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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 11:09 AM
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6. If they don't want to be demonized, they should drop their demonic policies.
It really is that simple.
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  -One of my cousins told me to stop "demonizing" Republicans Cyrano  May-25-11 11:04 AM   #0 
  - They're demonizing themselves.  Deep13   May-25-11 11:05 AM   #1 
  - Yeah, just stand back, get out of their way! n/t  Rectangle   May-26-11 06:29 AM   #51 
  - Your not wrong. They're the American version of  socialist_n_TN   May-25-11 11:06 AM   #2 
  - I am thoroughly sick and tired of racist assholes whining about being called on their bigotry.  Zoeisright   May-25-11 11:07 AM   #3 
  - Too late to demonize them They are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past that already.  BrklynLiberal   May-25-11 11:07 AM   #4 
  - I think of them as the country's biggest hate group.  EFerrari   May-25-11 11:08 AM   #5 
  - Bingo.  Scuba   May-25-11 11:13 AM   #9 
  - I think you're right on, EFerrari. Actually, I can't think of any "Other" they don't hate.  Cyrano   May-25-11 11:25 AM   #13 
  - If they don't want to be demonized, they should drop their demonic policies.  arbusto_baboso   May-25-11 11:09 AM   #6 
  - Demonization is not a trait of any particular viewpoint  slackmaster   May-25-11 11:09 AM   #7 
  - Well, after all, that IS an insult ... to demons.  damntexdem   May-25-11 11:10 AM   #8 
  - Reminds me of a classic Big Time Wrestling move.  JohnnyRingo   May-25-11 11:18 AM   #10 
  - LOL, it happens EVERY match...  hwmnbn   May-25-11 11:45 AM   #19 
     - That would make it ballet  TrogL   May-25-11 02:00 PM   #37 
  - I actually find mocking and sarcasm more effective and better accepted  ProgressiveProfessor   May-25-11 11:21 AM   #11 
  - Maybe if they started acting like civilized people, they would not be "demonized"  SoCalDem   May-25-11 11:23 AM   #12 
  - I agree. They're moving forward as fast as they can to the 12th century  Cyrano   May-25-11 11:28 AM   #14 
  - Here's what civilized people do...  pipi_k   May-25-11 11:39 AM   #16 
     - So did they vote for candidates that supported  socialist_n_TN   May-25-11 12:49 PM   #24 
     - I wouldn't know, actually  pipi_k   May-25-11 01:01 PM   #26 
        - Yep. That is my answer.........  socialist_n_TN   May-25-11 01:09 PM   #28 
           - Well I'm not sure I'd lump all of "them" into one group.  pipi_k   May-25-11 01:41 PM   #35 
     - The thing with Republicans  treestar   May-25-11 02:10 PM   #38 
        - And there you go. As I said  socialist_n_TN   May-25-11 05:57 PM   #41 
  - Answer: Then stop the demonic activity  nichomachus   May-25-11 11:32 AM   #15 
  - In truth, trying to tell a wingnut anything is a total waste of time.  Cyrano   May-25-11 11:44 AM   #18 
     - You don't need to tell me. I stupidly got into a conversation with my sister yesterday  nichomachus   May-25-11 12:03 PM   #21 
  - So your cousin thinks the Republicans are just too dumb to realize  Lars39   May-25-11 11:41 AM   #17 
  - No. My cousin is just too dumb to realize how the outcome of Republican polices will affect him  Cyrano   May-25-11 12:03 PM   #20 
     - Hard to reverse once it gets going.  Lars39   May-25-11 12:11 PM   #22 
  - of course you are right but demons are peeved when you tell the truth  pitohui   May-25-11 12:17 PM   #23 
  - Repukes are totally incapable of understanding the concept of turnabout being fair play..  truebrit71   May-25-11 12:54 PM   #25 
  - classic conservative play: provoke, provoke, provoke  rucky   May-25-11 01:04 PM   #27 
  - Was it Harry Truman who said  hifiguy   May-25-11 01:16 PM   #29 
  - Close - Adlai Stevenson  Brother Buzz   May-25-11 01:20 PM   #30 
  - Truman said, I don't give them hell, I just tell the truth and they think it's hell..  Fumesucker   May-25-11 01:28 PM   #32 
  - I say stop humanizing them.  tekisui   May-25-11 01:25 PM   #31 
  - yeah, you are wrong, but hardly anybody here will tell you  hfojvt   May-25-11 01:34 PM   #33 
  - Oho.....!!!! Very good points!  pipi_k   May-25-11 01:50 PM   #36 
  - My bad. I guess I'll start all conversations by telling them that  Cyrano   May-25-11 05:43 PM   #40 
  - it really makes me wonder  hfojvt   May-26-11 01:22 AM   #48 
  - Honestly, who gives a fuck. The idea is a majority not a consensus.  TheKentuckian   May-25-11 09:22 PM   #43 
     - "telling the truth is not demonizing"  hfojvt   May-26-11 01:08 AM   #46 
        - Because 30 or 40 years of coddling, assimilation, and acceptance has radicalized the anti-social  TheKentuckian   May-26-11 06:54 AM   #54 
        - Also, I would add that "demonizing" works. The headway the Reich Wing has made over decades  TheKentuckian   May-26-11 07:14 AM   #55 
  - Your cousin sounds like my brother  Viking 1   May-25-11 01:36 PM   #34 
  - Was his head twirling/spewing green vomit while a scratchy voice emanated from his butt at the time?  Fly by night   May-25-11 03:14 PM   #39 
  - Did you ask her if what the Republicans/Teabaggers have  MadMaddie   May-25-11 08:43 PM   #42 
  - Congratulations on having a long discussion with a Republican family member.  Festivito   May-25-11 10:16 PM   #44 
  - These are the days of our lives.  immoderate   May-25-11 11:29 PM   #45 
  - "I'm not Demonizing Republicans  proud patriot   May-26-11 01:10 AM   #47 
  - you're not telling the whole truth.  tomp   May-26-11 05:05 AM   #49 
  - Sounds like most all of my ignorant relatives whom I've stopped speaking to  Duppers   May-26-11 06:15 AM   #50 
  - Hell, Sir, Nobody Demonizes Republicans: They Reveal Themselves As Demons Every Time They Vote  The Magistrate   May-26-11 06:31 AM   #52 
  - What you need to do is ask your relative to tell you what Republicans have done  lunatica   May-26-11 06:34 AM   #53 
  - True is true. "Demonizing" is just an opinion.  Kurovski   May-26-11 08:47 AM   #56 
 

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