# Why Is This a Personal Attack?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-a-personal-attack/550619 "2010-08-18T15:13:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-a-personal-attack/550619/2 "2010-08-18T15:23:53Z")

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Any particular reason you didn’t include the previous exchange?

> [@How did conservatives create such a powerful grassroots movement recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-conservatives-create-such-a-powerful-grassroots-movement-recently/550207/187):
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> > [@How did conservatives create such a powerful grassroots movement recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-conservatives-create-such-a-powerful-grassroots-movement-recently/550207/186):
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> > That’s o.k.-we like you despite that. Would it help if he used smaller words?
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> Your post is not too stupid to read; just too stupid to take seriously. I guess that is an improvement.
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> Just to round things out -[list=A][li] do you believe (as some do) that Obama shrunk the deficit? [_]Which number is larger - $1.2 trillion, or $1.56 trillion?[_]Do you believe that loans from the federal government that are [repaid](http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703509404575300502253092016.html)from company earnings have the same effect, or a different effect, on the deficit?[\*]Do you believe that Obama is a Keynesian, who believes in deficit spending during a recession but reducing the deficit when the recession is over?[/list]Thinking thru your posts in light of these few simple questions may go a long way in reducing their abject stupidity. [/li]  
> Regards,  
> Shodan

> [@How did conservatives create such a powerful grassroots movement recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-conservatives-create-such-a-powerful-grassroots-movement-recently/550207/188):
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> **TWEEET!**
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> Enough with throwing around the word “stupid” and its derivatives.
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> **[/Moderating]**

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