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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-12-11 10:56 AM
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56. You don't like the word "Them"? It's a plural pronoun.
How do you interpret "Them" negatively? It's a perfectly good non-judgmental word.
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  -Red State America is all about fear and DEATH. Manifestor_of_Light  Sep-11-11 05:23 PM   #0 
  - Where are you?  savalez   Sep-11-11 05:25 PM   #1 
  - i'm guessing the OP is in a red state  BOG PERSON   Sep-11-11 05:33 PM   #4 
     - Her Profile Says Grapeland, Texas  AndyTiedye   Sep-11-11 05:59 PM   #13 
        - COuld have sworn  CRK7376   Sep-12-11 09:02 AM   #54 
  - and posting on a message board is life-affirming to you?  BOG PERSON   Sep-11-11 05:27 PM   #2 
  - You got a problem with that?  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 05:40 PM   #5 
     - no, not really  BOG PERSON   Sep-11-11 08:34 PM   #33 
  - You know the fear of 911 and it's effectiveness  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-11-11 05:28 PM   #3 
  - Ya.. Cleveland is in Love with Gov Kasich.. and his giant yard sale...  lib2DaBone   Sep-11-11 05:48 PM   #9 
     - ^ Exactly! ^  Mimosa   Sep-11-11 09:21 PM   #39 
     - the district that keeps electing Dennis Kucinich also loves John Kasich?  Bill McBlueState   Sep-12-11 11:30 AM   #62 
  - Life can be tough in a red state, especially if  LuvNewcastle   Sep-11-11 05:43 PM   #6 
  - I'm not leaving but I have to hit the cities to retain my sanity.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 05:55 PM   #10 
     - I understand -- sounds like a nice place.  LuvNewcastle   Sep-11-11 06:00 PM   #14 
  - I left my church because of constant fear mongering and self loathing worshippers.  Initech   Sep-11-11 05:45 PM   #7 
  - Mega churches and Country are pure filth.  Dawson Leery   Sep-11-11 05:46 PM   #8 
  - "I'm proud to be an American.. at least I know I'm free"  lib2DaBone   Sep-11-11 05:56 PM   #12 
  - This Aggressive Intradictions Drug Dog Police Team has done nothing for me.  Dawson Leery   Sep-11-11 07:42 PM   #30 
  - What chekpoint was that? I'll be sure not to go anywhere near there. nt  Auntie Bush   Sep-12-11 05:27 PM   #77 
  - I'm not even a country music fan, but your description of country music cracked me up.  cherokeeprogressive   Sep-11-11 06:05 PM   #16 
  - Remeber what happened to the Dixie Chicks?  Dawson Leery   Sep-11-11 06:31 PM   #22 
  - You obviously haven't heard Brad Paisley's song "Welcome to The Fututure", then.  Odin2005   Sep-11-11 09:12 PM   #37 
     - I am not a fan of his either.  Dawson Leery   Sep-11-11 09:50 PM   #41 
  - I Could Not Live There  AndyTiedye   Sep-11-11 05:55 PM   #11 
  - this is not a political statement  Claudia Jones   Sep-11-11 06:04 PM   #15 
  - I agree. There are millions of people that don't like the rightwing at all.  bluestate10   Sep-11-11 06:14 PM   #19 
     - I give them facts, and they ignore me.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 06:29 PM   #21 
        - And "they're" all the same?  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-11-11 06:34 PM   #23 
        - I did not say they are all the same. You are misinterpreting my words.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 06:47 PM   #26 
        - more tolerant of you  Claudia Jones   Sep-11-11 07:21 PM   #28 
        - "They" can talk about Christianity wherever they damn well please  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-12-11 11:28 AM   #61 
           - It was irrelevant to the book discussion.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 11:38 AM   #65 
              - You are perfectly free to leave if you don't like it  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-12-11 04:53 PM   #75 
                 - I don't know why they have to talk about xtianity when it had nothing to do with the book discussion  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 05:40 PM   #80 
                    - Freedom of religion and freedom of speech is a real pain in the ass, ain't it  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-13-11 10:35 AM   #89 
        - You don't like the word "Them"? It's a plural pronoun.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 10:56 AM   #56 
        - I was not talking about people that ignore facts. nt  bluestate10   Sep-11-11 06:42 PM   #25 
        - I don't blame them  Claudia Jones   Sep-11-11 07:20 PM   #27 
        - I do not show contempt to them. I am not hostile.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 08:24 PM   #32 
        - Yep.  Union Scribe   Sep-12-11 02:11 AM   #50 
        - You have an attitude!  Duppers   Sep-12-11 07:24 AM   #51 
           - Speak for yourself.  cordelia   Sep-12-11 08:27 AM   #53 
           - the burden is not on me  Claudia Jones   Sep-12-11 11:20 AM   #60 
              - Actually there is plenty of academic work  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-12-11 11:33 AM   #63 
                 - rural areas  Claudia Jones   Sep-12-11 11:44 AM   #66 
                    - I am talking biology, not regions.  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-12-11 11:55 AM   #67 
                    - ah, ok  Claudia Jones   Sep-12-11 12:06 PM   #69 
                    - And Then There is Vermont…  AndyTiedye   Sep-12-11 03:06 PM   #72 
                       - a lot of refugees  Claudia Jones   Sep-12-11 03:24 PM   #73 
        - "I correct THEM" sounds like an attitude problem.  Mimosa   Sep-11-11 09:23 PM   #40 
           - What is wrong with the word "Them"????  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 10:57 AM   #57 
  - You are literally in the belly of the beast where you are friend  Horse with no Name   Sep-11-11 06:11 PM   #17 
  - delete  Claudia Jones   Sep-11-11 07:24 PM   #29 
  - There were fires in Crockett, Percilla and Palestine.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 08:56 PM   #35 
  - Existential fear IS a corner stone of political conservativism  HereSince1628   Sep-11-11 06:14 PM   #18 
  - Thanks for article  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-11-11 06:19 PM   #20 
  - Also "stochastic terrorism".  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 12:24 PM   #70 
  - I don't know what church you're talking about; modern ones are ALL about self-esteem, not sin.  WinkyDink   Sep-11-11 06:37 PM   #24 
  - Not the ones around here.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 08:35 PM   #34 
  - hmmm  demoblemocratic   Sep-11-11 07:52 PM   #31 
  - I agree with everything except your gratuitous bashing of Country Music.  Odin2005   Sep-11-11 09:04 PM   #36 
  - I Like Bluegrass Too Much to Bash Country Music as a Whole  AndyTiedye   Sep-12-11 02:57 PM   #71 
  - The divisiveness of labelling whole states isn't helpful  Mimosa   Sep-11-11 09:19 PM   #38 
  - I'm just talking about where I live (TX) and my experiences here.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 10:12 PM   #43 
     - Manifestor of Light, is NJ a 'Red State'?  Mimosa   Sep-11-11 10:54 PM   #45 
        - I've never been to NJ. Can't say.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 01:04 AM   #47 
  - Politics does tend to divide, ultimately, between Eros and Thanatos. "Red" politics is definitely  villager   Sep-11-11 10:11 PM   #42 
  - Life (eroticism) and death.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-11-11 10:40 PM   #44 
     - Yup. Modern America is in thrall to the latter  villager   Sep-12-11 12:50 AM   #46 
  - and hero porn. n/t  miyazaki   Sep-12-11 01:59 AM   #48 
  - "Country music is whiny and negative."  Union Scribe   Sep-12-11 02:09 AM   #49 
  - That might be difficult. It's hard to play a *sad* song on the banjo (nt)  SlimJimmy   Sep-12-11 11:10 AM   #59 
  - They also hate elitist yankees, just in case you didn't know that  CBGLuthier   Sep-12-11 08:12 AM   #52 
  - We have an imported redneck from Maine here.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 11:01 AM   #58 
  - I feel your pain. I live in upstate SC. Red as a baboon's arse.  raccoon   Sep-12-11 09:04 AM   #55 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-12-11 11:35 AM   #64 
  - While I would definitely agree with you  Taverner   Sep-12-11 11:59 AM   #68 
  - Ah, yes. East TX.  ceile   Sep-12-11 03:28 PM   #74 
  - There is the guy who works at the post office.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 05:02 PM   #76 
  - Wow, so many broadbrush generalities and insults I hardly know where to begin  MadHound   Sep-12-11 05:29 PM   #78 
  - I'm relating my experiences. That's all. You got a problem with that?  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 05:35 PM   #79 
     - Alrighty then, let's start at the beginning  MadHound   Sep-12-11 05:53 PM   #82 
        - I know about Austin and Houston and Dallas and San Antonio.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 06:08 PM   #83 
           - The reason people are pissed at what you are saying  MadHound   Sep-12-11 06:17 PM   #84 
              - You have misinterpreted my words.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-12-11 06:40 PM   #85 
                 - Well then, in the future I suggest two things  MadHound   Sep-12-11 06:49 PM   #86 
                 - A cross is a torture device. You can't change its history.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-13-11 10:21 AM   #87 
                    - Again, you are being culturally insensitive  MadHound   Sep-13-11 10:38 AM   #90 
                       - self delete - wrong place,  cordelia   Sep-13-11 10:46 AM   #92 
                 - So just everyone in the rural areas. Got it.  WildEyedLiberal   Sep-13-11 10:44 AM   #91 
                    - I agree with you that the OP is not strictly true, however it can certainly feel that way sometime..  Fumesucker   Sep-13-11 11:05 AM   #95 
                       - Thank you Fumesucker!  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-13-11 09:45 PM   #96 
  - So are you going to be miserable there forever or are you going to move?  Shagbark Hickory   Sep-12-11 05:48 PM   #81 
  - Can you move?  bigwillq   Sep-13-11 10:25 AM   #88 
  - I cannot believe how vicious GD has gotten in the last year.  Manifestor_of_Light   Sep-13-11 10:50 AM   #93 
  - I love it here.  ileus   Sep-13-11 10:56 AM   #94 
 

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