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In reply to the discussion: Is this Democratic Underground? [View all]Anatos
(179 posts)296. You are despicable
The way you launch that "if you disagree you must be vile and reprehensible" stuff, just like the OP, it makes me downright proud to wear the label "loyal follower".
The US military is not paid by the government to 'kill other people'."
What on earth do they buy all those bullets and bombs and drones for, then?
"'When and if it becomes necessary'. Yes, and that is really the question raised when Bush/Cheney falsely claimed it was necessary to go around the world 'killing other people' while shredding the Constitution they swore to defend and protect. "
No, it isn't; the question raised when Bush/Cheney falsely claimed it was necessary is most obviously not 'when and if it becomes necessary'. Quite the opposite, because the question of whether his actions would have been justified if his claims had not been false was never examined, since his claims were false. Do you see where your error is? You can either condemn Bush for his policies, or you can condemn him for using false justifications, but you end up being less than rational and logical when you try to do both.
Sorry, painting me with a "Bush lover" tag isn't going to work any more than "loyal follower". I'm the open-minded, rational, logical one here, not you or kentuck. I know I goosed you all a bit with my defense of what you have been taught to loyally and uncritically insist is indefensible. Ya'll are a lot like the evangelicals, with the "anyone who tries to convince you the Bible isn't true is Satan" scheme, which is monstrously effective and preventing learning of all types.
But, yeah, if the President decides on a whim not to like someone and disappear them, it is still unconstitutional. Just not when it's not on a whim and because they're a terrorist.
We are still waiting for the proof that the killings of Al Awlaki and his teenage son were 'necessary'.
And hopefully you will be waiting a long, quiet, relatively peaceful life. Last I heard you weren't on any Congressional Select Intelligence Committee.Edit history
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If the Dems & OWS affect a schism liberalism will be dead for the duration of living memory n/t
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2011
#4
OP promotes DIVISIVENESS amongst Democrats corelated with a list that many Dems would not
patrice
Dec 2011
#171
Can you list them by their numbers? The too Right Wingy things, that is.
RUMMYisFROSTED
Dec 2011
#214
Apparently,something being "not as right wing as you might think" is acceptable only if it's not PO.
patrice
Dec 2011
#258
"There are conservative as well as liberal minded people involved in this movement."
Anatos
Dec 2011
#275
I think the Dems had better pay close attention to Occupy. The problem I see now is...
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#32
Exactly. As long as lobbyists dictate policy b/c 1 million-dollar donor is as good as a million $1
DirkGently
Dec 2011
#145
I think Dems should pay close attention to Occupy because Reich Wingers are trying to take it over.
patrice
Dec 2011
#172
Things are not as bleak, I think. However, Americans have a tremendous capacity for
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#240
OWS, in case you haven't noticed, is not a dictator. All Occupations ARE their own thing.
patrice
Dec 2011
#227
Democrats were on that list, too. Clark needs to be honest. Madeline Albright is one of them!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2011
#71
Link to thread? Re arguments in favor of NDA provisions -- That is depressing.
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2011
#204
Well, then let's say the voters went right wing, whether they did it out of stupidity...
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#239
Anyone ethically healthy enough (not just the appearance of being ethical) wouldn't want to run.
Maine_Nurse
Dec 2011
#96
Well if DU isn't critical enough for someone, it's hard to imagine the person can get enough critic
treestar
Dec 2011
#49
Yes, sadly there are. In fact if you scroll up you'll see such a call right here.
jtrockville
Dec 2011
#97
This is fascism. You are assuming that if someone does not agree with X, then they are Y, when
patrice
Dec 2011
#252
Is it not a vicious personal attack to say that my postings are a vicious personal attacks?
patrice
Dec 2011
#262
How is it not a vicious personal attack for OP to imply that anyone who supports PO is blind? doesn'
patrice
Dec 2011
#264
What precisely, and without post-hoc qualifiers or preconditions is a "true Democrat"?
LanternWaste
Dec 2011
#62
Actually, under our political system, anyone who registers as a Democrat is a "true Democrat." There
totodeinhere
Dec 2011
#122
The problem with your OP, Kentuck is that your premise itself is antagonizing.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2011
#73
Please do not feign ignorance with me, kentuck! You know exactly what you are doing...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2011
#142
Pot kettle. You're doing what you're complaining about #6 doing. LOTS of people think Obama is a Dem
patrice
Dec 2011
#176
The difference, of course, is that the FReepers hate Obama for being a socialist
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2011
#55
No you don't "got it". BOTH sides are doing this AND BLAMING the other side. Q. Why? A. DIVISION.
patrice
Dec 2011
#228
POOR logic. Do you assume that everything anyone says applies to everyone? The fact that
patrice
Dec 2011
#254
Except this time they have immunity from the rest of the majority Obama-haters.
LoZoccolo
Dec 2011
#34
ASSUMPTIONS! I'm a Progressive/Liberal and I support President Obama. You & I see the PROCESS
patrice
Dec 2011
#177
I don't support or not support him. I have come to the conclusion that the president really
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#181
We agree to a significant extent. I want to do what is most effective about this problem: GET
patrice
Dec 2011
#184
Well, we do agree for the most part. I believe he will win. I won't be working for him or donating
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#188
We have them in the Democratic Party and they are far more welcome than progressives
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#194
Anti-Obama and anti-Democrat aren't necessarily the same thing. At least I hope not. It would be a
totodeinhere
Dec 2011
#123
"you'll find the same number of party-hating sycophants here that there were on DU2" TELL IT
Number23
Dec 2011
#168
Obama does deserves criticism. But nobody deserves the half-truths, selective quotation, hyperbole
emulatorloo
Dec 2011
#46
If any of them were alive and in office today there would be plenty of vociferous criticism
totodeinhere
Dec 2011
#125
If "open-minded, rational, logical comments" mean only the ones that agree with me 100%,
LiberalAndProud
Dec 2011
#23
I thought it was 'anti-Bush policies' that brought people here. I mean if he had been abiding by the
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#31
Especially when "articles" from politico and breitbart get 100+ recs and end up on the front page...
tjwash
Dec 2011
#26
Gingrich or Obama. ? It may suck, but it is what it is. Vote Democratic, Occupy for change,
Zorra
Dec 2011
#33
Why? So he can half-assedly reform a system that in reality needs to be overthrown? nt
Modern_Matthew
Dec 2011
#44
I'm not sure that the Democratic party of circa 2000 is really very different from...
aikoaiko
Dec 2011
#51
Nope. Sorry. You've accidentally surfed onto another site whose name shall not be mentioned ...
Bake
Dec 2011
#58
1. Is this Democratic Underground? Yes. 2. Can we expect open-minded, rational, logical comments
retread
Dec 2011
#63
What's telling is that this thread is allowed to remain open even though it is clearly attacking
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2011
#143
I am disappointed in the attempts by some to use ridicule to stifle honest debate
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#66
Barney Frank has been making a profound argument: It is UNFAIR to blame the collective Democratic
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2011
#70
Did you comprehend what I wrote or were you replying to someone else?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Dec 2011
#199
It's sure not the democratic party I grew up with that clearly represented "we the people." n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2011
#98
I have no problem with the "Democratic" part of it. If I wanted "Non-Aligned Party Underground" that
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2011
#100
I think some folks have a hard time with the concept that even if one is a Democrat
quinnox
Dec 2011
#110
my 2.5 cents: what we are witnessing is a social evolution ala Americana 2011 2012. Its all part of
opihimoimoi
Dec 2011
#112
It's Just Really Horribily Bad! I've Been Floundering For Such A VeryLong Time
ChiciB1
Dec 2011
#115
I should read the whole thread but am running so must just say, occupy the party.
mahina
Dec 2011
#116
This OP sounds like it's the same old DU to me - with the same old yadda, yadda. nt
quiet.american
Dec 2011
#121
Kentuck I'm of the mind that you should speak freely, other wise, there will be a time when
midnight
Dec 2011
#137
There might be a place for you IF you're not of the far, far, far left.... it's here......
a kennedy
Dec 2011
#139
For the very reasons you state, the words progressive and liberal are now used to identify so many
gtar100
Dec 2011
#153
"open minded"? when YOU refer to "the loyal followers of our piss-poor leaders"? What's open minded
patrice
Dec 2011
#166
If KY Dems have not manifested a functional leader, what is OP's expertise on the qualities of
patrice
Dec 2011
#191
Re Kentuck's head: Anyone who thinks that likely does not understand our problem or does not care.
patrice
Dec 2011
#231
Me too!! This struggle is about what to DO about them that stands half-a-chance of being EFFECTIVE.
patrice
Dec 2011
#229
I'm not giving up on the way DU has been changed, just I continue to wonder, "Is it democratic?" ...
MrMickeysMom
Dec 2011
#224
There are "locksteppers" on both sides of this question - AND - there are cognitively free
patrice
Dec 2011
#230
No. It is the circular firing squad lefty version of the TeaNut Party bitching board thanks to you.
RBInMaine
Dec 2011
#233
Reid, Pelosi and Obama. Leadership just doesn't come better than that. Or does it?
dawg
Dec 2011
#257
Funny how not one of your friends in this thread will acknowledge THEIR destruction of EFCA 2.0 or
patrice
Dec 2011
#255
Funny how so many of your friends in this thread are so comfortable with Libertarian memes.
patrice
Dec 2011
#256