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Post by VirtualStranger on Sept 23, 2011 16:09:34 GMT -5
To be fair, like two people booed and it's not necessarily fair to judge an entire crowd by the craziest person in it*. Admittedly, the Republicans have a lot of crazies. Also, isn't the formal name of Christian Saudi Arabia "Mississippi?" *Unless it's a Michelle Bachmann rally, in which case it is completely acceptable, because the craziest person is probably on stage giving the speech. Only two people may have booed, but other than those two, the crowd was completely silent. Remember, these are the type of people who go into a hysterical frenzy of applause whenever a military service member is so much as mentioned. |
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Post by N. De Plume on Sept 23, 2011 16:11:58 GMT -5
And here I thought the Tea Party/GOP stood for small/no government interference/stay outta my business kinda stuff. They want the government to stay outta their business. And all up in yours. |
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Post by scotsgit on Sept 23, 2011 18:58:04 GMT -5
Why is it that those who don't serve in combat always think they know best who can?
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Sept 23, 2011 19:54:06 GMT -5
Why is it that those who don't serve in combat always think they know best who can? Because Christ died for their sins. |
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Post by verasthebrujah on Sept 24, 2011 10:08:08 GMT -5
To be fair, like two people booed and it's not necessarily fair to judge an entire crowd by the craziest person in it*. Admittedly, the Republicans have a lot of crazies. Also, isn't the formal name of Christian Saudi Arabia "Mississippi?" *Unless it's a Michelle Bachmann rally, in which case it is completely acceptable, because the craziest person is probably on stage giving the speech. Only two people may have booed, but other than those two, the crowd was completely silent. Remember, these are the type of people who go into a hysterical frenzy of applause whenever a military service member is so much as mentioned. True, but their best opportunity to cheer was before he said he was gay, and they didn't. The moderator introduced him as someone who was fighting in Iraq. He didn't make that comment. All he said was, "When I was deployed to Iraq..." There was no pause or reasonable opportunity for them to cheer before he continued the question. Those people booing him was disgusting, but I still think it's kind of a double standard to hold this against all Republicans or even all Tea Parties. I probably wouldn't have thought to cheer in that situation, so how can I condemn them for not doing it? Besides, we can't even be 100% sure that Tea Parties did the booing. It's certainly a reasonable guess, but it could have just been some religious fundie who doesn't necessarily agree with the Tea Party on economic issues. There's certainly a high correlation, but not all fundies are Tea Partiers. I just think we're being kind of unfair to the crowd as a whole. |
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Post by booley on Sept 24, 2011 13:35:12 GMT -5
We should just buy some deserted island, throw them on it, and let them have their Christian Saudi Arabia. I heard they tried this once in the 70s or 80s. It got invaded and annexed by another country. Sorry, don't have a citation. Would lov eif anyone can help me find one. Edit: Found it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva |
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Post by HarleyThomas1002 on Sept 24, 2011 17:40:12 GMT -5
And here I thought the Tea Party/GOP stood for small/no government interference/stay outta my business kinda stuff. They want the government to stay outta their business. Unless you're queer and/or pregnant. |
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Post by discoberry on Sept 24, 2011 19:10:31 GMT -5
They want the government to stay outta their business. Unless you're queer and/or pregnant. qregnant? |
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