# Left Wingers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904 "2003-09-01T02:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/21 "2003-09-01T05:40:12Z")
No, she’d be banned. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/22 "2003-09-01T06:05:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > I have noticed a large number of martyrs lately, so much so that I’m planning cross-fittings every day from noon to three. First one hundred sacrificial lambs get free coffee! SOME things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you wanna curse . . . ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/23 "2003-09-01T06:11:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*SOME things in life are bad > They can really make you mad > Other things just make you wanna curse . . . \*\* You know, they’ll BAN you for really bad poetry around here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/24 "2003-09-01T06:22:39Z")
But I’m having so much fun imagining The Usual Suspects with one hand and both feet nailed to their crosses, whistling themselves into oblivion. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/25 "2003-09-01T06:32:27Z")
Xploder, december got banned. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/26 "2003-09-01T06:51:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xploder \* > \*\* I believe that if a woman wants an abortion then she should be able to get one without interference. > > \*\* Damn liberal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/27 "2003-09-01T07:03:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > Is it just ME or has anyone else noticed lately that there seems to be a HUGE number of Pubbies desperately trying to hammer that second hand into the cross lately No, it’s not just you. I’ve been sorely tempted in the last week or so to start selling hardware supplies here on the SDMB and make a few extra bucks from all the self-proclaimed Fearless Martyrs of the Republican Party. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/28 "2003-09-01T09:35:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocturne \* > \*\*Or maybe, just MAYBE, those of us that are gay/bi really don’t LIKE the words “gay” or “faggot” or “lesbo” to be used as an insult, considering we have been threatened using those taunts. > > Would you call a black man a “nigger” to insult him? Furthermore, if you did, would you expect him to “take it”? > > Also, I was called “fat” most of my junior high years, not only by my classmates, but by my mother, which sent me spiraling into anorexia. I don’t think that’s particularly “cool” to use as an insult either. \*\* I’m sorry that I wasn’t more clear. What I meant was to use the word “gay” as in the phrase “that’s so gay”. Granted I don’t do this but my sister in law who IS gay uses it all the damn time. As for being called fat growing up, join the crowd as I was too. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/29 "2003-09-01T09:38:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Huh? You think only left-wingers use words like “fat” or “gay”? \*\* Nope. My point was that ifd ANYONE uses those words they get their shit jumped. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/30 "2003-09-01T09:39:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ale \* > \*\*Let me check… yep, this is the Pit; Xploder, you are entitled to your views regarding the death penalty, similarly I am entitled to say that you´re an abominable asshole. \*\* Yep. You’re entitled to call me a goat-felching asshole if you want to. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/31 "2003-09-01T09:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tanaqui \* > \*\*Gee, I wasn’t aware that “being an asshole” and “right winger” were the same thing. I also wasn’t aware that pro-choice was a typical right-wing political position. 😕 > > Maybe the problem is that many people here do not agree with YOU. Most people don’t agree with me on everything either, tragically. You’re just gonna have to live with it. \*\* Hey! I never **said** that I was a right-winger! If anything, I tend to be more of a moderate than anything else. If I had MY way, (and hasn’t that been said a million times before), both the political parties most vocal members would be locked in a room and left to sort things out by themselves. I guess we COULD feed them and give them water… ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/32 "2003-09-01T09:46:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capacitor \* > \*\*Xploder, december got banned. \*\* **REALLY???** Well duh. I’d have to be both blind and retarded not to notice that from the threads here in the pit. I could give a shit less about december. I thought the guy was an asshole. A polite asshole, but still an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/33 "2003-09-01T09:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chandeleur \* > \*\*I have a theory, that may explain this. It’s just my theory, so I may be way off. It seems that when Clinton was in office, there was much ranting from the right, not so much from the left. Now with Bush, the more vocal rants come from the left. It seems that whatever side isn’t “getting their way” so to speak, is the most vocal. > > Or I’m wrong. \*\* That must be it. Maybe I’ve just been reading to many pit threads lately. In any case, if I’ve offended anyone here, my apologies as that was never my intent. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/34 "2003-09-01T11:00:14Z")
Xploder: People using “That’s so gay” lightly is what I’m talking about. It ceases to be “cool” once you’ve heard it used as a taunt. Likewise, people around here call people “fag” and “lesbo” meaning to be funny. It’s not funny to me. If it’s funny in your circle of friends, fine. But do it when you’re alone with them. And by the way, you’ve not offended me. I was just trying to offer one viewpoint of why I personally think using “gay” as a catch-all insulting word is stupid. I realize that your sister may be gay and use the word in such a manner. I hear African Americans sometime refer to each other as “nigga,” but I sure as HELL am not going to call them that. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/35 "2003-09-01T11:14:44Z")
**Xploder** , could you use ONE reply instead of six the next time? It’s possible to C&P quotes, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/36 "2003-09-01T11:14:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nocturne \* > \*\*Xploder: > > People using “That’s so gay” lightly is what I’m talking about. It ceases to be “cool” once you’ve heard it used as a taunt. Likewise, people around here call people “fag” and “lesbo” meaning to be funny. It’s not funny to me. If it’s funny in your circle of friends, fine. But do it when you’re alone with them. > > And by the way, you’ve not offended me. I was just trying to offer one viewpoint of why I personally think using “gay” as a catch-all insulting word is stupid. > > I realize that your sister may be gay and use the word in such a manner. I hear African Americans sometime refer to each other as “nigga,” but I sure as HELL am not going to call them that. \*\* I never said it was “cool”, nor did I say it was funny. I appreciate your point of view. As I said a couple of posts ago, I’ve most likely been readin to many pit threads. Seems to me that the most vocal posters, as in pissing and moaning about shit, are usually associated with the more liberal point of view. I couldn’t give a shit less if someone thinks I’m a conservative or not as out of all the people on this board, I might have met a dozen. Out of that dozen or so, only ONE really knows very much about me. Oh yeah, glad you weren’t offended by anything I said. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/37 "2003-09-01T11:16:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\ ***Xploder** , could you use ONE reply instead of six the next time? It’s possible to C&P quotes, you know. \*\* Sorry…I had JUST woke up and was trying to figure out how and couldn’t…sigh…and the reason for THIS one is we simulposted. My apologies sir. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/38 "2003-09-01T13:25:20Z")
**Chandeleur** posited a variation of Jane’s Law, which says “The devotees of the party in power are smug and arrogant. The devotees of the party out of power are insane.” [www.janegalt.net](http://www.janegalt.net/blog/archives/2003_05.html) Scroll down to her entry for May 21. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/39 "2003-09-01T13:52:26Z")
you might actually be able to have a conversation about this if you phrased the question without using terms like “left-wingers”. leave out liberal or conservative, and perhaps make the title something less inflamatory like \*\* Goddamn PC bastards on these boards are turning this place into a fascist haven of controlled group-thought \*\* see, that’s much nicer, and perhaps every term you used wouldn’t get parsed to death ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-wingers/198904/40 "2003-09-01T14:20:06Z")
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