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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:20 AM Original message |
Okay, I'm going to say it and take the consequences. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. I hear what you're saying and agree, Pacifist Patriot... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree and I sympathize with all of those points. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. IMO, "it" has already gotten out of control. |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Wait until 2012. When enough people get turned away from the polls |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That is the dangerous word..."exploited". |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "highlighted" may be more appropriate in some cases... |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Without veteran status |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Well said. :) n/t |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Thanks. I do appreciate the well-reasoned responses. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Nicely done. Thanks. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. People also mistake projection for empathy all the time. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, I can relate |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. It goes deeper than this. |
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unionworks (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I am holding back |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Get angry at me all you want.. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. There is nothing remotely liberal about pacifism. In fact, it is a very conservative stance. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. My comment isn't so much about pacficism.. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. It also points out the rank |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. It points out a deep dichotomy, when those who are 'spreading democracy' overseas |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Exactly. nt |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm no spring chicken |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I'm not in the least bothered by protesters being from the military. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's not the sympathy, it's the effect. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Yes, thank you. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Exactly this. OWS has been painted, over and over, as a bunch of live-at-home kids... |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. +1 |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. Recommended. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. Excellent point |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. dupe |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Sadly, it makes great PR. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think it's that as a veteran his loyalty to the US is unquestionable |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You're absolutely right. Thanks. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Well said. nt |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. You're so right. Of course. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I agree. They've been stated eloquently above by several people. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. It makes a lie out of the right-wing "dirty commie hippie" smear. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. It is sad |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. k&r n/t |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's all about marketing for a cause. n/t |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
38. If he hadn't been a vet, you would be hearing and reading Rightist jokes about him. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. As an ex-marine, I completely agree. He is just another citizen/victim of the oppression. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's because our militaristic society has so lionized military veterans. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. true point, yet the MEME EXISTS -- it's our opportunity to use it positively |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. That was my thought as well... |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. You know what? If anyone in this country has earned the right to speak |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Devil's advocate here. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. You don't have to EARN the right to speak. It is yours already. nt |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
47. No anger, you are absolutely correct. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
48. kr NT |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
49. I disagree. If something like this had happened to anyone in that situation... |
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yoyossarian (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
51. It's mostly a matter of EXTREME contrast, I think... |
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