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Warren DeMontague

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1. Elements of the "left" have made us vulnerable to someone who is "refreshingly un-pc"

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 10:05 PM

Feb 2016

Im talking about the people who hand-wave away the shootings of cartoonists because the true "outrage" is that the 1st amendment allows "blasphemous" cartoons.

The sanctimonious censorship-happy yubnubs who compare a woman choosing to wear a sexy bathing suit on a magazine cover to a woman being forced to wear a burqa, etc.

I could have told you this was coming. In fact, I did.

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Matt Taibbi: How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable [View all] kpete Feb 2016 OP

Elements of the "left" have made us vulnerable to someone who is "refreshingly un-pc" Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #1

That's surely a part of it, but personally I think it's more to do with our Marr Feb 2016 #2

Yeah, people are fed up. No question. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #4

Democrats have forgotten the basics Angel Martin Feb 2016 #6

Long but good... Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #3

Well reporters are stupid losers. Initech Feb 2016 #5