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FlyingSquirrel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-20-08 02:57 PM
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138. Have to take issue with that last statement...
"A minority cannot oppress a majority"

Not within the context of DU, but in real world context. The rich whites in South Africa were a minority. So are the Repugs in Congress and the WH but they still manage to oppress the majority - in fact, the way the rules are currently written, they can continue to oppress us most of the time thanks to the Electoral College which allows them greater representation than they really should have. The minority Sunnis oppressed the majority Shiites in Iraq. In point of fact the minority is able to oppress the majority a good part of the time in real life.

But your point is probably valid on DU (if you consider it oppression). I personally don't see how it can rise to that level, but if you're feeling oppressed then you're feeling oppressed and I'm sorry to hear that there are fellow DU'ers who are feeling that way.

:-(
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  - K/R  Harvey Korman   Feb-19-08 03:07 AM   #1 
  - Feel free to distribute it far and wide  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 03:26 AM   #8 
  - Left out...  Kikosexy2   Feb-19-08 04:50 PM   #98 
     - Fortunately not all of us follow the big O  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 05:08 PM   #99 
        - Thank God ...  Kikosexy2   Feb-19-08 05:27 PM   #104 
  - again  ExtraGriz   Feb-19-08 04:39 PM   #96 
  - Awesome!  Maddy McCall   Feb-19-08 03:08 AM   #2 
  - Hey Maddy!  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 09:54 PM   #122 
  - they are demonizing Krugman now too  Skittles   Feb-19-08 03:09 AM   #3 
  - Ooooh, I got one! If you're a Clinton supporter,  Bicoastal   Feb-19-08 03:10 AM   #4 
  - you don't get it, do you?  Skittles   Feb-19-08 03:20 AM   #6 
  - Howdy doo, Skittles  theHandpuppet   Feb-19-08 06:57 AM   #36 
  - I'm an Obama supporter...  Omegaman   Feb-19-08 11:16 PM   #127 
  - Bah! Screw hope!  XemaSab   Feb-19-08 03:24 AM   #7 
  - Give me a break pal....  pauldg0   Feb-19-08 05:44 PM   #106 
  - This is flat out brilliant. And right on the mark, too. NT  MADem   Feb-19-08 03:10 AM   #5 
  - If you think this is brilliant, then IMO...  Hepburn   Feb-19-08 12:46 PM   #66 
     - Logically  Dinkeldog   Feb-19-08 03:15 PM   #82 
     - Oooooh, hit a nerve, did it?  MADem   Feb-20-08 04:14 PM   #139 
  - If you’re an Obama supporter, you agree that marriage equality for same-sex couples is a decision  Levgreee   Feb-19-08 03:26 AM   #9 
  - If you’re a Clinton supporter, you don’t like the fact that Clinton voted to authorize the Iraq War,  Levgreee   Feb-19-08 03:28 AM   #10 
  - Only one democratic senator voted against the IWR, the Levin and the Durbin amendments.  Maribelle   Feb-19-08 07:45 AM   #51 
  - While we're at defcon whatever and "Ignore" isn't working...  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 08:35 PM   #115 
  - If you’re a Clinton supporter, asking how Obama will deflect right-wing attacks (such as questioning  Levgreee   Feb-19-08 03:31 AM   #11 
  - If you’re an Obama supporter, you cheer Obama’s plan to start withdrawing troops from Iraq within 16  Levgreee   Feb-19-08 03:35 AM   #12 
  - Do you know how many times you've kicked this thread?  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 04:01 AM   #13 
     - I did it all in the same 5 minutes while it was at the top of the page, so I wasn't "kicking it".  Levgreee   Feb-19-08 04:05 AM   #15 
     - Well, you kept kicking it to the top of my GDP forum view.  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 04:14 AM   #16 
     - Did you disappear, little buddy?  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 05:04 AM   #20 
     - ...  Blue State Native   Feb-19-08 06:44 AM   #33 
     - Or you could start your own thread  theHandpuppet   Feb-19-08 06:59 AM   #37 
     - Maybe you dont understand the value of negative attention?  Moochy   Feb-19-08 10:34 PM   #125 
        - Moochy, you *do* care!  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 11:46 PM   #128 
  - If you believe this tripe  sandnsea   Feb-19-08 04:02 AM   #14 
  - HOW COME SO MANY OF YOU DON'T GET IT  muyojoe   Feb-19-08 08:13 PM   #114 
  - Well done  gaspee   Feb-19-08 04:15 AM   #17 
  - I'll pass your kudos on to the author  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 04:22 AM   #18 
  - Agree passionately with what you are saying - especially the FUBAR part.  avrdream   Feb-19-08 04:28 AM   #19 
  - You had me until:  boppers   Feb-19-08 05:08 AM   #21 
  - No, it didn't  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 05:26 AM   #23 
     - You're both right...  tomchaps   Feb-20-08 12:23 AM   #132 
  - Thank you...excellent  Sancho   Feb-19-08 05:25 AM   #22 
  - THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT HILLARY  lamprey   Feb-19-08 05:33 AM   #24 
  - So nobody believes anything negative they hear about Obama?  Apollo11   Feb-19-08 06:00 AM   #27 
  - Just who are "the people"?  theHandpuppet   Feb-19-08 07:02 AM   #38 
  - Should have been "People don't want Hillary"  lamprey   Feb-19-08 07:06 AM   #41 
  - The People?  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 12:43 PM   #63 
     - Come on, Buffy,  Dinkeldog   Feb-19-08 03:24 PM   #83 
        - I know  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 03:39 PM   #86 
  - Excellent & I'm looking forward to the next entry. rec. nm  Alamom   Feb-19-08 05:40 AM   #25 
  - Superb evisceration of the Obamites.  Perry Logan   Feb-19-08 05:54 AM   #26 
  - I'll let the author know you liked it.  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 12:43 PM   #64 
  - Yet another recommendation  terrya   Feb-19-08 06:04 AM   #28 
  - Thank you  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 06:37 AM   #30 
  - The only response required:  Political Heretic   Feb-19-08 06:06 AM   #29 
  - K&R!  Blue State Native   Feb-19-08 06:42 AM   #31 
  - I can't K&R this enough!  LostinVA   Feb-19-08 06:44 AM   #32 
  - "THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT HILLARY" yells an Obama supporter  desi   Feb-19-08 06:50 AM   #34 
  - You didn't get the memo  theHandpuppet   Feb-19-08 07:05 AM   #39 
  - We've got some cattle cars and train tracks just 4 U  lamprey   Feb-19-08 07:08 AM   #45 
  - I never imagined that a Democrat would be tossing aside Baby Boomers,  desi   Feb-19-08 07:22 AM   #47 
  - Your old road is  lamprey   Feb-19-08 08:04 AM   #54 
  - Well, we got this attitude from the RRRW  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 12:45 PM   #65 
  - when your candidate feels like  yourguide   Feb-19-08 07:08 AM   #44 
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  - Clinton is the candidate I voted for, not my heroine.  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 07:50 PM   #113 
  - what shitty chain email did you pull this out of?  yourguide   Feb-19-08 07:05 AM   #40 
  - No chain e-mal. It was an original work  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 12:47 PM   #67 
     - Tell the "writer"...  yourguide   Feb-20-08 06:21 AM   #137 
  - A big ol' K&R!!!!!!  theHandpuppet   Feb-19-08 07:06 AM   #42 
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  - Hillary is Satan Incarnate and has done no good.  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 01:18 PM   #70 
  - K & R Well Done  durrrty libby   Feb-19-08 07:33 AM   #48 
  - Thanks for the post  paperbag_ princess   Feb-19-08 07:36 AM   #49 
  - If you're a Clinton supporter how do you justify her support for cluster bombs & the Iraqi Invasion?  ShortnFiery   Feb-19-08 07:37 AM   #50 
  - If you an Obama supporter, how do you justify 'he knew'?  Maribelle   Feb-19-08 08:11 AM   #55 
     - Shit, now it looks like he was copying Wellstone's words!  avrdream   Feb-19-08 02:54 PM   #81 
  - Excellent n/t  calico1   Feb-19-08 07:45 AM   #52 
  - I will stay tuned for Part 2  Maribelle   Feb-19-08 08:01 AM   #53 
  - It's in the works as we speak  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 07:19 PM   #111 
  - Tehehe  Jamastiene   Feb-19-08 10:43 AM   #56 
  - couldn't this have been much, much shorter?  hfojvt   Feb-19-08 10:52 AM   #57 
  - That works for me! However, it seems every minute 'detail' needs to be spelled out for them.  in_cog_ni_to   Feb-19-08 01:54 PM   #74 
  - How could months of GDP be condensed into two sentences?  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 06:10 PM   #107 
  - And that last sentence should be amended with, "Oh, and you're a homophobe too."  RandomKoolzip   Feb-19-08 06:14 PM   #109 
  - If you're a Clinton supporter, you're bitter about losing.  IronLionZion   Feb-19-08 10:53 AM   #58 
  - Bitter, nope. Sad, certainly.  Sapphocrat   Feb-20-08 12:53 AM   #133 
  - Best OP of the Day!  MethuenProgressive   Feb-19-08 10:55 AM   #59 
  - That's about the size of it. K&R  SheWhoMustBeObeyed   Feb-19-08 11:05 AM   #60 
  - 100% True  tbl92666   Feb-19-08 11:25 AM   #61 
  - I don't disdain the person because of the followers  Dinkeldog   Feb-19-08 03:37 PM   #85 
  - There's a lot of truth in this!  yardwork   Feb-19-08 11:29 AM   #62 
  - Bravo!  seasonedblue   Feb-19-08 12:51 PM   #68 
  - Aaaaand on the "GREATEST" SECTION........  Tyler Durden   Feb-19-08 01:18 PM   #69 
  - Obama's bill would have removed ALL combat brigades by the end of next month March 31, 2008  IronLionZion   Feb-19-08 01:43 PM   #71 
  - BOOKMARKED!!! K & R! AWESOME, AWESOME post!!!  in_cog_ni_to   Feb-19-08 01:48 PM   #72 
  - love it.  IdClaire   Feb-19-08 01:52 PM   #73 
  - Welcome to DU, IdClaire!  in_cog_ni_to   Feb-19-08 01:55 PM   #75 
  - Wow, very good synopsis. n/t  lachattefolle   Feb-19-08 01:58 PM   #76 
  - K & R  tandot   Feb-19-08 02:05 PM   #77 
  - totally an Obama supporter with syrup on top  revmike   Feb-19-08 02:18 PM   #78 
  - this is my favorite  katty   Feb-19-08 02:30 PM   #79 
  - excellent post  ExtraGriz   Feb-19-08 02:37 PM   #80 
  - How about.. If you wrote this post, you're a Clinton Supporter?  RoadRage   Feb-19-08 03:29 PM   #84 
  - Thanks for the kick  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 03:41 PM   #87 
  - If I am reading this idiotic post, it is because the ignore function isn't available right now.  thecatburgler   Feb-19-08 03:43 PM   #88 
  - Actually its all true  dicknbush   Feb-19-08 10:46 PM   #126 
     - Tell us how you really feel  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-20-08 02:14 AM   #134 
  - IF YOU ARE SICK OF THE REPUBLICANS...SUPPORT THE DEM WINNER  happygoluckytoyou   Feb-19-08 03:44 PM   #89 
  - My take:  no name no slogan   Feb-19-08 03:45 PM   #90 
  - If you're a Clinton supporter  sniffa   Feb-19-08 03:48 PM   #91 
  - We are enjoying ourselves  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 08:40 PM   #116 
  - Well, that's nice.  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 10:31 PM   #124 
  - Most excellent! K & R! nt  nonconformist   Feb-19-08 03:49 PM   #92 
  - False assumptions.  Bornaginhooligan   Feb-19-08 03:51 PM   #93 
  - Don't you wish  skepticscott   Feb-19-08 03:53 PM   #94 
  - Heh heh  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 05:29 PM   #105 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-19-08 04:21 PM   #95 
  - Get the log out of your own eye, Obama supporter.  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 04:50 PM   #97 
     - Thanks for that  tbl92666   Feb-19-08 05:16 PM   #101 
  - Excellent. Thank you for posting that. And thanks to the author as well.  Redstone   Feb-19-08 05:11 PM   #100 
  - We both appreciate your kudos.  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 08:56 PM   #118 
  - thank you  NYCALIZ   Feb-19-08 05:25 PM   #102 
  - Wow, that about sums up all the arguments for me! Thanks much for this!  libbygurl   Feb-19-08 05:25 PM   #103 
  - You're quite welcome  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 09:16 PM   #120 
  - Fantastic!  Beausoir   Feb-19-08 06:13 PM   #108 
  - Yet another broad-brush attack....  FlyingSquirrel   Feb-19-08 06:34 PM   #110 
  - Of course, Obama supporters NEVER...  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 07:43 PM   #112 
     - Have to take issue with that last statement...  FlyingSquirrel   Feb-20-08 02:57 PM   #138 
  - Obama and Clinton are NOT from the same generation...  disunderestimated   Feb-19-08 08:50 PM   #117 
  - No argument about the difference between Boomers and Busters.  Sapphocrat   Feb-19-08 09:01 PM   #119 
     - Not sure what a Buster is technically...  disunderestimated   Feb-19-08 09:31 PM   #121 
        - Obama was born during the Baby Boomer period, during the second cohort  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-19-08 10:28 PM   #123 
           - Anyone that says...  Omegaman   Feb-19-08 11:47 PM   #129 
           - That's very kind of you  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-20-08 12:14 AM   #130 
           - Oh you mean the same thing by Busters ...  disunderestimated   Feb-20-08 12:20 AM   #131 
  - Spare us part 2  RummyTheDummy   Feb-20-08 02:18 AM   #135 
     - I'll tell the author how much you liked it.  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Feb-20-08 05:26 AM   #136 
 

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