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Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 09:21 PM
Response to Reply #29
42. I, of course, see the difference in the two sentences
but I still don't see how the first one is negative. Incorrect, maybe, but not insulting.


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  -WTF did I just see on MSNBC? PCIntern  Feb-04-08 12:07 PM   #0 
  - What a bunch of B.S. I saw the same thing on Sunday morning on.....  alstephenson   Feb-04-08 12:11 PM   #1 
  - From this day forward, I propose we call Republicans, Pubicans.  screembloodymurder   Feb-04-08 12:50 PM   #12 
  - Didn't you realize that MSNBC is actually GE-GOP?  MADem   Feb-04-08 12:12 PM   #2 
  - Yeah, I'm well aware of their  PCIntern   Feb-04-08 12:13 PM   #3 
  - Tim Russert, with his little eraser board, had a BUSH button on the underside of his lapel.  MADem   Feb-04-08 12:19 PM   #5 
     - did he really?  PCIntern   Feb-04-08 12:21 PM   #6 
        - At the Jefferson Jackson dinner. He was giggling and flashing it to his GOP pals.  MADem   Feb-04-08 12:30 PM   #9 
           - Pllllllllllease tell me someone has a picture of that...  truebrit71   Feb-04-08 02:19 PM   #27 
              - I am not aware of one. But enough people reported on it that its veracity  MADem   Feb-04-08 03:15 PM   #33 
  - I'm wonder if they will be dumped when Microsoft becomes Microshoo!  calipendence   Feb-04-08 12:58 PM   #14 
  - We should e-mail/call them and put them on notice every time they do it  Der Blaue Engel   Feb-04-08 12:13 PM   #4 
  - What is a good way to do that??  rodeodance   Feb-04-08 12:23 PM   #7 
     - go to the MSNBC.com page  PCIntern   Feb-04-08 12:25 PM   #8 
  - Who framed the idea that such uses of "Democrat" represent some sort of slur, anyway?  Fridays Child   Feb-04-08 12:37 PM   #10 
  - I'm trying to figure that out too.  Pacifist Patriot   Feb-04-08 01:02 PM   #15 
  - The People Who Coined The Term.  jayfish   Feb-04-08 01:14 PM   #16 
  - Whatever the obscure origin of this issue...  Fridays Child   Feb-04-08 01:30 PM   #19 
     - Some Lite Reading...  jayfish   Feb-04-08 01:59 PM   #22 
  - I honestly don't think the 99% of the population who aren't political junkies give a shit.  impeachdubya   Feb-04-08 02:00 PM   #23 
  - Not one inch...  PCIntern   Feb-04-08 02:35 PM   #30 
  - Right, but the fight re: Roe v. Wade is actually ABOUT something tangible.  impeachdubya   Feb-04-08 04:18 PM   #38 
  - Neither do I. And, to the extent that it is seen as a slur, I think that only shows...  Fridays Child   Feb-04-08 02:44 PM   #31 
  - American ignorance is not the point N/T  Skittles   Feb-04-08 03:14 PM   #32 
     - While there's a lot of ignorance out there, ignorance & "not giving a shit" are not the same thing.  impeachdubya   Feb-04-08 04:19 PM   #39 
  - It's the GRAMMAR  Dorian Gray   Feb-04-08 02:05 PM   #25 
  - No, it's that Democratic is a positive...  LiberalHeart   Feb-04-08 02:32 PM   #29 
     - I, of course, see the difference in the two sentences  Dorian Gray   Feb-04-08 09:21 PM   #42 
  - Me either. I have bigger fish to fry.  uppityperson   Feb-04-08 04:31 PM   #40 
  - The MSM Has Their Orders  AndyTiedye   Feb-04-08 12:43 PM   #11 
  - We should call them RapePublicans  aint_no_life_nowhere   Feb-04-08 12:53 PM   #13 
  - what's the beef?  Lance_Boyle   Feb-04-08 01:23 PM   #17 
  - It's rude to misspell or mispronounce a name...  Juniperx   Feb-04-08 01:25 PM   #18 
  - Until Democratic politicians object to being called Democrats,  Lance_Boyle   Feb-04-08 01:33 PM   #21 
     - Whatever You Say, Lance_Boy...  rcsl1998   Feb-04-08 04:34 PM   #41 
  - Sorry..it's not asinine  SoCalDem   Feb-04-08 03:17 PM   #34 
  - No, it is NOT unimportant. Why don't you do a little homework and look into  MADem   Feb-04-08 03:19 PM   #35 
     - believe it or not, I've been around long enough to know this 'issue'  Lance_Boyle   Feb-04-08 03:35 PM   #36 
        - You keep shopping that rightwing theme, it doesn't make it true. NT  MADem   Feb-04-08 03:38 PM   #37 
  - The header guy is from FAUX!  sakabatou   Feb-04-08 01:31 PM   #20 
  - Am I missing something obvious?  Dorian Gray   Feb-04-08 02:03 PM   #24 
  - No, because you're not insane.  Balbus   Feb-04-08 09:58 PM   #43 
  - No kidding wtf?  liberal1973   Feb-04-08 02:17 PM   #26 
  - I saw this too!  rumpycrunch   Feb-04-08 02:32 PM   #28 
 

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