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LiberalAndProud

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14. Challenge or don't challenge

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2012, 01:35 AM

May 2012

I think the outcome is going to be the same with more or fewer hard feelings. I appreciate those who are willing to have the conversation with the faithful. For me it doesn't seem to be a particularly productive use of my time. Kind of the same as talking to my Republican neighbors about politics. Pointless.

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Tone trolls [View all] trotsky May 2012 OP

Falling onto the fainting couch as I clutch my pearls... onager May 2012 #1

true, but we should not be doctrinaire about phrases dmallind May 2012 #2

What if some believers ARE idiotic? trotsky May 2012 #3

Oh some certainly are, and deserve to be called so. I'm just against a blanket A=B dmallind May 2012 #4

The tricky part, then, is figuring out where the line is drawn. trotsky May 2012 #5

There are "dumbasses" of all stripes Starboard Tack May 2012 #8

I called no one out. trotsky May 2012 #10

Respectfully, I would disagree Starboard Tack May 2012 #11

What's the name I called out? trotsky May 2012 #12

We all have our own ideas about what is and is not abuse. cleanhippie May 2012 #6

I'm with you on that Starboard Tack May 2012 #9

+1. Couldn't agree more. Starboard Tack May 2012 #7

"But" negates all that came before it. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #16

Pretty much spot-on skepticscott May 2012 #13

Challenge or don't challenge LiberalAndProud May 2012 #14

You may want to re-read the blog post. trotsky May 2012 #15

Yes, we need to speak out. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #17

It's worth remembering that we are the future, if there is one. Let's dimbear Jun 2012 #18