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Post by Armand Tanzarian on Feb 27, 2010 23:42:51 GMT -5
So technically this sign is true?
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Post by Thejebusfire on Feb 27, 2010 23:52:54 GMT -5
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 27, 2010 23:58:19 GMT -5
So technically this sign is true? Not really, because we have no Czars in the traditional sense of the definition, which means the U.S. and U.S.S.R. are both tied at zero ;D
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Post by clockworkgirl21 on Feb 28, 2010 0:02:43 GMT -5
Where do people get this tsar stuff? Is it because Russia become communist after Nicholas II was killed?
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 28, 2010 0:58:14 GMT -5
Where do people get this tsar stuff? Is it because Russia become communist after Nicholas II was killed? It's actually far dumber: The media has bestowed upon Presidential advisors the unofficial title of Czar for decades now. Ignorant teabaggers hear the word "Czar", immediately think of Russia, and wrongly believe that Czars were a by-product of Soviet Communism because Communism is the only thing these asshats can think of when they think of Russia.
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Post by Armand Tanzarian on Feb 28, 2010 1:50:45 GMT -5
So technically this sign is true? Not really, because we have no Czars in the traditional sense of the definition, which means the U.S. and U.S.S.R. are both tied at zero ;D Ah, my mistake then. And this always reminds me of something my history professor said. "For people who can't read, symbolism is everything. Symbols are used to send messages about a lot of things, and in the absence of words this is the best you can do"
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 28, 2010 13:22:27 GMT -5
LOL Wut?
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 28, 2010 13:24:48 GMT -5
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Post by The_L on Feb 28, 2010 13:35:41 GMT -5
Nothing racist or in any way insensitive to native peoples here, folks! Mover along...
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 28, 2010 13:40:07 GMT -5
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Post by Caitshidhe on Feb 28, 2010 14:26:43 GMT -5
I don't know whether to be amused or sickened by all of these protest signs. They're funny to an extent--because of all the ignorance and stupidity--but at the same time, it's disgusting the degree to which these people are attacking Obama. The imagery is just... GRAGH! I mean, HITLER? Come ON! Ugh...
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 28, 2010 14:28:55 GMT -5
I don't know whether to be amused or sickened by all of these protest signs. They're funny to an extent--because of all the ignorance and stupidity--but at the same time, it's disgusting the degree to which these people are attacking Obama. The imagery is just... GRAGH! I mean, HITLER? Come ON! Ugh... Yeah the references to Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, 9/11 and the Holocaust are pretty disgusting, but there's something hilarious about a bunch of privileged white fuckheads pretending they're being oppressed.
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Post by Vene on Feb 28, 2010 14:31:32 GMT -5
I still find it deeply, deeply hilarious how the vast majority of them are protesting something that will improve their quality of life.
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Post by the sandman on Feb 28, 2010 14:44:07 GMT -5
I've seen that "Abolish [the] Federal Government" one before. Do these idiots realize what would happen if that were to occur? That the historical Patriots they so revere fought tooth and nail to make sure that the States clove together rather than apart? If the Federal Government were to be abolished, we would wind up with 51 tiny little independent nations (counting Puerto Rico but not DC, which would instantaneously be swallowed up by Maryland anyway). None of these new nations would be self sufficient in all of the necessary areas: food production, energy, defense, natural resources, manufacturing, water, etc. Either new grouping would quickly arise (most likely geographically: New England, the Southeast, the Southwest, the West Coast, the Great Lakes region, etc.) or all of these new nations would quickly devolve to irrelevancy. Instead of a "United States of America," we would have 51 nations the equivalent of Estonia or Belgium. So much for American world dominance. Texas would likely be buried beneath a flood of Hispanic immigrants and would react by violently closing the border....sparking an inevitable armed conflict with Mexico that, without Federal backup, the rednecks who started it wouldn't be able to finish. Bye-bye Texas, say hello to "Tay-has." Alaska? Third-world status begging for aid from Canada inside six months. So what do you all think would happen to the rest of the nation?
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Post by the sandman on Feb 28, 2010 14:45:05 GMT -5
I still find it deeply, deeply hilarious how the vast majority of them are protesting something that will improve their quality of life. The true diabolical brilliance of the Republican Party has been it's consistent ability to convince large numbers of people to vote against their own best interests.
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