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Old 07-10-2012, 01:29 PM
elucidator elucidator is offline
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Why is it insensitive to say someone is "retarded", but you call somebody a "libertarian", and nobody bats an eye?
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Old 07-10-2012, 01:59 PM
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I'm pretty confident that you are deluded enough to think I'm the one who's reasoning backwards. It will be interesting to see if you are willing or able to back your claim about things I have cited. Most likely you will invent some rationalization for failing to do so. Which suggests that you are the one who is deluded.
I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything, but then again I was thinking about nothing. And then my mom came in, and I didn't even know she was there. She called my name and I didn't hear her and then she started screaming “brazil84, brazil84!” And I go “what? What's the matter?” She goes “what's the matter with you?” I go “there's nothing wrong, mom.” Shes all “don't tell me that! You're on drugs!” I go “no mom, I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “mom, I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!
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Old 07-10-2012, 02:00 PM
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Why is it insensitive to say someone is "retarded", but you call somebody a "libertarian", and nobody bats an eye?
Liberals.
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Old 08-01-2012, 08:33 AM
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If those slaves had been members of the voting public, would they have voted to free the slaves? Possibly, but if that's not because of reasoned and moral logic, then adding them to the voting pool just means that when it comes time to allow women to vote or to allow homosexuals to marry, you might have just diluted the voting pool of people who would have voted intelligently.
Sorry to have to resurrect the thread, but I thought this latest from the elections forum deserved a pitting.
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Old 08-01-2012, 10:51 AM
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Sorry to have to resurrect the thread, but I thought this latest from the elections forum deserved a pitting.
You should wholeheartedly support literacy tests, since you think the voters need the government's "help" deciding what speech to hear in making informed decisions.
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Old 08-01-2012, 11:01 AM
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You should wholeheartedly support literacy tests, since you think the voters need the government's "help" deciding what speech to hear in making informed decisions.
I think you should take a literacy test to see if you're actually understanding what people are saying.

You're not reasoning, you're chanting.
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Old 08-01-2012, 11:24 AM
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I think you should take a literacy test to see if you're actually understanding what people are saying.
You don't even seem to understand what you're saying sometimes, so....
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Old 08-01-2012, 12:31 PM
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I have no interest in wading through yet another thread to understand what's going on in this one. Could whichever one of you is the racist bigoted asshole please just identify yourself so I can at least pick a side?
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:08 PM
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I have no interest in wading through yet another thread to understand what's going on in this one. Could whichever one of you is the racist bigoted asshole please just identify yourself so I can at least pick a side?
I'm an asshole, I know that. My wife says so.
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:11 PM
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I'm an asshole too. At least that's what lance strongarm's wife says.
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:21 PM
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Well, I guess I'm back to my default position of hating everyone equally. Luckily, I'm very comfortable in that position. And also in lance's wife's asshole.
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:47 PM
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Well, I guess I'm back to my default position of hating everyone equally. Luckily, I'm very comfortable in that position. And also in lance's wife's asshole.
Whoa.
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:50 PM
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And also in lance's wife's asshole.
Around here, we just call it "lance"
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:50 PM
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Whoa.
That's what she said.
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Old 09-12-2012, 09:49 AM
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Fuck it, they're still at it. Gaaah!
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