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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:55 PM Original message |
What's your LEAST favorite buzzword or cliche often seen on DU? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. "repuke" |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. YEP - just fucking silly. |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. yep and |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Oh, ABSOLUTELY! |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
73. He probably dealt with it in High School, so I'm sure he's used to it by now. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Agree. It puts me to mind of Michael Savage and his idiotic name play. nt. |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. ENTITLEMENT - to describe Soc, Sec. and Medicare |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
86. You'll have to take that beef up with Merriam Webster. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
114. Which is why you are entitled to it. (nt) |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
134. Agreed. Same with "banksters"... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #134 |
195. If banksters was good enough for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it's good enough for me. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. You make a good case for 'sheeple' |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Lockstep;" "elitism;" "professional left." |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd have to agree with "sheeple", |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Speaking truth to power." |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. +100,000.1 |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
196. This. (Constantly increasing the "plus" sum.) |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Agreed! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
87. Exactly -- if power gave half a shit, then it would care about the truth. But power doesn't care. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
127. This. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
169. I don't mind the term when used with its real meaning... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
180. I cringe every time I see it |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
188. +1! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
210. good cripes yes, I absolutely Hate that phrase. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
217. This ^ also, too |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Authoritarian" or... |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
118. agreed |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
157. Authoritarian isn't a buzzword, though. It's an actual position on a political axis. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
215. LOL |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. 'Sheeple' is WAY up there. Any of the common DU Faction 1 |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. You forgot DU faction 1.7 |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Off topic?!1 Wrong forum?!1 Alert?!1 UnReKKK?!1 (Lemme think... ) n/t |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
82. Oh God... UnReKKK tops my list now too. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Woo. n/t |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
199. Yes. And VERY apparently an acceptable prejudice at DU. |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. "Tax the Rich" |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
168. Where would you draw the lines? Philosophically, I'd say it's those who make most of their money |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. That would have to be the words "buzzword" and "cliche" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. Damn. You stole my answer. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Republican talking points |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The problem with that is this.. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well, freedom requires constant vigilance |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Logic is an organized way of reaching the wrong conclusion.. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And it's not the Repukes that I'm concerned with |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Absolutely! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
162. I agree. On the other hand, it's those who trot out the talking points that seem least likely |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. "thank you for your concern" |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Your concern is noted |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
57. If i don't wipe this off fast enough, |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
178. LOL, got me! |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. meme - it used to be more popular here |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
90. Don't most of us follow the majority on most subjects; e.g., driving in the street, wearing clothes, |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. When any criticism of Obama and the dems.... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Liberal hand wringing" -- used to marginalize and stigmatize dissent |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Deleted message |
1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Grow some "Balls" God I'm sick of that meme. (meme too) |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. LOL... Maybe you should post the words you do like... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think the word "sheeple" is very applicable to teabaggers and those |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. Transparency. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. Any of the 473 words that categorizes DUers into Box A or Box B. |
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SixString (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. National Treasure. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. OP's complaining about their threads being unrec'ed |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Remember the color coded rating system? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Hand-wringing" |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. tinfoil hat |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
151. how many ''tin foil hat'' theories have turned out to be true in the last ten years? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sociopath. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Only in politicians.. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Yes. Like Dr. Frist... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Also "strawman," when used incorrectly. nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Which is usually. n/t |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
181. Agreed |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. "under the bus" |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. +1 |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
96. +2 |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. "Please stop (insert theme). Seriously." n/t |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Since you're asking, I find "Get thee to the Greatest Page" really annoying. n/t |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
66. That's a very annoying one. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
84. "Me thinks" rather than "methinks", which itself is rather pretentious. nt |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. "Ding ding we have a winner..." |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. lol, yea |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
209. It's not more idiotic than "Rethug", "Repug", or "Repukelinazis", but it's more frequent. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. "Poutrage" and "wanting a pony." nt |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
222. You beat me to it... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Congress critters" |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
163. Ugh! |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Happy to be the first to rec this" |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
54. When Bush was in office it was "the American people need to |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
55. ooh heh hardly able to do in one subject |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #55 |
141. huh? Filly and colt? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
200. change equine conveyance in mid-stream? |
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nobodyspecial (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
58. I don't think any more people should be thrown under the bus |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
59. The faux-populism |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
60. "Flame me if you must" followed by the most horrendous trolly flamebait imaginable. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
184. As soon as someone starts off with "This isn't going to be popular..." |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
62. "So I guess you'd rather have X in office." |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
135. +1... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
63. "drinking the kool-aid" nt |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. "Pearl clutchers" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. or anyone who doesn't think sex should be front & center in all conceivable contexts. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
65. "But you already knew that." |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
68. What I've learned from reading all the comments... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
69. truth to power and the truth hurts. what garbage. |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
159. I can agree with this one. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
71. Moving the goalposts. n/t |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
72. I don't like that comment either, but have posted some ways people get programmed, I should say. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
74. "Not this crap again", "Pfffft", "poutrage". nt |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #74 |
140. Agreed. |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
75. having said that |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
76. "Sky Masterson is so awesome" is my least favorite |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #76 |
192. Ding! |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
77. "Fascist". There's a fairly substantial portion of DU who use this term to describe EVERYTHING |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #77 |
171. fascist has a technical definition and most people here use it correctly |
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LibertyFox (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #171 |
197. I believe that's plutocracy, not fascism. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #171 |
203. I'll give you some examples of how I've seen fascism used around here |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
78. Support the troops. To "support the troops" is to support killing and maiming. If we truly do |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #78 |
175. I support the troops right to life |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
79. 'Fair' and 'reasonable' |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
80. "disingenuous"..."vitriol"... |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
81. Using "dog" in place of the word "god". n/t |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #81 |
129. yep. and "gawd" n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
83. "Just saying" and using asterisks to replace letters in words. If a word |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. I have unrecommended threads for using those. I am going to miss unrec. nt |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #83 |
99. I started to do that last week, and then just changed the word. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #99 |
146. That could be "Both barrels, boobies" |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. Ha! I hadn't thought of that! (n/t) |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #83 |
116. That's always seemed very childish to me |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
216. Agreed (please refer to my signature) |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
85. "And so it begins." |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
88. "(I) Love me some...". |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
161. "Love me some" really sucks. Reflexives are to be used sparingly in English. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
89. locking |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
91. Pony. It was constantly used to belittle gay rights here on DU for a while. nt |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
93. "Get a life" and all the other disdainful phrases. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. I must agree with you here... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
94. Fail |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
95. the jumping of the shark./ |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #95 |
105. something I just found out the other day... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #105 |
138. Kind of... |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #138 |
142. Right |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
97. Every time I see someone use the term "sheeple" I imagine some |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
98. Very ignorant use of the word... |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #98 |
173. And I hate the term "race card" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. And I agree with you... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
100. Saying that people are "voting against their own interests" rubs me the wrong way |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #100 |
119. yes, that's true |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
101. "centrist" nt |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
103. Talk Me Down |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Also, "Speaking Truth To Power" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #104 |
204. That one makes me throw up in my mouth a little |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
106. "Tax the Rich" |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
107. "'Murkin" |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #107 |
115. Hardly. On this forum that use came about during |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #115 |
117. It's used without reference to Bush. Sorry, it's a dig at people who "sound dumb" |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #115 |
201. I agree, Murkin is Bushspeak |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
108. Under the bus |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
109. Oh, a couple more... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
110. "War criminal" |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #110 |
166. Do you have a definition of ''war criminal'' that doesn't fit what the Bush administration did? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
111. "I'm sorry, but....." |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #111 |
125. i am sorry, but.... (something about spending my money). my son said this morning |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
112. "Jeebus" |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
113. +one million, +infinity, etc. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
120. This thread is useless without pictures |
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GreatCaesarsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
121. He/she is a "blank". Reply: That's insulting to "blanks" |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
122. Meme |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #122 |
147. That's not how it's pronounced. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #147 |
172. And it's how you address a woman if you don't whether she's married or not. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
123. Red herring. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
124. "Balancing the budget on the backs of (insert aggrieved group here)." |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
126. +1, +100000000, +a brazillion |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
219. +1000 |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
128. "Global Warming" |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
130. "haters" |
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needledriver (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
131. Any post with a signature photo of a cat |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
132. "Intended to stifle dissent." |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
133. "Struck a nerve" or "the thruth hurts"... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #133 |
149. +1, but in their minds, it does. Weird. nt |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
136. probably DLC |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #136 |
160. So you think we should blindly vote for anyone with a D after their name and not check their |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
137. "scab" |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
139. Meme |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
143. A good chunk of people- including ones who post on internet forums |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
144. facepalm |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #144 |
165. +1000 |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
145. "fundamentalist atheist" n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
148. Fail... and Epic Fail... eom |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
150. "bash" nt |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
152. realistic or pragmatic: it almost always means doing what corporations want and ignoring |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #152 |
170. Yeah, I never realized that political expediency was all about alienating voters across the entire.. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
153. "Pragmatic Progressive" and especially the use of "pragmatic" |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
154. "The left gave the election to Bush". |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
156. "Obama" |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
158. I'm so tired of |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
164. "Enjoy President Palin" |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
167. I dislike 'sheeple' in most contexts |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
174. I'll be pollyanna and give you one I like: the list |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
176. "ripped them a new one" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
179. Shill. If someone disagrees with another, they can call each other a shill for whichever side |
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Drew Richards (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
182. Least favorite? Mexican, Most favorite? Purple Urple Indica |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
183. Still the same as before. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
185. under the bus, dead to me, |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
186. Link? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
187. "Jump the Shark". When I see that its the end of reading whatever the person had to say. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
189. "I am not racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, but (insert racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic remark)." |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. Some of my friends are African-American, "Jewish", "Mexican". |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
190. Anything that ends in "-tard." Sorry, but being close to a developmentally disabled family member .. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
193. Substituting expressions of incredulity for argument. The ROFL icon, especially. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #193 |
211. That's what I was thinking |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #211 |
220. Yes and no. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
194. Today? Right now? It's this one "Anyone who doesn't agree with me is fascist." |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
198. Oh, you beat me to "sheeple"! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
202. I like them all... |
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DisgustipatedinCA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
205. Am I the only one who...... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
206. "Don't fly on any small planes." |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
207. "white trash" |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
208. "Keyboard warriors" ... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
212. "Sheeple" is pretty irritating, but "Professional Left" takes the cake. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
213. You guys took all the words out of my mouth |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
214. "Broken clock" meaning a repub or teabagger is right but don't read too much into it. n/t |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
218. "Hubby". |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
221. "where the hell are the moderators?" |
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