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loyalsister

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11. It was a general observation

Reply to tblue (Reply #10)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 11:08 PM

Aug 2013

The first time I noticed it was when the response to something I posted included "we" and "the rest of us." I find the creative naming to be a little immature.

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... Fumesucker Aug 2013 #1

For way too many it has become important to quickly categorize others as friend or foe... Silent3 Aug 2013 #2

Yeah. I'm not much on black or white thinking loyalsister Aug 2013 #3

Yeah, name-calling and preemptively attacking those who you assume Just Saying Aug 2013 #4

You can't be civil towards fascism. AppleBottom Aug 2013 #5

There are no fascists here. But there are plenty of name-callers. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #15

This has been worse than the Occupy heyday. randome Aug 2013 #6

Oh, that's rich Fumesucker Aug 2013 #8

Happens to all of us. randome Aug 2013 #17

I know loyalsister Aug 2013 #9

It's like the old joke about the new prisoner Fumesucker Aug 2013 #7

Number four Lugal Zaggesi Aug 2013 #12

"Hater!" "Racist!" "Firebagger!" "You just want a pony that farts glitter!" tblue Aug 2013 #10

It was a general observation loyalsister Aug 2013 #11

Interesting. I'm here almost every night jazzimov Aug 2013 #13

Here's "Obama Hater" for you Fumesucker Aug 2013 #16

The worst of the name-callers are not Democrats pnwmom Aug 2013 #14

Locking, per consensus of GD hosts that it is Meta. pacalo Aug 2013 #18