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I'm not going to put a poll up right away...I don't have enough ideas yet:) What topic is guaranteed to set you off? Just when you say you've got to sign off and get some sleep...what topic would catch your eye and force you, gritty eyeballs and fuzzy sleep-mouth and all to just*post*once*more? Or what topic, at a family reunion, where you're straining to be polite, will break you away from the boundaries of civility in order to administer a firm verbal thrashing to a distant relative who has made a comment...?

For me, it's feminism...of course, the topic would have to be phrased negatively for it to keep me from my bed, something like, "Feminism...a useless concept if ever I saw one!" The other one, I don't see much here, but out in the 'real' world, it's racism. I can never keep my damn mouth shut when people say something racist.

How about you?

How about you?Guns :)

And Michael Moore.

If someone posted "I love Michael Moore's dedication to bringing out the unbiased truth in his documentaries," I probably couldn't leave if my house was on fire :D

Racism does it for me. My oldest daughter is adopted and black. She has had to suffer through alot of racism in her life. The suffering has made her a stronger and better person.

Racism and homophobia. If someone goes "well marriage is a religious institution between a man and a woman of the same race", you know I'll be seeing red.

anything i can be cynical with, or make funny pictures like this
bush wearing a tux (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/bushtux.jpg)

Guns :)

And Michael Moore.

If someone posted "I love Michael Moore's dedication to bringing out the unbiased truth in his documentaries," I probably couldn't leave if my house was on fire :D
What aspect of guns? Gun control (for or against)?

(On the flip side, Micheal Moore hate threads choke me too...)

bush wearing a tux (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/bushtux.jpg)

Boo-urns!

What aspect of guns? Gun control (for or against)?

(On the flip side, Micheal Moore hate threads choke me too...)I'm against gun control, but have argued that until I'm kinda bored of it now.

I do hate Michael Moore (Probably one of the only people in this world who I do hate), but get really sick of the "Michael Moore is fat" people.

So I suppose it pisses me off when people quote something out of one of his doco's. I just have to say "Do you have any idea what he did to that footage?" etc.

I'm against gun control, but have argued that until I'm kinda bored of it now.

I do hate Michael Moore (Probably one of the only people in this world who I do hate), but get really sick of the "Michael Moore is fat" people.

So I suppose it pisses me off when people quote something out of one of his doco's. I just have to say "Do you have any idea what he did to that footage?" etc.
It's the personal attacks that get me...I mean, I don't know either him or Bush personally...or even casually...what do I care if they're fat, small minded, or sleep with animals? It's what they DO that counts....

And why have Bush and Moore become opposites of the same coin? They are always listed as the antithesis of the other...it's kind of creepy, like maybe they're the same person, just disguised, and it's all an elaborate media hoax....

it's kind of creepy, like maybe they're the same person, just disguised, and it's all an elaborate media hoax....

Boy, that liberal media sure is sneaky that way.

It's the personal attacks that get me...I mean, I don't know either him or Bush personally...or even casually...what do I care if they're fat, small minded, or sleep with animals? It's what they DO that counts....Definately. See, even if it's about someone I really hate, I'm not impressed at "Michael Moore must eat so much food, look at that lard-arse, rahh rahh rahh"

"Michael Moore doctors his documentaries to the point where they can no longer honestly be called non-fiction," now THAT I can work with :D

Boy, that liberal media sure is sneaky that way.
Who knows...it could be the conservative media....

Who knows...it could be the conservative media....

Pfft! We all know there's no such thing. :p

Boy, that liberal media sure is sneaky that way.

It is a liberal media. I've cited many examples in the past, and hopefully won't have to do so again.

It is a liberal media.

Suuure it is.

It is a liberal media. I've cited many examples in the past, and hopefully won't have to do so again.
Huh? All the media is liberal? You realise that media include books, papers, tv and radio and every single other form of communication...and they are ALL liberal? How is that possible?

Suuure it is.

Our media does everything it can to destroy anticommunism. Our communist media was a major contributor to the downfall of Chiang Kai-shek, Fulgencio Batista, Nguyen van Thieu, Lon Nol, the Shah of Iran, Ian Smith, Anastasio Somoza, Ferdinand Marcos, Joseph McCarthy, etc. Moreover, our media's editorials lauding Mao, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Robert Mugabe, the Sandinistas, etc. played a major role in turning U.S. and world opinion in their favor and setting the groundwork for the communization of their countries.

Huh? All the media is liberal? You realise that media include books, papers, tv and radio and every single other form of communication...and they are ALL liberal? How is that possible?

It's the jewish, liberal cabal, of course! :rolleyes:

Huh? All the media is liberal? You realise that media include books, papers, tv and radio and every single other form of communication...and they are ALL liberal? How is that possible?

No, not all, but most of the major media are, i.e. New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, PBS, CBS, etc.

Our media does everything it can to destroy anticommunism. Our communist media was a major contributor to the downfall of Chiang Kai-shek, Fulgencio Batista, Nguyen van Thieu, Lon Nol, the Shah of Iran, Ian Smith, Anastasio Somoza, Ferdinand Marcos, Joseph McCarthy, etc. Moreover, our media's editorials lauding Mao, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Robert Mugabe, the Sandinistas, etc. played a major role in turning U.S. and world opinion in their favor and setting the groundwork for the communization of their countries.
Wow....you're weird. Wait, no point in getting personal...okay..."you hold weird opinions".

Our media does everything it can to destroy anticommunism. Our communist media was a major contributor to the downfall of Chiang Kai-shek, Fulgencio Batista, Nguyen van Thieu, Lon Nol, the Shah of Iran, Ian Smith, Anastasio Somoza, Ferdinand Marcos, Joseph McCarthy, etc. Moreover, our media's editorials lauding Mao, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Robert Mugabe, the Sandinistas, etc. played a major role in turning U.S. and world opinion in their favor and setting the groundwork for the communization of their countries.

No, that doesn't sound loopy at all.

It's the jewish, liberal cabal, of course! :rolleyes:

I'm getting so goddamn sick of leftists always labelling conservatives as Nazis, anti-Semites, etc.

It's the jewish, liberal cabal, of course! :rolleyes:
THE ZOG! ARGHHH!!!!
I seem to recall, however, that the Buster of Roaches is just a troll...so...

I'm getting so goddamn sick of leftists always labelling conservatives as Nazis, anti-Semites, etc.

Conservatives do a fine job labeling themselves.

No, that doesn't sound loopy at all.

Ever read any of Edgar Park Snows' articles, or Herbert Matthews, or Dan Rather's, or Seymour Hersh, or David Halberstam's, etc.?

I'm getting so goddamn sick of leftists always labelling conservatives as Nazis, anti-Semites, etc.
Oh...we just thought you were spouting off conspiracy theories, and we joined in...sorry if we misunderstood the game...

Conservatives do a fine job labeling themselves.

At least we're not morons who always lump everyone together into one group.

Ever read any of Edgar Park Snows' articles, or Herbert Matthews, or Dan Rather's, or Seymour Hersh, or David Halberstam's, etc.?

Yeah, so? Don't tell me you've got the dreaded anecdotal evidence. Anything but that!

That Communism works. Tell that to my mom's side of the family, they had to live under a communist regime for 44 years. I'm very far left, but human nature doesn't allow that kind of system to work. :sniper:

Oh...we just thought you were spouting off conspiracy theories, and we joined in...sorry if we misunderstood the game...

Yeah, who'd have known he'd turn out to be serious. Now that's loopy!

I passionate about a lot things, but the two biggies are:

1) Hypocrisy

2) Anyone who thinks that the end justifies the means.

At least we're not morons who always lump everyone together into one group.

Oh, how quickly you resort to ad hominems. Sorry, but you'll have to refrain if you want to play nice.

Yeah, so? Don't tell me you've got the dreaded anecdotal evidence. Anything but that!

Tell me you've got manners. Anything but that!

Conservatives do a fine job labeling themselves.
No offense...I kind of thought you were a conservative, from your earlier posts...sorry about that:)

Ever read any of Edgar Park Snows' articles, or Herbert Matthews, or Dan Rather's, or Seymour Hersh, or David Halberstam's, etc.?
Na...American media bores me.

No offense...I kind of thought you were a conservative, from your earlier posts...sorry about that:)

No biggie. I haven't a conservative (by US standards) bone in my body.

At least we're not morons who always lump everyone together into one group.
Um...aren't you doing that by saying leftists are morons who always lump everyone together into one group? I'm not the same kind of Leftist as Fass here, by the way...

Na...American media bores me.

Me, too! It's all so right wing, even the "left" is right there.

Um...aren't you doing that by saying leftists are morons who always lump everyone together into one group? I'm not the same kind of Leftist as Fass here, by the way...

No, just moron leftists (I'm not saying Fass is one). Moron rightists do the same, as do moron moderates.

Yeah, who'd have known he'd turn out to be serious. Now that's loopy!
I'm still not convinced he is...my troll senses are beeping...but he IS fun...

Tell me you've got manners. Anything but that!

OK, honey, that made no sense. Try again.

OK, honey, that made no sense. Try again.

'Honey,' eh? ;) Alas, too bad I'm taken. :(

I'm not the same kind of Leftist as Fass here, by the way...

But you're Canadian! Say it ain't so! :eek:

Me, too! It's all so right wing, even the "left" is right there.
Yeah I noticed that...I always laugh when they yell, "Liberal!" To me, (just as in Canada), Liberal means less conservative.

*Jumps up and down screaming*

The topic!!

Remember the actual point of the thread!!!

'Honey,' eh? ;) Alas, too bad I'm taken. :(

That's never stopped me before! :fluffle:

No, just moron leftists (I'm not saying Fass is one). Moron rightists do the same, as do moron moderates.
I honestly doubt most morons make any sort of political statements...they're usually too busy drooling into their bibs...but I gotcha...a**holes abound, no matter their politics:).

That's never stopped me before! :fluffle:

What gender are you, just out of curiosity?

I don't suppose i have a discernible need for argument on very many subjects, but Roach-Smokers (typo) picked one out for me ...
foamy-mouthed generalizations without backup ....
So who exactly owns and therefore allots the resources to allow most of the publications you accuse of being liberal? Do you actually know what you're talking about?

?

But you're Canadian! Say it ain't so! :eek:
Well, I'm for gun control, for one thing. Not NO guns, just no handguns or automatic weapons...I live in the country, and we use guns to hunt our delicious, yummy, wild meat....but I have no problem registering our guns and ammo. I'm sure we probably agree on some things, and disagree on others, therefore, we are not the same...just similar:).

Yeah I noticed that...I always laugh when they yell, "Liberal!" To me, (just as in Canada), Liberal means less conservative.

Yeah, I watched CNN for some time to see the rampant liberalism/leftism there, but all I saw was a few degrees less right of centre.

What gender are you, just out of curiosity?
Does it matter? (Actually, I was just going to ask that...I don't know why I always assume people are male...why don't I assume everyone is female? Weird.)

What gender are you, just out of curiosity?

I could be all mysterious and go all "gender queer" on you, but that's just not me. I'm a guy. Whatever you are, that's never stopped me before! ;)

No, that doesn't sound loopy at all.

I'll happily provide some examples.

1)The Fourth Floor by Earl E.T. Smith
2)Red Star Over China by Edgar Parks Snow
3)Nicaragua Betrayed by Anastasio Somoza and Jack Cox
4)The Bleeding of America by Herman Dinsmore
5)All the News That Fits by Herman Dinsmore
6)America's Retreat From Victory by Joseph McCarthy
7)The Assassination of Joe McCarthy by Medford Evans

If you'd like, I can dig up more sources.

Yeah, I watched CNN for some time to see the rampant liberalism/leftism there, but all I saw was a few degrees less right of centre.
I know...from all accounts, I expected them to break out Mao's little red book, sport Che-like beards and cigars, and denounce capitalism at every chance. No such luck. :(

Well, I'm for gun control, for one thing. Not NO guns, just no handguns or automatic weapons...

That sounds a bit like me. Gun for hunting? OK. Gun to accessorise? Not OK.

I'm sure we probably agree on some things, and disagree on others, therefore, we are not the same...just similar:).

Hey, I'll take that.

I could be all mysterious and go all "gender queer" on you, but that's just not me. I'm a guy. Whatever you are, that's never stopped me before! ;)

Oh, never mind. :eek:

I thought you'd be a hot blond Scandinavian chick. :(

I'll happily provide some examples.

1)The Fourth Floor by Earl E.T. Smith
2)Red Star Over China by Edgar Parks Snow
3)Nicaragua Betrayed by Anastasio Somoza and Jack Cox
4)The Bleeding of America by Herman Dinsmore
5)All the News That Fits by Herman Dinsmore
6)America's Retreat From Victory by Joseph McCarthy
7)The Assassination of Joe McCarthy by Medford Evans

If you'd like, I can dig up more sources.
I'm sorry, I got distracted...what are you trying to prove here? Oh, and if you can't provide links to these so we can actually read them, no offense, but I for one am not going to try hunting them down...

Roach: I think the point is...what you consider liberal is conservative to Fass and I (who I'm sure is a hot *whatever* guy...you should appreciate beauty despite the genetalia)...and what we consider liberal would likely cause you to have a stroke....so you just may be barking up the wrong tree here...

I'm sorry, I got distracted...what are you trying to prove here? Oh, and if you can't provide links to these so we can actually read them, no offense, but I for one am not going to try hunting them down...

get each other's IM's to argue. let people post stuff on the thread.

I'll happily provide some examples.

1)The Fourth Floor by Earl E.T. Smith
2)Red Star Over China by Edgar Parks Snow
3)Nicaragua Betrayed by Anastasio Somoza and Jack Cox
4)The Bleeding of America by Herman Dinsmore
5)All the News That Fits by Herman Dinsmore
6)America's Retreat From Victory by Joseph McCarthy
7)The Assassination of Joe McCarthy by Medford Evans

Oh, noes! The anecdotes attack!

By the by, is that the same McCarthy as the communist witch hunt one? Someone this side of the 70's read his book?

get each other's IM's to argue. let people post stuff on the thread.
You're free to post...and why are you picking on us? Plenty of threads go awry...and get pulled back....only to go awry again....

Is that the issue that gets you? Digression?

Oh, never mind. :eek:

Apparently you're easily stopped. Tease.

I thought you'd be a hot blond Scandinavian chick. :(

I am hot and blond! Damn my impressively large penis, I say!

You're free to post...and why are you picking on us? Plenty of threads go awry...and get pulled back....only to go awry again....

Is that the issue that gets you? Digression?

LOL, no i just find this one interesting. i've ruined a few new friendships through political stuff. so i'm just interested in seeing what makes people mad

LOL, no i just find this one interesting. i've ruined a few new friendships through political stuff. so i'm just interested in seeing what makes people mad
Well, you get to see some real life examples here...apparently saying "liberal media" gets people's blood boiling...

What political 'stuff' did you bring up that ruined friendships? (no offense, but friends can usually handle each other's political differences...)

LOL, no i just find this one interesting. i've ruined a few new friendships through political stuff. so i'm just interested in seeing what makes people mad

There's your mistake right there. Politics. Nothing ruins friendships faster, apart from sex, of course.

Stuff like the homosexual issue, patiort act, and bush's damn war on terror fighting countries like Iraq, when there are plenty of other countries that are more dangerous (North Korea), and also the "liberal media"

There's your mistake right there. Politics. Nothing ruins friendships faster, apart from sex, of course.

not entirely true, i've got someconservative friends and we argue for fun :), and sex is oh so good

not entirely true, i've got someconservative friends and we argue for fun :), and sex is oh so good

Well, there's discussing politics and being able to stop in time, and then there's truly discussing politics.

And sex with a friend, although great fun, does have a tendency to create awkward "what now" situations.

Liberals. I hate any and all liberals. I'm sick of their "multiculturalism" BS, I'm sick of the liberal mass media, liberalism has failed humanity. I should write a book about it but it would be "boycotted" by the liberal booksellers and they would gather in "protests" saying it was politically incorrect. Which it would be. I don't give a rat's ass about political correctness.

I'm just so sick of liberals, end of story.

Liberals. I hate any and all liberals. I'm sick of their "multiculturalism" BS, I'm sick of the liberal mass media, liberalism has failed humanity. I should write a book about it but it would be "boycotted" by the liberal booksellers and they would gather in "protests" saying it was politically incorrect. Which it would be. I don't give a rat's ass about political correctness.

I'm just so sick of liberals, end of story.
What exactly is it that they did?
I'd be interested to hear...

Racism and homophobia. If someone goes "well marriage is a religious institution between a man and a woman of the same race", you know I'll be seeing red.
Same. That or "Israel is a terrorist state!".

Liberals. I hate any and all liberals. I'm sick of their "multiculturalism" BS, I'm sick of the liberal mass media, liberalism has failed humanity. I should write a book about it but it would be "boycotted" by the liberal booksellers and they would gather in "protests" saying it was politically incorrect. Which it would be. I don't give a rat's ass about political correctness.

I'm just so sick of liberals, end of story.
Do you not like liberals? I can't tell from your post.

It's Adam and Eve,
not Adam and Steve!

Oh, I met Adam and Steve last night. Rumour says it is them, again. Eve was just a temporary lapse in judgment on Adam's part. Steve's a forgiving fellow, bless his heart.

What topic is guaranteed to set you off?
Abortion. Abortion immedieatly sets me off. If I hear or see even a hint of pro-choice, I will sting you like a scorpion. *Ahem* When I feel like it, of course :D

"Nice guys finish last"-style whining.

When someone praises communism or fascism, I must respond. Those two systems are the height of evil.

Oh, when someone says something is "evil"!

Anti-choice, anti-gay, and history.
As for liberal media- :headbang: Sure, the big corporations that own them are likely to be liberal. *sarcasm* Some individual jornalists may be liberal, but what they can say is limited by the owners.

I'm not going to put a poll up right away...I don't have enough ideas yet:) What topic is guaranteed to set you off? Just when you say you've got to sign off and get some sleep...what topic would catch your eye and force you, gritty eyeballs and fuzzy sleep-mouth and all to just*post*once*more? Or what topic, at a family reunion, where you're straining to be polite, will break you away from the boundaries of civility in order to administer a firm verbal thrashing to a distant relative who has made a comment...?

For me, it's feminism...of course, the topic would have to be phrased negatively for it to keep me from my bed, something like, "Feminism...a useless concept if ever I saw one!" The other one, I don't see much here, but out in the 'real' world, it's racism. I can never keep my damn mouth shut when people say something racist.

How about you?

You are correct about racism not being on here all that often, but I agree ... when someone lets fly with racist comments, I have a tendency to kick their verbal teeth in.

I also have to exercise great restraint when I read posts which are unreasoning attacks on the US or on US military personnel, perhaps because I know so well what they have to endure.

I don't get angry when people come on saying they're depressed or unmotivated or suicidal, but I do tend to get very upset; the younger they are, the more upset I become. I love people and when they hurt, so do I. Call it a weakness. :(

Oh, when someone says something is "evil"!

You're evil. :D

Don't know. Something interesting.

I'm more interested in hearing ideals and cultures from people of other countries, because I'm a very repressed person.

Just figured out another thing that gets me going!

People who defend criminals on the basis of their upbringing, society etc.

"What problem in society has made this poor rapist the way he is? He needs help, punishment wouldn't be constructive to his growth and recovery"

"How dare the shopowners shoot at the armed robbers? I mean, their only crime was to break into their store, threaten them at gunpoint, demand their money and then shoot at them. What do we want, the wild wild west?"

You're evil. :D

From you Eutrusca, thank you! =)

Liberals. I hate any and all liberals. I'm sick of their "multiculturalism" BS, I'm sick of the liberal mass media, liberalism has failed humanity. I should write a book about it but it would be "boycotted" by the liberal booksellers and they would gather in "protests" saying it was politically incorrect. Which it would be. I don't give a rat's ass about political correctness.

I'm just so sick of liberals, end of story.
What a bizzare and obtuse exclamation.
So to you ... "multiculturalism" is jilipolladas since other people recognize that ethnic centricity is inaccurate, at best, especially in a case like the US, where an unfortunate majority of the populace had been IMPORTED from everywhere? Just till it's full, is that it? Is that how the real world works? Especially capitalist ones whose business it is is to manipulate interests any and every-where for financial gain? Or is this just another case of cornered fear and xenophobia talking? Maybe you could elucidate a tad.
Go ahead and write a book about "it", there's lots of failed authors. Really, does a person not have a choice about what they read, watch or listen to?
As for protests, bring your "flip-flops", that'll be timely and upbeat :rolleyes:
As for humanity, wtf are you talking about? How did anything other than fear and betrayal fail humanity? I'd say cowering behind misunderstanding and reverting to attack is a pretty good example of failure. Maybe your statement of "humanity" is a little off and you meant your "supremacy", since maybe a good portion of the REST OF THE WORLD (see: humanity) might not agree with your apparently deluded and exaggerative sense of self-worth. They may even treat you as the threat you could be if you were important in some way, who really knows ....
And as far as liberal mass media, well, you're just blossoming acid flatulence there.

I'm not going to put a poll up right away...I don't have enough ideas yet:) What topic is guaranteed to set you off? Just when you say you've got to sign off and get some sleep...what topic would catch your eye and force you, gritty eyeballs and fuzzy sleep-mouth and all to just*post*once*more? Or what topic, at a family reunion, where you're straining to be polite, will break you away from the boundaries of civility in order to administer a firm verbal thrashing to a distant relative who has made a comment...?

For me, it's feminism...of course, the topic would have to be phrased negatively for it to keep me from my bed, something like, "Feminism...a useless concept if ever I saw one!" The other one, I don't see much here, but out in the 'real' world, it's racism. I can never keep my damn mouth shut when people say something racist.

How about you?
Spiritualism, as it relates to religion.

Limited civil liberties.