Here's my hyperbolie list from the Snowden story

[brooklynite]

"Fascist"
"Totalitarian"
"Police State"
"One World Order"
"air piracy"
"Japan of the 1930's"
"neo/con imperialists"

Did I miss anything?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Yup, you did

USA, USA, USA!!!!!

[Cooley Hurd]

2. .

[dtom67]

14. that's one....

but I think here at DU it is mostly partisanship that prompts the anti-civil Liberties crowd. Barack is " their candidate"; he's a Democrat, therefore he is sacrosanct. And , apparently, any criticism of gov't policy is preemptively taken as an attack on the President.

or , maybe we are ALL just hacks....

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Partisanitis (on both sides) is killing

not just the country, but any chance of fixing what is wrong.

[dtom67]

21. I hear ya....

I don't really see many options for fixing things.

violent protest/ uprisings are a horrifying option with no real chance of working.

peaceful protest kinda requires a Free Press to be successful.

In the last 7 or 8 months, Ive lost faith in the Bicameral system. So, working in the System doesn't seem like an option Seems to me like the leadership of both parties only truly represent the 1%. Its just that one has gay rights and women's rights and the other doesn't. The money still ends up in the hands of the Few...

We have advanced so far technologically.

as a Civilization, we are still stuck in the dark Ages.

except, now it is the Merchants, not the Warriors , that Rule...

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. I take it you have read that book I need to get and read?

I know what you speak off.

[dtom67]

32. no....

any inferences were unintentional. This is just the way the World looks to me, these days.

I just believe that, as a Species, we could build a much better world. But we are held back by a handful of people. We might even extinguish ourselves because of the Few, who will not release their toxic hold on Mankind.

But I am just another guy stuck on the Hamster Wheel.

I didn't mean to imply anything else...

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. I need to get it

here is a review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/23/merchant-soldier-sage-priestland-review

[dtom67]

41. book looks interesting....

but I would argue that the merchants have run things for a long while.

I do believe that most uprisings have some element of Elite organization and , therefore, tacit approval from Some faction of the Elite. that is why I do not necessarily feel any elation when I see actions in Egypt ; I cannot help but wonder if it has been co-opted by some third party.

I do, however, fantasize that tomorrow we will all wake up and say: " enough ".

but then, I wake up, and see that nothing has changed....

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. It is a new take on an old theory actually.

Why I need to get it and read it... just have had so many bills in the recent past.

[dtom67]

43. crazy, isn't it ?

Probably, the one thing that keeps me from "radicalizing" is my Mortgage.

Maybe that's the point of debt ?

Not used to posting this long w/o getting the boot.

thanks for the reading reference.

Who says print is dead ?

[SMC22307]

3. Proper spelling? (n/t)

[Recursion]

28. Portmanteaux are not your thing, I take it? (nt)

[SMC22307]

39. If that's what the OP was going for, sure.

But I doubt it. And I see that "totalitarian" has been corrected.

Now, where's my spork? It's gettin' to be suppertime!

[CakeGrrl]

4. One of the biggies:

"Authoritarian" and all its variants, plus
"Stasi State"

Coupled with all the usual chestnuts
"Protectors"
"Enablers"
"Sychophants"

You could almost start a game of Mad Libs.

[zappaman]

5. You missed

"America is a rouge state"
"America is a dictablanda"
"The American empire is crumbling"
"Hitler"
"Nazis"

And I'm sure the BFEE must have been mentioned by now...

[cali]

6. yes and it's hyperbole not hyperbolie

of course you missed the entire other side. funny that.

why wouldn't you include:

"South America is the cyst on the anus of the world"

Morales is a "parasite"- not to mention all the hyperbole and xenophobic comments about him

"libertarian paul-bots"

"obama haters"

and much, much more.

gee, it's funny how your confirmation bias is so frickin' obvious.

[zappaman]

7. "South America is the cyst on the anus of the world"

Missed that one.
Link please.

[cali]

8. here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3173564

[Savannahmann]

15. Disgusting wasn't it?

Can't believe it wasn't reported, or was OK'd by a jury.

[cali]

18. it was. I did.

[Pholus]

27. Ooooh I just got a Gem too!

"A lot of the "liberals" on DU today make Ann C. look correct."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3177407

[cali]

31. one can expect nothing better from that poster than agreeing with Coulter

[Recursion]

30. And the semi-clever portmanteau falls flat again...

[Arctic Dave]

9. You forgot Poland.

Why does everyone always forget Poland.

[Aerows]

12. LMAO!

[cali]

20. love how the op is ignoring clear examples of hyperbole

from her/his side. it's so.... honest.

[phleshdef]

10. "Authoritarian" is getting passed around like a joint at a Phish concert.

Also, "Orwellian".

[bunnies]

26. Just stay away from the goo balls...

and everything will be fine.

[Dreamer Tatum]

11. I had a hyperbialy this morning

Damn it was big, and good.

[brooklynite]

13. oops, forgot "bully"

[cali]

19. you forgot the other side and are ignoring clear examples of

that hyperbole, much like a small child who puts their fingers into their ears and intones "la la la, I can't hear you".

[brooklynite]

45. Feel free to fill in the blanks...

[treestar]

17. hijacking

kidnapping
torture (answering to charges in court)
bullies
apologists (for the rule of law)
authoritarians

[Zorra]

23. Spelling Nazis? nt

[KittyWampus]

24. Racist

[sagat]

25. Anything with the word "surveillance"

"mass surveillance"
"surveillance state"
"unbridled surveillance"

Also, "good German."

[sibelian]

29. You missed LOADS out.

"ratfucking"
"racist"
"narcissist"
"opportunist"
"grandstanding"
"Rand Paul supporter"
"LibertAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArian ack pth"
"Obama hater"
"threatened! THREATENED!!! T H R E A T E N E D ! ! ! ! ! ! !"

...

[cali]

33. yep, yep and yep. but those don't count by the weird "logic" of the op and

the amen chorus on this thread. Those aren't hyperbole. They're accurate descriptions, dontcha know.

[SidDithers]

34. You missed "Snowden is Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of the news that Tyranny is coming!"...

and "Is Evo Morales a modern day Harriet Tubman? "

Seriously.

Sid

[jbond56]

36. "Powerpoint Evidence" n/t

[Enrique]

37. "this is a map of Europe"

[pinboy3niner]

40. It's the smoking gun Moscow road map flight plan proof it's all a hoax!!!

I don't care what side one is on, that was hilarious!

[NoPasaran]

38. "BOG", "BOrG", also "worshippers" (on both sides of the brouhaha)

And everyone's favorite "1984"

[Scurrilous]

44. I alert with trepidation...

"Sorry alerter, the post stands. The gratuitous thanks and happy 4th mean shit. There was NO personal attack here. Please pack away the pom poms."

[arely staircase]

46. gandhi, MLK, Paul Revere, John Brown, Rosa Parks,

and

I don't feel like celebrating July 4th.

[arely staircase]

47. oh shit, Spartacus

I forgot Spartacus.

Sorry Spartacus.

And I think someone somehow made a Mark Twain comparison today.

[arely staircase]

48. got a new one for you, just tonight

wholly owned tool of the 1%.