, "well, if they want to express to me with a finger, I should do likewise", and I do. The looks on their faces is to die for.... |
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Some people aren't happy unless they try to make everyone else as miserable as they are. But what they don't realize is that making everyone else miserable won't cure their own misery, so they just move on to the next "cause" where they can make yet another group of people miserable. Misery is a vicious snowball. |
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what the FUCK are you talking about? |
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Someone should make exact duplicates of all the "Yes" signs and make "No" versions of them, but with the "No" in a font that's few point sizes larger.
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Barack Obama's campaign is friggin' genius. They've been so damn creative, it's impressive.
This is an official Obama campaign website: Yes We Carve | Change Your Pumpkin, Change Your World Carve Obama pumpkins! Send in your pics--win an iPod! (advertise for Obama in the meantime ![]() Here's a video from the site. Watch it all the way through---there are some amazing pumpkins scattered throughout (sting, purple, indy, diamond...turn the volume down if you want). There are more pictures on the website I posted above.
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^ is Obama endorsing the anti-American, pagan holiday of Halloween?
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I don't believe in gay marriage anymore, and gay adoption. I used to believe in conservative arguments in favor of it. For the homosexual related stores that specialize in trying to help people avoid getting caught having under age rough trade in other countries plus advertising material that prefers under age sex and also gay people actually trying to change the terminology of pedophillia to something okay and asserting in studies that it's not even psychologically damaging disturbs me enormously. I actually had trouble sleeping. No advertising in any store should legally have material like this. This stuff should be banned to smithereens!! If the gay community can't distance itself from these practices of recruitment then they have no real moral background. This "get them while their young" is disgusting. If it's a hate crime to beat up gay people it should be a hate crime to solicit sex from minors. What happened to the idea of consenting adults? If it's unacceptable for heterosexuals then it should be unacceptable for homosexuals. There should not be subset of categories that accepts it. Any psychologists that say there is little psychological damage to minors who have sex with adults clearly show they are morally bankrupt. It's even invaded the church. I don't think Catholic priests should be protected like they have been. Can anyone believe in god after all these scandals? Where's God to light-up these bastards? Just leave the kids alone! Even the heterosexual community is getting retarded with products like this that sexualize children: Heelarious® ~ her first high heels ARE PEOPLE INSANE?????!!!! This stuff is not cute. Let babies be babies. Childhood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What happened to the idea of childhood? I'm glad both democrats and republicans want to continue to support the original definition of marriage, because I believe that marriage between a man and a woman is a biological institution that existed before religion. For people to psychologically function properly they should at least go through puberty up to age 18 before they can sleep with older people. |
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Please start an ignorant thread on miseducated bigotry. Let's keep this thread actually talking about the Presidential campaign. Thanks.
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youuuuuuuu might be an elitist. martha, they why most liberals "flyover" us as they travel from Malibu to Vermont or from the Upper Westside out to Berkeley. |
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