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In reply to the discussion: Tired of Malignant Amnesia Anti-Obama Syndrome [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)181. Democracy is about complaining what others are doing isn't good enough?
I thought it was about self governance, and with the other people in the country.
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There it is. Not sure why Skinner and the other mods allow it. Never seen anything like it. NEVER!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#287
"Pimp"...more loaded, personally demonizing language about people you disagree with.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#102
people on the left are "Alex Jones-style paranoid Libertarian types" & "anti-Obama hate cultism"
progressoid
May 2015
#160
He did not call the frunge fucking stupid. He called liberals fucking retards.
morningfog
May 2015
#214
I think many of us are because we are too emotional and illogical. Many of us don't do nuance.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#278
The evidence says you're wrong. Corpo-Dems got creamed while minimum wage laws soared.
Scuba
May 2015
#163
Everyone other than the person throwing around "corpo-dem" accusations is a corpo-dem.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#202
Yes they can. There's a lot more in the middle than on the left fringe in the real world.
Lil Missy
May 2015
#142
I have been trying to tell radical leftists for years that they only marginalize themselves
Cary
May 2015
#189
I don't think it is flame sit. It is just calling attention to the fact when's person does
still_one
May 2015
#10
Noting that she has her own interests is not insulting, it's a rational observation.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#141
Those are valid points for arguing against TPP, but TPP isn't the subject of this.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#200
Again, this is what's stupid about the liberal mindset. One issue erases an entire record of amazing
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#279
One major point I agree with: Democrats ran away from their president's successful record...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#298
I actually agree with you, but again, my points are not directed at people like you and I who are
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#329
It's Orwellian, the way they treat demonizing Obama as an end in itself.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#55
Excellent, succinct OP with it all in one piece. Thanks for writing it and the reply.
freshwest
May 2015
#108
And that's the truth, I voted for him twice, but not a third time even
orpupilofnature57
May 2015
#35
What the hell is "BOG"? Did Infowars get tired of their conspiracy theories about "ZOG"
True Blue Door
May 2015
#204
That laundry list of grievances is utterly delusional, if not outright lying.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#56
add not prosecuting war criminals and the illegal nsa activity to your list pls
questionseverything
May 2015
#308
You will not agree with Bernie or Liz Warren on ALL issues. And both have voted with Obama's
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#280
I don't know about the rest of the country, but it started here during the first campaign...
Hekate
May 2015
#40
I disagree with you wholeheartedly. The hatred started in 2007 when I saw many white Democrats...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#288
Yes, sadly. There's a lot of crypto-racist psychology in some people's attitudes toward Obama.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#59
about the same time that du started exhibiting posts in favor of republican policies
Doctor_J
May 2015
#105
Yes! Yes! Yes! PREACH!! This president wasn't afforded a honeymoon. He couldn't even vacation with
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#281
Absolutely. We are all responsible for everything that happens, one way or another.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#317
actually the only thing we know about turn out is what the spreadsheets tell us
questionseverything
May 2015
#321
Attacking Obama is the objective. Issues are just the means or the obstacles.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#67
But here's the problem, True Blue: Each and every time the president does something great...
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#285
I agree. Some part of the ODS phenomenon is either knowing or unconscious racism.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#300
What part of "The Trojan Horse Presidency" is a legitimate issue complaint?
True Blue Door
May 2015
#69
do you really think if Obama WANTED to cut Social Security he and the Republicans wouldn't have
geek tragedy
May 2015
#33
No, not really since Bush's privatization scam failed and he had a majority.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#52
That foolish tactic is on him then according to your rationalization as it was worthless to
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#293
It's quite simple: if the president really wanted austerity and social security cuts, they would
geek tragedy
May 2015
#294
No, it's not Presidents have wanted all kinds of shit and failed to get it.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#339
I was there through the whole chain of events. You may want a more charitable interpretation of even
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#343
I am not calling you a liar, disagreeing with your interpretation of events
geek tragedy
May 2015
#344
I can respect that but the OP is calling liars and that sentiment is being endorsed without
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#345
Notice how the poster praised the Republicans and gave them credit for stopping the big, bad Obama!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#289
Yup. Obama is simultaneously omnipotent and impotent to the Anti-Everything Brigade.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#236
Yeah, you show it with your "ugly malignant ODS". Too effin' bad we support President Obama.
Cha
May 2015
#256
Certain people can start by admitting they've never been right about this President once.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#109
clickbait left-trolls have learned from their rightwing counterparts as to which kinds of anti-Obama
geek tragedy
May 2015
#29
It's advocating for TPP. An opinion is not corrupt just because you don't share it.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#210
Yes! Tired of yet another version of "The Boy Who Cried Trojan Horse" -- stupid and boring. nt
betsuni
May 2015
#38
You have been brilliant throughout this entire thread, beginning with your amazing, insightful OP!
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#290
How is it a lie when chained CPI was his own proposal? We're we lying when we said Bush was trying
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#44
Because all evidence points to it having been a mere negotiating tactic.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#85
You have the theory and are trying to supercede the documented facts in favor of it.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#91
Bush was really protecting Social Security then and wanted to prevent privatization, huh?
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#292
What Bush proposed and Obama "put on the table" are not the same thing.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#299
I didn't ever say it was the same proposal. Never not once. If you are so prescient you wouldn't
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#340
We both know the difference between criticism and psychotic conspiracy theories.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#212
"The fable is used to illustrate...that no change can be made in the behaviour of the fundamentally
Number23
May 2015
#93
"..that no change can be made in the behaviour of the fundamentally vicious." yes, well said from T!
Cha
May 2015
#126
ODS.. at it's most malignant.. "Trojan Horse".. 200 whatevers think that's alright just like
Cha
May 2015
#123
Hell yeah. Barack Obama is the most progressive President in generations.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#130
I love it that he's standing up to those who are so ugly and disrespectful to him.. little CT
Cha
May 2015
#157
Yep, nicely captured. Flares up with a vengeance every time there's a new Benghazi
ucrdem
May 2015
#128
Thank you, because I just can't. Are we living in an Orwellian universe? Obama is the one who went
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#291
His infamy goes way further back than that. He started capitalism in the 1700s.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#216
I see a few issues and a few different groups with different agendas.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2015
#151
Some of it is puritanism, but a lot of it is just ordinary paranoid psychosis.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#219
No, that he "put it on the table" (oh, that magical table!) is not a secret or a lie.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#220
And when did he DEMAND it? I dont recall that. Hey, it was a huge error on his part
NoJusticeNoPeace
May 2015
#227
Anything put on the table could happen. I don't appreciate being a pawn sacrifice--
eridani
May 2015
#273
Selling Out The 99% To Appease Corporations, Oligarchs And Banks Overrides A Thousand Good Deeds
cantbeserious
May 2015
#176
The President's 2008 election was historic; apparently that's enough for some people. nt
MadDAsHell
May 2015
#205
I see almost noone on DU that flat out rejects the contributions that this President has made...
MadDAsHell
May 2015
#229
Who is "adoring a guy for his skin hue?" That's a rather irresponsible accusation
geek tragedy
May 2015
#270
One thing is for certain: Whatever happens, the people who demonize Obama
True Blue Door
May 2015
#223
I think many of them are truly racist. They continue to move the goal post. No matter what this man
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2015
#277
Hear hear. Moving goal posts, imaginary goal posts, mutually exclusive demands...etc.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#305
Barack Obama put Social Security on the agenda by talking about a "chained CPI"
guillaumeb
May 2015
#304
Moving goalposts, rewritten history, inverse logic, impossible standards, scapegoating.
True Blue Door
May 2015
#307
internet frenzie/media has got really good at 'playing the masses'. It seems worse when people
Sunlei
May 2015
#306
it's not all or nothing. We can applaud what we agree with, criticize what we don't, and try to
yurbud
May 2015
#322