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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:19 PM Original message |
Paranoia - What is going on? |
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Zombie2 (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hear gun sales are way up.... |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And with all the noise of the punditry, is anybody even listening to anything Obama has said? |
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Zombie2 (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. You're not watching enough Fox News.... |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is scary. My relatives are going nuts with rage and hatred. |
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Lex1775 (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Probably backlash... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sorry but your description of them as "fomer reasonable people" makes no sense |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Well, that's easy to say |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Can you just promise one thing then |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. ad hominem? eh? |
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Zombie2 (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I've deleted several from my MySpace after the election.... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Interesting. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Well I do live in a cannibal colony in Montana |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fear motivates, and no one sells fear like the gop. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Hell, fear is the only tool in the GOP's tool box. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's the sound that bullies make when they're going down |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's not the "norm in political discussion". |
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ratherunique (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. i'm seeing this all around me as well |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Clearly, it's a cause for concern. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. How do you see this in companies? I don't even know what that means. |
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ratherunique (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. employees getting screwed |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. I hear they laid off several people at the Creation Museum |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. People who listen to Rush, Sean, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck repeat the idiocy they hear. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I had the UPS guy stopped in front of my house cranking Rush yesterday. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Have you considered not hanging out with racists? |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Do you really live in a progressive bubble? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I haven't got any friends that are racist, no. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I truly believe this is less about race |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. No you don't. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Okeedoke, Kreskin. What number am I thinking of now? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Is it 88? |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Close! The answer is actually "racist." I'm surprised that wasn't your first guess. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Ouch |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I am friends with some libertarian minded fiscal conservatives. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So among those friends |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. No, actually they've been appalled at the utter mismanagement of team Bush. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Most of them couldn't define socialism or marxism if their life depended on it. |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. My friend who is a puke just keeps going on and on about how he is concerned for his safety. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh please... You can't figure out what's going on? |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Paranoia? Check. Divisiveness? Check. And you're the one who supports Obama. Whatever dude. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. "you're the one who supports Obama" Really? Who did you vote for? |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Here's a hint |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That's not a hint |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Ok, Ok. I voted for Obama. And I have actually been listening to what he says. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Like what, specifically? |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Well, the part that is causing me concern is when he takes this attitude |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You're the one who put "paranoia" in your OP, dude. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Are you talking about the part of Obama's rhetoric where he dispels |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. It's OK with me if you don't think whatever you want to not think about me. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. Wow, OK so. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. You keep using that word "paranoid." |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Oh I think I know what paranoid means. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Fortunately, there are still information-free zones available, like the GOP and FOX News. |
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AtomTan (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. "Poofy." Really? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yes, you know, those effete coastal types who scoff at God-fearin' merkins |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. My suggestion is not to argue or try to reason witht he paranoid... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. If the fascist charge fits then who gives two shits? |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. One thing to tell them is if they are buying more guns they'll take more guns. Why are they scared > |
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