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entanglement Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 06:43 AM
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How good is your 'Liberdar' (ability to tell who's a liberal)?
Edited on Mon Apr-03-06 06:58 AM by entanglement
Can you tell a fellow liberal on sight or are you just clueless? I confess I'm not very successful. :shrug:
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 07:12 AM
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1. I've never tested mine really...
I try not to talk politics with people so it's hard to test it. I've been fooled a few times by people who are libs who I wouldn't expect though so I'm guessing mine's not very good.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 07:26 AM
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2. Locally, I am very, very good.
It's geographic. Tell me where you live in my city and I will tell your politics. :D
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entanglement Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 07:33 AM
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3. Dallas doesn't have too many liberals, does it?
I thought Austin was the lib hangout :)
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:06 AM
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5. Wrong.
Sure Austin has its very blue reputation. But within the city limits, Dallas is blue. They just elected a gay Latina sherriff a year or so ago.

The suburbs are where it gets REALLY nasty here.

But reprehensor and I screw up your system every time, don't we crispini? :D

fsc
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:09 AM
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6. Yes, you are the outlier!
Edited on Mon Apr-03-06 08:10 AM by crispini
Inside Loop 12= probably liberal, with the exception of HP.
North of LBJ= probably not.
North/Outside of 190= DEFINITLY not.

Except for ya'll! :rofl: How are you doing up there?
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:21 PM
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13. You mean, OUT there?
Edited on Mon Apr-03-06 12:21 PM by fudge stripe cookays
We're east, silly. He he.

Not bad not bad! Still loving my new job. Started first part of February. Get to be the lone writer, and make all the rules for... myself! Woo hoo! The freedom!

Al's just happy about the money. And we can start doing some serious home renovation now...new roof, foundation work, fancy closet...bathroom renovation after a few months....aaaahhhh....job...good....

fsc
:hi: crispini!
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:10 AM
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7. Dallas is bluer than Austin.
If you look at Kerry voters. Of course, Dallas is also LARGER than Austin, in a big way.
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 07:40 AM
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4. I can usually if someone is NOT a liberal.
Around here it is safer to assume someone is a conservative, because there are a lot more of them. especially among men. With women, it is harder to assume one way or another. I live in S. Texas.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:11 AM
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8. Appearance tells me nothing.
I generally need to see/hear someone say something asinine before my Freepdar kicks in. :D
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 08:13 AM
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9. Clueless, unless they advertise.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:22 AM
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10. Quite good, actually.
Something about the way people carry themselves gives it away almost immediately for me. It's not 100%, and I assume nothing without proof, but my hunches are almost always true.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 11:25 AM
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11. Often good
Edited on Mon Apr-03-06 11:26 AM by Radical Activist
Not all the time, but with a lot of people you can tell which side they're on pretty quickly.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-03-06 12:18 PM
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12. Not very good.
I wish I were better at it. Until the other person gives a clue, flashes a bumper sticker, or puts out a yard sign at election time, I tend to keep the conversation to superficial stuff. Then again, I'm not very good at evaluating people in general, since I tend to pay more attention to my own little world than to the outside world. Which is probably how I ended up in my share of shitty relationships and unreliable "friendships."
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