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A HERETIC I AM

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68. I admit I had to look up that usage.

Thu Jul 21, 2022, 02:57 PM

Jul 2022

It is elegant, if nothing else;

From Merriam-Webster;

intransitive verb
1 : to be generally recognized or established : PREVAIL
Those ideas no longer obtain for our generation.

a greater degree of free expression than usually obtains in film production
— Roger Manvell

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"Owning the Libs" [View all] geardaddy Jul 2022 OP

Or, as I have told any number of them, "In order for me to be offended by what you are niyad Jul 2022 #1

Excellent riposte! geardaddy Jul 2022 #3

Thank you. I know there were too many big words there, but one can only dumb down niyad Jul 2022 #10

A Buckley Line I've Liked For Years, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2022 #20

Ahhh, thank you for the reminder. niyad Jul 2022 #22

This is the perfect response. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #9

Thank you. niyad Jul 2022 #11

PERFECT!!! n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2022 #15

Thank you! niyad Jul 2022 #42

... Aristus Jul 2022 #17

Thank you. niyad Jul 2022 #43

Pertain, rather than obtain? SergeStorms Jul 2022 #25

It is a very old expression that I picked up in my reading. niyad Jul 2022 #44

That you obtained in your reading? Beartracks Jul 2022 #60

. . . niyad Jul 2022 #62

I'll show myself out! Beartracks Jul 2022 #69

This way to the egress. . niyad Jul 2022 #71

I admit I had to look up that usage. A HERETIC I AM Jul 2022 #68

Thank you. niyad Jul 2022 #70

My 16 year old daughter takes to an even more guttural level... Moostache Jul 2022 #40

Your daughter's works for people one knows. Mine is mostly for the annoying niyad Jul 2022 #46

"You're too smart to believe that." mac56 Jul 2022 #58

That makes you gullible. plimsoll Jul 2022 #61

I'm going to have to steal that one! Initech Jul 2022 #47

No stealing needed. I share! niyad Jul 2022 #50

damn straight Skittles Jul 2022 #2

Exactly! geardaddy Jul 2022 #4

Yup, Fox News is increasingly becoming an inherent danger to this country. Initech Jul 2022 #49

How much room do we take up in their heads.. if they run around shouting about owning the libs Peacetrain Jul 2022 #5

And rent free, at that! geardaddy Jul 2022 #6

Other than us, there is nothing there. niyad Jul 2022 #7

LOL geardaddy Jul 2022 #8

Scarecrows Bayard Jul 2022 #12

This! geardaddy Jul 2022 #13

It's about inflicting as much pain as possible on our lives budkin Jul 2022 #14

They want to go back waaaaaaay further than 1950... Moostache Jul 2022 #41

That is a classic rurallib Jul 2022 #16

Thanks! geardaddy Jul 2022 #19

I keep saying "if you are trying to own the libs, ultimately it is you who will get owned." Initech Jul 2022 #18

I am offended by their tripling down on stupidity? Brainfodder Jul 2022 #21

The last time I check'd it was United States ! what a crock ! cloudboy07 Jul 2022 #23

I don't know what you mean. geardaddy Jul 2022 #26

all this crap -right,left,middle,progressives,lib's ------- cloudboy07 Jul 2022 #32

Ah, ok. geardaddy Jul 2022 #64

Not very united are we? Meadowoak Jul 2022 #37

Owning the libs means they want slavery PurgedVoter Jul 2022 #24

+1 sop Jul 2022 #33

Oh, actually "own" the Libs. As in slavery. Now that FailureToCommunicate Jul 2022 #51

KICK... orangecrush Jul 2022 #27

How about something shorter to reply to them? usonian Jul 2022 #28

Snicker. niyad Jul 2022 #48

Yeah, it is ridiculous Catherine Vincent Jul 2022 #29

Owning the libs means 14 million dead from a virus.. Botany Jul 2022 #30

K&R! SheltieLover Jul 2022 #31

TFG's supporters are very stupid people LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #34

That meme OWNED the MAGAts Martin Eden Jul 2022 #35

They're mostly owning themselves IronLionZion Jul 2022 #36

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2022 #38

I always thought it was a dumb Roc2020 Jul 2022 #39

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Jul 2022 #45

They are Trolls SunImp Jul 2022 #52

K&R Blue Owl Jul 2022 #53

Post removed Post removed Jul 2022 #54

This is great samplegirl Jul 2022 #55

They're the fuckers that had to run home from school everyday just to... Hotler Jul 2022 #56

A few years ago, some right wingers were saying 'democrates'. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #57

It's astounding EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #59

I hate these people. They're like 12-year-olds, and, are addicted to outrage. Oneironaut Jul 2022 #63

Good analogy Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #65

Yup. Magoo48 Jul 2022 #66

Their headstones will say lunatica Jul 2022 #67