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In reply to the discussion: It's really not about politics to the typical conservative anymore [View all]Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)49. Let's just agree
that, according to a person's particular experience with conservatives, they may have more or less a capacity for dealing with them. Some, who have experienced first hand abuse at the hands of conservatives, are going to get less mileage with them than someone who hasn't had their energy and life wasted by them yet. If we have some liberal representatives that can manage a more patient face for conservatives, that's good. We need them for diplomacy when a more patient and tolerant voice is called for.
And if some of us can't tolerate conservatives in our presence based on our past experience and knowledge of them, that's okay too.
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Shankapotomus
May 2014
OP
How do you get "demonizing" out of this thread? That presupposes good/evil constructs, but the
ancianita
May 2014
#5
Okay so please give some examples of demonizing here. Seriously. I don't see it.
ancianita
May 2014
#7
i don't see many Democrats demonize . I see far more claims of God, and demonizing by Republicans.nt
Leme
May 2014
#9
And yet its root is "demon," a term often used by the religious conservative right, among others.
ancianita
May 2014
#15
Apply that definition to quoted evidence from this thread. If you can't, your claim is baseless.
ancianita
May 2014
#12
I'm not the one making the claim that others are "demonizing," you are. You have the burden of proof
ancianita
May 2014
#20
That poster suggested we shouldn't demonize conservatives and now he/she has you discussing
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#22
Nice. First "demonizing" was challenged. Now it's, Why shouldn't we demonize them.
buzzcola
May 2014
#28
Tell me this, while you're coming in here like a bigshot telling us how to act...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#29
Do what you want. You guys sound like kids that need to be sent the principal.
buzzcola
May 2014
#30
Then politely tell me why we should not demonize confederate assholes who contribute
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#34
Then prove. your. claim. That's what we do in DU. Stubborn insistence on your rightness fails here.
ancianita
May 2014
#46
You thought "demonize" referred to literal Devils. Cannot take your position seriously.
buzzcola
May 2014
#47
While I appreciate the levity (really, I do), their stupidity is destroying our liberties,
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#33
Confederate, goddamned fucking cons ARE demons! Every damn thing they do costs lives!
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#13
Calm down. Doing stupid evil isn't demonic, but humans who have to be, how can I say it ...
ancianita
May 2014
#18
They're all fucking evil. Dupes have to believe in what the killers, thieves, and con
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#21
Well, I'd prefer to think that dupes have redeemable capacities, and we can't get far with rhetoric
ancianita
May 2014
#23
"but they can't be dealt with when we come from your position." Well...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2014
#27
Their psychology is whatever got them power in school -- bullying, manipulation, lack of empathy,
ancianita
May 2014
#4
You did? About 5 people have asked me to host groups. Must have gotten lost in the confusion. Sorry.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#58
I'd appreciate a resend, just in case, although I've never agreed to host before. TIA.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#60