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Sun Nov-04-07 04:52 PM
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I'm perpetually offended by |
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Racism.
Sexism.
Homophobia.
Religiously inspired hate.
Irrational hatred towards religious people.
The Klu Klux Klan.
The Bush Family.
Fred Phelps and Company.
If you aren't perpetually offended by these things, either you are desensitized to them and have given up or you have officially joined the dark side.
We won't win unless we stay perpetually offended.
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Sun Nov-04-07 04:54 PM
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1. How does it work if I'm offended by all of those things, |
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yet have still joined the dark side?
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ruggerson
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Sun Nov-04-07 04:55 PM
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2. Oh, you're a republican now? |
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Sun Nov-04-07 04:58 PM
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4. Gasp! And you mean "Republic" not "Republican" |
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Work with me Ruggerson. ;)
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Sun Nov-04-07 05:00 PM
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6. I'm caffeine deprived today |
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maybe it's the time change thing.
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Sun Nov-04-07 04:56 PM
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3. I'm perpetually offended by people who are offended by questions |
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People that consistently flip their shit any time someone so much as questions why we do/say things bug the shit out of me. I think they're the "hysterical" ones. Why is discussion on these issues so offensive to people? Being forced to think is that painful?
I question everything. Hell it's why I was thrown out of my fundie youth group as a pre-teen.
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Sun Nov-04-07 04:59 PM
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5. Maybe because it hits too close to home |
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I have no clue, other than rank partisanship, why anyone on a progressive board would bend over backwards to try to excuse any kind of bigotry, or try to dismiss relevant discussions of its prevalence in our society.
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Sun Nov-04-07 05:59 PM
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7. What a waste of adrenaline. "Perpetually offended." Piffle. |
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Ever hear the stories of cops and ASPCA going into a stinky, smelly house to rescue two hundred dying dogs and cats from their original rescuer? That's what happens when people are "perpetually offended." A rescuer who can't ever stop or take a break because there's so much harm, so much damage, so many desperate, wounded, abandoned animals...that the poor fool finally goes insane with the burden of trying to do it all. And ends up being useless and harmful.
You can choose to be destroyed by your vast and caring nobility. But it actually works against getting the job done.
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Sun Nov-04-07 06:03 PM
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8. It isn't perpetually offended..it is called living in reality and seeing the GOP |
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Sun Nov-04-07 06:46 PM
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A number of us were accused of being "perpetually offended" in another thread, hence I borrowed it for the OP.
I totally agree with you.
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Sun Nov-04-07 06:57 PM
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11. What kind of cookies? |
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Sun Nov-04-07 07:06 PM
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12. What ever kind you like |
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Sun Nov-04-07 08:08 PM
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13. Your cookies offend me... |
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