Actually, that would explain a lot.
My opinion of you is that you are freakin’ awesome, so… thanks and back atcha.
Skald, I’m sure he knows your motives are pure…evil, that is.
It’s a curious quirk of humanity that we are willing to argue an absurd point until the horse is not only dead but beaten into a fine red mist just to prevent ourselves from being the bad guy. We HAVE to believe we’re on the higher ground, have to believe we’re not one of Them. The grass is always greener on the other side of the street, the other dudes are not true Scotsmen, and my esteemed opponent is Hitler.
We know this shit is wrong and we say it anyway. Liberals, conservatives, fascists, socialists. Of course those kids were assholes. Of course adults acting the same way – which some do, whether we like it or not – are also assholes. Liberals and conservatives have done the same thing, but you all know better than to think that we all do or they’re representative of the base.
Liberals get prickly when people call them intolerant. Some of us fear we are deep down because we don’t love absolutely everyone. Conservatives get prickly too. Many conservatives I know get prickly at that point because they are decent and loving people who generally don’t tolerate bullshit and are considered to therefore tolerate nothing.
And everyone, EVERYONE, gets crazy when they get power (except for Barack “The H in Jesus H Christ is Hussein” Obama). Liberals have been demonized for a long damn time. Now our buddy is in power. Not all the people who voted Obama were dyed-in-the-wool yellow-dog Democrats, either: there’s plenty of people who jumped on the bandwagon for the man, to make history, or because they figured he would win. We have our obnoxious assholes just like you have your Freepers. We could play tu quoque all day long, but it’s one long circle jerk and I’m starting to fucking chafe.
Nevermind. Hit Submit prematurely.
On second thought, nevermind altogether. Little Plastic Ninja is right and I don’t want to add to her (his?) chafeness.
Was this shouted to you by one of your little nigra friends clinging to his place at the back of the bus or told to you by your mother as she waddled pregnant and barefoot back to the kitchen after bringing your dad a beer?
No, as a matter of fact it was by a white, employed, female schoolteacher…in the fifties no less, when women were oppressed and aching to go to work and break their bonds of servitude.
I grew a penis just for the circle jerk, but usually I’m a girl. 
Y’all can chafe just as much as you want if it gives you satisfaction. I know some Obamassholes and I know some really really decent guys who voted McCain, they’re the people I hang out with on a regular basis, and while we disagree on the issues they only call me a liberal doodah SOME of the time and then one of them opens a bottle of beer with the bottle opener that plays Eyes of Texas and we all throw up the Longhorn salute (looks like a gang sign. No, actually, it looks like the rocker devil horns, and I always have to look at my hand to figure out which I’m supposed to throw this time because it’s embarrassing to headbang to the UT fight song or throw the Longhorn salute at a concert) and all is forgiven.
I also got off early-morning overtime at work, and during none of that time did I get to tell any one of those assholes to go away and eat a dick, so yeah.
Well, hell, if I’d known that I’d have given that asshole 5-4-Fighting the response he deserved. But I appreciated your comment in the ‘Congratulations’ thread and thought I’d tone it down to show appreciation.
BTW, if the ‘devil sign’ you’re referring to is the one made famous by Gene Simmons of KISS, you might find it interesting to know that it means “I love you” in sign language. I discovered that on Simmons’ web page.
Aw heck, Starving Artist, you remind me of some of those people I have beers with when we’re not talking about politics. And Mama always told me being nice never cost you anything.
It’s nice here. We can shout at one another until our throats are numb but we will all come together against really crazy ideas like Highlander 2 being worth watching.
And I did not know that the
n/ thinger meant I Love You. That is so cool!
Sorry, Starving Artist, but I’ve spent 2/3 of my life in that liberal bastion New York City, where the unofficial state song in Kumbaya and we’re required by law to pick on a conservative at least once a day. 
But
n/!
And see, I live in Texas. Even in Austin if I piss on enough conservative boots, pretty soon I have nobody to stand me a Shiner on game day. I’ll have to drink Lone Star and sit on the floor. 
Well, this thread has certainly taken a surprisingly pleasant turn. Thanks and
n/ to you both.
Kumbaya my lord, kumbaya…
I still remember the day I learned this lesson- I was in High school, around 17 years old, and a really cute girl (who was quite conservative, as was the majority of my school, I just said I was independent and avoided politics).
She turned to me angrily after a comment I made, glared at me (we had gone to school together since the 2nd grade, but we never really talked that much- she was in the “cool” crowd, and I was well… not?), anyways, she turned to me, glared at me, and told me “that was an insensitive comment to make. I hope you know that your religion is stupid, and that you deserved to burn in hell for the stupidity that came out of my mouth. How dare you say that to me- you aren’t a person to me anymore, and I cannot take you seriously.”
That comment really surprised me, and it kinda stung, as I’d never been told before that my religion was stupid, and that I *deserved *to burn in hell. Especially from her- she was such a quite and nice girl, if a bit prissy and stuck up.
What did I say to deserve such vitriol? “I think going to UVA (popular College in VA) just because Dave Matthews happens to play free concerts is a stupid reason to go. Dave Matthews isn’t that good anyways, he sucks.”
And for that, I was damned to hell. That memory is still burned into my head- but don’t worry, I don’t blame conservatives for that sort of behavior, or preppy rich kids either- that was just the day I realized: Some people are just plain Idiots.
Nothing you can do to change that, and it’s not even worth trying to reason with that sort of passion.
Some people are just idiots. Lesson learned- age 17. So to read this article- I can’t say I’m surprised at all by the behavior, but to try to categorize it to a group, I can’t really see the good in that especially at this younger age. There’s a reason they don’t vote that young, and if they can’t vote, I don’t really consider them to be a part of a “party”, they’re just groupies waiting to prove themselves.
It sure has.
FUCK THAT YOU’RE ALL DICKHOLES.
be careful, y’all, or people will notice. we might start a trend of pit threads being resolved! :eek:
Which differs from conservatives in what way?
You got beat up by U2 fans??
Now that’s just sad. 
Because what’s a little silliness about implying that the bullying tactics of middle-schoolers are representative of “liberal tolerance” between friends? :dubious:
You and I have respectfully disagreed many times. It’s been respectful because I don’t happen to think that “conservative” equals “hateful moron”. I believe that you are generally similarly disinclined toward such ridiculousness. Now I’m assuming you’re just having a bad day, because I firmly believe that this shit is way beneath you.
Who’s doing what with the what now? I mean, really.
I like the unicorn races as much as the next guy, and yeah, when a small vaguely emerald gentleman asks me for a quarter so he can afford to get his oscillation overthruster fixed I’ll give him one, even though I know he’s probably going to spend it on Soma. I voted for the honourable member for Narnia and Wonderland in the last election, and will contribute to his campaign next time with the money that I earned from helping that nice Nigerian prince move his fortune to the safety of Gringott’s. In other words, I’m a solid, level headed skeptical realist who does his research, and I’ve had enough.
Why the hell do you woo-woo nutbars keep insisting that this “Highlander 2” exists?