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Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#51001: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:00:29 PM

[up][up]What the hell? Can't they save their hate for their stupid protests or facebook messages?

edited 11th Mar '13 4:00:49 PM by Wildcard

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#51002: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:01:31 PM

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No. because its the internet, where yoyu can hate anyone you want with zero repercussions

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#51004: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:09:55 PM

The one bitching about fluoride amuses me the most.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#51005: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:09:59 PM

So, Trump's way of protesting the budget cuts is to fund something that was cut out of his own pocket. I don't think he realizes it, but what he's saying is that if something is cut that the Republicans don't want cut, they should pay for it themselves!

And White House tours? I guess it would be interesting, but they aren't exactly critical. Tours of the Congress are still going on and those are the equivalent of the Parliament tours you get in Canada and England. The president isn't the Queen of England. He doesn't have five castles full of random crap that foreign dignitaries gave him.

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#51006: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:10:29 PM

Wow, somebody found the spine to stop Fuhrer Bloomberg. I'm impressed.

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#51007: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:10:45 PM

Appparently she supported DDR as a great way to stay in shape

I almost thought that was East Germany — that's the problem with acronyms...

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#51008: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:13:41 PM

Maxima: Please don't force me to pull out Godwin.

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#51009: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:21:25 PM

[up][up] me too.

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#51010: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:28:12 PM

Joe Lieberman to join conservative think tank

Scott Brown joins law and lobby firm

Senator Wyden (D-OR) presses Energy Department for info on gas price surge

edited 11th Mar '13 4:28:38 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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#51011: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:29:50 PM

My bad Tomu. smile

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#51012: Mar 11th 2013 at 4:44:14 PM

And fuck you too, Ron Johnson, you corporatist sexist shill.

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#51013: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:10:10 PM

So I know Mccarthyism was a case of rampant paranoia, but why didn't we change the pledge to remove "Under God" after the whole Red Scare blew over? Is it just because the majority don't object, or is there anyone who can still say " fear the godless reds" with a straight face in 2013?

edited 11th Mar '13 5:21:59 PM by Wildcard

Lascoden ... from Missouri, USA Since: Nov, 2012
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#51014: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:13:49 PM

[up]Well, there are politicians today who call Obama a communist.

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#51015: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:15:07 PM

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Something people who have actually lived under Communism find hilarious/ridiculous/really offensive.

edited 11th Mar '13 5:15:17 PM by Achaemenid

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#51016: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:22:08 PM

[up][up] Probably the same people who call Canada socialist.

[up][up][up] Maybe because of how that phrase is linked with the country? I know there was a movement to remove the phrase "And he shall have dominion from sea to sea" from the Canadian Parliament because it's a quote from the Bible.

It got struck down because it would require defacing Parliament because it's carved right into the building. It's not on a plaque or anything.

[down] That would be pretty hilarious. A history of the U.S. trying to control us, so we try to control right back.

edited 11th Mar '13 5:24:54 PM by Zendervai

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#51017: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:24:06 PM

[up]Hm, I wonder if there are any conspiracy theories about how Obama was actually a plant by Canada in order to sabotage/convert us to socialism.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#51019: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:29:59 PM

That is stupid. Why don't they just put that money into fixing the public school system?

Actually, that's not just stupid, it's dangerous. They are actively handicapping their students for whatever reason, which will only result in harm in the future. You kind of need to know how the world works and you should know about actual history before you try to get anywhere.

Unfortunately we have people in power who seriously come off as total morons, removing that push for intelligence.

edited 11th Mar '13 5:33:05 PM by Zendervai

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
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#51020: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:31:10 PM

So I know Mccarthyism was a case of rampant paranoia, but why didn't we change the pledge to remove "Under God" after the whole Red Scare blew over?

The 1950s was one of those of Religious Revival eras. While this partially due to the Red Scare there were many other factors at play.

Also the majority doesn't object.

[up][up]

The hippies not bathing part sounds accurate.

edited 11th Mar '13 5:36:47 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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#51021: Mar 11th 2013 at 5:57:27 PM

[up] Possibly. As I am sure that at least some of them probably worshiped "Satan" just as a matter of odds. But characterizing the entire movement with those two qualities is underhanded and inaccurate.

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#51022: Mar 11th 2013 at 6:15:10 PM

[The Ku Klux] Klan in some areas of the country tried to be a means of reform, fighting the decline in morality and using the symbol of the cross. Klan targets were bootleggers, wife-beaters, and immoral movies. In some communities it achieved a certain respectability as it worked with politicians.
[Is] it possible that a fire-breathing animal really existed? Today some scientists are saying yes. They have found large chambers in certain dinosaur skulls…The large skull chambers could have contained special chemical-producing glands. When the animal forced the chemicals out of its mouth or nose, these substances may have combined and produced fire and smoke.

Now, presumably Louisiana is not considered the absolute worst U.S. state in terms of education. I'm just making a guess here, so I could be wrong about that.

But I genuinely cannot imagine what could be worse than having shit like the above taught in public schools. Are there other states just full of teachers who spend the entire day screaming incoherently at their students? Maybe things like this, too?

Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#51023: Mar 11th 2013 at 6:32:37 PM

[up]There's nothing false about the first passage. It's not the whole story(I certainly hope it's not the only thing mentioned about the Klan), but it's not false.

If the brutal oppression of blacks(and anyone suspected to be a "sympathizer") is included in a prior or later paragraph, it's a fairly accurate depiction of the KKK from the 1920s to 1950s...

edited 11th Mar '13 6:32:43 PM by Swish

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#51024: Mar 11th 2013 at 6:34:29 PM

And they say the south isn't racist.

[up]Who cares? The klan doesn't deserve any sympathy. They are a hate group and deserve to be shunned and treated as monsters. This is as bad as defending the Nazis.

edit: This is why I don't like private schools. They can go against the established curriculum which is something nobody should be allowed to do. If you don't like what public schools teach then too bad. Every kid deserves to be taught the truth.

edited 11th Mar '13 6:36:50 PM by Kostya

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#51025: Mar 11th 2013 at 6:40:56 PM

I don't really think we want to be in the business of ignoring everything about a group we dislike except the part we dislike about them. If the Klan did some non-heinous things, then that deserves to be in the history books too — right beside the very-definitely-heinous things they also did.

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