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79. WTF do your woo-woo beliefs have to do with sexuality?...
That's a big fuckin' leap to go from laughing at your ridiculous beliefs to being accused of homophobia.

Perhaps you should retract the smear.

Sid
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  Please use your grey matter and consider grey areas -- Think Outside The Bias omega minimo  Feb-28-09 07:59 PM   #0 
   Swell. Like we don't all think about these complex issues. NT  Mike 03   Feb-28-09 08:00 PM   #1 
   Defensive reply, false reversal, accusation that "all" are being commented on.  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:02 PM   #2 
   What is the OP's point? nt  ZombieHorde   Feb-28-09 08:08 PM   #5 
   Read it, please  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:10 PM   #7 
      I did read your post. Will you answer my question? nt  ZombieHorde   Feb-28-09 08:15 PM   #9 
         yes, if you would tell us what you were able to discern for yourself  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:19 PM   #10 
            You like Albert Einstein. nt  ZombieHorde   Feb-28-09 08:47 PM   #21 
            relying on "past experience" and twisted-knowledge is what got us into this mess...  ProgrezivIndie   Mar-01-09 11:29 AM   #81 
   I'm sorry. It's just that I see these sorts of posts every day.  Mike 03   Feb-28-09 08:30 PM   #17 
      I'm sorry it was a lecture and thinly veiled -- no insult intended, esp. toward "retards"  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 10:40 PM   #23 
         'Smartypants' and 'small-minded' were probably a mistake, then  muriel_volestrangler   Mar-01-09 12:08 PM   #84 
            Good one LOL  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:48 PM   #90 
               No, no sarcasm there  muriel_volestrangler   Mar-01-09 01:04 PM   #102 
                  So "skeptics" HAVE no sense of humor. Thank you for confirming.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:14 PM   #111 
                     #53  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:16 PM   #113 
   Nope. Only the OP does. And those who agree with him or her.  BlooInBloo   Feb-28-09 08:23 PM   #12 
      Not at all. Don't be SILLY. Oh wait, It's BlooInBloo!!!  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:29 PM   #15 
   #36 of the Woo Woo Credo...nt  SidDithers   Feb-28-09 08:04 PM   #3 
   #2 checking in to prove the OP's (and Einstein's) point  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:06 PM   #4 
   Ya know what's really funny? Aside from you editing your post later?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 04:29 AM   #66 
   I very clearly showed what my edit was...  SidDithers   Mar-01-09 11:26 AM   #80 
   funny stuff  Blue_Tires   Mar-01-09 01:12 PM   #107 
   "Batshit views" --  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:16 PM   #112 
      #93B  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:16 PM   #114 
      I was just amused by the general humor in the list  Blue_Tires   Mar-01-09 01:20 PM   #119 
         I was amazed how much like Republican "humor" it was.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:24 PM   #121 
   This is the greatest thing of all time  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 01:17 PM   #115 
   yes  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:36 PM   #186 
   Did you know that Einstein liked the idea of socialism?  MedleyMisty   Feb-28-09 08:09 PM   #6 
   .  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:10 PM   #8 
   (shrug) Einstein also didn't believe in the use of probablistic models...  BlooInBloo   Feb-28-09 08:25 PM   #14 
   Ahhh, now I see where you're coming from...  SidDithers   Feb-28-09 08:22 PM   #11 
   black and white thinking deflects a lot of important topics  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:37 PM   #19 
   Lots of quotes there, here's a few more...  cobalt1999   Feb-28-09 08:24 PM   #13 
   Considering the supernatural not part of "the real world" (and quoting John Stossel)  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:41 PM   #20 
      Oh, dueling quotes.  cobalt1999   Feb-28-09 08:49 PM   #22 
         Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-28-09 10:59 PM   #24 
            I've seen several folk on the supposed left here  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 12:06 AM   #26 
            Good point, except this is not true:  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:40 AM   #28 
            Beliefs are not a choice?  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 12:56 AM   #31 
               This is the same rationale that was used during the Inquisition.  I Have A Dream   Mar-01-09 01:03 AM   #33 
               Um, what?  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:08 AM   #37 
               It seems I Have A Dream suggests beliefs are not a choice like a suit of clothes to change  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:12 AM   #39 
               If I misunderstood you, I apologize.  I Have A Dream   Mar-01-09 01:13 AM   #40 
                  Very well said  ayeshahaqqiqa   Mar-01-09 10:28 AM   #74 
                  Of course they can complain.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 12:08 PM   #83 
               Dear Dream  ayeshahaqqiqa   Mar-01-09 10:27 AM   #73 
               Exactly. Your points well taken.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:07 AM   #36 
                  I'm an artist.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:17 AM   #41 
                     That's the point  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:20 AM   #43 
                        DU is not society.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:28 AM   #45 
                           OKIC  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:37 AM   #47 
            It's also your choice to use ad hominem attacks like "woo-woo."  Baikonour   Mar-01-09 03:15 AM   #55 
            I was quoting.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 09:04 AM   #70 
            confusion  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:41 PM   #189 
            Funny this "beliefs are a choice" thing. Have you really thought that through?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:39 AM   #61 
               Yes, I have thought this through.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 09:11 AM   #71 
            Yes, I agree with you, omega minimo.  I Have A Dream   Mar-01-09 12:17 AM   #27 
            This is key. And one hint at what the most hostile have had taken from them:  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:50 AM   #29 
               Sufis call them "God Concepts"  ayeshahaqqiqa   Mar-01-09 10:33 AM   #75 
                  excellent post for everyone. Thank you ayeshahaqqiqa  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:51 PM   #92 
                     Sorry I couldn't get on this discussion earlier  ayeshahaqqiqa   Mar-01-09 01:47 PM   #142 
                        yes  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:01 PM   #152 
            you must be kidding  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 12:59 AM   #32 
            I respect your right to dig in your heels and tighten your blinders. The hostility we could do w/o.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:04 AM   #34 
            I don't care about the OP  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 01:20 AM   #42 
            Speaking of malicious and dishonest ---  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:35 AM   #46 
               what are you talking about?  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 01:46 AM   #49 
                  You have the right to your opinion and not to attack, I won't argue the first or accept the latter.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:54 AM   #51 
                     I don't care what your motives are  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:25 AM   #54 
                        Oh I assumed you read the OP or the thread you were posting in  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:17 AM   #56 
                           this is strange  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 01:20 PM   #118 
                              not at this point  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:26 PM   #123 
                                 lol  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:31 PM   #184 
                                    #32  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:48 PM   #197 
                                       is this a comedy routine?  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:51 PM   #201 
                                          #197  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:59 PM   #213 
            2As did not make a personal attack  Vanje   Mar-01-09 11:14 AM   #78 
            Excellent post, TA.  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 11:35 AM   #82 
            We're WooWoo! We're Coo Coo! Get used to it!  Vanje   Mar-01-09 10:54 AM   #76 
            #29  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:47 PM   #89 
               #29?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 12:53 PM   #94 
                  Maybe it's the DSM-IV number for her condition. n/t  QC   Mar-01-09 01:54 PM   #148 
            WTF do your woo-woo beliefs have to do with sexuality?...  SidDithers   Mar-01-09 11:17 AM   #79 
               #23 and #29  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:49 PM   #91 
                  Instead of posting random numbers,  Vanje   Mar-01-09 12:55 PM   #96 
                  instead of not reading the posts,  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:58 PM   #98 
                     Did the OP have a point?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:02 PM   #101 
                     Vanje, again, you might want to read before you post :thumbsup:  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:09 PM   #106 
                        Who is keeping you from getting married?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:18 PM   #117 
                     I read all of the posts  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:50 PM   #200 
                        She's attempting (unsuccessfully) to co-opt very real, very ugly discrimination against the GLBT....  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 02:55 PM   #209 
                           We have more in common than you might think  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:01 PM   #216 
                  #412 and #590  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:57 PM   #212 
   There is healthy skepticism about the way things are and then  sufrommich   Feb-28-09 08:29 PM   #16 
   healthy skepticism over ignorant attacks? You betcha  omega minimo   Feb-28-09 08:34 PM   #18 
   Clarke's Three Laws:  petronius   Feb-28-09 11:58 PM   #25 
   Well ya don't have ta get all  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:51 AM   #30 
      What's wrong with pithy? It's a lot better than sententious, etc  petronius   Mar-01-09 01:04 AM   #35 
         Especially long sententious.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:09 AM   #38 
            Depends on how quickly he talked, doesn't it?  petronius   Mar-01-09 01:23 AM   #44 
               he was in an elevator  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:39 AM   #48 
   Nice post, Einstein  leftstreet   Mar-01-09 01:51 AM   #50 
   We have our WINNUR!  havocmom   Mar-01-09 01:55 AM   #52 
   No shit, Sherlock  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:59 AM   #53 
   Who knew that Einstein was such a shit disturber here at DU?  HCE SuiGeneris   Mar-01-09 03:23 AM   #57 
   Fervet olla, vivit amicitia  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:25 AM   #58 
      Salut  HCE SuiGeneris   Mar-01-09 03:28 AM   #59 
         Grazie Mille.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:34 AM   #60 
   Albert Einstein's book "Einstein's Dreams." was very profound.  RandomThoughts   Mar-01-09 03:49 AM   #62 
   You connected the dots and didn't even have all of them!!! Absolutely awesome.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 04:17 AM   #64 
      Methinks thou dost protest too much  LooseWilly   Mar-01-09 12:21 PM   #85 
         OMG!  Vanje   Mar-01-09 12:31 PM   #86 
         Done and done.  LooseWilly   Mar-01-09 01:30 PM   #131 
         Now THAT'S using your grey matter.  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 12:42 PM   #87 
         too bad it's false  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:06 PM   #104 
            Its hard to understand your meaning. Please explain.  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:13 PM   #109 
            It's not a false assumption.  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 01:25 PM   #122 
            What topic? Which one that the OP refers to generally? The one linked in the thread?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:29 PM   #129 
               Yes, actually, I do.  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 01:31 PM   #132 
            Remote controls are FUN...  LooseWilly   Mar-01-09 02:20 PM   #174 
            What did you think of the Gaia thread?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:22 PM   #177 
               Shrug?  LooseWilly   Mar-01-09 02:38 PM   #187 
                  yes it seems some have had bad associations with the more flamboyant examples  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:45 PM   #193 
            Dude! You are totally bad talking my Lord and Saviour!  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:30 PM   #183 
         (cue Minnesota accent)...Oh, that's gonna leave a mark.  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 12:44 PM   #88 
         #23  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:54 PM   #95 
         You are still equating "rational" with bullying bigotry...  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:01 PM   #100 
            Dig in deeper, feel free and then look for another thread to flame, maybe another target topic  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:08 PM   #105 
               If you are just looking for everyone to agree with you, you should just post that in the OP.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:14 PM   #110 
               I'm more interested in learning than winning. That's why the OP says what it does. Oneupsmanship is  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:18 PM   #116 
                  I'm interested in learning too  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:26 PM   #124 
                  I'm interested in how old you are  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:27 PM   #126 
                  I dont need a hug from you  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:46 PM   #141 
                     Well yes. Isn't that obvious?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:03 PM   #154 
                        Answer the fucking question!  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:09 PM   #160 
                           Thank you Bully may I please have some more?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:19 PM   #172 
                              Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-01-09 02:35 PM   #185 
                  Are you absolutely incapable of addressing the questions?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:29 PM   #128 
                     #331  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:56 PM   #211 
                  Sorry, that's not what it looks like from my POV. n/t  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:28 PM   #127 
                     #136  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:04 PM   #155 
                        Uh-uh. Keep digging.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 02:15 PM   #167 
                           Not if they read the OP  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:21 PM   #175 
                              The OP was fine.  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 02:50 PM   #199 
                                 "Sorry"  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:52 PM   #205 
                                    When does the gay community here get an apology from you? n/t  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 03:00 PM   #215 
               Then stop villifying those who disagree with you.  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 01:26 PM   #125 
                  oh please. now who's persecuted. HIlarious  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:30 PM   #130 
                     Did I say I was persecuted? Nope.  Shakespeare   Mar-01-09 01:33 PM   #134 
                     The pointlessness of the hostility in "disagreeing" is what the OP is challenging  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:39 PM   #139 
                        You are clearly out of your depth here, rhetorically speaking...  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 01:48 PM   #143 
                        Why do bullies think they have the right to demand satisfaction to their demands?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:08 PM   #158 
                           Terms like  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:11 PM   #162 
                           like "limp wristed" and "woowoo" You get it!  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:24 PM   #178 
                              Both those terms  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:43 PM   #192 
                           You have allowed no discussion, just a pathological repetition of the same accusations  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 02:19 PM   #171 
                           Allowed? No discussion?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:25 PM   #179 
                              You are clearly not interested in discussion. You are interested in proselytizing.  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 02:50 PM   #198 
                                 The OP "position" is that there is a lot more potential for common ground and discussion among  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:55 PM   #208 
                                 Thank you for proving my point. Yet again.  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 03:00 PM   #214 
                                    Okay I was wrong  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:03 PM   #217 
                                 I dont even think its proselytizing  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:56 PM   #210 
                                    .  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 03:05 PM   #219 
                           When you make a bizarre statement in a public forum,  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:41 PM   #190 
                        "Woo Woo is the new Faggot"?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:49 PM   #144 
                           "Please"  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:26 PM   #180 
                     Then calling people "bigots" is just your idea of lighthearted fun?  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 01:35 PM   #136 
         great post  Two Americas   Mar-01-09 02:54 PM   #206 
   Very nicely done.  LaurenG   Mar-01-09 04:15 AM   #63 
   Oh Thank YOU  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 04:18 AM   #65 
   A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ~ Emo Philips  bridgit   Mar-01-09 04:32 AM   #67 
   Your sig line is erroneous ...  GeorgeGist   Mar-01-09 08:47 AM   #68 
   And this is in reference to?  MadHound   Mar-01-09 08:49 AM   #69 
   #64  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:57 PM   #97 
   All I know is  ayeshahaqqiqa   Mar-01-09 10:15 AM   #72 
   When a person makes a claim on a public message board,...  Vanje   Mar-01-09 11:05 AM   #77 
   perhaps you would be less "nuclear"  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 12:52 PM   #93 
      So you buy my shit about the rapture?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:01 PM   #99 
   Ladies and Gentlement, your Sunday Woo-woo thread...  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 01:04 PM   #103 
   Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-01-09 01:12 PM   #108 
      This "faggot" says  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:21 PM   #120 
      #93  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:35 PM   #135 
         I'm responding to your statement that "WooWoo is the new Faggot"  Vanje   Mar-01-09 01:53 PM   #147 
            maybe there's another single post on a different thread you could have a hissy fit about  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:00 PM   #151 
               To GLBT readers, that post trivializes the GLBT experience  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:08 PM   #157 
                  Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-01-09 02:12 PM   #163 
                  GLBT experience? I got some.  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:18 PM   #170 
                  btw they burned "faggots" (both kinds), Gypsies, Others when they burned millions of women for being  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:17 PM   #169 
                     Who is keeping you from marrying?  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:21 PM   #176 
      This shit is an emberassment  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 01:36 PM   #138 
      Actually, we were doing fine until the East Coast woke up. What's in the water back there?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:42 PM   #140 
         You're so transparent you really could be made of crystal  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 01:52 PM   #146 
            another uninformed, hostile attack, reinforcing the cliches, proving the point. well done!  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:59 PM   #149 
            Who are you to make that claim?  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 02:07 PM   #156 
               Stunning that they're still not actually saying anything  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:09 PM   #159 
               Awwwwww, poor little persecuted you  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 02:14 PM   #166 
               Translation into English: "Help! Help! I can't defend my ideas!"  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 02:39 PM   #188 
                  you win. feel "better" now?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:46 PM   #194 
                     There is nothing to win here, child, and nothing to feel better about.  tanngrisnir3   Mar-01-09 02:51 PM   #204 
               I dont think Omega is making many converts today  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:13 PM   #165 
                  Unfortunately it won't stop him/her from posting this same thread  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 02:54 PM   #207 
                     Well you know what Albert Einstein said:  Starry Messenger   Mar-01-09 03:05 PM   #220 
            "I'm not willing to "open up" and embrace a pile of stupid." I agree completely.  Odin2005   Mar-01-09 02:20 PM   #173 
               It never gets to that point. Don't pretend. The attacks END discussion, not begin it.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:28 PM   #181 
                  That's like the Creationists and IDiots saying that scientists are "trying to silence them".  Odin2005   Mar-01-09 02:47 PM   #195 
                     Not at all. But that rationale makes people think they can belligerently shut down discussion  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:51 PM   #202 
                        There is no rational for your woo-woo  NeedleCast   Mar-01-09 03:04 PM   #218 
      You have a need to attack gays in order to defend some idea or other of yours?  bluedawg12   Mar-01-09 02:13 PM   #164 
         Never.  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:29 PM   #182 
   Albert would be slapping all the woo woos quoting him silly.  Odin2005   Mar-01-09 01:33 PM   #133 
   Good morning, Odin2005. Nice to see you. How can his own quotes not mean what he said?  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 01:36 PM   #137 
   Accusing critics of woo of being "closed-minded" is a typical lame woo argument.  Odin2005   Mar-01-09 01:49 PM   #145 
      You're smart enough to bother actually reading the OP and trying to grasp "common ground"  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:10 PM   #161 
   Einstein would be impressed,  Vanje   Mar-01-09 02:00 PM   #150 
      Yup. IMO his talk about imagination was a criticism of what became Logical Positivism.  Odin2005   Mar-01-09 02:16 PM   #168 
   You First.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Mar-01-09 02:03 PM   #153 
   the trick is  JitterbugPerfume   Mar-01-09 02:41 PM   #191 
   Thanks Tom!  omega minimo   Mar-01-09 02:47 PM   #196 
   200 replies and only 12 recs? Well, here's another. n/t  Greyhound   Mar-01-09 02:51 PM   #203 
   locking  maddezmomDU Moderator   Mar-01-09 03:06 PM   #221 
 

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