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Dragonfli

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73. I find that "fans" don't think at all about the stars they love, it's all about feeling.

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:00 PM

Oct 2013

Because it is all about feeling they get weird and extremely angry or sad when those they love face criticism, look at the "leave Brittany alone" guy for example, or the emotional exchanges on a Bieber board.

Not that there is anything wrong with viewing politics like a teen beat magazine and falling in love with your favorite characters in the mag, but it is a shallow emotional attachment that most of us that obsess over policy details and political realities that affect the real world in life or death ways have a hard time understanding at times.

You think about policies and politics, so fans that love a politician are understandably hard for you to understand as it is all emotion for them and facts not only don't matter, but are damn lies in their hearts if the facts make them or their idols cry.

I hope this helps you to understand this silliness and why discussing policies, facts and written recent history is a bit of a waste of time with such people.

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Maybe he was too busy starting a war in Syria? zappaman Oct 2013 #1

yep. that war where Russia and Syria admit Assad has chem weapons and start to destroy them Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #5

I know I fell out laughing when I read this news too... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #102

the damage isnt done, its ongoing reddread Oct 2013 #2

the point is...a whole bunch of DU'ers wrong about Summers as a lock for Fed Chairman Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #3

Penny for your thoughts reddread Oct 2013 #40

what about her? Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #42

No jonsiee Oct 2013 #45

I, for one, am PISSED that JFK's daughter is the new U.S. ambassador to Japan Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #50

Clearly. All of your supporting information is so compelling. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #75

As is your in depth report about Penny's hard work for the people that earned the position! Dragonfli Oct 2013 #78

Point out where I made that assertion. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #97

No I thought your post was simply deliciously ironic considering what you did post. Dragonfli Oct 2013 #100

Nope, the only person responsible for facts is the person making an assertion. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #101

He made an obvious observation of what appearances are, He may well have been right. Dragonfli Oct 2013 #111

No, no and no. You've been on DU long enough to know better. We dont go on people's say so. stevenleser Oct 2013 #113

Why do you go on "your say so" then? I get it, you can't refute the appearance of a political Dragonfli Oct 2013 #131

Wow. You got all the talking points down. Got it! nt babylonsister Oct 2013 #55

from where, exactly? reddread Oct 2013 #64

Obama can appoint whom he wants. Not babylonsister Oct 2013 #69

what bullshit? reddread Oct 2013 #79

Amen sister! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #103

How can you trust implicitly someone that you do not personally know? Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #115

Maybe they're Beliebers? cui bono Oct 2013 #118

Now you're making shit up. cui bono Oct 2013 #59

at least he isnt claiming the left blocked the appointment reddread Oct 2013 #80

Are you new to DU? Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #82

Are you? Links are supposed to prove your point. cui bono Oct 2013 #85

Read the comments... Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #87

And Summers removed himself from consideration afgterwards Generic Other Oct 2013 #92

I remember it like it was yesterday Jeff VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #105

So are you saying you have links to these posts by DUers that said Summers was a "lock"? cui bono Oct 2013 #116

Is that an "Uh Uh" or a "No we di'int"? VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #119

You need to look above and follow the subthread. cui bono Oct 2013 #122

No actually I AM agreeing with them... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #125

Agreeing with who about what? That DUers said Summers was a "lock"? cui bono Oct 2013 #128

smdh VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #132

I don't know what smdh means. cui bono Oct 2013 #135

pretend it never happened...pretend it never happened....pretend it never happened VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #137

So you don't have links? cui bono Oct 2013 #138

No links. Just lies. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #140

Provide evidence that it happened. Provide evidence that it happened. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #139

don't need to...nothing would convince you...you would just twist it into something else entirely VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #141

Hahahaha!!!! It's the Fox News, "some people say", gambit Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #143

I prefer intellectual honesty.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #147

Really. Looking forward to seeing your intellectually honest responses to Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #149

I look forward to yours... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #153

Point out where one is needed and I will provide.., Aw lawdy I will provi-i-i-de Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #155

that's what they all say.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #156

Yer cute. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #157

I know.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #159

Intellectual honesty would be to provide links that back up an assertion you make or cui bono Oct 2013 #167

Pretzel said there were tons of DUers saying Summers was a "lock" cui bono Oct 2013 #114

Here's just one. I can find more if I go back farther in history Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #158

That's it? That's more of a prediction than a statement saying Obama's pick is a "lock". cui bono Oct 2013 #168

Come on Pretzel... where's the proof to back up that assertion? cui bono Oct 2013 #117

Oh for fuck's sake... Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #151

Why? I didn't make the assertion. I don't have to try to prove it. cui bono Oct 2013 #152

The burden of proof? Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #154

you really don't keep up, do you pretzel? cali Oct 2013 #173

Obama is also going to attack Syria Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #4

Oh, Iran is definitely on the table. That's why Obama called Iranian leader Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #6

Maybe he can chain Rafael Eduardo Cruz and John Boehner together with a CPI. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #8

Cruz. ack. just typing his name makes me ill. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #14

~snort~ Fumesucker Oct 2013 #7

I just don't get why anyone would have problems with Yellen even if she were the lone Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #9

Welcome to DU! Fumesucker Oct 2013 #10

that it is. these recent trolls this week are laughable Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #12

Yes but you'll get better with time, you have already gotten the "create your own realty" thing Dragonfli Oct 2013 #93

you should hold up a mirror before you go calling people trolls, k ? dionysus Oct 2013 #108

I like what I see! I have not changed politically in over 40 years! Dragonfli Oct 2013 #120

And I bet you didn't start a "discussion" just to ridicule "fellow" Dems either. cui bono Oct 2013 #124

Only trolls do that sort of thing, sometimes I even point that out to em while feeding them. Dragonfli Oct 2013 #133

Love IT! HangOnKids Oct 2013 #165

I have a few hits on mine as well..., but my favorite one on the list you pointed out reagards Dragonfli Oct 2013 #172

Who are you referring to when you say "suckers"? cui bono Oct 2013 #11

I just love how Obama is juking more people than an NFL running back on Sundays Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #13

The President didn't "Juke" anybody . . . markpkessinger Oct 2013 #24

he could have named him right away. he didn't. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #28

Larry Summers shouldn't have been on the list in the goddamn first place. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #52

"to spend more time with their family" is the usual excuse... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #106

And, "we the people" help provide that gravity. We rose up and said, "No, no no." Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #142

I don't know what juking is... cui bono Oct 2013 #54

Neither do I, I wonder if it is related to twerking? Do only younger bridge dwellers get it? Dragonfli Oct 2013 #67

Juking? Where I come from that means drinking, dancing and cattin' around! nolabear Oct 2013 #63

I never held it against JFK, but that was before personal stuff unrelated to job performance Dragonfli Oct 2013 #68

IRL, juking people is what assholes do. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #145

Wow. You folks really don't know much about football Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #148

I do. Football is a game. Real life is not. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #150

You say that like it's a bad thing Fumesucker Oct 2013 #164

Of course! kentuck Oct 2013 #15

He had his fingers crossed when he threatened Syria and he never offered chained CPI. bahrbearian Oct 2013 #17

Good n2doc Oct 2013 #16

+1 LittleBlue Oct 2013 #19

Here's the link BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #18

For regulation and against laissez faire economics? Excellent pick! freshwest Oct 2013 #160

Larry Summers was voted off the island pscot Oct 2013 #20

Summers disqualified himself. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #21

I just like to remind people of all the doom prophecies on here about Obama in the past few months Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #22

Are you suggesting Summers WASN"T under very serious consideration by the President? markpkessinger Oct 2013 #26

yes. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #30

And what proof do you have of this? markpkessinger Oct 2013 #34

Of course you are. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #47

BAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA!!! sucker. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2013 #48

You weren't paying any attention then, you missed all the uproar from those "Dem Senator suckers" Dragonfli Oct 2013 #53

Talk about suckers. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #60

Talk about suckers. cui bono Oct 2013 #83

Reality says otherwise. morningfog Oct 2013 #175

Yes please continue....I just love to watch contortionists...don't you? VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #107

After he was nominated though! joshcryer Oct 2013 #90

Indeed. Trolling fail. Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #144

If your desire is to destroy the good will many have found toward Obama, you're doing a heckuva job. last1standing Oct 2013 #23

uh oh. I feel threatened Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #25

Spiteful is posting a smug OP like this one. last1standing Oct 2013 #32

I don't hate my fellow Democrats. It's been heart warming to see us come together against a real foe Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #33

Obama bends to pressure from liberals so you want to gloat? last1standing Oct 2013 #39

Because it screws up their narrative that they are the "better democrats" and "oh yeah Obama sucks!" VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #109

I hear the Reagan part a lot, Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #171

Chained C3PO! Atman Oct 2013 #27

Oh dear, now the robots are in harm's way. The horror, the horror! Hekate Oct 2013 #77

That joke R 2 funny! riqster Oct 2013 #89

They said that Obama wanted to win the war in Afghanistan. MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #29

by what measures have we lost in Afghanistan? Taliban and al Queda are wrecks Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #31

Do me a favor... Don't read click on this link: MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #35

and then there's this Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #38

I don't know how you view Afghanistan as anything short of a disaster. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #58

+1 Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #146

Are you so clueless you don't realize the outrage stopped Obama from nominating him? LOL. nt Logical Oct 2013 #36

I think you are on to something. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #46

Republicans were also against Summers. So..are you sure it was the liberals? Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #49

LOL, you don't think through this stuff much do you? n-t Logical Oct 2013 #61

I find that "fans" don't think at all about the stars they love, it's all about feeling. Dragonfli Oct 2013 #73

Great points! n-t Logical Oct 2013 #84

Makes sense now. bahrbearian Oct 2013 #91

the "working theory" VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #110

Name the Republicans who were against Summers n/t brentspeak Oct 2013 #121

Weak sauce trollbait. 99Forever Oct 2013 #37

this thread has brought forth an interesting cast of characters Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #41

I notice that the new meme is that no matter what Obama does right... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #112

Here's a critical take of Yellen. She supported repeal of Glass-Steagall and chained CPI BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #43

objective news source you got there. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #44

Dunno, I just consider the message. Is Huffington post suspect? BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #51

Naked Capitalism is an excellent source. cui bono Oct 2013 #57

So what have you accomplished by this mocking post? Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #56

Picked up a few more ignores Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #66

Found an opportunity to call DUers 'suckers' leftstreet Oct 2013 #76

Someone has to carry Spandan/MichiganDem's torch. WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #86

I fully expect this poster to link to antileft articles from the same source to further divisiveness Dragonfli Oct 2013 #95

He'll post, and they'll be chewed up and spit out like the rest. WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2013 #98

They "made him do it" alcibiades_mystery Oct 2013 #62

DU rec... SidDithers Oct 2013 #65

He got a letter from 6 Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee that made Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #127

Maybe they don't get CSPAN in Canada and he really knows nothing about what happened Dragonfli Oct 2013 #134

Obama wanted Summers in the beginning, got a lot of negative feedback Rex Oct 2013 #70

I'll suffer through the Humiliation... adirondacker Oct 2013 #71

I'll take Yellen over Summers any day. Rex Oct 2013 #72

Yes. That's a given. adirondacker Oct 2013 #74

Nice MFrohike Oct 2013 #81

Summers withdrew his name rurallib Oct 2013 #88

If you aren't congratulating Janet Yellen on her new nomination, then all of y'all are trolls Hestia Oct 2013 #94

This isn't a Janet's thread, but a disruption thread, read the title and OP again, it's clearly bait Dragonfli Oct 2013 #99

"but both sides do it" bahrbearian Oct 2013 #174

good thing progressives didn't shut the fuck up as you wished we would.. frylock Oct 2013 #96

Trollish OP. Snarky, smarmy, spiteful, and stupid, to boot. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #123

. The OP seems to hold the democratic process in contempt. Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #126

The OP also makes assertions he can't back up. cui bono Oct 2013 #136

Oh Good I Am Not The Only One HangOnKids Oct 2013 #166

Good nominee! Won't bother to read the ruckus if one starts. freshwest Oct 2013 #129

whatever! quinnox Oct 2013 #130

wow....just read through stillcool Oct 2013 #161

You mean the comments from this OP or the comments at the article in the OP? Number23 Oct 2013 #162

the comments to this post.. stillcool Oct 2013 #163

Garbage in, garbage out. morningfog Oct 2013 #176

Summers was on the shortlist Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #169

Summer withdrew his name. Marr Oct 2013 #170