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Trabisnikof posted:The fact of the matter is, there's very little truly radical liberal thought occurring. Obviously I'm not saying we should fund a media blitz, I'm saying we should use part of our resources to develop liberal thought and progressive politics in America. We ignore that because "we don't want to be like them" and it's hurting us. We can learn a lot from our enemies, and we need to reconcile it with our own ideals so we can use it for "good" and not "evil".
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the heebie-gbs posted:Dr. Zep and Evan whateverthehell seemed to think it was a good idea and I was all Not say it's a good idea saying that sitting back and giving money to poor people and hoping the GOP falls apart while a noble gesture hasn't worked over the past 20 years to shift mainstream politics and it will never work because Americans are dumb as poo poo. This is what it boils down to: American right-wing: We will reduce your taxes and protect your lifestyle and you can have your cake and eat it too  American left-wing: Look we have improved the quality of life for millions of people by directly giving them money and stuff WHY WON'T YOU VOTE FOR US?
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Jun 21, 2009 19:33
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struan87 posted:Exactly. These think tanks aren't just marketing firms, they're the places where the future of conservative thought is created. We have no equivalent. Don't... tempt me Frodo! I dare not take it. Not even to keep it safe. Understand, Frodo. I would use this ring from a desire to do good... But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine. -Gandlaf
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Evan Montegarde posted:Americans are dumb as poo poo. yeah *kicks a pebble, real forlornly*
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Jun 21, 2009 19:37
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the heebie-gbs posted:yeah *kicks a pebble, real forlornly*  *supports right-wing politicians, trolls lf, goes back to gbs*guess which one you need to do
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Jun 21, 2009 19:47
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Hey guys less theory talking that relies on a large group of Americans not so stupid that they vote based on what their parents always told them to vote/the only view they ever saw most of their life and more posting horrible quotes.
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Evan Montegarde posted:
um what are you implying exactly
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Jun 21, 2009 19:57
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=?v?PNnk1m5eE_4 hey guys lets hire a bad reenactor to play Thomas Paine w/ a ridiculous affected cadence poo poo soundin like Microsoft Encarta
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I mean I'm down for these guys getting ousted and all, but remember the people we have to deal with are such uncaring adult children that their solution to world hunger is "JUST EAT" and "Duh get a McDonalds!"
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the heebie-gbs posted:um what are you implying exactly I'm not sure so here's a cocktail of quotes from Freep Scarlett Johansson or Anne Hathaway for Bride Of Frankenstein (upcoming remake)? quote:Did Michelle Obama audition yet? quote:Is it true that John Kerry will be playing the roll of Frankenstein’s Monster? quote:
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See read that very last quote, these are people who totally think that it's ok to say 'pay for healthcare or die, not my problem!' and have no issue with that, does anyone really think we can 'convert' them? These are the core of the right, maybe not the 'I wanna shoot that friend of the family' ones, but these with the idea that Wallmarts solve global hunger (My mother said with a straight face 'well they'd lower the prices for them! over this, and she's a 'moderate' Republican), and that if you can't afford healthcare you deserve to die.
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quote:If they show up on my doorstep they will be staring down the business end of a 12 gauge shotgun. "We're doing a petition for healthcare-" "I WILL SHOOT YOU"
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Oh god im almost there almost loving there the big government's coming into my house and I have to- Mmmff!! DADDDDYYY!!!!!
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Evan Montegarde posted:I'm not sure so here's a cocktail of quotes from Freep wow even the bride of frankenstein stuff devolves into some jerk waxing generic about his backward moral assessment of science
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NAACP Rallies for Cop Killer on Death Row (Troy Davis) Sidenote on this guy: wikipedia posted:Amnesty International has strongly condemned the refusal of U.S. courts to examine the innocence evidence, and has organized rallies and letter-writing campaigns to persuade the Georgia and Federal courts to grant Davis a new trial or an evidentiary hearing.[2] Many prominent politicians and leaders, including President Jimmy Carter,[8] Pope Benedict XVI,[9] Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu,[9] Presidential candidate Bob Barr,[9] and former FBI Director and judge William S. Sessions[10] have called upon the courts to grant Davis a new trial or evidentiary hearing.[11] freep posted:Obsolete left-wing organization thrashing helplessly about in the tar pits. quote:
quote:Too gentle. Smear 'em with a mixture of honey and cayenne pepper juice first. Draw and quarter afterward. quote:Just shows who the NAACP represents...killers and rapists. The NAACP is just a race pimping organization that has the main goal of creating racism and strife between whites and blacks. quote:The NAACP hates and wants to hurt white people. quote:IMHO, most liberals are racists much more so than conservatives. Liberals use the race card every chance they get and they play it to foster racism and hatred and violence. In fact, I think among liberals you will find all manner of degenerates and racists not limited to just minority racism but also anti-Semitism against Jews as well. Liberals are mostly the most intolerant, hateful, angry, hypocritical and bullying people on the face of this planet. quote:
quote:Agreed. Savannah is the favorite weekend getaway place for my wife and me. We haven't been there since the election, but I am wondering if the attitude of the black population there is similar to that of those of the black community here. There is now an air of hostility, even in my small, quiet southern town.
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i tried to figure out what TCBE was too and all i discovered is that bobby.223 is the only freeper who seems to use it so maybe it's his special thing
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Fake Edit: gently caress these guys so hard, the Troy Davis case is a trainwreck and it's obvious to anyone who takes two minutes. shotgunbadger posted:See read that very last quote, these are people who totally think that it's ok to say 'pay for healthcare or die, not my problem!' and have no issue with that, does anyone really think we can 'convert' them? These are the core of the right, maybe not the 'I wanna shoot that friend of the family' ones, but these with the idea that Wallmarts solve global hunger (My mother said with a straight face 'well they'd lower the prices for them! over this, and she's a 'moderate' Republican), and that if you can't afford healthcare you deserve to die. The issue isn't really about getting Freepers to change sides. The people that are posting on these sites about how Michelle Obama is an ape or Obama is going to take your gun and make you watch while he rapes your daughter are a lost cause, and the best we can do is hope that they fail to kill anyone when their paranoid fantasies erupt into actual violence. The problem is that there thousands, millions, or much more reasonable people who aren't filled with hate and rage and bitterness, but are misguided by the sheer volume of right-wing repetition in the media. Someone who has enough motive and inclination to come home and turn on the news is still going to get an overwhelmingly rightist view of the world, because that's what on CNN and Fox and everywhere. They don't think that you should die if you can't afford healthcare, they've just been told over and over that socialized medicine will hurt everyone, cost more, and prevent them getting treatment - and both American education and political discourse is too shallow for them to even know what 'Socialism' actually means. The media echo that the right wing has created has been a terrible thing for American politics - and to both sides, because not only does it shift the dialogue away from the liberal position, but the party it has created bears almost no resemblance to actual 'conservative' values - like reduced spending, smaller government, etc. You have this horrendous bloated monster that is essentially powered by fear and jingoism, and crushes debate and argument with sheer volume. I don't want a left-wing media chamber, and I think it's critical to practice progressive politics and policy and not turn our attention to just fighting the voice war. But at the same time we have to do serious work on changing the dialogue. And when I say 'we' I mean 'you' because it's not my country and I'm too tired to help clean up your mess.
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Controlling the message (note that says message and not messangers) is what you should strive for, but that is another thread where anyone who hasn't read Don't Think of an Elephant would be banned from posting. This isn't a thread about controlling the message. This isn't a thread about converting Freepers. This is a thread about mocking them. This is a thread about recognizing their arguments, even their over the top dumb ones. This is a thread about getting motivated for your team because the other team is filled with horrible people. This thread is about making sure YOU don't sound as stupid as these guys. You aren't going to cure these people, they have to do it themselves. Some of them you'd be able to reach via various means, but this isn't about those means, and none of those means are posting on their message boards. Mostly, this thread is a combination of pointing and laughing, and slamming your head against the desk because someone actually believes these things. So have fun and buy a padded desk.
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Well this is just offensive. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276493/posts
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i was looking thru some old posts from bobby to see if i could figure out what TCBE stands for and i found some where he refers to obama as "muslim BOY hussein" and to michelle obama as "Blackie O."
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Hattenburg posted:Well this is just offensive. what the gently caress
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Hattenburg posted:Well this is just offensive. Barack Obama, YOU are directly responsible for Iran rigging their election and the political fallout.
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these are people that wouldn't think in a million years to connect the actions of george bush or dick cheney to any loss of innocent life
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Hattenburg posted:Well this is just offensive. jesus christ
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Hattenburg posted:Well this is just offensive. Viking 2000 posted:The f*cking animal in the bottom photo is as guilty as the f*cking animals who perpetrated the top photo. Arrogant, gutless, skinny-assed coward. Whoa, it seems that Viking 2000 is showing some concern for non-Aryans.....well, sort of.
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quote:Agreed. Savannah is the favorite weekend getaway place for my wife and me. We haven't been there since the election, but I am wondering if the attitude of the black population there is similar to that of those of the black community here. There is now an air of hostility, even in my small, quiet southern town. "The black population," aka 70% of Savannah. A few years ago a white debutante that my mother knew through her parents got shot in a "good" part of town and died a week later, and instantly the newspapers and everyone I knew were talking about how "crime had gotten out of control." Even though there had been plenty of homicides in Savannah that year and there's always been a lot of crime here.
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quote:It should also be the price that the Mullahs would have to pay if the Iranians had a 2nd Amendment. This feels especially revolting to me. If that woman been shot by a US soldier during a theoretical Iranian invasion, they'd write her off as a necessary casualty, or complain about the liberal media using shock imagery, or very loving possibly say she was starting something and deserved it. You can bet this thread wouldn't exist if McCain had been elected, and you can bet double he'd have done jack poo poo about the Iranian situation. Every time I think Freep couldn't disgust me any more than it does, you guys show me something new.
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other things i've learned from that bobby "TCBE" guy's posts: - the best response to "once you go black, you never go back" is "we don't WANT 'em back!" - muslims are "the planet’s cancer.....and I say America should be the big chemo machine and eradicate this islam disease, completely, once and for all" [ellipsis in original] - an appliance dolly is good for carting around the enormous quantities of ammo you buy at gun shows now that obama is president - "1965 was the greatest year for marvel comics" - at the bars he hung out at in the 70s, everyone would stop snorting coke and watch the TV when saturday night live was on because it was funny back then - he's had a concealed carry permit for 31 years - obama's waiting around until the calls for him to release his birth certificate reach a deafening roar (perhaps with limbaugh and beck's help), and then he'll release the fakes he's got prepared - bill clinton and george h.w. bush worked together in the 80s to use the mena airport in arkansas for drug smuggling - he keeps repeating the fantasy of chaining people to trees and roasting them with blowtorches - he stopped watching sean hannity because hannity wouldn't insist on a straight answer from liberals on whether they'd approve torture in the famous "ticking time bomb" scenario - regarding michelle obama: "the lovely and gracious Laura had/has more class in her pinky finger than that fat assed muslim woman has in her entire full figured wideload body." - he's always drinking crown royal reserve whiskey, but back in the day he smoked weed while watching rocky and bullwinkle and george of the jungle - "I’d be banned quickly if I typed out what I truly feel about cnn and what I would like to see happen to their whole anti-American opperation."
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also quote:If they show up on my doorstep they will be staring down the business end of a 12 gauge shotgun. Does this ever actually happen? Is it even legal? I can't understand who the gently caress wouldn even joke about pointing a gun at someone for trying to challenge their political beliefs. This guy seems to be playing himself up as some sort of folksy conservative hero, but he comes off like a barely closeted psychopath to me.
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tacodaemon posted:other things i've learned from that bobby "TCBE" guy's posts: lmaooo you should do a spotlight on bobby post with the actual quotes and stuff, times like these i miss the his44 threads - while general wingnuttery is funny, freerepublic has so many users that you don't get to see the personality of any of them really shine through and you can't get a sense of what they're like, which makes things infinitely funnier imo
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So and 8-year old boy is transitioning to a girl next school yearExcerpts posted:... Awww  quote:Great Parents using their child as a petri dish. quote:
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A lot of FR posts can be summed up that way... "If only [violent thing] then [bad thing] would go away"
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Not Operator posted:...but he comes off like a barely closeted psychopath to me. These sort of people are common on Freep and are why this thread exists, for us to marvel in horror at the spectacle. It's probably a little wrong for us to be so fascinated with it, like poking something gross with a stick.
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Not Operator posted:also barely closeted psychopaths ARE folksy conservative heroes
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quote:I think Hollywood has long missed the point of the novel. It is less a monster story than it is a treatise on ethics. This is why the monster doesn’t even need a name—because it is just an outgrowth of the ethical, moral and spiritual failure of Dr. Frankenstein. Out of all the poo poo ive read in this thread, this pisses me off the most, expecialy the bolded part.
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Whilst farting I posted:lmaooo i made a quick-and-dirty perl script to pull out his posts separately and look at them; maybe i'll tweak it a bit for focusing on specific freep posters
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Rhinoceraptor posted:So and 8-year old boy is transitioning to a girl next school year A lot of stuff in this thread makes me shake my head and think "How can people like this actually be out there?" This is the first post in this thread that has made me physically sick.
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