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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:10 PM Original message |
Why so much outrage on DU about Ahmadinejad and so little about the Saudi leaders? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's just not enough hate in this forum. n/t |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. He is certainly on the receiving end of vitriol, while Kim Il Jong is joked about. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because they are our friends |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because "Everybody" Here Already Hates The Saudi Royal Family |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I've been lurking off and on for years.;. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Then you weren't lurking on the right days. n/t |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. LOL!! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Saudi's haven't questioned Holocaust Numbers and they don't murder gays.... |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think your second statement is the correct one.. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Yeah, I think you are probably right about that. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. homosexuality is indeed punishable by death in Saudi Arabia |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Thank you n/t |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. You don't know much about Saudi Arabia. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. They suck, too. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sweet Jeebus |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here's some hate for the Saudi leaders, right here! |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Anti Iran frenzy.. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because the Media didn't say "Jump"! Duh! |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The Saudi Royals don't openly call for the destruction of the |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. What about the spontaneous taser debate last week? |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm saying we are being led around by the nose.. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Hmmm... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Of course you are right that it is natural to discuss what is in "the news", but... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Do you think that Ahmadinejad's image is a total media creation |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. No, I don't think he's a good guy getting a raw deal. Here's the thing though... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. What exactly are you doing to avoid war with Iran? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I called my Senators and Congressmen. But I am in Massachusetts. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. South Carolina here. |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Why help bush whip up frenzy against Iran? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. So...people should just avoid talking about Ahmadinejad? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Do we really have to write a list every day of everybody we hate? |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Actually I don't hate anyone.. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Me either. |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The positive about Ahmadinejad is that he has very little power in Iran.. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Hmmm...again. |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. There are lots of people that are despicable.. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. You might try banging your head on something. I think your needle is stuck. n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. It doesn't need to be wrong - Goebbels always claimed that the |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Thanks. That is food for thought. n/t |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes... |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That's the way I see it too.. n/t |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bush isn't trying to go to war with Saudi Arabia |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. So why help him go to war with Iran.. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I agree. Nearly the entire middle east is horrible when it comes to human rights. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. This is the same logic Bush uses, and it's no more valid when you do. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. You DO know we got the freeper jeebers here because of the primaries |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. One person's "trashing the nominee" is another person's "pointing out inconvenient facts" n/t |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. Two reasons. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Pointing out that attacks on him are part of a deliberate |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm surprised you believe that |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. You are making shit up, and making common cause with the RW. |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Whatever. You wanna get your jollies by |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Very well put. Thank you .. n/t |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Obviously you think that everyone who says anything negative about him wants to bomb Iran |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-25-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What I personally think |
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