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In reply to the discussion: Sorry teabaggers. This is a Nazi. [View all]RickFromMN
(478 posts)107. I stand chastened and rebuked.
I did not realize I was on a high horse. I thought I was stating the obvious.
I thought I also said,
"I look forward to the day the South rejects Republicans and its offshoot, the Tea Party."
I did not realize I had any kind words for Michele Bachmann. I missed those remarks.
I do what I can with what little I have, with what small amount of courage I can muster.
I admit I do not have much of either.
Do I have a defense for quoting from religion? No. But I will say the following.
I am hit over the head with religion, especially ministers giving sermons around election time and religious zealots who I can't avoid no matter how hard I try.
I get this religious problem when my sister comes home from her church, when I attend a church service with my mother at the nursing home where she lives, when my nephew is friends with people I classify as religious zealots.
It is a bad habit to refer to the cruelty of Republicans from a New Testament point of view, rarely works, but is the only rejoinder I know, when dealing with certain ministers, who by now have realized I will never attend one of their sermons ever again or certain religious zealots I no longer wish anything to do with and who feel the same about me.
I am glad you don't have these problems.
I have family reasons for being in Moorhead, Minnesota.
If I am forced to leave Minnesota, it will be to seek work.
Unlike you I have no desire to live in the South.
Thank you for providing a list of things we can do and giving us hope.
I wish you had couched your answer in a kinder manner.
At first I was turned off by your response and considered responding in kind.
I see the pointlessness and immaturity of responding in kind on my part.
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Being classified as Homo Sapiens does not automatically mean one has all of the....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#37
No insulting Neanderthals, or apes, or chimpanzees, or gorillas! Those are rodent genes surfacing.
RickFromMN
Jan 2013
#49
The Tea Party folks are actually made of tea, and they cannot reproduce with human beings. nt
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#58
Hi Stultus--it is my opinion that there are some DUers that are more interested in
corneliamcgillicutty
Jan 2013
#30
Watering down democratic principles is not tolerated here. Post parcers are one thing, trolls
lonestarnot
Jan 2013
#35
Sadly you are correct. Please forgive us. There are mitigating circumstances.
RickFromMN
Jan 2013
#50
I am a tireless advocate for working folks and democratic principles and leftist fringe labels do
lonestarnot
Jan 2013
#105
The word "humane" is what you are looking for. They are physically human.
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2013
#77
Indeed, for many on the right, ignorance of history is almost a requirement
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jan 2013
#14
With a little research, I couldn't verify the quote exactly, but it seems be accurate on Hitler's
Squinch
Jan 2013
#15
i really find it disturbing when people use supposed hitler quotes as talking points
WooWooWoo
Jan 2013
#17
What's worse is the superficiality. Anything so easily lifted demands examination.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2013
#34
Toland's book, I believe, paraphrases this statement as being spoken in private to close supporters.
byronius
Jan 2013
#63
Pretty good. Not sure what "Supports Violence Even with Firearms" means. Also, the RW claims Hiler
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#78
Ha! I'm midway through Toland's biography. Every page reads like the Teabilly handbook.
byronius
Jan 2013
#61
explain this to the gun lovers here too. FFS they compare regulating guns to being Nazis.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#64
If you want to show the teabaggers what Nazis look like, hand them a mirror. n/t
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#70
While we're at it, don't let anyone forget that Hitler actually LOOSENED Germany's gun laws.
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#76