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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:49 AM Original message |
Boston Teabagger on NPR: "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's the same thing |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep, just like a my 11yo niece going "NUH-UH!!!" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Indeed. And this is not just a simple issue with objectivity |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. In that case, when does the tribe of teahadii wander off into the desert... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Very good point. Linguist George Lakoff has wrote a lot on that. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. The difference between Teabaggers and Tamarians is that Darmok was sensible, after a fashion. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. The political elites at NPR, et. al. are laughing their asses off: Divide and conquer baby! |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here's the article... This story needs lots of media attention. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. The innate capabilities of teabaggers leave a lot to be desired in the real world of |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. it's the planned result of their programming |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yep, I've tried too and I might as well go talk to a rock... n/t |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. also they have no interest in learning. No intellectual curiosity. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. +1000, n/t |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Just heard the piece. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. I would have probably got cut off the air because |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sadly, denial is the trump card. How do you win an argument with someone who flatly denies reality? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Pretty much. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. Cognitive dissonance a teabagger requirement |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Bingo. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Here's the bumpersticker that says it all. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. Somebody watched Myth Busters. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. When you give them a "news outlet" that spews lies 24/7 all dressed up as "reality" |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is *the* most cogent statement I have ever seen, coming |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. He may have cut their taxes, but he's still black. n/t |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Is it really so different from the people who can't accept the principles of evolution? |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Adam Savage has coined the motto of the conservative movement. The above phrase. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. If the Mythbusters trademarked that phrase, they should sue! n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. KICK |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. Being ignorant and uninformed is one thing.. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. I bothered to answer some comment after an article I read. The comment |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Wow, that is some major stupid right there. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
34. First of all, postmodernism is not brain rot. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. That guy is living on a houseboat on an Egyptian River. nt |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
36. They refuse to believe anything they do not want to believe. |
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