| 178. That's "bumpkin", not "bumpking" |
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An educational moment brought to by one of the "anti-intellectual" rural dwellers you hate so much.
Do you honestly think city people are so much more brilliant? Bill O'Reilly is a native of NYC. And there are a hell of a lot of people in urban areas who care more about getting involved in street crime than getting an education. You'll also find that there are a lot more smart kids getting bullied by morons in the cities and suburbs than in rural areas.
Incidentally, the high-school dropout rate is far lower in small towns than in cities. That's because we're more concerned with "book learnin'" than nightclubbing and mall trawling.
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| -Anti intellectualism.. this is what you get |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 09:47 PM |
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US = United Stupidity! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Jul-29-11 09:48 PM |
#1 |
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+1. It really explains it all. nt |
Cant trust em |
Jul-29-11 09:49 PM |
#2 |
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'Scuse me, I know I'm bucking against the excepted wisdom here, |
MadHound |
Jul-29-11 09:51 PM |
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From reading both of your comments |
MikeE |
Jul-29-11 10:06 PM |
#5 |
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And non rural people who also do not honor it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:17 PM |
#11 |
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Low information voters... |
YvonneCa |
Jul-30-11 08:52 PM |
#175 |
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Being from the country doesn't make you a country bumpking |
lunatica |
Jul-29-11 10:06 PM |
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Jul-29-11 10:08 PM |
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You made me laugh : ) (n/t) |
R. P. McMurphy |
Jul-29-11 11:16 PM |
#42 |
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Alas I am not talking about you |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:15 PM |
#10 |
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"The problem is that we really don't have a good term for that.. . . not in English." ?? |
Petrushka |
Jul-29-11 10:34 PM |
#23 |
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Phillistine does not describe it... after all |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:37 PM |
#28 |
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I like troglodytes |
hyphenate |
Jul-29-11 10:56 PM |
#33 |
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The problem is that while it's gotten virulent |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 11:01 PM |
#36 |
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ROTFL! :D |
lbrtbell |
Jul-30-11 09:58 PM |
#179 |
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Guess it depends on your own definition of "philistine". |
Petrushka |
Jul-29-11 11:05 PM |
#38 |
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YEah but think of the BIBLICAL concept |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 11:08 PM |
#39 |
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---self-delete--- |
Petrushka |
Jul-29-11 11:39 PM |
#48 |
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That is exactly the term we should not use |
Occulus |
Jul-29-11 10:58 PM |
#34 |
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So let me ask, will know nothings work? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 11:02 PM |
#37 |
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No, that will only insult them |
Occulus |
Jul-29-11 11:08 PM |
#40 |
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Ah gotcha |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 11:12 PM |
#41 |
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And that is one of the biggest problems with this site. |
Occulus |
Jul-29-11 11:17 PM |
#43 |
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Yep, and framing is quite important |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 11:23 PM |
#44 |
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There's a campaign slogan : Better Than Slamming Your Dick In A Door |
saras |
Jul-30-11 03:21 PM |
#141 |
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"Such terminology [philistine] will only harden them against you." But, of course . . . |
Petrushka |
Jul-29-11 11:38 PM |
#47 |
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Jul-30-11 12:12 AM |
#55 |
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I prefer 'Yahoo' (from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels"). It's gotten |
coalition_unwilling |
Jul-30-11 12:00 AM |
#51 |
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Those are the majority of Americans |
alarimer |
Jul-29-11 11:01 PM |
#35 |
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MOst of the country is ignorant; which is why repukes can win elections. |
ej510 |
Jul-30-11 01:39 AM |
#78 |
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I call it The Stupid Belt |
hifiguy |
Jul-30-11 05:18 PM |
#157 |
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They pray a lot so everything is OK |
lunasun |
Jul-29-11 10:03 PM |
#4 |
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And then we have the intellectuals |
Patchuli |
Jul-30-11 08:50 PM |
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Jul-29-11 10:12 PM |
#8 |
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well to be fair to country bumpkins... |
renegade000 |
Jul-29-11 10:15 PM |
#9 |
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The problem is that we really do not have the exact |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:18 PM |
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Jul-29-11 10:20 PM |
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Reminds me of Cliff Claven...nt |
SidDithers |
Jul-29-11 10:22 PM |
#17 |
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Clavenites! |
zappaman |
Jul-29-11 10:23 PM |
#19 |
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Exactly. A perfect example of pseudo-intellectualism...nt |
SidDithers |
Jul-29-11 10:35 PM |
#26 |
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Quite the high flying comment |
pintobean |
Jul-30-11 12:21 PM |
#109 |
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Stereotypes are fun!!...nt |
SidDithers |
Jul-29-11 10:17 PM |
#12 |
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The knuckledraggers think Limbaugh is a genius |
Jim Warren |
Jul-29-11 10:19 PM |
#14 |
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Yep, but as I pointed out, while the term is descriptive |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:20 PM |
#16 |
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Jul-29-11 10:22 PM |
#18 |
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just say "republicans" |
eShirl |
Jul-29-11 10:34 PM |
#25 |
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There is a clear absence of education and knowledge. This country is very pathetic since 1980. |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Jul-29-11 10:28 PM |
#20 |
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Ronnie was a very smart political run |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:31 PM |
#21 |
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Who was the millionaire who developed a cult following? nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Jul-29-11 10:36 PM |
#27 |
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Rush Limbaugh aka El Rushbo |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:38 PM |
#29 |
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Well, yeah, he was a pig that would've made Joseph Goebbels proud nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Jul-29-11 10:43 PM |
#31 |
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In 1980, 17% of the public had a college degree. Today it's 30% |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 11:52 AM |
#105 |
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You can't spell anti-intellectualism without TEA. |
Initech |
Jul-29-11 10:33 PM |
#22 |
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Current incarnation, yep... |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:34 PM |
#24 |
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America gave part of the reins to it's people. This required a certain amount of responsibility |
Gregorian |
Jul-29-11 10:41 PM |
#30 |
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Why I said we need another term that is just as descriptive |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 10:50 PM |
#32 |
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Anti intellectualism indeed. |
izzybeans |
Jul-29-11 11:29 PM |
#45 |
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Absolutely... as I explained to Madhound... above |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-29-11 11:32 PM |
#46 |
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What is the Spanish word? (eom) |
Petrushka |
Jul-29-11 11:44 PM |
#49 |
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Pendejo |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:03 AM |
#52 |
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A Spanish profanity, no less! |
Petrushka |
Jul-30-11 12:23 AM |
#58 |
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Yep... but it is so descriptive.. to these folks |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:29 AM |
#60 |
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From Wikipedia: |
Raksha |
Jul-30-11 01:09 AM |
#65 |
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Yes and it has other meanings too |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:12 AM |
#66 |
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Such a multi-purpose word! As used in South America, "pendejo" refers to a "smartass" . . . |
Petrushka |
Jul-30-11 01:27 AM |
#73 |
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And it is one of the many meanings of the word |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:28 AM |
#74 |
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"...be very specific.... it is a Mexican profanity..." ["...helper of the cook."?**] |
Petrushka |
Jul-30-11 01:14 AM |
#68 |
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Congrats my reference to the dictionary defintion |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:21 AM |
#71 |
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I did a google.com search for "cajeta" before posting #68 (above). I found "pendejo" to be more |
Petrushka |
Jul-30-11 01:55 AM |
#79 |
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It is also a word that is hard to translate |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:57 AM |
#80 |
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Well, let's just change it to Ben Dahoe, then. (nt) |
SlimJimmy |
Jul-30-11 08:40 PM |
#172 |
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"Know nothings? That works?" Nope! Because there was a political party in the 1800s called . . . |
Petrushka |
Jul-29-11 11:59 PM |
#50 |
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I know... |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:04 AM |
#53 |
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So many names so little time... |
Kalidurga |
Jul-30-11 12:30 AM |
#61 |
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The problem with randites is that this is very specific |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:34 AM |
#62 |
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The problem with trying to describe their state of mind is... |
Kalidurga |
Jul-30-11 12:50 AM |
#63 |
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Alas we are back to some of the more general terms that |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:01 AM |
#64 |
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Randite doesn't work for one reason. |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 02:43 AM |
#86 |
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Yep there is that, why this is so hard to do |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:00 AM |
#93 |
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Richard Neustadt needs to be read in every high school. |
provis99 |
Jul-30-11 12:09 AM |
#54 |
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And perhaps some of Susan Jacoby's recent work |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:14 AM |
#56 |
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yeah, I just happen to be reading Jacoby's book today. |
provis99 |
Jul-30-11 02:17 AM |
#83 |
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Since you're talking about my friends and neighbors...... |
loyalsister |
Jul-30-11 12:18 AM |
#57 |
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Alas I am not talking of your friends and neighbors who |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:27 AM |
#59 |
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I am not so sure they are willing to learn to reach my conclusions |
loyalsister |
Jul-30-11 11:24 AM |
#97 |
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Key word of what you said thinking people |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:52 AM |
#106 |
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Yep. Bingo. Knocked it out of the park. |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 01:13 AM |
#67 |
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We have been an apt term |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:16 AM |
#70 |
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remember when being smart |
cabot |
Jul-30-11 01:15 AM |
#69 |
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Yep, but that is part of the problem |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:22 AM |
#72 |
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it's like that book |
cabot |
Jul-30-11 01:31 AM |
#76 |
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Jul-30-11 03:14 AM |
#88 |
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I certainly don't. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jul-30-11 04:50 PM |
#150 |
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I think know nothings is the best term. |
potone |
Jul-30-11 01:31 AM |
#75 |
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Yeah they are not stupid |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:34 AM |
#77 |
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So what's the excuse for the educated city slickers... |
JHB |
Jul-30-11 02:05 AM |
#81 |
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Alas they are not educated city slickers |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:10 AM |
#82 |
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I've been using 'willfully ignorant' to describe them. |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 02:22 AM |
#85 |
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But I do not think the base is stupid either |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 10:58 AM |
#91 |
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I live around their base and work with them too. |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 01:43 PM |
#116 |
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Why the term ideocrat works. |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:50 PM |
#118 |
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And why the future is going to look like the movie Idiocracy |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 02:05 PM |
#124 |
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I hope we wake up soon |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:14 PM |
#130 |
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Never read it. |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 02:24 PM |
#132 |
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Oops got my title wrong |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:48 PM |
#134 |
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No, but when I was a youngster I LOVED BB! |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 05:20 PM |
#158 |
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I got mine at the used book store |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 05:40 PM |
#162 |
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Great writers stir deep emotions. |
Rex |
Jul-30-11 05:54 PM |
#164 |
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Yea I know but it was as unsettling as me |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 05:58 PM |
#165 |
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Sounds like the same effect that watching the movie "Network" has. |
calimary |
Jul-31-11 01:37 AM |
#180 |
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Read reply 86 for why Randian doesn't work. However, |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 02:49 AM |
#87 |
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And Fascist does as well |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 10:59 AM |
#92 |
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I haven't noticed the educated doing any great favors for the common people either though. |
JVS |
Jul-30-11 02:20 AM |
#84 |
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In the recent past I will fully agree |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:01 AM |
#94 |
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Your life expectancy says otherwise. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jul-30-11 04:51 PM |
#151 |
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Not if you're one of the many uninsured Americans. |
JVS |
Jul-30-11 05:02 PM |
#152 |
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... |
Cetacea |
Jul-30-11 05:45 AM |
#89 |
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Agree, except, |
Le Taz Hot |
Jul-30-11 05:59 AM |
#90 |
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That is what we have had a long discussion on what term to use |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:11 AM |
#95 |
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"Pinche" means "nasty". Assistant cook. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jul-30-11 03:23 PM |
#142 |
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Bullshit. The Democratic party doesn't suffer from insufficient hostility toward the working class. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 11:19 AM |
#96 |
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Two points about this |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:29 AM |
#98 |
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Greenfield nailed it in 2008 |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 11:43 AM |
#101 |
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Oh absolutely |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:47 AM |
#104 |
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When we call the working class "the know nothings" we cultivate the problem. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 11:59 AM |
#107 |
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Alas when I talk of a know nothing I am not talking of |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 12:08 PM |
#108 |
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Bill O, Cantor, Bachmann, Paul, Ryan; Right elites |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 04:09 PM |
#147 |
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Why we have setttled on Ideocrats |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 04:49 PM |
#149 |
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I am liking you more and more now that I recognize your username |
Kali |
Jul-30-11 12:34 PM |
#110 |
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Yes, I guess that is the other point |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jul-30-11 04:20 PM |
#148 |
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midst - just saying. (nt) |
SlimJimmy |
Jul-30-11 08:47 PM |
#173 |
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Jul-30-11 11:29 AM |
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As promised, posted the poll |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 11:39 AM |
#100 |
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Yeah the term is "tea bagger". Now I'm going to unrec this mean spirited post |
Shagbark Hickory |
Jul-30-11 11:46 AM |
#102 |
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Just the truth |
malaise |
Jul-30-11 11:47 AM |
#103 |
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Intellectuals suck. Just ask Mao and Pol Pot. |
gulliver |
Jul-30-11 01:05 PM |
#111 |
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Alas we are small moving in that direction |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:07 PM |
#112 |
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I think I should point out that this condition has nothing to do with class or education level. |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 01:19 PM |
#113 |
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Exactly... Why i call it a state of mind. |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 01:48 PM |
#117 |
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Jul-30-11 01:39 PM |
#114 |
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Don't forget their love of historical mythology and idealism |
lebkuchen |
Jul-30-11 01:41 PM |
#115 |
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Idealization of a mythical past is the very foundations for Fascism. |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 01:52 PM |
#120 |
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What mechanisms does the US have as its defense to fight fascism |
lebkuchen |
Jul-30-11 02:06 PM |
#125 |
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K&R n/t |
bobthedrummer |
Jul-30-11 01:51 PM |
#119 |
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Not bumpkins, these 'know nothings' know exactly what they are doing |
JCMach1 |
Jul-30-11 01:59 PM |
#121 |
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They still hate any book learnin' which is what this refers to |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:01 PM |
#122 |
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L_E_A_R_N_E_D |
bobthedrummer |
Jul-30-11 02:03 PM |
#123 |
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America has always had an anti-intellectual strain in the 'intellectual' life of the nation... |
JCMach1 |
Jul-30-11 02:11 PM |
#127 |
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Yep, it goes to at least the first great revival |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:13 PM |
#128 |
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It definitely harkens back to the Puritan origins of the American self |
JCMach1 |
Jul-30-11 02:21 PM |
#131 |
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And the leaders of our party |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:46 PM |
#133 |
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Exactly, civility in the face of incivility is just well... |
JCMach1 |
Jul-30-11 02:55 PM |
#136 |
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Jul-30-11 03:02 PM |
#138 |
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Exactly correct, or on the left anyway we get called out... |
JCMach1 |
Jul-30-11 03:17 PM |
#140 |
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Sure sounds a lot like my country cousins... |
JuniperLea |
Jul-30-11 02:09 PM |
#126 |
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The Idiocracy... |
JuniperLea |
Jul-30-11 02:13 PM |
#129 |
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Ugh |
Union Scribe |
Jul-30-11 02:51 PM |
#135 |
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Well you could also use what I will no longer use myself |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 02:56 PM |
#137 |
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I call it the Y'all vote! nt |
aaaaaa5a |
Jul-30-11 03:05 PM |
#139 |
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Where I live anyone who studies is a "showoff". |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jul-30-11 03:24 PM |
#143 |
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That shows her ignorance of Buddhism. |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 03:53 PM |
#145 |
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And we all learn something every day... |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 04:06 PM |
#146 |
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Tradionally Buddhists reject any worship of the Buddha |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 05:09 PM |
#153 |
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Thanks I will have to do some ahem readying |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 05:11 PM |
#154 |
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The Buddha is an example, not one to be worshipped. |
hifiguy |
Jul-30-11 05:24 PM |
#159 |
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There are some Buddhists who argue there are no Gods at all either. |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 05:31 PM |
#160 |
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I gave this woman a 5 minute speech about who the Buddha was. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jul-30-11 08:53 PM |
#176 |
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Ignoracists. |
Kip Humphrey |
Jul-30-11 03:44 PM |
#144 |
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It's like George Carlin said |
hifiguy |
Jul-30-11 05:16 PM |
#155 |
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The Founders were one of the two sides though |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 05:38 PM |
#161 |
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Perhaps we need a balance of the two aspects. |
white_wolf |
Jul-30-11 09:44 PM |
#177 |
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anti intellectualism sums up the rightwing |
undercutter799 |
Jul-30-11 05:18 PM |
#156 |
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"This is what you want, this is what you get." |
Morizovich |
Jul-30-11 05:49 PM |
#163 |
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How about "burbkins"? |
spooky3 |
Jul-30-11 06:03 PM |
#166 |
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It is a state of mind |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 06:37 PM |
#168 |
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Right Wing Extremist Terrorists. |
Hatchling |
Jul-30-11 06:35 PM |
#167 |
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Disappointed.... |
jhasp |
Jul-30-11 07:30 PM |
#169 |
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For ya |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jul-30-11 07:34 PM |
#171 |
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My husband uses the term "Know-Nothings" to refer to them all the time. |
calimary |
Jul-30-11 07:31 PM |
#170 |
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That's "bumpkin", not "bumpking" |
lbrtbell |
Jul-30-11 09:57 PM |
#178 |
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Have you read this thread any? |
white_wolf |
Jul-31-11 01:45 AM |
#181 |
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