Wouldn't it be nice if they chose otherwise? (Reply #4)

In the discussion thread: Kerry defends liberties, says Americans have "right to be stupid" [View all]

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Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:46 AM

BainsBane (42,212 posts)

4. Wouldn't it be nice if they chose otherwise?

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72 replies	Author	Time	Post
Kerry defends liberties, says Americans have "right to be stupid" [View all]	IDemo	Feb 2013	OP
Too many people take him up on that	get the red out	Feb 2013	#1
That was exactly my thought	relayerbob	Feb 2013	#12
It's over-exercised because promoting it aids and abets the predator class...	Larry Ogg	Feb 2013	#28
AND, it's important to note that there are consequences for choosing...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#29
Unfortunately	get the red out	Feb 2013	#30
There will always be such people. ALWAYS. I think education...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#32
agree	get the red out	Feb 2013	#34
So am I. And there will be more...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#36
Recall: Female Suffrage use to be "Stupid"	AllTooEasy	Feb 2013	#39
Sorry	get the red out	Feb 2013	#40
"Hooray. Finally, a lib who gets it!" - RepubliBaggers (R)	Berlum	Feb 2013	#2
You have the right to be stupid-- if you dare...	Ian David	Feb 2013	#3
Wouldn't it be nice if they chose otherwise?	BainsBane	Feb 2013	#4
And, of COURSE, Reuters would go with 'the most provocative" headline because they want to gin up	blm	Feb 2013	#5
Most of the media, with few exceptions, does that...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#35
++++++++1 n/t	wisteria	Feb 2013	#43
Whose he callin stoopid??	edbermac	Feb 2013	#6
There are millions of Americans proving him correct	liberal N proud	Feb 2013	#7
Yes, but we live under the thumb of these stupid people	mountain grammy	Feb 2013	#8
Well, he's right.	Arkana	Feb 2013	#9
Isn't Stupid Costing This Country Billions?	otohara	Feb 2013	#10
Actually, it would be "trillions"	relayerbob	Feb 2013	#13
Word n/t	otohara	Feb 2013	#16
I took it to mean that people (like the Nazi party or anti-Muslim types) have the right to protest	pampango	Feb 2013	#11
Forrest Gump said it best, "Stupid is as stupid does."	yellowcanine	Feb 2013	#14
That's a bunch of crap.	sofa king	Feb 2013	#15
Kerry was one of the strongest people attacking Republican lies in the Senate	karynnj	Feb 2013	#20
It IS a problem...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#31
+1	politicasista	Feb 2013	#45
Amen to that.	sofa king	Feb 2013	#71
It seems like every time John Kerry comments on "stupid people" he gets himself in trouble. n/t	hughee99	Feb 2013	#17
Every other article has the statement in context - for what it is -	karynnj	Feb 2013	#18
There are many ways he could have phrased this.	hughee99	Feb 2013	#23
Oh brother.	ProSense	Feb 2013	#24
You have the right to be stupid	hughee99	Feb 2013	#26
Freedom is wonderful, isn't it? n/t	ProSense	Feb 2013	#27
Actually they DID take his words out of context	karynnj	Feb 2013	#38
No, taken verbatim it means that if you don't work hard in school	hughee99	Feb 2013	#41
The press knew damn well that Kerry merely dropped a pronoun because they'd heard the line before	blm	Feb 2013	#46
That's my point, they didn't HAVE to twist it!	hughee99	Feb 2013	#47
Horsesh!t. Clinton was being opportunistic in cozying up to the RW then. It WAS twisted and to claim	blm	Feb 2013	#60
Yes - and I remember that they were the likely culprits of the "Hey John" nonsense	karynnj	Feb 2013	#67
Actually, I think there were many sickened by HRC's "inappropriate" comment	karynnj	Feb 2013	#66
It was a standard part of his...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#62
True, but it does not mean that ALL the people in Iraq were there because they	karynnj	Feb 2013	#65
Seems you harbor some Kerry resentment. And, for the record. everyone misspeaks now and again.	wisteria	Feb 2013	#48
Kerry's new job is very much about using the right words.	hughee99	Feb 2013	#50
Obama chose him for a reason	politicasista	Feb 2013	#51
Yep, haters gonna hate.	hughee99	Feb 2013	#52
Sure, right	politicasista	Feb 2013	#53
Exactly as I said.	hughee99	Feb 2013	#54
So blame only Kerry and not the media	politicasista	Feb 2013	#55
Yeah, Kerry is the "lightning rod" and HRC isn't.	hughee99	Feb 2013	#57
The RW will attack both - the difference is that most of the mainstream media	karynnj	Feb 2013	#69
Kerry was at a town hall with young people	karynnj	Feb 2013	#70
And, it wasn't Kerry's words that were wrong, but the way some in the media chose to report them.	wisteria	Feb 2013	#61
NO similarities at all. NONE. The only thing...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#63
I don't remember any comments from you gor the early Hillary Clinton flubbs - and there were many	karynnj	Feb 2013	#68
Thanks, some media sources purposely took his words out of context.	wisteria	Feb 2013	#44
Or maybe, he starts...	YvonneCa	Feb 2013	#33
I wish we could ban doctor killers like they banned Nazism	Kolesar	Feb 2013	#19
Yes, but some people are abusing the privilege. nt	Crabby Appleton	Feb 2013	#21
Stupid, Violent and Religiously Insane. Yay USA!	Arugula Latte	Feb 2013	#22
Funniest thing I have read all day!	Liberalynn	Feb 2013	#59
Sometimes I fear we have a destiny to be stupid (it receives so much nurturing and encouragement)	Tom Ripley	Feb 2013	#25
Message auto-removed	WermZer39	Feb 2013	#37
They take one insignificant comment and make a big thing out of it.	wisteria	Feb 2013	#42
Americans Have a 'Right' To be Stupid	Wolf Frankula	Feb 2013	#49
We not only have a right to be stupid, we revel in it, sadly.	TwilightGardener	Feb 2013	#56
And some of them namely the Repukes excercise that right	Liberalynn	Feb 2013	#58
Sounds like a right Fux Noise can support	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Feb 2013	#64
K&R	DeSwiss	Feb 2013	#72

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