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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:03 PM Original message |
Poll question: Too much political correctness on DU? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm offended by this poll |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Oh, yeah? Well, I'm offended at your offense! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Popcorn's good anytime!~ |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnd......... The high fiber content keeps us regular! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. We really need a smiley |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
184. Here ya go |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. An odd sort of poll. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. What is your definition of "political correctness?" |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Curiously... The "Thick Skin Proviso" Is Right There In The Rules !!! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Which seems a fair and reasonable balance. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I Totally Agree... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
88. yet that is a different issue |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. How ironic. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The "too politically correct" complaint *is* a right-wing one. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. No, it's not. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
136. Deleted message |
LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #72 |
152. Oh brother |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
156. What, specifically, do you find as being "too much"? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
87. Yes it is, for the most part, a right-wing construct. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
101. Seriously? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. No, I wrote that "TOO politically correct" was the loaded phrase, |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:40 AM Response to Reply #101 |
123. I'm going to be Politically Incorrect right now, |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
195. Well said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:48 AM Response to Reply #64 |
121. Deleted message |
Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
82. Yep. They invented the term to belittle anyone on the left |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #82 |
128. Political Correctness is a Maoist construct |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #128 |
150. Good post! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
83. "Political correctness" is just what wingnuts call points-of-view they don't like |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
151. Absolutely -- I agree |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
170. Plenty of Democrats get irritated by an excess of political correctness. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. ABSOLUTELY |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. not enough |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That was my immediate thought. |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
173. Apparently, 64% of the people who voted disagree with you. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. "PC" = don't act like an asshole |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
90. When I first heard it, "He's PC" meant something like "He starts brain before putting mouth in gear" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Too much PC": What boors whine when they open their big yaps & offend someone |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
134. good one |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
177. Exactly. nt |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. You're about to find out |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. ROFLMAO !!! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think the opinions of all DUers should be respected |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's not fucking nearly enough of it. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes indeed. nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Although sometimes the extremely politically correct here |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That has nothing to do with political correctness. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Ah, but that is the slippery slope |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. That has nothing to do with political correctness, either, or slippery slopes. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. bravo, Joby |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I don't think you give enough credit to the folks at DU |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Misses my point. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Oh, I disagree we don't comment on men's looks...... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
92. Excellent post! Thank you!!!! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
155. Excellent, excellent post |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Yes. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. PC aside, some people need a thicker skin when it comes to this: |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
66. In a community as large and diverse as this one.. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
76. Yep |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
110. sounds like a very solid summary of the situation |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
186. amen |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. In America, it seems that political incorrectness has become the new political correctness. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. An excellent post. nt |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. No one's kicked me off yet. - n/t |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. "I may not like what you say..." |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. BRAVO !!! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. "The oversensitive" : minorities. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I'm glad I read your post before I hit 'reply' |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Ah yes, those oversensitive |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I didn't mean women, minorities, and gays when I said "oversensitive" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Being anti-smoking or anti-spanking is not usually called "bigoted" nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
98. Not so |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
94. Turning the other cheek doesn't help |
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rudeboy666 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Too much PC......a cry often heard from non-minorities....interesting |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. Define PC. Bigotry? Not enough. "affected offense"? Too much. nt |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. other |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. OK... Now THAT Offends Me, LOL !!! |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Politically Correct is a buzz phrase created by people |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Let me tell you something about myself, and then please reflect on your stereotypes. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
97. Well then... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #47 |
106. What does you being a vegetarian and feminist have to do |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
182. Thank-you Walldude. You are 100% Accurate...n/t |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. The very fact that people lump any reference of "political correctness" |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. it's lumped because the RW actually invented this term to beliitle progressives |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. You said it. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
77. Origin of "politically correct"--and I can vouch for this being an "older woman" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. Do you have a link? Because without weighing in on the larger issue, I remember the origin, too. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Here it is |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
158. That's The Way I Remember It Too ID... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
95. I heard it used in the early 80s to make a serious point lightly, with the self-mockery you describe |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. I don't think they invented it. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
102. Bingo. n/t |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. "It smells like an old lady" |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. If you had said the room smelled like a young homosexual the men would have found that hilarious too |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Really? Are you sure? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I know that gay men are often the brunt of a lot of office jokes. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. I am pretty new at this place |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Nobody laughed at the first remark |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. That's good. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I don't think he even thought about it |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Oooh....the irony |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. I heard the line used on the Simpsons once |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. Ah. I don't watch the Simpsons. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Then you're missing out on a lot of cultural references |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Yeah, but everyone has different tastes |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #85 |
111. My point was a sort of dig |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. So called political correctness is the result of trying to understand things |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Understanding is great. Intolerance for the slightest deviance from the party line is quite another |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Oh I agree that anger is misplaced |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
71. MPR, it looks like we have two different basic definitions of "PC" on this thread. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
105. Yes, I've been thinking about that. |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Too Much"?? Hell No! |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
176. Maybe you could apply for the job of censor. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. I actually once argued with someone about polygamy |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. I believe the term "political correctness" has become demonized |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. Outlawing words is a waste of time. Giving those words the power to offend you is ridiculous |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Hear, Hear! n/t |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #70 |
115. So, you probably voted "other". |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. we dont take kindly to ur type around these parts! |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm against PC as I understand it. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #78 |
112. Your understanding is a bit off base |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #112 |
132. My experience |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
79. No, but there are too many reflexive martyrs and insta-victims and... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
99. What often surprises me |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
86. Would you say it to your mother? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. word. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:22 AM Response to Reply #91 |
120. Word back to yours! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:26 AM Response to Reply #86 |
122. Only if it's late 80's-early 90's slang. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #86 |
126. Of course. My mother has a great sense of humor and irony. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
96. Why is this topic on your mind? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. And a very unfortunate poll result, IMHO. nt |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Agreed |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #96 |
135. Because he can't call men effeminate? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #135 |
159. Wow. Unreal. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
107. it's the collision |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
108. what are you talking about? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
109. I think we need some specific examples -- ???? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
113. Those who bitch about PC are white folks pissed at not being able to say Nigger in polite company. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:08 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. There's that 0 to 60 rationalization that makes these discussions pointless (n/m) |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
114. I don't think so; but may not have seen the threads you're referring to... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
117. It's interesting that most people think there's too much 'political correctness' on DU |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
118. My vote is no. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
119. What are people deprived of saying on DU that they want to say |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Here are some examples: |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. 'If you say a male appears effeminate, or alternately a woman masculine' |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. There you go. Case closed. n/t |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #129 |
137. In those two cases I was referring to statements of mine regarding, respectively, |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Because just about every GLBT person I know and our supporters |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Because hurting people is all right as long as one doesn't intend to hurt them. |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #139 |
157. I loved your Casino Royale posts. n/t |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Oh, thanks! I like the gentleness with which you're responding |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #160 |
187. I believe it was. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. Roll your eyes all you want. It's not you being offended. |
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trayted (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
124. There is too much political correctness everywhere. What else would we expect? |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
127. Talk about "Too much political correctness", even that is a........... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
131. If you're simply talking about your own, personal definition of it |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
133. The Ignore button is our friend! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
140. Deleted message |
Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #140 |
149. Thank-you! I agree....n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #149 |
189. Deleted message |
Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
142. Yes there is too much. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
143. Can you add WAY too much political correctness... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
144. Did the poll participants realize this was about the 'freedom' to call Coulter a "mAnn"? |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. No |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. I think it helps to let people know what your point is. nt |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
147. Not Nearly Enough Actually |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #147 |
154. threads on illegal aliens and ... xenophobes ... come crawling out of the woodwork |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #154 |
162. TALKING ABOUT THEM AS "THE OTHER" |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #147 |
161. Can you name any message board that IS politically correct? |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. Yes, many but we're not allowed to mention them here....n/t |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Can you PM a list of three or four website addresses to me? |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. I Changed My Mind...n/t |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. Okay, no pressure. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #167 |
175. I PMed You...n/t |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
148. I guess it depends on how entitled one believes themself to be. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
153. Deleted message |
goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #153 |
181. Oh, is this what it's all about? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
165. Deleted message |
NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
168. No doubt about it... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
169. Too much concern over too much political correctness. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
171. I'm concerned about which answer would be the politically correct |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
172. some people find it hard to be polite and not indulge in racism/homophobia or sexism. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
174. Not too PC, but many DUers entirely miss the point |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #174 |
178. Yes, indeed. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. So if transgendered people are hurt by your comments they are "irrational" now. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #179 |
196. Deleted message |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-22-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #196 |
197. Wow. So much flaming at people in the thread, yet the post which was the most controversial got... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-24-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. Your post shows a dire lack of knowledge about the subject |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #178 |
183. Hitler Was a Heterosexual |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #183 |
190. People on DU now can't make derogatory statements about pit bulls |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. I Think You Can Safely Say That Most Gays Don't Want To Be Compared To Fascists...n/t |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. Most Asians Are Closet Sadists |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #174 |
180. Good case in point |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
185. Hitler was a HETEROSEXUAL! |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
188. I vote No! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
193. "Political Correctness" is some term a Luntz freeper-type made up |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #193 |
194. Poll question: Do you think Rove is a closet gay? |
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