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uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

7. They are people, not boots.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 03:23 PM

Oct 2015

I know, it is the term he used but it bothers me a lot because no. They aren't "boots" but people. It strikes me as an attempt to depersonalize people.

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In the tradition of Bush: Obama putting boots on the ground in Syria!!! Wee Hee! [View all] grahamhgreen Oct 2015 OP

Yep, DocPain Oct 2015 #1

I for one am not worried at all. Maedhros Oct 2015 #2

Newspeak is here HassleCat Oct 2015 #3

Less than 50 just the nose of the camel under the tent. willvotesdem Oct 2015 #4

Yawn tabasco Oct 2015 #5

Hey pal, ISIS is ex Iraqi military funded by Saudi oil money, using US equipment. Soon they grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #6

Darn right gratuitous Oct 2015 #9

They are people, not boots. uppityperson Oct 2015 #7

It absolutely is. They won't even fix Detroit, there is no reason to think they are trying to fix grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #8

My rant as this really upsets me uppityperson Oct 2015 #10

we'll fight with IS and PMOI against Kurdistan when we realize they're the ones MisterP Oct 2015 #11

Cardiff? grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #13

"it is a vote that says clearly to the Welsh--this is your last chance--disarm or be disarmed" MisterP Oct 2015 #15

Is This Barack Obama's 2nd Term? Is it Bill Clinton's 3rd? Or Is It Ronald Reagan's 9th? Octafish Oct 2015 #12

What is it? One-quarter of our debt is for the American Empire experiment in the ME? grahamhgreen Oct 2015 #14

Well, the moderators don't want to upset the candidates. Octafish Oct 2015 #16