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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 12:09 PM
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41. That's the thing about dialogue in mixed crowds
To be honest with you DU is the only place that I interact where so many substitute terms are used. Even in just Dem crowds. In mixed crowds of course it is a very bad idea if productive dialogue is to be hoped for.

How positively would you react to the term "DemoRATS"?

Anything that resembles name calling should be ommitted from any conversation that is meant to be positive. No matter how appropriate those names may be. ;-)

Julie

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  -A comment left on my blog by a republican. jasonc  Feb-02-07 10:09 AM   #0 
  - be nice about it  OKNancy   Feb-02-07 10:10 AM   #1 
  - I'm with you  lancdem   Feb-02-07 10:12 AM   #2 
  - I'd be interested in finding out what he embraces of the pug agenda.  katsy   Feb-02-07 10:12 AM   #3 
  - My guess is  jasonc   Feb-02-07 10:17 AM   #10 
     - Maybe this "moderate" really has less in common with pugs than he thinks.  katsy   Feb-02-07 10:26 AM   #18 
  - My response would be  gratuitous   Feb-02-07 10:13 AM   #4 
  - Tell him your beef is with the Republican leadership and elected officials; not voters.  Liberty Belle   Feb-02-07 10:14 AM   #5 
  - But  jasonc   Feb-02-07 11:58 AM   #35 
     - Would you rather have the US be a one-party country?  slackmaster   Feb-02-07 05:18 PM   #53 
        - OK, let me put it a different way  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:22 PM   #55 
           - Yes, much more reasonable and more realistic  slackmaster   Feb-02-07 05:29 PM   #59 
  - You could always tell him...  Rob H.   Feb-02-07 10:15 AM   #6 
  - LOL  jasonc   Feb-02-07 10:16 AM   #8 
  - Point out to him that the GOP has set the precedent and the standards.  AndyA   Feb-02-07 10:16 AM   #7 
  - it's not your fault that corruption and republick have become synonymous.  xchrom   Feb-02-07 10:17 AM   #9 
  - I just had a great idea  jasonc   Feb-02-07 10:18 AM   #11 
  - Agree with him - he is correct. Then add a bit about shoe and other foot  havocmom   Feb-02-07 10:19 AM   #12 
  - thats so good,  jasonc   Feb-02-07 10:21 AM   #14 
  - Sounds to me...  skypilot   Feb-02-07 10:20 AM   #13 
  - By his being a registered member of the Republican Party he is giving  brazos121200   Feb-02-07 10:21 AM   #15 
  - He was civil enough  Sammy Pepys   Feb-02-07 10:21 AM   #16 
  - Must you respond?  Swamp Rat   Feb-02-07 10:26 AM   #17 
  - I agree, don't respond to these people.  roamer65   Feb-02-07 05:27 PM   #58 
  - Well,  Dem_in_Nebr.   Feb-02-07 10:31 AM   #19 
  - anyone who is still a member of the repuke party  leftofthedial   Feb-02-07 10:36 AM   #20 
  - response: you are right. there is good and bad. unfortunately  seabeyond   Feb-02-07 10:36 AM   #21 
  - OK  jasonc   Feb-02-07 10:46 AM   #22 
  - This is really good.  IMModerate   Feb-02-07 11:21 AM   #34 
  - You are right  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:16 PM   #51 
  - Here is his response.  jasonc   Feb-02-07 12:01 PM   #36 
     - Counterargument to the Clinton pardons  Rob H.   Feb-02-07 02:14 PM   #43 
     - I actually laughed  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:14 PM   #49 
     - Those excerpts don't address his point.  lwfern   Feb-02-07 06:19 PM   #64 
        - he does seem to be making that point  jasonc   Feb-02-07 06:34 PM   #67 
        - Of course you're right  Rob H.   Feb-02-07 07:16 PM   #73 
           - I read it as neither sides are saints  lwfern   Feb-02-07 08:13 PM   #81 
     - Maybe another year or so and this person will change party affiliation.  katsy   Feb-02-07 03:16 PM   #44 
     - I dont think so  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:14 PM   #50 
     - Ah, the old "they're both equal" fallacy. Reality check: they're not.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Feb-02-07 06:38 PM   #68 
  - There are pleasant $300 million CEO's  sandnsea   Feb-02-07 10:48 AM   #23 
  - Name-calling is so pointless.  JackRiddler   Feb-02-07 10:48 AM   #24 
  - Agreed  Sammy Pepys   Feb-02-07 11:01 AM   #31 
  - ask him to name a great Republican and why  LSK   Feb-02-07 10:49 AM   #25 
  - I agree with the poster  Jack Rabbit   Feb-02-07 10:49 AM   #26 
  - You could point out that on righty blogs "libtards" is popular.  Jonathan50   Feb-02-07 10:54 AM   #27 
  - I would say something to the effect of  judaspriestess   Feb-02-07 10:54 AM   #28 
  - Ask him if he is 100% innocent of every using Democraps, Dumbocrats  treestar   Feb-02-07 10:57 AM   #29 
  - Remind him of the parable of the guy with a plank in his eye trying to help a guy with a splinter...  RedStateShame   Feb-02-07 11:00 AM   #30 
  - Ask him if he uses the term Democrat party.  mmonk   Feb-02-07 11:03 AM   #32 
  - Ask him if he understands that the Republlican party is founded on  sfexpat2000   Feb-02-07 11:06 AM   #33 
  - Ask him what he thinks the Republican Party stands for today and  mnhtnbb   Feb-02-07 12:03 PM   #37 
  - I hate to say it but I agree with the comment left.  helderheid   Feb-02-07 12:04 PM   #38 
  - I can't say how you should respond. Part of me finds the whole name calling thing  mondo joe   Feb-02-07 12:06 PM   #39 
  - Ask him to list the great Republican's and tell him dead ones ...  Sentinel Chicken   Feb-02-07 12:09 PM   #40 
  - That's the thing about dialogue in mixed crowds  JNelson6563   Feb-02-07 12:09 PM   #41 
  - You should say you don't respond to anonymous  jumpoffdaplanet   Feb-02-07 12:23 PM   #42 
  - Bastardization of words is a poor substitute for reasoned discussion  slackmaster   Feb-02-07 03:22 PM   #45 
  - It wasnt a taunt  jasonc   Feb-02-07 04:52 PM   #47 
  - Yes, you are free to say anything you wish  slackmaster   Feb-02-07 05:16 PM   #52 
     - If you noticed  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:19 PM   #54 
  - Thank you, Slackster. There is no substitute for good manners  Bucky   Feb-02-07 07:53 PM   #80 
  - Either he applies this logic to to O'Really and Coulter and the like also OR  baby_mouse   Feb-02-07 03:45 PM   #46 
  - I do see your point  jasonc   Feb-02-07 04:53 PM   #48 
     - why don't you just send him a list  POAS   Feb-02-07 05:24 PM   #56 
     - That is also a good idea.  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:37 PM   #61 
        - don't leave out all the names  POAS   Feb-02-07 06:22 PM   #65 
           - Please  jasonc   Feb-02-07 06:32 PM   #66 
              - Try these  POAS   Feb-02-07 06:45 PM   #70 
              - Or this  POAS   Feb-02-07 07:04 PM   #72 
                 - What a scumbag  jasonc   Feb-02-07 07:47 PM   #77 
                    - What amazes me is  POAS   Feb-03-07 02:13 AM   #82 
     - In my experience, zero, of course.  baby_mouse   Feb-02-07 05:24 PM   #57 
        - Hey  jasonc   Feb-02-07 05:36 PM   #60 
           - Thank you!  baby_mouse   Feb-02-07 07:33 PM   #74 
              - You're welcome  jasonc   Feb-02-07 07:48 PM   #78 
  - Ask him why his pretzelnit lumps us all together as the Democrat Party?  YDogg   Feb-02-07 05:43 PM   #62 
  - ask him to explain why republicanism as demonstrated by the republicans in power isn't repugnant.  Labors of Hercules   Feb-02-07 06:08 PM   #63 
  - I don't have very much against Rockefeller Republicans  cgrindley   Feb-02-07 06:41 PM   #69 
  - I would be inclined  vpilot   Feb-02-07 06:59 PM   #71 
  - What a great reply  jasonc   Feb-02-07 07:39 PM   #75 
  - I put a link to this discussion on my blog  jasonc   Feb-02-07 07:42 PM   #76 
  - I'm with him. Name calling is childish. Here's an example of someone you're turning off with it.  Bucky   Feb-02-07 07:52 PM   #79 
 

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