Originally Posted By RoadTrip The Tea Party guarantees that Republicans will never control ANYTHING again except perhaps the House of Representatives.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***fullhady*** Jesus, man, it doesn't even SOUND like that. Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son. Go take some community college courses or do some more reading or do SOMETHING. Don't be proud of it, for pete's sake. (is that part of American pride now? to be wilfully ignorant and happy about it?)
Originally Posted By Ivan55 $$$$ fat drunk and stupid is no wat to go through life$$$$ you took that from a movie and tried to prawn it off as yours. Any way i dont like to hang around haters since im a lover and a good harted guy.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer You'll have to forgive Mr. X. He did try to prawn that off as his own but he's just a mental shrimp when it comes to debate.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip What the hell is "harted" or for that matter "prawn" (other than a large shrimp)? LP REALLY needs an edit function.
Originally Posted By Ivan55 $$$ fat drunk and stupid $$$ Ya i saw that movie too. Were you going to plaguerize the whole movie for us or do you have any thoughts of your own? Is that your thing, you come in here memorize some obscure passage from a movie and try to prawn it off as yous. So i dont have a degree in school but at least i wont be unoriginal
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <LP REALLY needs an edit function.> That presupposes someone who can recognize his mistakes.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I'm getting sick of these typos.<< Yet, you keep responding. Even though he's obviously doing it deliberately. Troll 7 Tom Sawyer 0
Originally Posted By Tikiduck I just cant understand if the grammar thing is somehow intentional, or if this guy really represents a typical, below average, uneducated conservative. Either way, you gain nothing in besting a fool.
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Originally Posted By MoondoggieCA Why would a Republican come on these boards? I used to read these World Event boards years ago and I can see that not much has changed. For every relatively conservative poster on here there are 25 liberals who are waiting in the ready to name call or put down, but not debate. What's the point? There's safety in numbers among the liberals on this board. And they know it. And conservatives figure it isn't worth the effort. Especially if it isn't going to be met with debate but put downs. I have liberal friends who know how to debate and we listen to each others' opinions. We might not agree. And minds might never be changed. It never resorts to name calling or put downs. Like on this board. Just an observation.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Years ago, the liberal to conservative balance was even or even slightly tilted in favor of the conservatives. There were plenty of moderates then too. And even later, when some of the conservatives left, would still have intelligent debates with the intelligent conservatives like vbdad or William99. No one called them names, they represented their positions well, and we had some good debates. Trouble is, I think many of those conservatives didn't really want to hang out with the likes of Beau and his descendants, who sort of became the face of conservatism here unfortunately. In a way, it's not unlike the country as a whole where the Republican Party has lurched to the right and a lot of people who once called themselves Republicans are now calling themselves independents because they don't want to be associated with those guys.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>For every relatively conservative poster on here there are 25 liberals who are waiting in the ready to name call or put down, but not debate.<< If you have a conservative position that you can defend with something other than mindless platitudes, links to discredited websites, and/or brazen Bible-thumping, then by all means, do so, and you will be welcome here. We'll certainly argue with you, but we won't call names. Or if we do because we're mad, we'll apologize once we cool down. If you're hear to be a stereotypical Sarah-Palin-lovin' guvmint-shut-downin' 2013 Republican ignoramus, then you're not wanted. Like much of the country, we're done suffering fools gladly. And if you don't like the names, then try harder not to live up to them. (You wouldn't happen to be close personal friends of Ivan, would you? Just wondering.)
Originally Posted By ecdc What mawnck said. If conservatives want to talk about foreign policy like Syria or Afghanistan, or the NSA or drone strikes, great. If they want to talk about healthcare issues and other ideas they have or better ways to control costs, awesome. Or tax reform, or abortion or whatever, be my guest. But yeah, if you can't even come to the table with a basic understanding of reality and facts (no, Obamacare isn't socialist, and no, Benghazi wasn't worse than Watergate) then I really can't help you. If you preach about traditional marriage because you think time begins at 1780 CE, and you know nothing about what marriage was before then, I can't help you. If you talk about how Obamacare is infringing on your medical freedom, then you turn around and demand women be forced to get a transvaginal ultrasound, can't help you. If you don't even know the difference between the budget deficit (falling, rapidly) and the national debt (still growing), can't help you. tl;dr - Know reality, don't be stupid
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<It never resorts to name calling or put downs. Like on this board.>> <<MoondoggieCA, you are so right.>> States the poster who's one of the quickest to insult others he doesn't agree with.
Originally Posted By andyll Many of us that used to be considered 'middle right' are now called 'liberals' by the far right. Those that used to be considered solid republicans are labeled RINOs if they even mention working with democrats. The ruling republican party spews so much hate these days that those solid republicans ARE moving left... or at least refusing to identify with the current ruling republican party. In the past the extreme right was labeled as a vocal minority but the recent shutdown showed that they now control the republican party... at least in Congress. It is not surprising that on LP that many of those that before called themselves republican now refuse to align themselves with the current state of the party.
