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In reply to the discussion: Why are right wingers so often intellectually dishonest? [View all]NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)51. Both sides do it, both sides breathe air, other than that, there is NOTHING the left and the right
have in common that they both do.
Both sides support their ideology, one sides ideology is fairness and decency and helping others, the other side is entirely based in greed and hate.
Both sides my ass
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What a load of pure, unadulterated horseshit. Besides the right's refusing to abide
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#31
Both sides do it, both sides breathe air, other than that, there is NOTHING the left and the right
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#51
Here's a good example of how their minds (if one may use the term) operate. Shortly after
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#34
He identified himself as an agnostic in a letter written shortly before his execution
Major Nikon
Dec 2014
#57
Teaparty and the like live in a universe where Obama is a Muslim waiting to bomb their
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#54
cognitive dissonance only lets in facts that support their delusional world view
on point
Dec 2014
#29
Exactly.. if they weren't dishonest then they would be wrong all the freakin time..
SomethingFishy
Dec 2014
#39
They have to be because their beliefs are based on lies, racism and sick Randian fantasies.
workinclasszero
Dec 2014
#42
Well, my late right-wing grandfather thought that Obama was a "far-left radical"..
YoungDemCA
Dec 2014
#45
Maybe not rich but sounds like a classic Bircher -right age group...was he a Bircher?
lunasun
Dec 2014
#56
the same words mean different things to them. take the "golden rule", for instance.
unblock
Dec 2014
#55