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FoxNewsSucks

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24. AMEN!!!!!

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 06:09 PM

Mar 2022

The constant smugness from the "snark brigade" is so off-putting. As is the constant scolding.

I can't believe people here have to be reminded that the point of a discussion board is to discuss.

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OK, I have to ask this. [View all] Scrivener7 Mar 2022 OP

Hallelujah! boston bean Mar 2022 #1

Bombing nuclear facilities makes fear of nuclear war moot. (Nearly) czarjak Mar 2022 #78

Agreed! Texasgal Mar 2022 #2

The snark brigade is always waiting in the wings to pounce about something here. littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #3

Oh, my! You're so welcome! I am touched by your words. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #4

❤ littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #6

THIS! nt Atticus Mar 2022 #20

THIS. KPN Mar 2022 #25

What you said Hekate Mar 2022 #37

Well said, lmsp! brer cat Mar 2022 #57

Wholeheartedly agree! XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #59

I've called out some for snark. LakeArenal Mar 2022 #68

+++❤ quaint Mar 2022 #69

Yup. Discussion is a good thing. nt DLevine Mar 2022 #5

OK, here's my opinion. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #7

OWN IT! And say it whenever you feel it needs saying! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #10

My opinion: Escalating tension UNnecessarily is very foolish Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #12

Besides, DENVERPOPS Mar 2022 #43

Belarus needs to pay for allowing Russia to attack Ukraine from inside Belarus. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #16

Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #22

They already are paying COL Mustard Mar 2022 #67

I do not attack you. You can put down your hands. I'm unarmed. jaxexpat Mar 2022 #39

"Winning is when time passes and we're still here." 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #70

The "we" I referred was the collective human race. The dead did not and cannot win, by any means. jaxexpat Mar 2022 #76

The human race doesn't win by allowing the gross grievance of injustice to be unanswered. 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #79

Boil on. It will not change the equation. jaxexpat Mar 2022 #80

Difficult questions and answers are complicated. Just the same, Self Defense against an Aggressor msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #72

Well said. I think the attacks on people who are questioning policy, Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #8

OMG yes! "Don't you trust Biden?" is a classic! As is the "armchair general" complaint. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #40

The armchair general complaint. wnylib Mar 2022 #66

It may just be that some topics generate so many OP's and responses that eventually it rubs some dameatball Mar 2022 #9

+1000! 👆 ShazzieB Mar 2022 #32

We definitely shouldn't react like someone is creating a national security hazard... Silent3 Mar 2022 #11

Nope! I totally support your right to argue with another's opinion. That's not what this is about. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #13

I have no problem with debates, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #14

Thank you for pointing that out, MCE. DENVERPOPS Mar 2022 #48

+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #81

I agree with you. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #15

There may be comrades who feel otherwise... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #17

LOL! Yes there may! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #18

If you were to somehow come across Ukrainian troop movements, don't post them ck4829 Mar 2022 #19

If this were Discussionist, I would add "Don't broadcast Zelensky's location." Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #21

Like Geraldo? nt BidenRocks Mar 2022 #55

Like Marco. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #64

I would add, don't show what the gov asks you not to show, Rubio. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #60

Discussion is often how we process things. SheltieLover Mar 2022 #23

AMEN!!!!! FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #24

And to respect others opinions mysteryowl Mar 2022 #30

Discussion is good, spreading misinformation is bad Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #45

You're so right (nt) NQAS Mar 2022 #26

Bingo. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #27

Thanks for this! mysteryowl Mar 2022 #28

Agree and it is not just about discussions about the recent war Meowmee Mar 2022 #29

Right on! MLAA Mar 2022 #31

Most of us are already having conversations about this war and expressing opinions Warpy Mar 2022 #33

Saying someone is off the mark is a world away from telling someone they are not equipped Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #34

So walk away in a huff, maybe eat something Warpy Mar 2022 #52

Personal favorite... "Why don't YOU go over and fight" Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2022 #56

This. n/t ms liberty Mar 2022 #35

Bingo. Beastly Boy Mar 2022 #36

lol.. DUers get uptight sometimes. thanks for this Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #38

I think people who have zero chance of fighting in a war . . . Sympthsical Mar 2022 #41

I suspect you are one of the very, very few here who has more than a zero Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #46

correct Skittles Mar 2022 #54

We need to be able to discuss the war and it is only natural to have differing opinions on a war LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #42

Wait, this isn't the direct-to-the-White-House presidential advice forum? Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #44

I'm pretty sure Joe has aides transcribe your posts for him. So it isn't direct. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #47

Absolutely correct Bettie Mar 2022 #49

Well said! hamsterjill Mar 2022 #50

I am a Senior citizen and I keep having this dream about the... Tikki Mar 2022 #51

I've seen comments that the "keyboard brigade" wants to rush headlong into war, are itching for war betsuni Mar 2022 #53

I have seen it in some forms. boston bean Mar 2022 #61

Differing opinions on the war does not give one side the right to call the other Putin Puppets! Emile Mar 2022 #58

You mean I don't have to be in a certain government job, to comment on the person in that job? lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #62

Yup. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #63

Next Level - because we aren't running the war JustAnotherGen Mar 2022 #65

I'm not outraged, just disturbed at how many cheerleaders for WWIII we have around here (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #71

Thank you for this Scrivener, I was thinking the same thing earlier today. lark Mar 2022 #73

....Yes, it's OK to talk about war..."The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman does exactly that.. Stuart G Mar 2022 #74

I got attacked on this forum today for my opinion. The Jungle 1 Mar 2022 #75

except we have to abide by YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #77