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In reply to the discussion: There can be no fruitful political discussion with people who are insincere or hiding their views [View all]CreekDog
(46,192 posts)85. why are you offended that a reactionary, conservative position might be brought up later?
most of us don't come to DU to deal with folks who hold such positions, why are you so upset that many of us don't want to argue with people who hold them?
if someone is a victim of their own BS, why is that my fault?
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There can be no fruitful political discussion with people who are insincere or hiding their views [View all]
CreekDog
Mar 2014
OP
also if your motive is self-aggrandizing one wonders if you really care about
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2014
#1
OMG. How do you not choke on your own hypcrisy, CreekDog? You are a master at
Skip Intro
Mar 2014
#6
well i guess you want me to stop alerting and taking a look at the sexist trolls here
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#130
just a few months ago actually, you were agitating against coverage of maternity care under ACA
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#33
so you're saying you were misquoted and do think maternity should be covered at no extra cost?
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#93
WTF?! How would you know that? Do you have like an enemies database or something? nt
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#37
why are you afraid that your public posts from months ago might get read again?
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#58
Afraid? Absolute nonsense. It is not disturbing that people read what I write...
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#59
He's calling another "afraid" upthread. It's all he's got - namecalling and attacks.
Skip Intro
Mar 2014
#68
why are you offended that a reactionary, conservative position might be brought up later?
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#85
Because Creekdog has years of polling data, correlated by name, detailing your "actual views".
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2014
#72
Octagons don't fit into rectangles because circles are made out of cheese.
Vashta Nerada
Mar 2014
#30
A response to you about a different member in that thread who became the first member on that list.
NYC_SKP
Mar 2014
#40
Huh? A lot of us support both expansion and shrinkage of Medicare and Medicaid
Recursion
Mar 2014
#45
Maybe you should post in ATA asking for a "Discern Motive" button be added next to "Alert Abuse"
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2014
#60
I think that the desired functionality is actually "attribute motive to poster".
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2014
#117
you're a very confused person, i don't see the point in going over this with you
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#69
the exact cast of characters I expected to be offended by this....seem to magically do just that....
VanillaRhapsody
Mar 2014
#81
No, body language tips off liars pretty accurately, and so do posts, but a bit less so.
Zorra
Mar 2014
#108
Shit, try having a political discussion with folks who will not discuss issues at all.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2014
#132