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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:53 AM Original message |
Poll question: Taking pride in your race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation is... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. I pretty much agree with you. |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Exactly. Good point. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Yes. We all have to play the cards we are dealt. Well said. nt |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think taking pride in where you came from is a good thing as |
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Abies (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. What? |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. One can admire the accomplisments of ancestors... |
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Abies (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. I agree |
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DJ MEW (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. It is part of your self esteem |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. An idiocy. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. When the whole culture says you are less than |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. To me, pride means preference to the alternative, implying superiority |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. In tems of politcal movements pride is used in response to oppression |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I just think pride is the wrong word to use |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. Pride has it's limitations and can be a dangerous thing |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. Kinda silly |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. If there were no bigotry towards "hereditary" traits |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. I see Irish pride clothing on campus all the time... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. That's why I made a shirt back in school |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I am of Irish lineage, and don't like the holiday because it |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. pride noun> consciousness of one's own dignity. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. I should take pride |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. ...the sign of a limited understanding of one's identity. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. a vice... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. ...empty self gratification and ego stroking. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. All "pride" like this (racial, ethnic, orientation, etc) is NOT pride.. |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
21. Pride is considered one of the 7 "deadly" sins |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I hear you, but I think a better slogan to express contentness... |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. The opposite of pride is shame. I don't advocate shame |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Right, but one can be unashamed without being proud. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Is this about Gay Pride? |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. A vitrue and extolling |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. You didn't give us that choice in your poll. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I thought it was humility...at least that's the virtue tied to the vice |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. The opposite of pride (and shame) is indifference. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm a straight white male. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That's something to be proud of. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. A vice. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. Reverend Falwell preaching against gay people, said, "Even animals don't d |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Fine until used to diminish others. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. That's not pride that's supremacy and that is what political pride |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Agreed. |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. Sometimes absolutely necessary for survival n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Is SOMETHING THAT WHITE STRAIGHTS NEVER DO |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Violence is a survival mechanism... |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. It is touching on a dishonest concept IMHO |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Hereditary inferiority requires pride in heredity. |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. Neither and both |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. Hating people for that which was decided by heredity makes no sense |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. As a gay man, I see it from a different perspective. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
50. I get enough wedge issues in the MSM and from Repugs |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. I say vice. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. Protesters Target Gay Pride Events In 2 Cities |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. ....shallow and pretentious. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I would never argue that the gay rights movement is... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
56. Normal. As long as in sussing out your ancestors you take it all with |
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