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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:21 PM Original message |
Liberalism use to stand for more than Gay Rights and Abortion on Demand... |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thoughtful and well-argued |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Gee, ya think? Someone dismisses equal rights as unimportant, you expect fireworks? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #69 |
83. I'm absolutely on your side about rights |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #83 |
143. Retail politics, indeed. Good post, JeffR. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:19 AM Response to Reply #83 |
164. Yes, it IS code, and we all know it -- we've been hearing it for years |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #164 |
176. I can only imagine the evil hate-filled crap you've been hearing, LVA |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #69 |
117. very well said, Zhade. thank you. "FUCK THAT"! yes. eom |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #117 |
145. Oh yes, the profanity always strengthens any argument. |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #145 |
246. please follow the thread. that message was one of support |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
199. I agree entirely |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #199 |
204. Retail, not real, politics was the issue |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #204 |
205. "Would you rather slit your own wrists or be murdered in your sleep?" |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #205 |
208. That's how you see the choice? Really? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #208 |
222. For the most part, yes, as do many gay people |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #222 |
227. Beautifully said |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #69 |
248. Notice how when other people's rights are denied |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
266. In the real world of politcs, several people and many organizations |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
87. I'm psychic. I'm Kreskin. I'm Jeanne Dixon. I'm Nostradamus. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
162. Tell you what, YOU give some of your rights up for good |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:25 AM Response to Reply #162 |
179. read my response to you above (and forgive me this silliness here) |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. You've sure swallowed the Republican memes |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No, I haven't.... |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. That, Ma'am, Strikes Me As A Rather Pointless Comment |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. That, sir, strikes me as extraordinarily naive |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. It Is One Of The Pleasure Of Age, Ma'am |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Frivolous |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. My Comment, Ma'am, Spoke Only Of My Own Age |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. There are some principles that one must stand by regardless of popularity |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Perhaps, Ma'am |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #79 |
94. That is a false dichotomy |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. It Is Not A False Dichotomy, Ma'am |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #97 |
101. I don't agree with you |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Nor Does Your Disagreeing Make Me Wrong, Ma'am |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #94 |
99. But it often is a real outcome. For example, most progressives |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. But you see, you're using more liberal/less liberal |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. "but I will not concede ANY human right as being negotiable." yes! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #105 |
110. ALL civil rights are NOW NEGOTIABLE, in this new Bush-world we're |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #110 |
114. I find myself wondering what MLK or Gandhi |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #114 |
120. Doctor King, Ma'am |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Another unequal comparison |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #127 |
131. All I'm hoping for is that the NJ legislature will wait another 14 |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #131 |
135. That is hugely different |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #135 |
146. Thank you. That's all I ask. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #127 |
144. It Illustrates The Point, Ma'am |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #144 |
224. But any right that get delayed |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #120 |
257. Exactly. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #257 |
288. In My View, Ma'am, That Is A Good Decision |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #114 |
133. MLK was a pragmatist. He wouldn't want to see all our |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #133 |
249. I think you're wrong. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #133 |
255. MLK believed in relentless non-violent resistance. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #114 |
177. People who think civil right are negotiable always seem to |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #99 |
181. In the face of the evidence, I can't quite agree on that point |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 03:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
157. But that perception is not so much based upon what the Left does advocate |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. But these particular talking points happen to be partly true, which is |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
62. For starters, we're asking for EQUAL, not "gay", rights. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. My Views On That, Sir |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #71 |
123. If you condone selling out, just state it. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:25 AM Response to Reply #123 |
147. Show me where he condones selling out. |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #62 |
130. "EQUAL, not 'gay', rights" - exactly, Zhade! thank you for your |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
201. Indeed n/t |
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Sensitivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reggae Culture is typically Anti-Abortion and not supportive of gay rights |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Yes, they would condone abandoning women and gay rights |
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Sensitivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Miss the point -- Liberal, even radical is not equated with those issues |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd point out that this emphasis is largely in response to the right's |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. We need to get elected first.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
58. But they harp on abortion and gay rights because we did first-- |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. What are you talking about? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes we have have... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is fascinating, and very well written! |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. A republican lite party is not one I wish to condone |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's not republican lite to not embrace the whole Gay Agenda |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The Gay Agenda?? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I did say that.... |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
66. We have gay civil marriages up here in Canada and the sky hasn't fallen. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #66 |
80. Okay, then what do you call a group of people gathering together |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Don't play at words. You know precisely what I'm saying. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #90 |
138. It's insutling.... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #138 |
150. Extremely insulting. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
96. Someone Has Posted The Gay Agenda Here Several Times, Sir |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
148. Civil unions are not equal. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #148 |
220. What have we gained |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #148 |
283. I'd prefer to see all marriages be civil unions, as is the case in |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Perhaps I should have used Gay Marriage... |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. no, try it using "equal rights." how's it sound now? eom |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. BS. Next? Deny blacks equal wages |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Give me a break.... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. You are endorsing a sell out of minority rights to win an election |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. No I am not.... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
212. Yes, you are. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #212 |
234. Not Liebermans, no |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #234 |
239. "for the little person" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #239 |
259. You're saying that GLBT people are never "little people" in the |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #259 |
260. No. You did. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #260 |
267. On a nationwide basis, GLBT rights are slowly but surely winning |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #267 |
271. As a middle aged gay man |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
165. Exactly! |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. "Gay Agenda"? twisted. bye. eom |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. A gay agenda? I can't believe a dem would post this thought |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
52. i'm confused. if i implied i believe there is a "gay agenda," i |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
115. thank you, Erika, for your courageous effort to reason with those |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #115 |
125. Thanks and peace to all of us n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
166. Deleted message |
HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
149. Actually, it is Republican to even use the term "Gay Agenda" |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
173. "...the whole Gay Agenda"??? I'm a GAY man and I'm unaware of |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. It's the radical right wing of the Republican party |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. You're thinking of liberalism purely in behavioral terms, |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Stated elegantly... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
172. Then you may have mine...if we're throwing people under the bus... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks for the thoughtful post, WCGreen. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. And I support the new liberalism.... |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. gee, getting a little more than "slightly pissed," now that the white |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Since 1989 when Bush I beat Dukakis |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
107. why then, you wrote you were "slightly pissed" in 1994? no need reply. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. There is economic/political liberalism and behavioral liberalism |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well stated... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Your post is like the Germans saying if Nazism can be defeated |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. As A Matter Of Curiousity, Ma'am: What Does That Mean? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Good question! |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. The Germans allowed discrimination by groups |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
75. That, Ma'am, Is Not Even Close To What You Said Above |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #75 |
113. I disagree with your logic totally |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #113 |
122. You May Say It, Ma'am, But It Is Incorrect Just The Same |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #122 |
241. I hope you two can agree to disagree. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I don't think your analogy holds water. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Nnnnooooo |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
121. yes, it is. eom |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
270. Terrible analogy. n/t |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. I am profoundly disappointed |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Good point... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Exactly, sell out minority rights to get elected |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Nobody is saying that. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. May I suggest you look at the gay agenda remark? |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Not outright |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You know what... I'm tired... I have had a very long day... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Maybe your day isn't as long as others who have to tolerate |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
86. You know, Erika, I had to tolerate some "breeder" remarks |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. And? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. And -- I think the poster who used the words "gay agenda" |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:44 AM Response to Reply #102 |
151. Well, if you're stressed, you may slip up *once* and use it. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
139. What are you talking about.... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:47 AM Response to Reply #139 |
152. It's a RW talking point used to demean gays and deny them equal rights. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:49 AM Response to Reply #152 |
153. And I of you.... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 03:06 AM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Hey, I'm not the one declaring people 2nd class citizens |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Yes, I am going to focus on that |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Good for you..... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. No, I am not ok with the term gay agenda being used |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
73. You and I are in agreement n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #73 |
168. Me too -- it's a derogatory and RW term |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #44 |
81. I bet the poster regrets the unfortunate use of the term "gay agenda." |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Sorry, I won't elect anyone who throws gays and women's rights |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #88 |
106. The good part is you probably don't live in a state where |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #106 |
136. Precisely.... |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #88 |
198. ***No successful campaign has ever satisfied every constitutuent*** |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #198 |
206. Gays aren't an "interest group." |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #206 |
211. If they're not a consituency with particular interests, this thread would |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #211 |
215. Again, gays are not a special interest group asking for special rights |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #198 |
217. Are you stuck in 1932? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
178. That is EXACTLY what is being said. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Huh? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
59. Hitler, Ma'am |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Please tell me how the GOP has not spewed the gays |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #67 |
85. Even If That Were Granted, Ma'am |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. And you weren't accusing the GOP in your analogy, you were |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Sir, I have visited the Holocaust Museum in DC |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #93 |
100. A Rather Pallid Lesson To Take Away From That, Ma'am |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #100 |
103. I was shocked that Jewish hair was shorn and sold, Sir |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #100 |
279. I do not believe in moral absolutism. |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #85 |
112. Please bear in mind that the Jews do not own the Holocaust alone. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Since The Point, Sir |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #116 |
124. Perhaps you'd like "Frog à la pêche" |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #112 |
118. Yes, Hitler hated the gays and "their agenda" |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
63. You obviously don't know that much about Hitler to be making that comparison |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #63 |
76. Any Dem who who says the gays have an agenda that should |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. You are right... I just hate gays and so I am going to be a republican |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. You thought they have an agenda...your words |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #84 |
140. Basically, as Iook at it, an insistance on Gay Marriage |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #140 |
154. Well, civil unions and gay marriage are two seperate things. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #154 |
221. They're equal on the Federal level. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #221 |
243. That's nonsense, and I challenge you to |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #84 |
141. Basically, as Iook at it, an insistance on Gay Marriage |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #84 |
274. Responses Like This Harm The Fight For Equal Rights |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. That includes ALL Democrats then, because the Democratic party |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Is the Democratic party no longer for gay rights and women's |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #95 |
104. The Democratic party is no longer endorsing the |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #104 |
214. In some states...... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #214 |
290. Being anti-gun is NOT a core Democratic value... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #76 |
92. I'll agree that's a fair argument |
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Tyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. I don't think Dems stand for anything less than they used to |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. They don't organize.... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #49 |
82. When they want to throw gay rights and womens rights |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
128. i admire your courage before this truly frightening thread. i am |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
54. That's part of the story |
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MiaCulpa (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
56. Liberalism use to stand for more than Gay Rights and Abortion on Demand... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. So tell us when you would allow abortion for women |
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MiaCulpa (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. When "I" would allow it? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
60. They're EQUAL rights, not gay rights. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Then don't.... |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
276. Like Saying, It's HUMAN Rights, Not Civil Rights. Waste of time. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
111. Great post. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #111 |
142. And a very good post yourself! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
119. Hey call me when you need another S.P.O.W.G. |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
126. Go back a bit more ... |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
129. I'm an American...Just like you |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Oh, stop being such a purist |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #129 |
169. Get over yourself -- why do you need civil rights? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
132. AFAIK, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #132 |
137. But how do you square that, Buffy, with the posters |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 03:11 AM Response to Reply #137 |
156. A few (or even several) posters on DU does not all Liberals make |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #156 |
213. I'm feeling stressed about about the election. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #132 |
191. Alas, you're delusional if you |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #132 |
247. It's true that Republicans are the ones who characterize |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
158. A point well taken, we need more focus on New Deal types of issues |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 04:54 AM Response to Reply #158 |
160. Does it offend you when people use derogatory terms towards you? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Good question, thanks for asking. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:24 AM Response to Reply #161 |
167. Well... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:44 AM Response to Reply #167 |
170. He used the term once more, and only in reference to the initial use. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #170 |
174. No, I don't find gay rights offensive. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #174 |
175. Well good, maybe you can help the rest of us out with your skills |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
159. And Labor/Unions isn't a 'special interest'? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #159 |
188. That's a cogent analysis |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
163. Special interest groups? Oh, you mean American citizens |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
171. Liberalism used to be about standing up for everyone regardless |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #171 |
251. That is my brand of liberalism, too. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
180. I usually like your posts. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #180 |
183. I was fired by a major corporation in 1991 for being gay |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #183 |
200. Exactly. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #200 |
209. Bingo |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #183 |
202. What is absolutely amazing is that everytime someone suggests |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #202 |
207. Yeah, I notice that too, Raster -- illuminating, huh? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #202 |
210. Right, because more rights for them is practical |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
182. I'm selling out my principles this year |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #182 |
184. Where do you see one issue people?? Where? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #184 |
186. Jinx! We posted at the same time |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:01 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Sorry, you put the wrong pin in me |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #187 |
189. Is it really a belief if you're constantly telling them to hang on? That |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #189 |
194. And my choice is? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #194 |
195. I'll leave it, thanks. I'm out there, working for change. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #195 |
196. Those are good things, MrsG |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #194 |
203. The choice is to fight to expand the debate. |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #203 |
230. I'm talking about my immediate choice this election |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #230 |
265. At what mythical point would you step in |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #265 |
272. You have no idea |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #272 |
273. Well Geez! Then I guess I'll just have blind faith |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #273 |
281. Long term gain, Thom |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #281 |
284. I'm sure you won't be surprised |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #189 |
216. You still haven't addressed the issue of |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #216 |
219. Yaaay...not. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #219 |
223. A civil union may not be the same as a marriage -- even with |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #223 |
225. This isn't what is being discussed. What is being discussed is whether |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #225 |
228. I don't see that as the issue in the OP. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #228 |
237. "Liberalism used to stand for more than Gay Rights..." |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #216 |
226. Because only straight people get that half a loaf |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #226 |
232. Half a loaf is getting civil unions now, and marriage later. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #232 |
238. We would have achieved quite a bit. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #238 |
242. I think we would have achieved more, and faster, if the |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #242 |
245. I don't think that is what happened. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #245 |
278. Nobody wants to stand in your way |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #182 |
185. Who here is a " one issue, party of one voters"? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #185 |
218. I don't know what you mean by zero wiggle room. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #182 |
240. exactly. |
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LetsGoMurphys (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
190. You have put all of my thoughts |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
192. Excellent post......... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
193. Amen -- You nailed it -- False linkage undermines every issue |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
197. Spoken like a true heterosexist |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
229. This thread is really offensive. Yet another |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #229 |
231. Deleted message |
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252. Deleted message |
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258. Deleted sub-thread |
closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
233. IF DEMS WOULD STOP COMPROMISING ON |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #233 |
235. Thank you. A scapegoat is a scapegoat, no matter if you put it in a |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #235 |
253. Me too -- along with the rest of the homophobic threads |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #233 |
236. The Bush/Rove policy is to lock Democrats out of any meaningful |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #236 |
261. Quite an astute observation there, pnwmom |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #233 |
256. We need to look at why Republican memes are successful |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #256 |
262. Yes, and let pigs fly. NO! The reason the rethuglican memes are so |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #262 |
268. Absolutely right |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #262 |
269. What is selfish about wanting better economic opportunities for all? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #269 |
275. The fact that they aren't "for all." |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #275 |
280. You're inferring things that I didn't say |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #280 |
282. No, I think I'm accurately seeing the implications of a policy |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #282 |
286. I'm not sure you understand what my actual position is |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #286 |
289. Truman only integrated because he felt he had to. |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #256 |
277. You Forgot Education. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
244. All else will fall into place! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #244 |
250. But if we do that by sacrificing LGBTs |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
254. Rights aren't lifestyle politics. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #254 |
264. Thank you -- sincerely n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
263. ... said the heterosexual male ... n/t |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
285. I'm sorry I'm not going to shut up and let myself be thrown under the bus. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
287. The Constitution does not discriminate on the basis of sexuality |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
291. Locking |
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