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patrice

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53. Love is more natural than many people think it is. They have their reasons for that & those reasons
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 01:35 PM
Jun 2012

imprison them in ignorance and stupidity. We'll never find out what they need to free themselves if we just keep on proving to them that they "are right about us".

A great read...Thanks babylonsister. russspeakeasy Jun 2012 #1
MUST READ malaise Jun 2012 #2
Must read? Oh really? rrHeretic Jun 2012 #20
Whatever malaise Jun 2012 #21
No one is forcing you to read this thread.. DCBob Jun 2012 #24
Ouch. lol But spot on. Booster Jun 2012 #61
Seriously, go with the Chimp research article posted eariler its more your speed. Katashi_itto Jun 2012 #26
Katashi itto san! AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 #64
OMG AsahinaKimi Skittles Jul 2012 #82
You can have him watch this... AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #94
MUST READ refers to material that the poster feels it is imperative to know bupkus Jun 2012 #28
Welcome to DU. Some advice. Posters with low post counts are watched rhett o rick Jun 2012 #44
Noone said "have to read." No one does that here. That is the other place. lonestarnot Jun 2012 #50
If you come to DU and get hostile and snarky right out of the gate, you kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #52
Wow, what an angry response. Really? October Jun 2012 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Guitarzan Jun 2012 #59
Must Read!!!! Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #63
I find it weird when people put EmeraldCityGrl Jun 2012 #74
Did you get this worked up when NBC's ad campaign for its programming was "must see tv"? SemperEadem Jul 2012 #89
"the divisiveness raging across America... has its basis in racism, ignorance, and stupidity" DCBob Jun 2012 #3
"the divisiveness raging across America... has its basis in racism, ignorance, and stupidity" AlbertCat Jun 2012 #34
That's a very good point. Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #46
It's covered either by "ignorance" or "stupidity" Scootaloo Jun 2012 #51
Quote from my hero 90-percent Jun 2012 #4
Zappa has it assbackwards. GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #98
my stupidilty is showing 90-percent Jun 2012 #5
I just read one report- Rose Siding Jun 2012 #7
Look and learn justgamma Jun 2012 #8
Thanks 90-percent Jun 2012 #39
Table 3. Maximum Monthly Premium Contributions, by Family Size stockholmer Jul 2012 #85
Seems some on our side should read this as well. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #6
And they do this because they think they can get away with it. zeemike Jun 2012 #9
They DELIBERATELY picked a SECESSIONIST to run in'08, then McCain played into their hand with the patrice Jun 2012 #10
& the funny! thing about that is: they did it KNOWING the US Military has their back on this tactic patrice Jun 2012 #11
One of these days.... Aviation Pro Jun 2012 #12
I'm with you on this. I once told a tea bagger I was his worst nightmare - a far left liberal, firenewt Jun 2012 #60
Hysterical....... YellaDog1950 Jul 2012 #77
Keep telling them. Not to provoke but give them some basis to think clearly. freshwest Jul 2012 #83
I told one that I know far more liberal gun owners than I do wingnuts HillWilliam Jul 2012 #93
Perhaps we are moving towards a new civil war... jimlup Jun 2012 #13
I think one of the points of this article is that there is ignorance and then there is stupid and patrice Jun 2012 #22
Another glimmer of hope! dtom67 Jun 2012 #45
Love is more natural than many people think it is. They have their reasons for that & those reasons patrice Jun 2012 #53
ignorance vs. stupidity janlyn Jun 2012 #58
T-Party members wrongly believe they'll only have to fight the government JohnnyRingo Jun 2012 #14
Might be appropriate to XP this in Gungeon to let liberal gun owners know what we're up against. freshwest Jun 2012 #67
A conservative's worst nightmare... JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #80
Yep, I live in an extremely liberal area. On a street with gourmet cafes, amateur theater, freshwest Jul 2012 #81
Silly conservatives... AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #86
racism, ignorance and stupidity hfojvt Jun 2012 #15
FTR, I didn't write this. However, you're asserting there babylonsister Jun 2012 #19
FTR, I never claimed you wrote it hfojvt Jun 2012 #41
Ignorance and stupidity in relying on a man to make decisions for this country DhhD Jun 2012 #75
Good post. Blanks Jul 2012 #92
Matthews: The poisoning of political discourse comes screaming and screeching from the Right pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #16
And the so-called main-stream media BumRushDaShow Jun 2012 #17
I dare these militia bastards to take on the US Army! Crowman1979 Jun 2012 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #87
That's what I've always argued with the militia types. They maintain their stockpile will defeat the freshwest Jul 2012 #99
I am all for them taking up arms. The sooner we get started putting Katashi_itto Jun 2012 #23
Already happening bongbong Jun 2012 #49
That's already happening nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #69
I just had a conversation with a young oysterman who is a victim hard hit by the BP oil spill. Dustlawyer Jun 2012 #25
so heaven05 Jun 2012 #36
Bravo! dtom67 Jun 2012 #43
I was always under the impression Smilo Jun 2012 #27
Social experiment... dtom67 Jun 2012 #47
If anyone 'got' to Roberts, its the Health Insurance companies. joanbarnes Jun 2012 #29
They can call themselves Patriots (notice riots) or neo-Nazi but all remain the same, Thinkingabout Jun 2012 #30
hypocrisy heaven05 Jun 2012 #31
Such are the mad ramblings of a child in the throes of tantrum... HisTomness Jun 2012 #32
Theyre all moving to Canada anyway. ErikJ Jun 2012 #33
The election of the first Black President was bound to bring this out. stubtoe Jun 2012 #35
Yes, I think you are so correct on both counts. DCBob Jun 2012 #65
The RWingnuts bought all those guns in a panic thinking Obama was going to seize them. lpbk2713 Jun 2012 #37
double oops!! dtom67 Jun 2012 #48
Yeah, and the teabaggers were stupid enough to buy them at three times or greater... Crowman1979 Jul 2012 #95
The arms and ammo mfgrs owe the RW Media Hatemongers a big payoff. lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #96
hate-filled teabagger and evangelical bootlickers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2012 #38
It really is a travesty... dtom67 Jun 2012 #40
Critical thinking skills not desired amygdalavet Jun 2012 #42
Welcome to DU, and I agree to the obvious... Amonester Jun 2012 #57
That explains why Turbineguy Jun 2012 #54
No worries. We'll respond with bromides and admonitions to Doctor_J Jun 2012 #55
GOPISM elbloggoZY27 Jun 2012 #62
Excellent read, thanks babylonsister! freshwest Jun 2012 #66
If the tea party wants to live in a country with no government - Somalia is that way. Initech Jun 2012 #68
Bring it on. Flying Squirrel Jun 2012 #70
I keep reading on Facebook that our freedoms are disappearing. Blanks Jun 2012 #71
If modern day Teabaggers decided to revolt, take up their guns aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #72
Spot on; all hat, no cattle. Yep. nt babylonsister Jul 2012 #78
Weekend warriors stubtoe Jul 2012 #97
I would change it to "wish they could terrorize" yurbud Jun 2012 #73
The American Taliban The Wizard Jun 2012 #76
There are a bunch of people that think like that. cgnick Jul 2012 #79
I heard something similar on Fox Radio News on Thursday.... (ACA Day) lib2DaBone Jul 2012 #84
Teabagger logic: Going to war based on lies is OK but health care is tyranny... think Jul 2012 #88
Is Issa committing treason? Gabby Hayes Jul 2012 #90
Sounds like a remake of a Monty Python Movie or a variant of "Red Dawn" solarman350 Jul 2012 #91
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