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MADem

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17. Of course. You perhaps do not understand that this is a team sport.

Reply to Donald Ian Rankin (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 04:26 PM

Apr 2013

We cheer our team, and we denigrate theirs.

That's how it works.

This is a discussion board, and sometimes the "discussions" get a bit unseemly. It's not a --forgive the expression--tea party. If there wasn't any difference of opinion, about Democratic politics, about propriety, even about the ever-present "fiddly bits" and how people treat one another, it wouldn't be any fun. People would find another site to get their hectoring drama on.

Trash Thread is on the menu if you don't care for the buffet. And it's delicious!

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Will anyone on DU henceforth complain when conservatives dance on the grave of a left-winger? [View all] Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 OP

they do it all the time - ask me something unusual. hollysmom Apr 2013 #1

What I'm asking is "do you think it's OK?" Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #3

when I am personally ata funeral - I do not say anything to distress the family, but hollysmom Apr 2013 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2013 #13

Do spiders taste better when cooked in butter or fruit juice? ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #11

I'd have to saaaaaaay... butter. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2013 #34

I agree - butter. hollysmom Apr 2013 #39

Butter is better for a crunchy taste, which I prefer. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #49

they do it anyway datasuspect Apr 2013 #2

See my response #3 n.t Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #4

it simply doesn't matter to me datasuspect Apr 2013 #5

In which case, dance away. I think you're probably in a minority at DU, though. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #6

Wingnuts say awful things about the living as it is. blogslut Apr 2013 #7

It would be incredibly ego-centric of me to think my opinion mattered to the Anne Coulters Electric Monk Apr 2013 #9

gravedancing is a healthy and natural and beautiful thing tralala Apr 2013 #10

Man... this makes NO SENSE AT ALL cthulu2016 Apr 2013 #12

This. n/t Still Sensible Apr 2013 #15

Not mind-blowing, just muddle-headed and a tad hypocritical. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #20

Not at all. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." HiPointDem Apr 2013 #43

+1 HiPointDem Apr 2013 #41

Don't they do that anyway? Cleita Apr 2013 #14

offs............. Marrah_G Apr 2013 #16

Of course. You perhaps do not understand that this is a team sport. MADem Apr 2013 #17

you really shouldn't bother with this question cali Apr 2013 #18

if people are factually inaccurate about someone La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #19

I don't care what they do LittleBlue Apr 2013 #21

I won't, unless I am really grumpy and not thinking well that day. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #22

Are you refering to the RW joy dance upon Sen. Kennedy's passing ? That dance ? n/t CincyDem Apr 2013 #23

No, I'm not. I'm referring to left-wing responses to it. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #24

I don't recall the specifics... CincyDem Apr 2013 #30

I don't go to conservative sites and read their gibberish notadmblnd Apr 2013 #25

Like they did at Paul Wellstone's memorial libodem Apr 2013 #26

As long as they are being honest, then go for it. If they make up shit, then they are assholes n/t arcane1 Apr 2013 #27

Perhaps if I considered them morally equivalent, which I usually don't. Posteritatis Apr 2013 #28

Good lord don't you remember when Edward Kennedy died how they were dancing on southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #29

It does not matter what I think is "OK" or not when it comes to the behavior of conservatives. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #31

and *that* is the reason i don't get indignant when the "right" gravedances. i EXPECT it. boilerbabe Apr 2013 #32

Yes, because liberal politicians are generally nice people and conservative ones generally aren't. sibelian Apr 2013 #33

Yes, good point! And, in particular, Maggie Thatcher was a VILE person! DLnyc Apr 2013 #37

Just to remind people what we are actually talking about, sans lingo like 'gravedancing' Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #35

I'm in the middle of trying to get over DU members dancing on grand parrents poor people and vets... L0oniX Apr 2013 #36

Morality has not one damn thing to do with it. scarletwoman Apr 2013 #38

Thank you for so eloquently stating what I also firmly believe. sibelian Apr 2013 #40

Bravo! Well said. (nt) Paladin Apr 2013 #46

Common courtesy has been overlooked by people who should know better. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #48

Sorry your girlfriend died. Starry Messenger Apr 2013 #42

lol. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #44

Complain? I doubt it. What would be the point? nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #45

right winger vs. left winger bigtree Apr 2013 #47