Corollary to Godwin’s law: The longer an authoritarian stays in power, the more comparisons involving Nazis or Hitler become accurate.
Especially if that authoritarian obtains power by appealing to the worst in us, and the worst of us.
And no one in the thread in any way participated in or defended the lynch mob. You just seemed to flip out when anyone said anything negative about the kid himself. You seemed to be reading a whole lot more into what people said.
Also, for future reference, Reason.com is generally considered right wing or at least libertarian, so not the best cite if you’re trying to convince lefties.
It is extremely common rhetoric for people to claim that people who disagree with them on-line to be strongly (and irrationally) emotional simply because they hold a different position. You should try to rise above that.
BTW, I used not one single obscenity towards either anyone involved in the protest or anyone in the thread–meanwhile, I was told:
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That you then characterize the thread as me “flipping out”, it says vastly more about you than it does about me.
Darren, these folks have a script they follow with regards to “debate.” It’s been honed over a couple decades and good luck dealing with it.
History of this message board shows that a lot of conservatives are willful ignorants of what the pit is just score silly points like that one, and I have to mention here that there were posters that were banned because sounding nice does not take away that illogical, bad fate or trolling posts can get you banned.
“Us folk” also know what forum we are posting in, so fuck you.
We have a script? And no one told me? :eek::smack:
Here I just thought their bullshit was so easy to counter with logic and facts and all that, that anyone with a little bit of intelligence and real world knowledge could knock these idiots over like so many bowling pins. Especially when most of them simply repeat the same right wing talking points without any base line understanding of the issues or where those talking points fail.
In the Pit? Tut tut, you get points off for that. The Pit is where obscenity is supposed to be used.
(I’m so far down in the negative points that I’ve stopped counting, but I still post in the Pit. 'Scuse me, the fucking Pit.)
I’m sure this in reference to our squabble about “Smirky”
If not, please disregard.
Republicans: What things are like in reality.
Progressive Democrats: What things ought to be like in reality.
Republicans: How do I play the hand I’ve got?
Progressive Democrats: Can we shuffle again, I got a bad hand.
(Please note, I come off as a dick a lot (purposely and incidentally), it’s just my writing prose and phrasing. We probably actually have much more in common than not, even with many ideological differences. I hold no ill will against you, Chimera. I actually like many of your posts.)
Just squabblin’
So I just saw this post in the NKorea thread in Elections.
Hmmmm; I don’t recall that name. Join date is 2009. Okay, “find all posts by…”
Search shows posts 1 thru 193 of 193… only 6 of which are from this year.
And look, his first 192 posts are all about Game of Thrones or playing a thread game or commenting about Minecraft… all innocuous stuff.
Then, his 193rd post just jumps into a political discussion that encompasses months of events and dozens of posts.
There is nothing about this posting history or that name that doesn’t scream “trock!”
Anyone wanna bet against me?
The hell you say.
(I’m so far down in the negative points that I’ve stopped counting, but I still post in the Pit. 'Scuse me, the fucking Pit.)
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Daaaamn.
Your amazingly ignorant comments regarding Korea prove that this “view” of yours is only inside your head and has no connection whatsoever with reality.
No. You come across as incredibly stupid.
Still on that Korea business huh? The posturing from NK has been quiet lately, so only time will tell. If you’re correct I’ll own it.
Monty, I get the same impression from you based on some of the content from your posts and replies, missing the target and all. I know you’re not, though.
You’re a decent person. I’m sure your sentiment is shared wildly though among other frequenters here and some I cannot say the same for.
Difference of opinion, remember?
Republicans: What things ought to be like in reality.
The rest of us: What things are like in reality.
Given that I happen to reside in the capital city of North Korea’s main ally and that I am currently visiting the capital city of South Korea and that my wife is a citizen of the Republic of Korea, the situation on the Korean Peninsula is always in the front of my mind.
And this comment is supposed to show you are not stupid? Gyrate just mocked your asinine comment.
Your opinions are not based on evidence. You’ve basically admitted such. Why should I value your [del]wild-ass stupid guess[/del] “opinion”?
Practicing right wing ideology requires, first, a detachment from reality. To really do it properly, though, requires an utter denial of reality.
Oddly enough, this, too, happened this weekend.
Knowing what forum you are posting in is an accomplishment now? Well, good job! Have a cookie. 
You are the one constantly bitching about people swearing in The BBQ Pit, so no cookie for you, fuckface.