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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:05 PM Original message |
I’ve cut those who rationalize torture, war crimes and murder out of my life |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. i'm sorry for your loss. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Really? Why in the world would you do that? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Please reread my OP. It goes beyond politics. It' about basic human values. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Exactly. Agreed, except my wife and I don't socialize w/anyone who agrees with it |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. That's what politics is. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Can't disagree. You've nailed the definition of politics that deals with "values." |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I beg to differ. I cannot fathom why someone would continue an association with someone |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Yep, and it's that type of relativism that's often used by M$M: phony "objectivity" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. which views are despicable though? And do certain views make PEOPLE despicable? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Having disagreements re moral truths, and avoiding those who advocate the inhumane/intolerant... |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Seeing as they are both long dead - this is a BS example. Context (in time) has to be |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I just cut conversations about such things out of my relationships |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Please see post #4 |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maddening |
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dem629 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's what bugs me, too. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I dont know |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Welcome to the club |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've cut Republicans out of my life because they are selfish assholes. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You have described them perfectly and clearly shown why it is counter-productive to even |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's much easier in some cases than others,though. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Plus it logically follows that people of such different mindsets don't have much in common anyway... |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. I feel your pain. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. The older you get the less tolerance you have for utter assholes. nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm sorry your life has been hijacked by politics. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's not simply a disagreement about politics... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's what politics is. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. I would hold that you have the definition of politics exactly backwards. Politics IS deciding |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I think that's a very narrow, specific view of politics, and one that ignores |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. These are not "political" issues per se... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. See above. nt |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. This post isn't about politics. It's about human values. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. See #25. |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. You have an obligation to yourself |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. I did that over 40 years ago |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Some people are born with it, some people have to grow into being human.. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. My brother just wrote his two kids out of his will over this very thing |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Gosh. That must hurt "sharper than a serpent's tooth to have a thankless child" |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. I completly understand. |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Welcome to DU, Creena! |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thank ya much! |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Congratulations |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. right there with ya. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. Good for you. I am with yah. Repukes moved so far to the right |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yeah, I used to enjoy Bartcop |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I stopped reading him years ago but I wonder how he feels now that it's out |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It's been a few years since I went there, too |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. Be prepared for a lonely life, People are only human, they are not perfect. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've added rabid religionists and anti-choice fanatics to the list. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. Life's too short and my blood pressure is too high to waste time being around people like that. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. Ideally, liberals are about shining their light in the hopes to illumine their loved ones and not |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You've chosen to define the "purity" of my "high ground." Would you care to define yours? |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. you'll feel better without the drag |
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