# Republicans:  America's Fundamentalists

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 12, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-americas-fundamentalists/528648 "2010-02-12T03:07:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-americas-fundamentalists/528648/107 "2010-02-23T22:17:37Z")

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> [@The\_Facts](#):
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> HAH? Oh, it’s top 100 … same thing as a best seller!
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> The definitive list of best sellers is the New York Times. Unless it was #1 on the Times, it was not a BEST seller.
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> So, yes, you are a liar.

You’re not allowed to call another poster a liar in this forum. I know you’re new here, [so please read the rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9294639#post9294639). “Liar” is discussed in post 5.

> [@No direct personal insults or "flaming" in great debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-direct-personal-insults-or-flaming-in-great-debates/210240/5):
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> The misunderstood, (and perhaps, misapplied) rule that the phrase “You are a liar” may be treated as the equivalent of “Your statement is a lie” is hereby suspended.
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> “You are a Liar” will be treated, henceforth, as a personal insult subject to the normal sanctions of insult in Great Debates.

Thanks for your attention and please don’t do this again.

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