Who are you to say "what gets used way too often around here"? (Reply #62)

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Thu Jul 11, 2013, 07:02 AM

Divernan (15,480 posts)

62. Who are you to say "what gets used way too often around here"?

This is based on being a member for one day? Don't be so quick to judge. You accuse others of being rigid and close-minded towards others. Jumping to conclusions based on one thread and one day is a bit close-minded, wouldn't you agree?

By the way, welcome to DU. In an effort to keep the level of discourse civilized, I respectfully request that you please cut back on the use of the words "fucking" and "bullshit", if you can express your thoughts, values and beliefs without those terms. And you will be taken seriously if you would please provide cites/links to factual claims which you rely upon.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
Germans illuminate message on US embassy [View all]	Ichingcarpenter	Jul 2013	OP
Merkel rejects Stasi comparisons and defends data interception	Cali_Democrat	Jul 2013	#1
Yah, but...Merkel is a good German.	HereSince1628	Jul 2013	#69
Of course she would, there have been some questions about her own background	sabrina 1	Jul 2013	#74
Good one!	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#2
You do know who that slob pictured on the slide is?	MADem	Jul 2013	#10
Oh, because that's what's important in this story	Le Taz Hot	Jul 2013	#14
You are showing your complete lack of knowledge with your response to me.	MADem	Jul 2013	#18
Thanks for proving my point	Le Taz Hot	Jul 2013	#25
I didn't prove your point. You didn't understand the issue. nt	MADem	Jul 2013	#28
Cloud storage is not theft of intellectual property.	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#20
Please--when what's in the "cloud" are movies that haven't been released to DVD yet,	MADem	Jul 2013	#29
You'd find the same on YouTube, for instance.	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#30
It did not "incidentally happen to use his face." He was IN ON IT.	MADem	Jul 2013	#33
See it your own way.	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#37
I'll "see it" based on the picture of the bootlegger projected on the building.	MADem	Jul 2013	#40
I did better than that MADem, I went to his Twitter page	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#43
Really? What did you see that was "different?" You're saying he didn't steal intellectual property?	MADem	Jul 2013	#46
Um... Who gives a shit about downloaded movies?	leeroysphitz	Jul 2013	#90
1992 called and wants their "Blah blah called and wants blah blah back" line back...	MADem	Jul 2013	#91
you can haz all my copyritz? lol.. nt	galileoreloaded	Jul 2013	#96
What, no Nazi references? Those would get that assclown arrested!	MADem	Jul 2013	#3
NPR too which I added for your acceptance	Ichingcarpenter	Jul 2013	#4
I've no doubt NPR copied it from RT...	MADem	Jul 2013	#6
Are you being sarcastic?	Ichingcarpenter	Jul 2013	#8
That's not what I said--but good "dense" (your word, own it) interpretation.	MADem	Jul 2013	#12
he's protected by Godwin's Law	markiv	Jul 2013	#5
You can't say that "N" word in Germany--they'll arrest you in "Stasi-like" fashion.	MADem	Jul 2013	#7
they try to stamp out nazi-dom, with a nazi jack boot	markiv	Jul 2013	#15
It isn't illegal to say the word Nazi in Germany. It's illegal to be a Nazi	Solly Mack	Jul 2013	#75
I think they use that "Stasi" word as a sneaky substitute, for the purposes of insulting people...	MADem	Jul 2013	#80
Jesus Christ, that is not Godwin's Law. How many times must I explain this?	Gravitycollapse	Jul 2013	#11
And it's not a law, but that doesn't matter when you're tasked with trying to defend	Egalitarian Thug	Jul 2013	#17
actually its an internet meme that needs pictures	galileoreloaded	Jul 2013	#97
As Germans they should have more respect for the people who suffered under the Stasi	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#9
That sloppy guy on the slide is mad because the "STASI" don't want him stealing	MADem	Jul 2013	#13
Well let's see... there's MKultra, Cointelpro, and this guy from my neighborhood	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#22
the comparison is still hyperbole	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#36
"But when you claim that we are in a police state" Really? Where did I say that?	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#38
This whole "I didn't say that" is typical hackneyed debate tactic BS	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#47
I'll say it	Scootaloo	Jul 2013	#57
And you said it very eloquently, indeed!	Divernan	Jul 2013	#61
I can appreciate and respect your ability to say it and stand by it.	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#68
Regarding the president...	Scootaloo	Jul 2013	#70
+ +	byeya	Jul 2013	#72
Excellent post.	woo me with science	Jul 2013	#79
Who are you to say "what gets used way too often around here"?	Divernan	Jul 2013	#62
more or less the assumptions you make about me are way off	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#64
The post is about pertinent hyperbole	PATRICK	Jul 2013	#73
9/11/2001 Guantanamo detention camp 2002	Progressive dog	Jul 2013	#116
you're correct in part	temmer	Jul 2013	#32
the data collection has scared the shit out of me since I heard about it	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#39
My sig is a quote from a former Stasi colonel.	Pholus	Jul 2013	#59
Hey, the Stasi wasn't intercepting my phone calls here in the USA back in the day	Fumesucker	Jul 2013	#67
Ahh, pious lectures to foreigners that they're not using their own history in a way you like... (nt)	Posteritatis	Jul 2013	#87
It came out of artist own pocket	Ichingcarpenter	Jul 2013	#16
Kim Dotcom, defender of freedom....NOT.	MADem	Jul 2013	#19
Not a fan of piracy I see.	Gravitycollapse	Jul 2013	#21
If I were an actor, producer, director, key grip, makeup artist, best boy, craft services provider,	MADem	Jul 2013	#24
People who pirate are generally those who could not afford it anyway.	Gravitycollapse	Jul 2013	#26
Naaaah--because this guy charges a fee.	MADem	Jul 2013	#27
Your post reminds me of something...	Scootaloo	Jul 2013	#52
I don't disagree that much of what Hollywood churns out is dreck, but I'll also bet that	MADem	Jul 2013	#56
You fail to grasp the point of the analogy	Scootaloo	Jul 2013	#66
Of course it's not the "primary" loss leader, but it is one--and for you to compare it to a seal is	MADem	Jul 2013	#81
yeah...let's attack the messenger *yawn*	temmer	Jul 2013	#34
Yes, because the messenger has been indicted for intellectual property theft. YAWN... nt	MADem	Jul 2013	#48
I can hear the Church Choir already. Outraged lectures to the Germans coming in 4,3,2,1...	Catherina	Jul 2013	#23
"I have a relative from East Germany and HE says...."	sibelian	Jul 2013	#31
The NSA has gathered more information, renditioned more people, than the Stasi ever did	Catherina	Jul 2013	#42
A stasi comparison is quite valid, according to a loyalist's own post	Divernan	Jul 2013	#44
Thank you	Ichingcarpenter	Jul 2013	#45
Exactly.	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#50
This message was self-deleted by its author	woo me with science	Jul 2013	#53
Hoisted, indeed. Thank you.	woo me with science	Jul 2013	#54
Another one today	Waiting For Everyman	Jul 2013	#71
Thank you for posting this. nt	woo me with science	Jul 2013	#77
You can't even debate me directly, perhaps to escape rebuttal?	Californeeway	Jul 2013	#63
Hit a nerve, didn't I?	Divernan	Jul 2013	#65
The Stasi comparison is appropriate	temmer	Jul 2013	#78
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser"	Catherina	Jul 2013	#111
+100000 "If you don't want to be compared to the Stasi, quit acting like it."	woo me with science	Jul 2013	#49
My personal favourite Choir Hymn "it's disrespectful to REAL victims of ....". One word - Hypocrites	idwiyo	Jul 2013	#60
Yep. "How dare they invoke their experiences in a way that makes us uncomfortable?!" (nt)	Posteritatis	Jul 2013	#88
If they're that worried about disprespecting REAL victims, they can address Guantanamo	Catherina	Jul 2013	#113
That's a stupid fucking insult to those who suffered	Cha	Jul 2013	#35
Ahem.	woo me with science	Jul 2013	#51
I've visited a Stasi (not staTsi) prison camp	Divernan	Jul 2013	#55
Except that the Patriot Act didn't disturb habeas corpus, the right to be publicly accused,	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#82
Patriot Act, expanded byMilitary Commissions Act,National Defense Authorization Act & SCOTUS	Divernan	Jul 2013	#84
Derp Someone didn't read Hamdan vs Rumsfeld.	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#85
That was 2006 - try to keep up.	Divernan	Jul 2013	#92
Yes, and the NDAA explicitly states that it doesn't change the law regarding detainee	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#93
YOU brought up Hamden v. Rumsfeld; I don't rely on it.	Divernan	Jul 2013	#94
I'm saying Hamdan v Rumsfeld disproves your entire argument. nt	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#95
The law doesn't work the way you think it does.	Divernan	Jul 2013	#98
You're aware that Congress can't overrule a constitutional ruling by the SCOTUS, right?	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#101
I'm the retired law professor & you're not	Divernan	Jul 2013	#106
A retired law professor who can't read a statute.	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#107
You get A for persistence; F for legal knowledge/reasoning	Divernan	Jul 2013	#108
Nope, I just had much better professors than you when I attended law school.	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#109
Well you better tell Obama, cause that's not the way he sees it.	Divernan	Jul 2013	#112
Too much misinformation to debunk from	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#115
Oh the irony - that should leave a mark	malaise	Jul 2013	#41
It's a stupid insult to those who did suffer under the German	Cha	Jul 2013	#100
I'm an Obama fan but I don't support	malaise	Jul 2013	#103
Yes, I know, malaise.. the real German Stasi..	Cha	Jul 2013	#105
Well your Fundie neighbors are watching you now	malaise	Jul 2013	#110
Don't have any fundy neighbors thank Goodness.. but, I see your	Cha	Jul 2013	#114
Hilter, Stasi and Stalin -- the Hair of Fire Trifecta	DontTreadOnMe	Jul 2013	#58
These germans... Accusing the NSA of Stasi tactics without asking our permission first!	Democracyinkind	Jul 2013	#76
Germans have every right to make idiotic comparisons to their own past. nt	geek tragedy	Jul 2013	#83
Evidently, they can insult those who did suffer under the German Stasi and	Cha	Jul 2013	#104
Oh dear!	Rex	Jul 2013	#86
Absurd. n/t	Blackford	Jul 2013	#89
That looks like a really	Shankapotomus	Jul 2013	#99
How idiotic	BainsBane	Jul 2013	#102

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