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Major Nikon

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11. That's why pointing out the motivation is important

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 05:26 PM

Dec 2014

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Well, another cowardly attack... [View all] TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 OP

At least we are not blocked from here libodem Dec 2014 #1

and dusting off old platitudes and rec'ing them onto the greatest page Doctor_J Jan 2015 #44

It's a curious phenomenon libodem Jan 2015 #45

Oh, I don't think you were attacked by cowards malthaussen Dec 2014 #2

In a protected group where I can't reply... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #5

I'd advise you not to confuse grousing with attack malthaussen Dec 2014 #7

I agree with most of what you've stated... Veilex Dec 2014 #16

"Should the expected alert be successful, I will assume m y point proven." NCTraveler Dec 2014 #3

I avoided that thread, but I do try to be consistent. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #4

I'm just not really into word policing Major Nikon Dec 2014 #6

As in many things, it's not binary. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #10

That's why pointing out the motivation is important Major Nikon Dec 2014 #11

Agree. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #21

Wait, what's wrong with shrill? And hasn't "hysteria" developed well beyond it's origins by now? kjones Dec 2014 #14

Darnit! You beat me to the Betty white posting! Veilex Dec 2014 #17

I was on the jury Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #8

Hmmm Veilex Dec 2014 #18

Just for the record-- this is not my alert... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #23

I wouldn't have voted to hide that one Major Nikon Dec 2014 #24

a couple months back I posted that someone offended by the sleeze at DI Doctor_J Dec 2014 #9

Times when the words "echo chamber" is apt. Veilex Dec 2014 #19

Dick Cheney doesn't bother them. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #12

Bullshit. JTFrog Dec 2014 #29

Can't we just agree that he is both a pussy and a Dick? kjones Dec 2014 #13

No. Veilex Dec 2014 #20

Personally, I think people take things too seriously. kjones Dec 2014 #25

We differ a bit on this... Veilex Dec 2014 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #27

Getting the menu mixed up with the meal, as it were. Confusing the map with the territory. Veilex Dec 2014 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #30

*Shrug* Veilex Dec 2014 #33

Demands for a double standard aren't reasonable Major Nikon Dec 2014 #31

"Demands for a double standard aren't reasonable" - But that is not what this is. Veilex Dec 2014 #32

"The world will still turn, the sun will still shine..." kjones Dec 2014 #35

I was responding to your post, but perhaps we both misunderstood each other Major Nikon Dec 2014 #36

"that's not the argument that's being made elsewhere on this site" - true. Veilex Dec 2014 #38

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Very well said. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #37

"I do agree with you in that how something is said and the context in which it is conveyed..." kjones Dec 2014 #34

"So why focus on words when you can focus on bigots?" - perhaps its because... Veilex Dec 2014 #39

Fair enough kjones Dec 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #15

I'd like to start a pool. Whoever guesses the correct amount of replies to such threads, wins! Inkfreak Dec 2014 #22

619 and still growing Major Nikon Dec 2014 #41

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