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37. Don't fake them. But remember that the other side will use you if you let them.

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:00 PM

Jan 2013

I know the strategy that they are using now. I used it before on Republicans.
I am for those same issues too. What I want us to remember is to not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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I find it interesting how we are getting distracted again. An LFR editorial [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 OP

Do You Have Any Idea How Old This Swill Is, Ma'am? The Magistrate Jan 2013 #1

Do you know how many have forgotten? n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #2

You May Have Missed the Point, Ma'am The Magistrate Jan 2013 #3

You miss something. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #4

There Is Relative Privilege At Every Level, Ma'am The Magistrate Jan 2013 #7

I have lived behind a dumpster…. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #10

You Get An 'A' For Effort, Ma'am The Magistrate Jan 2013 #13

The jest of this is we are all in the same... Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #15

Exactly...those who divide us do it by Color/Race/Gender/Non Gender and they WIN KoKo Jan 2013 #27

The fact is we are letting them. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #36

Diversity. One doesn't have to pretend that it isn't real in order to not let it divide us. patrice Jan 2013 #12

The Problem With That Line, Sir The Magistrate Jan 2013 #16

You know what, Magistrate? I have been on this board for a long time & so have you. I have even patrice Jan 2013 #18

My Apologies, Ma'am The Magistrate Jan 2013 #20

And, what, pray tell, might have prompted you to not forget that particular thing? nt patrice Jan 2013 #42

So by "White Privilege" being acknowleged in the way you say KoKo Jan 2013 #46

Jay Gould, "I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half". Division along ANY patrice Jan 2013 #5

That is what the upper echelon wants. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #8

I had a poster I did not expect K&R an OP of mine today Fumesucker Jan 2013 #9

As long as we remember that we are a divers group. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #14

And isn't it interesting that division along the most widely recognized as corrupt dimension there patrice Jan 2013 #17

Yes, Patrice...other of us have observed it also. n/t KoKo Jan 2013 #28

The problem, especially with this issue, may be a matter of priorities, both sets of patrice Jan 2013 #43

Well el_bryanto Jan 2013 #6

I think the point being made is about the uncomfortable white guys Fumesucker Jan 2013 #11

Quite often, being right is not enough and it even works against you in certain situations. nt patrice Jan 2013 #21

The chance of getting credit for being right... Fumesucker Jan 2013 #40

If "right" is right, "credit" is nice but not necessary. patrice Jan 2013 #41

Well, we certainly wouldn't want to pay any attention to those who are right when others are wrong Fumesucker Jan 2013 #48

Yep. That's the reality. "Might"/numbers makes "right" no matter how wrong it is. patrice Jan 2013 #49

. Rex Jan 2013 #19

You're right, LFR. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2013 #22

K&R woo me with science Jan 2013 #23

Yes - money and class supersede differences. Those are the hard facts. Thanks. freshwest Jan 2013 #24

Unless one happens to be non-white ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #51

Wow! I wish she'd just bought the place. The insanity continues. freshwest Jan 2013 #53

Did you ever read Joe Bageant's articles and books... You make good points and so did he. KoKo Jan 2013 #25

my conscience guides the issues. i am staunchly for gun control and women's reproductive rights. bettyellen Jan 2013 #26

Don't fake them. But remember that the other side will use you if you let them. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #37

K&R....Good Post and Thread points out many of the problems that divide us. nt KoKo Jan 2013 #29

No. It's the guns. That is the most important issue-to rid the streets of all & be secure and safe graham4anything Jan 2013 #30

We can change the direction the corporations are taking us. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #33

Is this satire? n/t leftstreet Jan 2013 #34

More in the performance art spectrum I think n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #52

No, this is the regular shtick. Turd Way to the core. The Turd Way needs Gun Control for liberal TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #54

OH yes DonCoquixote Jan 2013 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author MightyMopar Jan 2013 #32

Sigh.... ThatPoetGuy Jan 2013 #35

The problem is those that are and will be working for the same wage. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #38

A couple sentences of yours would make a great signature. Trillo Jan 2013 #39

What? We should drop important issues because we might lose some people lunatica Jan 2013 #44

Something you'll appreciate... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #45

Well put. 99Forever Jan 2013 #47

Kick woo me with science Jan 2013 #50