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Offline Aristotelian

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Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« on: August 28, 2013, 06:32:03 AM »
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Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?

There was a time when conservatism, in any of its forms, was not permitted on DU. This was solely a progressive, anti-Bush site. However, sensible and liberal Republicans were permitted to post from time to time if they were not conservative.

The reasoning was that the conservative argument had nothing to offer. Everyone had heard all the propaganda and nonsense before. It would be nothing but a distraction on DU.

But at some point, conservative and moderate positions were permitted to post and argue their positions on DU. This was quite a change to most progressives on the board.

However, we do seem to have a lot of varied opinions, including moderate and conservative, on board nowadays. Is that a good thing? Isn't that better than preaching to the choir? How tolerant are you of other viewpoints?

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Yes - the DUmp is packed full of conservatives these days...

All of the usual "Obama is right-wing" and "how dare you criticise the President" drivel.

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58. Tolerant, yes. Forgiving, no.

If you advocate death, I have no "common ground" with you

Changed your mind on abortion then Tav?
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2013, 08:02:23 AM »
Quote from: Aristotelian on August 28, 2013, 06:32:03 AM
One interesting post:
Changed your mind on abortion then Tav?

Fat chance.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2013, 11:37:58 AM »
Just the title of this thread has me laughing my butt off!   :rotf:
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2013, 12:31:26 PM »
Quote from: njpines on August 28, 2013, 11:37:58 AM
Just the title of this thread has me laughing my butt off!   :rotf:

Me too.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2013, 01:31:00 PM »
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Response to kentuck (Original post)Wed Aug 28, 2013, 02:06 AM
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69. Why would I tolerate non democrats on a site called Democratic Underground ?

some people claim to not put people on ignore here , I have hundreds of people on ignore and there may be thousands soon , who cares ?

Go ahead and stick your head in the sand, odd job, you intolerant half-wit.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2013, 02:29:02 PM »
They hate Ralph Nader.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2013, 03:28:29 PM »
Quote from: njpines on August 28, 2013, 11:37:58 AM
Just the title of this thread has me laughing my butt off!   :rotf:

It gave me a vision of a DUmmy sitting there thinking "well I'm happy to accept Maoists AND Trotskyites so I must be very tolerant".
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2013, 03:56:50 PM »
Leftists are all about tolerance of others ideas as long as they agree with them. Same goes for free speech, you get all you want as long as it is approved.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2013, 03:59:16 PM »
Awwww, how cute, selective tolerance.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2013, 03:13:47 AM »
Quote from: jukin on August 28, 2013, 03:56:50 PM
Leftists are all about tolerance of others ideas as long as they agree with them. Same goes for free speech, you get all you want as long as it is approved.

DUmmies are intolerant of their OWN viewpoints, much less anyone else's.   :mental:
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2013, 12:02:14 PM »
A left winger calling him/herself tolerant is like saying you f**k for virginity. It goes against their very way of thinking. They demand tolerance from you, but they gain no ground showing tolerance themselves.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2013, 01:46:58 PM »
Tolerance lip service.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2013, 06:48:51 AM »
Kentac is confusing liberal Republicans with Kennedy's democrat party when it comes to comparing it to a progressive democrat.

The site is called democrat underground, not progressive underground. Democrats in the vein of Zell Miller, and there are some that post at DU, are labeled conservatives because they don't bow down to Karl Marx.

Skimmer was correct in developing a place where the insanest of the insane can be herded into a central spot, keeping them from causing damage to the outside world. Progressives at DU live in a fishbowl. They are such a large majority at DU that they believe that is a true representation of the general population as a whole, when in fact, progressives are a small minority of the democrat party make-up. 
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2013, 01:12:33 PM »
This title should be put into the Wikipedia description of "apparent oxymora"  :rofl:

Along with; controlled chaos, open secret, organized mess, alone in a crowd, and accidentally on purpose.

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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2013, 12:39:10 AM »
Quote from: Tucker on August 31, 2013, 06:48:51 AM
Kentac is confusing liberal Republicans with Kennedy's democrat party when it comes to comparing it to a progressive democrat.

The site is called democrat underground, not progressive underground. Democrats in the vein of Zell Miller, and there are some that post at DU, are labeled conservatives because they don't bow down to Karl Marx.

Skimmer was correct in developing a place where the insanest of the insane can be herded into a central spot, keeping them from causing damage to the outside world. Progressives at DU live in a fishbowl. They are such a large majority at DU that they believe that is a true representation of the general population as a whole, when in fact, progressives are a small minority of the democrat party make-up. 

These days left wingers call themselves by so many names: progressive, liberal, socialist, communist, centrist etc. I honestly didn't know there were differences.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2013, 01:06:48 AM »
Quote from: No! on September 01, 2013, 12:39:10 AM
These days left wingers call themselves by so many names: progressive, liberal, socialist, communist, centrist etc. I honestly didn't know there were differences.

There generally aren't, but they hope all the different terms will sufficiently muddy the waters that they can sneak their agenda past you.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2013, 04:56:07 AM »
Quote from: No! on September 01, 2013, 12:39:10 AM
These days left wingers call themselves by so many names: progressive, liberal, socialist, communist, centrist etc. I honestly didn't know there were differences.

Look at how they've turned on obama. They bitch about how conservative he is and want a progressive President.
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Re: Are you tolerant of other viewpoints on DU?
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2013, 07:57:06 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on September 01, 2013, 01:06:48 AM
There generally aren't, but they hope all the different terms will sufficiently muddy the waters that they can sneak their agenda past you.



Just a DUmmie/political version of "polishing a turd".
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