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Fri Jan-16-04 09:59 PM
Response to Reply #42 |
| 51. I'm not sure how left everyone is around here... |
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but I think there have been some worthwhile discussions - where it SEEMS that some men have learned something about respecting women and vice versa and in regards to religious and sexual orientations as well.
Some people are open.
I appreciate the people who are diligent about trying to educate people as new people come into the group.
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| -How do gay people, minorities, immigrants STAND IT ??? |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 05:32 PM |
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as a bisexual hispanic woman.... |
corporatewhore |
Jan-16-04 05:34 PM |
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can I have some specific examples... |
brainwashed_youth |
Jan-16-04 05:35 PM |
#2 |
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I.................ER................... |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 05:35 PM |
#3 |
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HAD to be..... |
Misinformed01 |
Jan-16-04 05:38 PM |
#9 |
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nah hes serious |
Kamika |
Jan-16-04 06:06 PM |
#22 |
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all you have to do is open your eyes |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 06:38 PM |
#25 |
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aren't we stereotyping a bit here? |
private_ryan |
Jan-16-04 07:56 PM |
#34 |
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Ah, the predictable, by-the-numbers faux outrage. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-16-04 09:10 PM |
#37 |
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*shudder* |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 09:14 PM |
#39 |
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Yeah, I get it. It's pretty simple. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-16-04 09:45 PM |
#48 |
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You Want Examples? Ok |
Beetwasher |
Jan-16-04 10:47 PM |
#56 |
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Wow. That's really special. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-16-04 11:28 PM |
#58 |
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Ya know what? |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-17-04 12:37 AM |
#63 |
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PlEASE tell me you're joking |
burythehatchet |
Jan-17-04 12:38 AM |
#64 |
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He isn't. |
JanMichael |
Jan-17-04 01:00 AM |
#72 |
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Logic, reason and dispassionate analysis are our friends |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 11:49 AM |
#74 |
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oh, I have paid attention |
Skittles |
Jan-18-04 09:49 PM |
#150 |
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Actually you don't need a political example |
camero |
Jan-17-04 12:52 AM |
#68 |
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You're stating that these are traceable derivatives of Republican politics |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 11:47 AM |
#73 |
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Ugh, clearly you do not get it |
Skittles |
Jan-17-04 12:30 PM |
#78 |
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Discrimination and hate are LEARNED |
camero |
Jan-17-04 01:54 PM |
#81 |
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Hate is most assuredly a natural emotion |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 01:59 PM |
#82 |
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Been reading too much Darwin have we? |
camero |
Jan-17-04 02:14 PM |
#85 |
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While Darwin isn't necessary to get this; you miss my point entirely |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 02:20 PM |
#86 |
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So then it's ok to deny other people their rights? |
camero |
Jan-17-04 02:31 PM |
#87 |
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What a ridiculous inference. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 02:44 PM |
#88 |
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You said hate was natural |
camero |
Jan-17-04 02:45 PM |
#90 |
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Oh, please. You need to think this through a little more |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 02:56 PM |
#91 |
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Well there was that one thread |
DrWeird |
Jan-17-04 04:16 PM |
#104 |
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And I stand by that statement, although I fail to see the relevance |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 08:53 PM |
#107 |
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The SCOTUS interpretation of the ADA |
camero |
Jan-17-04 09:46 PM |
#111 |
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The fact that the ADA exists at all goes against my philosophy |
Character Assassin |
Jan-17-04 09:53 PM |
#112 |
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What? That people with disabilities should have rights? |
camero |
Jan-17-04 10:15 PM |
#113 |
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Of course they should have rights. Precisely the same as you and I |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 12:46 AM |
#115 |
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Libertarianism and theosophy go hand in hand |
camero |
Jan-18-04 01:13 AM |
#117 |
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Assuming will get you into a lot of trouble |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 10:28 AM |
#119 |
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Libertarianism is the utopian fantasyland |
camero |
Jan-18-04 01:31 PM |
#126 |
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I see that you are utterly unacquainted with libertarianism |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 01:41 PM |
#127 |
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Come to florida |
camero |
Jan-18-04 02:29 PM |
#130 |
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I'm not a Libertarian, thanks. I'm a libertarian. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 02:33 PM |
#131 |
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Hmm? |
camero |
Jan-18-04 02:43 PM |
#132 |
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You are confusing two seperate things. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 02:47 PM |
#135 |
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This is libertarian, thanks |
camero |
Jan-18-04 02:45 PM |
#133 |
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Spare me the chumpchange, schoolyard rhetoric, thanks |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 02:50 PM |
#136 |
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Aww, did i criticize your philosophy? |
camero |
Jan-18-04 02:55 PM |
#137 |
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No, you didn't. You didn't even address it, really. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 03:00 PM |
#138 |
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Chomsky will explain it. |
camero |
Jan-18-04 03:24 PM |
#140 |
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Explain what? Chomsky is addressing the Libertarians |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 03:33 PM |
#141 |
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Then what's this? |
camero |
Jan-18-04 03:41 PM |
#142 |
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It should be obvious to you. |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 03:50 PM |
#143 |
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You assume people are better than they are |
camero |
Jan-18-04 03:54 PM |
#144 |
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I assume nothing of the sort. You presume to tell me my own philosophy |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 04:00 PM |
#145 |
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Then do it. |
camero |
Jan-18-04 04:08 PM |
#146 |
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If these are your last words on the subject |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 04:13 PM |
#148 |
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purging of 90,000 FL voters NOT a 'conscious act'????????? |
bobbieinok |
Jan-17-04 11:02 PM |
#114 |
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there's an example, CA |
Skittles |
Jan-18-04 11:31 AM |
#120 |
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To say nothing of the Democratic redistricting of Texas several years ago |
Character Assassin |
Jan-18-04 01:56 PM |
#129 |
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Who says it didn't ????????????????????????? |
Skittles |
Jan-18-04 09:47 PM |
#149 |
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How about the sheer coincidence .. |
Uzybone |
Jan-16-04 06:54 PM |
#30 |
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chill out |
Kamika |
Jan-16-04 07:14 PM |
#32 |
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I would say PICKERING |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 09:17 PM |
#40 |
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here's a specific example for you |
kgfnally |
Jan-17-04 12:20 PM |
#76 |
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PARENTAL HOMOPHOBIA. READ THE ABOVE POST. |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-17-04 03:42 PM |
#98 |
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Nice to see KKKristianity in action |
The Zanti Regent |
Jan-18-04 12:01 PM |
#122 |
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Disgusting. |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-18-04 01:23 PM |
#125 |
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OMG...I am so sorry |
dawn |
Jan-18-04 03:17 PM |
#139 |
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I'm sure they can't stand it at all. It's our job to get them to the poll |
Pobeka |
Jan-16-04 05:36 PM |
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Sadly, neither party has anything significant to offer minorities |
DuctapeFatwa |
Jan-16-04 06:04 PM |
#20 |
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DTF |
burythehatchet |
Jan-17-04 12:43 AM |
#66 |
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Yes, nothing at all to offer. |
Kanary |
Jan-18-04 02:01 AM |
#118 |
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If you believe that, then you may as well vote for Bush |
Pobeka |
Jan-18-04 11:53 AM |
#121 |
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Yes, the possibility of a token gesture is indeed the best you can say |
DuctapeFatwa |
Jan-18-04 12:29 PM |
#123 |
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I'm not saying it's the desired end, but a step in the right direction |
Pobeka |
Jan-18-04 01:21 PM |
#124 |
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I think we can agree that many white voters feel some frustration |
DuctapeFatwa |
Jan-18-04 01:54 PM |
#128 |
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Worry not dude..we're going to the polls |
burythehatchet |
Jan-17-04 12:41 AM |
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It's called suicide... |
Democrats unite |
Jan-16-04 05:36 PM |
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"friends who don't accept you" are NOT FRIENDS |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 05:37 PM |
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Thank you Skittles. |
Democrats unite |
Jan-16-04 05:42 PM |
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I'm not gay but I'm asian.. oh and a woman |
Kamika |
Jan-16-04 05:37 PM |
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as a gay black woman |
Insider |
Jan-16-04 05:37 PM |
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AMEN, Insider |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 05:39 PM |
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As a gay man |
jsw_81 |
Jan-16-04 05:40 PM |
#11 |
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We rage, rage, rage against the machine |
TrogL |
Jan-16-04 05:41 PM |
#12 |
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Hell, I'm a white straight married male and *I'm* outraged... |
Richardo |
Jan-16-04 05:41 PM |
#13 |
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It's really nothing new. |
mlawson |
Jan-16-04 05:44 PM |
#15 |
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Tell that to the guy that keeps yelling at me from his balcony |
TrogL |
Jan-17-04 12:50 AM |
#67 |
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We're all their target. Even they are their own target. |
Pobeka |
Jan-16-04 05:46 PM |
#16 |
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You hit that on the nose |
Rabrrrrrr |
Jan-16-04 06:05 PM |
#21 |
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it's hard for a wasp like me to imagine being hated for being you |
jonoboy |
Jan-16-04 05:47 PM |
#17 |
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I felt the sting of anti-Americanism as a child in England |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 05:52 PM |
#19 |
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Joshua Solomon wondered, too |
Lurking_Argyle |
Jan-16-04 06:40 PM |
#27 |
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read my post above n/t |
kgfnally |
Jan-17-04 12:28 PM |
#77 |
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because I know I wont be a minority forever. |
TexasMexican |
Jan-16-04 05:48 PM |
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There's a line from "The Color Purple" |
Bundbuster |
Jan-16-04 06:08 PM |
#23 |
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you are right |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 06:34 PM |
#24 |
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I think women are their target all the time too. |
Cleita |
Jan-16-04 06:39 PM |
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and the middle class, which also includes me (for now); |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 06:45 PM |
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We just do |
HypnoToad |
Jan-16-04 06:46 PM |
#29 |
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there was a twilight zone episode in which a bigot |
corporatewhore |
Jan-16-04 07:06 PM |
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I've wondered about that too |
Piperay |
Jan-16-04 07:21 PM |
#33 |
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Because the meantime alternatives are not valid options. |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-16-04 08:44 PM |
#35 |
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With out reading others responses |
Scottie72 |
Jan-16-04 09:08 PM |
#36 |
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well Scotty |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 09:12 PM |
#38 |
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Skittles I can tell you its BAD |
burythehatchet |
Jan-17-04 12:53 AM |
#69 |
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Skittles... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-16-04 09:18 PM |
#41 |
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I have seen misogyny and homophoia in the DU |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 09:22 PM |
#42 |
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And unfortunately these attitudes are tolerated |
RationalRose |
Jan-16-04 09:33 PM |
#43 |
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Yes it is tolerated... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-16-04 09:37 PM |
#45 |
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damn right they are |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-16-04 10:05 PM |
#53 |
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head over to the civil rights forums...I got picked on a bit today. |
Cannikin |
Jan-16-04 09:36 PM |
#44 |
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Yep... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-16-04 09:40 PM |
#46 |
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I'm not sure how left everyone is around here... |
bloom |
Jan-16-04 09:59 PM |
#51 |
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Of course... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-16-04 10:11 PM |
#54 |
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did you see this one posted today? |
mitchtv |
Jan-16-04 09:44 PM |
#47 |
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as a football-watching working-class white guy, i am a target too |
KG |
Jan-16-04 09:46 PM |
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It's a lot like what my mom says about getting old... |
Sapphocrat |
Jan-16-04 09:50 PM |
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I second that! |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-16-04 10:02 PM |
#52 |
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We need more Skittles in the World |
camero |
Jan-16-04 10:45 PM |
#55 |
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Y'ALL ARE VERY SWEET |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 11:49 PM |
#59 |
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I just hope you don't live in Dumbass, TX |
camero |
Jan-17-04 12:59 AM |
#71 |
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lol |
Skittles |
Jan-17-04 12:31 PM |
#79 |
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And People Wonder Why I'm "Always" In Such A Foul Mood |
arwalden |
Jan-16-04 10:52 PM |
#57 |
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WE NEED TO KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS, ALLEN |
Skittles |
Jan-16-04 11:50 PM |
#60 |
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As an Indian |
Independent429 |
Jan-16-04 11:58 PM |
#61 |
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It goes to show you that |
burythehatchet |
Jan-17-04 12:58 AM |
#70 |
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white, straight, Christian males are also targets |
Independent429 |
Jan-17-04 12:06 AM |
#62 |
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oh yes, indeed you are |
Skittles |
Jan-17-04 12:33 PM |
#80 |
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The Federal Marriage Amendment is a perfect example of my anger |
terrya |
Jan-17-04 12:07 PM |
#75 |
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If you're a minority, immigrant or gay who benefits economically... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 02:06 PM |
#83 |
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I don't follow your logic. |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-17-04 02:13 PM |
#84 |
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My logic does recognize the fact that Log Cabin republicans, Hispanic... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 02:44 PM |
#89 |
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not trying to pick a fight |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-17-04 03:19 PM |
#93 |
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It certainly is NOT |
Kamika |
Jan-17-04 03:23 PM |
#94 |
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Well hell, how can I argue with the denial of the basic human need... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 03:34 PM |
#97 |
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Economy isn't everything dude |
Kamika |
Jan-17-04 02:58 PM |
#92 |
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Your father is to be commended on his decency, dudette... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 03:28 PM |
#95 |
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I begin to see your point a bit more clearly. Question: |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-17-04 03:29 PM |
#96 |
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It's raw meat to the deluded bigots who support the republican party... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 03:44 PM |
#99 |
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And the effects on civil rights will be astounding |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-17-04 03:55 PM |
#101 |
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The result WILL transcend any question of economics... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 04:13 PM |
#103 |
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indeed |
Bertha Venation |
Jan-17-04 09:33 PM |
#110 |
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no but |
private_ryan |
Jan-18-04 02:45 PM |
#134 |
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I guess you haven't figured out that the only pockets Republicans |
Cleita |
Jan-17-04 03:52 PM |
#100 |
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HUH??? |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 04:08 PM |
#102 |
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But what is economic gain... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-17-04 07:45 PM |
#105 |
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Hell if I know. Ask Andrew Sullivan and Log Cabin Republicans |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 08:33 PM |
#106 |
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Ya know... |
foreigncorrespondent |
Jan-17-04 09:10 PM |
#108 |
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Money isn't everything to you because you are a far better person... |
mitchum |
Jan-17-04 09:15 PM |
#109 |
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A solid political perspective certainly helps |
MSchreader |
Jan-18-04 12:55 AM |
#116 |
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When I See An Act Of Bigotry I Do Everything I Can To Expose It |
kpharmer |
Jan-18-04 04:11 PM |
#147 |
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