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In reply to the discussion: WAKE THE FUCK UP [View all]SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)57. YEAH!
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I agree. Profanity is detrimental to any well-reasoned argument, including this one. n/t
SylviaD
Jul 2013
#73
I don't think that allowing civility its due denies or improves success to either party.
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#163
ALERTING FOR USING THE WORD "FUCK"! Fuckers using the word fuck is fucking fucked. FFS.
L0oniX
Jul 2013
#149
denounce the other side for the sick twisted fascist pukes that they are
PowerToThePeople
Jul 2013
#5
"calling out bullshit" per the OP, right here -- the right is not using "the left's" talking points.
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#27
i think that's why a lot of us are here...to crowdsource how to do a better job
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#31
"So you can bang the drums of righteousness and liberalism all you want" -- seriously?
nashville_brook
Jul 2013
#32
The NSA IS spying on the American people, and guess what, for the first time in memory, Republicans
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#171
I do know who they are spying on. They are spying on ME. And I want to know why.
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#178
Haven't you ever seen those late night shows, when people like Leno go out on the streets ...
AlbertCat
Jul 2013
#153
+1000. Triangulating is a bullshit sellout. The corporatists are the ones responsible for the Dem
GoneFishin
Jul 2013
#104
My wife and I were having this very discussion last night. I found myself reminiscing about
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#134
Carter was the closest thing to a "choir boy" that we've ever had as President.
maddiemom
Jul 2013
#144
Were it not for Manzanar, FDR would qualify for 'choir boy' in my book too. Even so, FDR
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#148
But, WAIT! All Reagan had to do was say, "Mr. Gorbache tear down this wall,"v,
maddiemom
Jul 2013
#166
Don't forget the Reagan Recession (1981-83). Adult unemployment crested at
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#135
We have national health care, more rights for gays, a budding Moderate-Progressive
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#46
Amazing how a person who is dependent on a government job can become anti-government.
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#41
Many people on the Left are sane. It is the far Left that appears to be unbalanced.
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#39
Reminds me of where I was twenty-some years ago. Please be so kind as to define liberal.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2013
#25
You want Democrats to beat republicans bloody at the polls and with policy?
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#33
I absolutely agree - as a demographic, gays have high levels of disposable income.
Divernan
Jul 2013
#100
The only way to defeat republican gerrymandering is to get as many people that are
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#52
Yes Kentuck. Democrats actually believe in democracy and when given the chance to lead,
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#54
Liberals are not the ones willing to always compromise, it is the presence of the Third Way
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#58
Great post Phillyindy, thanks for taking the time to write it, and please ignore all the ....
Scuba
Jul 2013
#95
It wasn't pretty the first time the labor movement took power away from the rich. It won't be pretty
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#106
Most are consumed by their daily life instead of being politically active
Rosa Luxemburg
Jul 2013
#111
And stop appointing Republicans to a Democratic Administration!!! What is that all about?
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#113
Welcome to DU. Who do you think would fit that phrase? Who did you support for Pres last election?
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#138
OK, you've just made me conscious that I have always felt that liberals are at the center, and
Gregorian
Jul 2013
#160
I'm with you. I've fought bullshit attempts at bipartisanship. People on the right respect fighters.
ancianita
Jul 2013
#161
I imagine many Republicans are rational just as I imagine many Democrats are irrational.
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#162