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They're trying to take it back:quote:Teabagger I don't think they realize that Teabagger has been around much longer than that. Plus, also, the Tea Party came into power in 2009 after Obama got elected... so there were supporters for two years before there was a party? Those guys are the ultimate hipsters.
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More of the idiocy posted:social justice how is this supposed to be a bad thing? quote:Santorum I'm surprised that Andy allows people to even allude to this. quote:Jobsgate ... purposely ? "Because I like Obama, I'm not going to call anything 'Jobsgate'?"
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I'd like to further note that conservatives do have a pretty strong case that liberals were being dicks in this case: the word "teabagger" was applied to them as an insult; it's not that they naively called themselves teabaggers and were laughed at (as has often been claimed since). By "reclaiming" the word, Schlafly is forfeiting that case. Good job.
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Mar 19, 2014 03:12
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By god, Obama rewarded political allies with jobs and favors? Do...do other people know about this?!
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Mar 19, 2014 03:15
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Tatum Girlparts posted:By god, Obama rewarded political allies with jobs and favors? It's only wrong when a Democrat does it, by the way. When a Republican does it it's a time-honored American tradition that must not bee questioned.
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Mar 19, 2014 03:44
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This dictionary shall keep us warm for pages to come. And has made me realise that the reason these people hate Harry Potter is because the true conservatives lose.
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Mar 19, 2014 04:21
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Parahexavoctal posted:how is this supposed to be a bad thing? Probably because to them, they think liberals' concepts of justice is wrong and that it isn't really justice, it's injustice because it steals from the wealthy who worked hard and give it to the undeserving poor (basically look at their definition of welfare from earlier). They also like to misuse verses such as "You will always have the poor with you" and say it's proof that trying to help the poor is pointless.
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Mar 19, 2014 05:23
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LaughMyselfTo posted:the word "teabagger" was applied to them as an insult; it's not that they naively called themselves teabaggers and were laughed at (as has often been claimed since) 
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Mar 19, 2014 05:29
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Just so we didn't wear out the dictionary too quick. Conservapedia's Harry Potter article posted:The Harry Potter series is written in a way that embeds fantasy and wizardry into a real world setting. This could potentially lead to some children potentially exploring witchcraft, Wicca, and paganism. Indeed, the Pagan Federation in Britain has received a flood of inquiries from young Harry Potter fans.[9] The rest of the article is your standard "Occultist brainwashing" bullshit but this other criticism is so telling. These people want all their entertainment to be about reinforcing their authoritarian urges, fiction as fun just escapes their comprehension. And I get why they wouldn't like magical people being portrayed as normal, but don't they themselves believe that Satantic witches are in every stratum of society?
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Mar 19, 2014 05:34
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Mind Loving Owl posted:This dictionary shall keep us warm for pages to come. And has made me realise that the reason these people hate Harry Potter is because the true conservatives lose. The funny thing about this idea is that the faction in Harry Potter you're implying is liberal is built entirely around following the dictates of a single old white man, is so hidebound that they haven't figured out cars yet, and by the way they own slaves. They just happen to not be quite as committed to genocide. 
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Mar 19, 2014 05:35
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LaughMyselfTo posted:it's not that they naively called themselves teabaggers and were laughed at (as has often been claimed since). This is a thing that happened. I remember seeing one of them on TV referring to themselves as such and thinking "what the fuuuuuuuuck?"
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Mar 19, 2014 06:10
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Mornacale posted:The funny thing about this idea is that the faction in Harry Potter you're implying is liberal is built entirely around following the dictates of a single old white man, is so hidebound that they haven't figured out cars yet, and by the way they own slaves. They just happen to not be quite as committed to genocide. I think that last bit would make them RINOs.
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LaughMyselfTo posted:I'd like to further note that conservatives do have a pretty strong case that liberals were being dicks in this case: the word "teabagger" was applied to them as an insult; it's not that they naively called themselves teabaggers and were laughed at (as has often been claimed since). By "reclaiming" the word, Schlafly is forfeiting that case. Good job. You may not remember this, but a lot of conservatives did naively call themselves teabaggers in the early days of the movement. The first time I heard the term referring to a Tea Party person was in a video where a guy with teabags hanging off of his hat and a big anti-Obama sign called himself a teabagger I'm sure there were liberals using it in a negative way, too, but you're forgetting about the average stupidity of the Tea Party
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The only proof something exists if you can go and observe it first hand. Now let's talk about God...
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QuarkJets posted:You may not remember this, but a lot of conservatives did naively call themselves teabaggers in the early days of the movement. The first time I heard the term referring to a Tea Party person was in a video where a guy with teabags hanging off of his hat and a big anti-Obama sign called himself a teabagger  They definitely called themselves teabaggers in the very very beginning until they learned the joke.
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Mind Loving Owl posted:The rest of the article is your standard "Occultist brainwashing" bullshit but this other criticism is so telling. These people want all their entertainment to be about reinforcing their authoritarian urges, fiction as fun just escapes their comprehension. And I get why they wouldn't like magical people being portrayed as normal, but don't they themselves believe that Satantic witches are in every stratum of society? I remember when Harry Potter came out there was yet another Satanist panic (though not nearly as strong as the ones in the 80's). People were demanding that the book be banned because it encouraged the practice of witchcraft and Harry was summoning demons and what have you. This was also when there was a pretty big upswing in the number of people practicing contemporary pagan religions. There is a rather strong belief among the far right that any portrayal of fantasy or magic must be eliminated because it encourages people to practice witchcraft, worship Satan, do drugs, spray paint trains, and what have you. Anything that encourages deviation from following Jesus is the influence of Satan attempting to lead people astray. They believe they're doing good but removing Satan's influence from the world. Actually sit down and read the stuff Jerry Falwell was writing in the 80's as well as Chick Tracts. They're actually very educational on what the world view of these people is. They seriously thought that Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering were created by Satan to lure people away from Christianity.
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To be fair there are morons in every large group of people, political movements definitely included. All sides of the political spectrum include idiots who cannot for the life of them explain why they identify with that persuasion. aka bandwagon obama supporters in 2008 at my university
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thehacker0 posted:To be fair there are morons in every large group of people, political movements definitely included. All sides of the political spectrum include idiots who cannot for the life of them explain why they identify with that persuasion. aka bandwagon obama supporters in 2008 at my university This thread is about andy schlafly's brand of morons though so if you want to talk about bandwagon obama idiots i encourage you to make a thread about them!
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Actually sit down and read the stuff Jerry Falwell was writing in the 80's as well as Chick Tracts. They're actually very educational on what the world view of these people is. They seriously thought that Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering were created by Satan to lure people away from Christianity. 
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MeLKoR posted:Actually if I learned anything reading Chick Tracts is that magic actually works. Yeah, D&D is way cooler in chick tracts than in real life.
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Mornacale posted:The funny thing about this idea is that the faction in Harry Potter you're implying is liberal is built entirely around following the dictates of a single old white man, is so hidebound that they haven't figured out cars yet, and by the way they own slaves. They just happen to not be quite as committed to genocide. Exactly, they're American liberals.
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And like the American right their leaders also consist of closeted gay men. Though at least Dumbledore to my knowledge didn't try and give wand-makers the right to not serve gay wizards.
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In practice parents might not be happy with where the books lead their kids, but that's more in terms of slashfics and such than witchcraft. I haven't ever run into anyone with the "Harry Potter leads to witchcraft!!!" thing in real life, but if I did I'd be sorely tempted to say something like, "Well, lots of people believe in things that aren't real and are more or less okay."
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Guilty Spork posted:In practice parents might not be happy with where the books lead their kids, but that's more in terms of slashfics and such than witchcraft. It can be kind of a regional thing. It has been continually dying down through my life slowly but I'm from a region where people that would leave Chick Tracts and religious pamphlets instead of tips pretty regularly. Sorry bro, but eternal salvation and "the true wealth that is gained through Christ" don't pay my rent or buy me potatoes. Really the best thing to do with the anti-Harry Potter people is to just walk away. You can't convince them. They view themselves as defenders of the faith and sacred holy warriors that are defending The Truth against Satan. No. Seriously. This is what they actually believe and why so many of them are such outspoken opponents of so many things. Satan's influence is in basically everything they don't like and if you can find some reason or another to say "yup, the devil's influence" they'll speak out against it, demand it be banned, and so forth. Which is why all of this talk about freedom is kind of hilarious. This is the same group of people that were demanding that Rock'n'Roll be banned and censored.
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Bubbacub posted:Didn't he write separate homeschooling exams for boys and girls? I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me, in fact I'd kind of expect it. He was raised in a house where the woman was a servant to the man, and she railed against anything else than that including women voting. Truly a hosed up world for that part of the family
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Randalor posted:Huh... that looks strangely familiar... Well, you see, they're not saying theirs is different from the actual thing, they're telling you what they consider the words mean, and what their made up boogy man liberal agenda, rainbow flag flying, equal rights supporting, abortionist, poor, lying scumbag Democrats and others that don't follow the conservative viewpoint believe the words mean. Mind Loving Owl posted:Just so we didn't wear out the dictionary too quick. I'm quite sure if they had their way, every TV station would show the Passion 24/7 forever quote:It has been continually dying down through my life slowly but I'm from a region where people that would leave Chick Tracts and religious pamphlets instead of tips pretty regularly. Heh, I remember finding those little "looks like money/something interesting" cards on the floor and tables at work at least once a week and always thought to myself "What a dishonest way to lead people to god". Actually saw one person dropping one on the floor once, picked it up and handed it back to him and asked him not to litter in my store, I spent a lot of time cleaning it and don't appreciate people trying to mess it up again. Also remember way back bumping into a trucker who was all devout. Tried to get in my car to get away and he near crawled inside with me to "preach the word". God I wish cell phones existed then so I could call the cops on his rear end. He pointed to his truck, and sure enough, it had all kinds of bible quotes painted all over it, like a professional version of one of those rolling god wagons with the added on box covered in plastic wrapped cardboard signs SocketWrench fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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People have seriously left chick tracts instead of tip for you? On multiple occasions? 
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Job 28:15,23,28 posted:It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. Go forth and spend your cartoon booklet wisely. 
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Helsing posted:People have seriously left chick tracts instead of tip for you? On multiple occasions? Though not a tip, I used to work in a postal outlet. I once had someone argue that the Word of God needed to go everywhere and thus he should not have to pay for stamps. He was very sincere and took almost ten minutes before giving up. It wasn't even a church sending mail (we had several who did, including Scientology, which is its own stories). Just an old guy sending about thirty handwritten envelopes... with Scripture scrawled on the back. I have no idea if the contents were religious or not. He ended up jamming them in the mail slot anyway since I was unable to convince him the Word of God still required postage. I assume they were sent back for no postage, but I never saw him again. Prism fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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Helsing posted:People have seriously left chick tracts instead of tip for you? On multiple occasions? It's disgustingly common in some places; there are even tracts that are made to look like a $10 or $20 on one side, and "YOU WERE EXCITED WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS MONEY, BUT SALVATION IS EVEN BETTER!" on the other. http://sundaysaretheworst.com/
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Helsing posted:People have seriously left chick tracts instead of tip for you? On multiple occasions? Way back in high school I had a part time job one summer working a grocery store register, and I got handed chick tracts a couple of times along with the cash. This was back before automatic checkouts were a thing, and when food stamps still were printed pieces of currency-resembling paper, in case you were wondering. 
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I went to a church as a child which handed out those stupid fake tip dollars and encouraged their use. gently caress the south. E: Well the guy who ran the youth group did. Not sure what the pastors opinion on it was.
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MeLKoR posted:Actually if I learned anything reading Chick Tracts is that magic actually works. Once you're absolutely convinced that magic exists, it's hard to draw a sensible dividing line between the real magic and pretend magic.
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Helsing posted:People have seriously left chick tracts instead of tip for you? On multiple occasions? I live in rural Pennsylvania in a place where I, just last week, heard somebody praising the Westboro Baptist Church as "some of the truest Christians there are" and asking why nobody had canonized Jerry Falwell yet. Trust me, there are places where the stereotypes of conservatives are actually tame compared to the reality. Case in point, one of the places I worked some guy went absolutely apeshit when he found out that his server was gay. He was really causing a scene, demanding that the guy be fired, that he get his food for free, and everything that was "tainted by that dirty human being" be immediately thrown out and burned. We had...I don't know, a total of like 7 gay people working for us at the time and let me tell you, this guy was not happy about gay people touching anything that he might consume. We threw him out and threatened to call the police but some other customers rallied to his defense and a total of eight people walked out with him (mind you, none of them paid for their food but the police wouldn't do much about it even though that's, you know, illegal) while some others were muttering about that gay that caused a scene. Apparently the guy managed to convince a total of 100 people to permanently boycott the restaurant and threatened to picket it. He never did but yes, there are places where people like this are not only common but perfectly normal within the social fabric. I don't live in that town anymore and would be very happy if I never even saw it again.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Case in point, one of the places I worked some guy went absolutely apeshit when he found out that his server was gay. He was really causing a scene, demanding that the guy be fired, that he get his food for free, and everything that was "tainted by that dirty human being" be immediately thrown out and burned. We had...I don't know, a total of like 7 gay people working for us at the time and let me tell you, this guy was not happy about gay people touching anything that he might consume. Too bad the server didn't pull a Lafayette from True Blood (http://youtu.be/5Ff_6VsRuas) Getting back to conservapedia, did someme just confirm suspicions about the Conservative account? quote:I am more certain than ever that the quality users of the Conservative account are long gone, yet the remaining cretins retain the original status and account privileges
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Hemp Knight posted:Too bad the server didn't pull a Lafayette from True Blood (http://youtu.be/5Ff_6VsRuas) ooh, source?
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