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Armstead

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17. I have absolutey no problem with people who have differences of opinion if....

Sat May 10, 2014, 03:33 PM

May 2014

..they are wiling to express them civilly, have some degree of an open mind and are actuayl willing to engage on the subject.

If someone says:
"I believe Glenn Greenwald was totally wrong because he compromised national security, etc....."

I have no problem with that.
If someone says:

"You're just another Obama hater because you support what Greenwald did..."

I gotta problem with that.

Likewise if someone says "I don't believe rescinding Net Neutrality is going to be a problem because..."

Nooooo problem. "I'll come back with: "I think you're wrong about that because....."

But if someone says "You extremists don't live in the real world. You just want a pony and this is just another excuse to bash Obama because he won't give you one..."

I will come back with an equal degree of snark.

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I'd rather have my hair on fire than my head in the sand, when it comes to Corporate Power [View all] Armstead May 2014 OP

It's a symptom of Hair-on-Fire-ness to think those are the only two options alcibiades_mystery May 2014 #1

That is my point -- There are many ways to look at these things Armstead May 2014 #2

And 3)..... Armstead May 2014 #6

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious May 2014 #3

Hah! Jackpine Radical May 2014 #4

With six posts? Armstead May 2014 #5

5th rec. Jackpine Radical May 2014 #13

86 rec 840high May 2014 #51

87 JEB May 2014 #52

135 pscot May 2014 #74

From a letter written by Theodore Roosevelt to President Wilson about the Progressive party Bonhomme Richard May 2014 #7

We seem deternmined to go into the past to the time just before Roosevelt wrote that Armstead May 2014 #27

He had balls but it took more than that. Bonhomme Richard May 2014 #38

Isn't this ProSense May 2014 #8

I have absolutey no problem with people who have differences of opinion if.... Armstead May 2014 #17

So ProSense May 2014 #18

I got tired of retyping te same thing Armstead May 2014 #21

Do you ProSense May 2014 #23

Aren't you getting tired of copying and pasting the same thing? elzenmahn May 2014 #24

No, but if you're tired of reading my posts, it would be a good idea to stop. LOL! n/t ProSense May 2014 #26

Good idea. n/t Bonhomme Richard May 2014 #39

Thanks. n/t ProSense May 2014 #42

... progressoid May 2014 #55

Are you for or against net neutrality. & the costly TPP? grahamhgreen May 2014 #59

If your hair isn't on fire when you look at what is being done nationalize the fed May 2014 #9

"US was founded by a bunch of True Rebels" <-after killing perhaps tens of millions of people who jtuck004 May 2014 #12

Well said. zeemike May 2014 #10

We are owned. Pure and simple. The hynotized see otherwise. We need to free ourselves. Lint Head May 2014 #11

And then read Marx - TBF May 2014 #62

If you try to close the barn door before the horses get out you will run into trouble. rhett o rick May 2014 #14

Well put. nm rhett o rick May 2014 #15

It's not a binary situation. It's not black and white. The entire issue is various shades of gray. MohRokTah May 2014 #16

Most issues DO have shades of grey. Armstead May 2014 #19

And that's the black and white extremes at work. MohRokTah May 2014 #20

In theory I aree with that Armstead May 2014 #25

And I cannot disagree with anything you've said there, either. The money is the differentiating... MohRokTah May 2014 #28

Hopefully not forever -- But it will be a huge setback for the rest of us Armstead May 2014 #31

Everything in 3D is binary. n/t DeSwiss May 2014 #45

and the weirdest thing they act like they're constantly right (or have ever been) MisterP May 2014 #22

I boycott most every big corporate thing I can, at some cost to my convenience, but not much. hunter May 2014 #29

When everthing is a "hair-on-fire" event, nothing is. JoePhilly May 2014 #30

That's because there ARE so many reasons to have hair on fire Armstead May 2014 #33

I love a lecture from one of DU's high Priests of liberalsim. JoePhilly May 2014 #37

DU has not been mute on that point. But I guess you missed those. Armstead May 2014 #40

And I would add that Obama has since appointd a Comcast insider... Armstead May 2014 #41

True and with use of hyperbole treestar May 2014 #70

If our hyperbolie drives you to ignore issues that are important simply because.... Armstead May 2014 #80

When you put your head in the oven you aren't supposed to LITE it. HTH. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #32

Yep MissDeeds May 2014 #34

My hair is on fire too, along with my heart. bvar22 May 2014 #35

What do you want? A pony too? Armstead May 2014 #36

Yet there is fawning over the rich from our own. L0oniX May 2014 #43

K&R. Yes please! Overseas May 2014 #71

K&R DeSwiss May 2014 #44

Why doesn't this post have hundreds of recommendations? Enthusiast May 2014 #46

Because I'm an asshole Armstead May 2014 #47

because it wasn't posted by William or Manny or a BOG member Doctor_J May 2014 #54

Pehaps false dichotomies aren't as popular as you'd hope? n/t Silent3 May 2014 #57

Are those the only two choices? tabasco May 2014 #48

Only two viable ones at this point unfortunately Armstead May 2014 #79

I've been watching the WalMartization of the Democratic Party for a while now. Sickening, IMHO. blkmusclmachine May 2014 #49

Great term, WalMartization... Octafish May 2014 #61

Elephonkys and Demophants? L0oniX May 2014 #68

. nationalize the fed May 2014 #77

Kicking this to the top for anyone who's missed it thus far. Efilroft Sul May 2014 #50

well put Doctor_J May 2014 #53

I'm with you! snot May 2014 #56

K & R !!! WillyT May 2014 #58

K&R Family accuses me of... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2014 #60

Accusing others of being short sighted and myopic Progressive dog May 2014 #63

You're probably right Armstead May 2014 #65

well said. we elect D's to do the job of the people... nashville_brook May 2014 #64

Blind ignorance is not exclusive to one political party. L0oniX May 2014 #67

there's one avenue to short-circuit this -- Vote Local nashville_brook May 2014 #72

Voting local is the only reason I am a registered Dem. L0oniX May 2014 #75

Excellent rant. n/t 99Forever May 2014 #66

It gets annoying when people don't agree with you treestar May 2014 #69

Oligarchs is actully a better term but... Armstead May 2014 #76

much the same has been said by many in many ways stupidicus May 2014 #73

K&R Couldn't agree more! raouldukelives May 2014 #78