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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:51 AM Original message |
Extreme Political Partisanship as a Form of Psychosis |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. thought police? |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. not to put words in ulTRAX's mouth, but... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. What's the problem with "i toldja so"? |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It just begs the question, "OK, so now what?" |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. We're not married to the nutcase neocons |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Yes, but you still have to move on from there |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Nope |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Hey, I love sanctimony as much as the next person |
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Romulus Quirinus (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. OF course we are |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. is some say that... then I'd respond.... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Yes, lapislzi -- "SELF-censor" |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. not to self-censor... to reexamine our beliefs |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I understand, and I think you raise a very good point -- |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. A certain amount of schadenfreude |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. No need to bring mental illness terms into this. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. on psychosis |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. I suppose your talking about the mercenaries comments. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. Extremism will happen. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. what sort of extremism? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. And bryant69 makes line #10 |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Couldn't figure out what you were saying there |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I get sentences that stand out of the DU wordspace |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. ya Kos |
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hbeale (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. marching in lockstep? no thanks. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. thought police? bullshit! |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
65. Missing: a working definition of "extremist" |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Hi hbeale!! |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. but who decides what's ok to say? |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. what is irrational? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks for your thoughts, ulTRAX.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. some responses to Falluja |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. BS, it doesnt indicate anything |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. I AM EXTEMELY ANGRY |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. who *is* |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think it is important... |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. I applaud you, ulTRAX |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Oh grow up. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. maybe we ARE talking about being grown up |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Dont change the subject. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. What's elitist...? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Lets end this side discussion here. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I can understand all the sentiments stated... |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. no change of subject here |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Talk to me about moral high ground |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. no one thinks they are wrong |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Self-correcting means constant deconstruction |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. good post! |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. You are correct about the problem, ulTRAX, BUT... (and it's a big but!) |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. all your examples are on the Right. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Perhaps my respect was misplaced. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. respect? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. yes, citizen |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. actually.... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. is this black or is it white? |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. we mostly agree |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. who gets to decide |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I think the line is crossed when... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. never mind... |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. It's called having a CONSCIENCE |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. in the absence of a specific example |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Example: remarks about the "civilians" killed in Faluja |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. extreme politics vs rabid partisanship |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. First, we don't deserve a quagmire |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
47. 4 poor schmucks paid for bad policy with their lives |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
62. about that "loss of humanity" thing |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. loss of humanity |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. "does this hurt freaks?" |
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