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Offline Carl

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DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« on: November 03, 2010, 06:53:38 AM »
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:08 AM
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I see a problem...and it is the biggest in American politics
      

and the problem is simple and leads to the huge gulf between the parties. I see it on the left and I see it on the right. It is the belief that the other side is 'stupid'. Until both sides realize that people are (on the whole) not voting the way they are because of stupidity there really be no constructive political discourse. Calling them stupid and wanting them to listen to your ideas and learn from them or accept them is disconnected from logic...how could they ever come to your side if they are 'stupid'?

Believe that the other side is stupid at your own peril...

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You didn`t get the memo.

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WinkyDink  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-03-10 06:09 AM
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1. Stupid is as stupid does. When the opponent pushes lies as truth, there is no middle.
   Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 06:21 AM by WinkyDink
Your post just shows "the big problem": Thinking there is a way for Democrats to treat reasonably the absurdities, the villainies, the lies, of the DELIBERATELY DECEITFUL Republicans.

Maybe you think there is some common ground with a Party that smears John Kerry as a coward; paints Dukakis as a fan of paroling murderers; pushes the idea that Obama is a foreign-born Muslim; approves of torture; begins illegal invasions and killings; claims Social Security is bankrupt or close to it; has worked since the 40's to eliminate the Minimum Wage; hates protecting workers' health and safety; hates protecting citizens' health with food inspections; etc., etc.

You think we should FIND COMMON GROUND OR NOT THINK ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS THESE STANCES IS STUPID?
SORRY. No Can Do.

Wait; I will forego "stupid" if I can substitute "EVIL."

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whyverne  (671 posts)        Wed Nov-03-10 06:14 AM
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5. Oh, I'm sorry, did I offend voters who believe lying bastards
   who blame the problems they caused on someone else?

You shouldn`t talk about Obama like that.  :-)

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demwing (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 07:18 AM
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34. I don't want the Tea Baggers to love us
   I want them to feel the despair of their hateful, backward, racist, corrupt, STUPIDITY. I want them to be overwhelmed by their own faults, and stay home.

I don't want to win them over to anything.

Such anger,what`s wrong?

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BootinUp  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-03-10 06:44 AM
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23. We do understand it, we are just pissed off right now.
   The Democratic party gets the fact that our elections are being flooded with corrupt cash, and that voters are ignorant, afraid and not stupid. The fear mongering from the right is disgusting.
   

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Xicano (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-03-10 06:34 AM
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14. I have 'compromised' enough already.
   The reason I say that is because they ARE too stupid to come over to our side - on anything. Also, we have compromised with them way too much already which is a big reason why we're in the mess we are in now. No Mas!

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mwb970  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-03-10 06:35 AM
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15. I'm sorry, but the bulk of right-wing voters *are* stupid.
   Edited on Wed Nov-03-10 06:35 AM by mwb970
You could say that they are "uneducated" and "misinformed" if you prefer that formulation. But people who are lied to constantly and swallow every word of it without question are, to me, stupid.

All conservatives are not dumb, but I swear, every single dumb person in America eventually becomes a conservative. There is just something about them and their "philosophy" that attracts the stupid like flies to crap.

The right wing in America consists of 2% smart, greedy people and 98% uneducated, misinformed sheep. The greedy have enlisted the stupid to work against their own interests (and mine!). The smart people are forced to sit on the sidelines and watch. There aren't enough of us here to affect the outcome.
   

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alarimer  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:46 AM
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27. Only they would be wrong.
   They are stupid and evil.

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eridani  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:39 AM
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17. Conservatives aren't stupid--they are sociopaths
   Also lazy, pig-ignorant and proud of it. Unlike stupidity, those things are choices.

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mstinamotorcity  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:39 AM
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18. For one, I will not listen to
   a person who I know is lying or doesn't have the facts and act as if they are telling the truth when they know they are telling a bald face lie. The repugs are lying and have been lying since before Nixon.He perfected stealing. And they couldn't stop. And repugs will torture anyone who does not let them continue in massive Corporate theft.

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alarimer  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:44 AM
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24. The other side IS stupid
   Well the American public is stupid, really ****ing stupid but the Tea Baggers are the stupidest assholes on the ****ing planet.

Their arguments are completely fact-free and utterly untrue. They believe LIES no matter how often they are debunked. So yes, they are stupid.

Hey DUmmies...you lost. :cheersmate:
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 07:30:32 AM »
DUmmies think we are stupid. ...so tell us something we didn't know alteady.
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2010, 07:53:35 AM »
Oh, I'm just not feeling the love.  How ever will I go on? 
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2010, 08:24:52 AM »
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BootinUp  (1000+ posts)        Wed Nov-03-10 06:44 AM
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23. We do understand it, we are just pissed off right now.
   The Democratic party gets the fact that our elections are being flooded with corrupt cash, and that voters are ignorant, afraid and not stupid. The fear mongering from the right is disgusting.

Except that most of the corrupt cash goes, of course, to Democrats....  :whatever:


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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2010, 08:27:20 AM »
DUmmy angst and whining makes me smile.
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2010, 08:33:08 AM »
I know you are but what am I???   :tongue:  :rotf:  :-)
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2010, 09:03:00 AM »
Sayeth one of the biggest collections of life's losers on the planet.
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2010, 09:43:54 AM »
Come over to your side? Why the **** would I want to become an America-hating communist traitor? **** off, you wastes of space.
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2010, 04:58:57 PM »
I like this one!!
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eridani  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:39 AM
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17. Conservatives aren't stupid--they are sociopaths Also lazy, pig-ignorant and proud of it. Unlike stupidity, those things are choices.
You stupid skrunt. At least you got the conservatives aren't stupid right. You DUmmie. >:(
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2010, 08:27:58 PM »
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alarimer  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:44 AM
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24. The other side IS stupid
   Well the American public is stupid, really ****ing stupid but the Tea Baggers are the stupidest assholes on the ****ing planet.

Their arguments are completely fact-free and utterly untrue. They believe LIES no matter how often they are debunked. So yes, they are stupid.

Global warming anyone?
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2010, 08:34:49 PM »
I have never, ever been called a "sociopath."  A "grunt," a "goomba," a "hard worker," yes.  These are exciting times!
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2010, 08:46:38 PM »
Yeah, you're smarter, DUmmies. Real geniuses.

But you always seem to unemployed, suffer from multiple psych problems, unable to make your way in life without government help, unable to figure a way to get people to buy into your bullshit, have difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships with those who disagree with you, constantly have to re-affirm your self-worth with strangers on the internet, and are always generally discontented, angry and miserable.

How does that work, exactly?
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2010, 08:56:41 PM »
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alarimer  (1000+ posts)          Wed Nov-03-10 06:46 AM
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27. Only they would be wrong.
   They are stupid and evil.

ol...we be Sauron Gump
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Re: DUmmies think we are stupid. :(
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2010, 09:01:06 PM »
Quote from: dandi on November 03, 2010, 08:46:38 PM
Yeah, you're smarter, DUmmies. Real geniuses.

But you always seem to unemployed, suffer from multiple psych problems, unable to make your way in life without government help, unable to figure a way to get people to buy into your bullshit, have difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships with those who disagree with you, constantly have to re-affirm your self-worth with strangers on the internet, and are always generally discontented, angry and miserable.

How does that work, exactly?

Admirable, sir.

Awesome.
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