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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ok, I pulled my "fucking retarded" thread [View all]
It easily survived the inevitable alert (4-2), but I decided it was just too divisive.
Suffice it to say that I continue to be disgusted that the White House pasted that phrase on me and ours, just because we won't be Doormat Democrats.
Peace.
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Lol, don't we all. I wondered what happened to the thread it siddenly disappeared!
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#49
I thought you made an excellent point and that was the reason for the faux outrage
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2013
#43
I am insinuating that my friend who has the "R word" doesn't deserve the abuse.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#82
that's the way they talk in private. then in their 'progressive' guise, they use the same language
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#73
And it still wasn't enough to appease their McCarthyesque, insincere sanctimony
kenny blankenship
Apr 2013
#17
Uhm you realize Manny was simply quoting Rahm Emmaneul telling us Libs that we're "fucking retards"
riderinthestorm
Apr 2013
#68
Don't worry about it. If you don't raise hell here sometimes with your opinions....
cbdo2007
Apr 2013
#45
It's BAD tactics to under-cut your own case, by doing the same thing as the bad guys. It also gives
patrice
Apr 2013
#51
Simply disgusting. Shows how desperate your 20% side is and is akin to Wilson of SOTU fame.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#52
80-20. But I do like minor league baseball myself. Totally different game than big league
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#58
Here is what can happen,tearing the Dems down, as it equals the same thing as this shamefulness-
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#64
I find it telling that you got called to task for your verbiage while the politician who coined it..
JVS
Apr 2013
#53
your "critics" were being purposefully obtuse by ignoring your context , which was obvious to
boilerbabe
Apr 2013
#54
Hmmm. So perhaps we can formulate a simple rule for when it's OK to say the word?
MannyGoldstein
Apr 2013
#72