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    12/04/09

    In reply to Should We Be Worried That We Hardly Notice Conservative Facebook Hate Anymore?
    Honestly, I'm just waiting for the day Plaintiff employment attorneys begin to use facebook, etc. as a means of gathering evidence of discrimination.

    I say post away! Idiots.
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    12/04/09

    @Trulymadlyme: They already do. A friend of mine who does employment law says a search of social networking sites for parties in the case is the first thing they do when they get a new case.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Should We Be Worried That We Hardly Notice Conservative Facebook Hate Anymore?
    Back when I was idealistic and young, I used to think things like:

    "If only The People could make their voices heard over the din of corporate-controlled media."

    "Soon, the democratication of media will give everyone a voice."

    Then the internet happened and I realized that the Vox Populi is actually the sound of your embarassing, racist, maybe retarded uncle, after he's had about ten beers too many. The Voice of the People is really, really dumb.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/09

    @lionel-mandrake: The voice of some of the people is dumb, because some people are dumb. It's not surprising that in the state in which he was elected to office, the guy's views are held by a large number of people. What's hopeful is that they're not the majority. In the past, only his views would have been heard -- not those of the greater number of people who think he's an idiot.
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    12/04/09

    @lionel-mandrake: Truth be told, the filters through which we perceive information are skewed, at best. The anti-war rallies I attended in San Francisco in 2003 were humongous and had a huge media presence, but they got very little print or broadcast coverage, except on Indymedia outlets and the European press.

    We may be manipulated into believing the racist morons are the majority of Americans, and this may be true in smaller population centers. However, the energy and authenticity of the 2003 rallies was enough to sustain my belief that in urban areas, rational intelligence still reigns.
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    12/04/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: @lionel-mandrake: Considering that Bush managed to get elected twice, I think the percentage of the population that is dumb is teetering on the edge of being the majority.
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    12/04/09

    @ostartero: You did notice the last election, right? Did you also notice the incredibly lousy campaigns run by both Gore and Kerry? When a Democrat finally ran a campaign that wasn't pathetically half-assed, he won. That's not to say that voting for Bush was ever the smart choice, but a lot of people either stayed home or voted for third-party candidates in both campaigns who would have voted Democrat if they'd had a candidate worth caring about. People seem to love Gore now, but Gore in 2000 chose Lieberman as his running mate. I think that says everything about him and his ineptitude in that campaign that needs to be said.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Should We Be Worried That We Hardly Notice Conservative Facebook Hate Anymore?
    I am a pretty politically active person, but I find that Facebook is better served by my rants about society's foibles and the latest Mark Trail comic strip rather than politics.

    If you spout about Obama being muslin anti americkuhn- then you get hidden and I will not trade any of my animals with you on Farmville.
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    12/04/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: Nor will i give you that pair of cufflinks you need to vault your collection in Mafia Wars!
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Should We Be Worried That We Hardly Notice Conservative Facebook Hate Anymore?
    But with the mainstream GOP more than willing to rile up the nuts if it means a little fundraising cash and a higher media profile, lord knows where this ends.

    Pot, meet Kettle, though I do believe you're already well acquainted.
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    12/04/09

    @Swifter: Produce five examples of elected Democratic officials spouting uninformed, belligerent hatred on their Facebook or Twitter pages from the last six months. When you can, I might take your, "The Democrats are just as bad as the Republicans" bullshit a little more seriously. Though, actually, probably not.
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    12/04/09

    @Swifter: #falseequivalencybullshit
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    12/04/09

    @Go Like Hell Machine: Seriously, I think we might be misunderstanding who Swifter is referring to as the pot and the kettle, because he/she certainly can't think that elected Democrats have done anything like this. This is far beyond anyone calling Bush an idiot (and I doubt elected Democrats have ever posted that on their facebooks).
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    12/04/09

    @nozer: I'll let Swifter answer that for himself/herself.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Should We Be Worried That We Hardly Notice Conservative Facebook Hate Anymore?
    Is the fear that not criticizing this kind of idiocy normalizes it? Otherwise I think that focusing on racism displayed on Facebook misses out on the fact that the Internet has long been a haven for hate an extremism (just as it breeds weird porn).
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    12/04/09

    @rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: My fear is that, criticized or not, this kind of idiocy is becoming normal.
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    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: I'm sure the best solution will be to wait it out. In shorter time than you imagine, such vicious and ignorant individuals will migrate to (much like a seething, racist flock of geese), congregate in, and come to reside at locations of easy containment, softened food, pharmaceutical requisites, and weekly "Bingo" meetings ... otherwise known as "Adult Communities"
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    Lysergic Asset promoted this comment Edited by AmendmentForOne at 12/04/09 5:06 PM AmendmentForOne was starred AmendmentForOne was unstarred
    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/04/09

    @AmendmentForOne: Sad, but true... which may also be the same approach to take re: gay marriage (wait until enough bigots die off).
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    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: The most tragic thing is that I feel that I will live to see either my children's generation, or my grandchildren's generation finally allow such a thing as Gay Marriage. But those who have been fighting for it the longest (many of whom are the same who fought for Gay rights in the 70s and 80s, and survived the initial onslaught of AIDs) won't live to see that shining day
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    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Behold the cracker mayor from Tennessee. Unfortunately it looks like he'll be around for quite a while
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    12/04/09

    @rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: but weird porn is good, whereas racism is bad.
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    12/04/09

    @AmendmentForOne: Dr. King didn't live to see President Obama inaugurated either, and still... he was everywhere. (King wasn't far off, either - in an interview in the 1964, he said he thought the U.S. would see a black President in 20-25 years.) [news.bbc.co.uk]
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    12/04/09

    @BitterDiva: Unbeknownst to Mr. (So Devastatingly Not A) Wiseman, Jesus has never had any plans to stop by his house for The Second Coming.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: But it's not. It makes news, so it gets talked about, but please, please note that the majority of people responding to that poll think he's a dick. It's Tennessee, so the majority isn't as large as we'd expect to see elsewhere, but it's a majority. These people are losing ground, not gaining it. That's why their flailing has become so energetic.
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    Image of XeroKillswitch XeroKillswitch
    12/04/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: You're exactly correct. That means they're going to get more and more energetic as they continue to lose influence. You know where that road ends and it's scary.

    Yay for dumbasses!!
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/09

    @XeroKillswitch: The road ends with their becoming ineffective, powerless trolls. Will there be some ugliness along the way? Most likely. But I remember when mentality was not only in the ascendancy, it went largely unchallenged. This is better.
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    12/04/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Ooh, I like you. What you said meshes beautifully with what I already believe/hope for: [thenewhumanity.blogspot.com]
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    I genuinely did not think that "gypped" was that bad, I say it all the time. Yeek.

    "Gyppo", on the other hand, I knew all along was dead wrong.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    So, the insurance companies are the rip-offs but Big Pharma--who have been inside the White House since late February/March--they're ok. They're NOT rip-offs and we're therefore not going to regulate their 4,000% profits or anything like that.
    Things I thought he was that he's turning out not to be:
    Eloquent
    Hardworking
    Intelligent
    Independent
    Different
    Friend to Middle and Lower class
    Transparent
    Responsible
    Decisive...
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    12/04/09

    @Novaload: As someone who works in medical research I am growing tired of hearing all of the attacks on Big Pharma lately. The overhead for drug development is HUGE. Society has a lot to benefit from new therapeutics being introduced to the market, but the amount of financial risk these companies must take in order to conduct proper clinical trials that meet FDA standards is unprecedented in any other industry. If we cut out half of the bureaucracy we have at the FDA and adopted a more European system for drug approval, then Big Pharma wouldn't have to charge exorbitant amounts for new drugs. But then we'd have more disasters like Vioxx. It's an unfortunate Catch 22.
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    Image of The Defeatery The Defeatery
    12/04/09

    @Novaload: Worst acrostic ever.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/04/09

    @The Defeatery: Indeed. I never even thought of that.
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    12/04/09

    @SurlyDuck: Yes, to some extent, but these are the same people who are pricing drugs out of anyone but the richest people's reach. I work with drug companies too, in several areas. They get tax write-offs for development costs, too. They are in it for the patent and the bucks.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    As a half breed, the president should have some sympathy for gypsies, tramps and thieves. Bet he wishes he could turn back time.
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    12/04/09

    @Perhaps Not: Yeah, but he believes in life after gaffes. So it's okay.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    I just can't get worked up about Gypsy defamation.

    They're just not that warm and cuddly a people.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    I think he meant gypped as in, the insurance companies will steal your children if you don't keep up with your premiums.
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    12/04/09

    @Mediahohoho: Or play the tambourine all night in a caravan next to your house.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    How oppressed are these gypsies, really? And what are they going to do, put a curse on the President so that no matter what he eats, he just keeps getting thinner?
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    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Pretty oppressed, frankly. Like, among the most maligned and mistreated ethnic groups in the world.
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    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Ask what the Nazis did to them.
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    12/04/09

    @eleusiswalks: Forgive my lame attempt at a Richard Bachman/ Stephen King joke.
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    12/04/09

    @Novaload: See my reply to eleusiswalks... that was clearly not one of my optimal snarks.
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    12/04/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Sorry! My snark radar was impaired today. I think someone put a curse on me!
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    12/04/09

    @Novaload: Sometimes we walk a very fine line between seriousness, satire and snark around here... me perhaps being a bit more irreverent than many.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    I don't know if it's a slur, all i know is the last time i asked my insurance company if a needed surgery was covered, they said they wouldn't tell me until I passed silver over their palm.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    . . . and Grandma!
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    As crazy as all these Right-wingers may be, they're crafty as well. News outlets will now focus on Obama's "gaffe" and likely report little to nothing on the topic of the speech.
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    12/04/09

    @HenryLovesFonzie: The word "gaffe" is actually an offensive term once used to deride gay Luftwaffe pilots during the Blitz. Fuck you, slur-face.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Obama Compares the Insurance Industry to a Bunch of Thieving Gypsies
    Most of the "Gypsies" in the US are called Travelers (not truly Roma; more like pale trash), so it would be proper to say the insurance companies have "Travelered" us.
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    12/04/09

    @miss_msry: I thought Travelers were Irish "Gypsies?"

    My husband's family is part Roma, but they are Polish and filled with self-hate about it so it is never really discussed.
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    12/04/09

    @Altaira:

    This is probably the US branch of the Irish clan.

    Google and "60 Minutes" are our friends. [www.gypsyloresociety.org]
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