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Re: Freedom of Speech? W sez NO!
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Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:02:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
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> > Oh for crying out loud. The "popular majority" that Gore supposedly won by • was
> > a smaller percentage than Bush won in florida, and well within the margin of
> > error.
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> But you're accepting Bush's victory, even though it, too, was well within
> the margin of error. Are you familiar with the notion of "special pleading?"
Yes it was, but I am rather tired of hearing the Democratic propaganda that
Gore won the popular vote. Shouldn't we be worring about the Republican
propaganda that Bush was legitimately elected? See there is a paradox if I
ever saw one, and yet it really happened!?
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> > most of the mindless American cattle
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> As "first stones" go, I find this phrase particularly offensive. For
> quite a while you yourself parroted that stupid false Sarah Brady quote
> about gun control, never once checking to see if it was valid, and only
> abandoning it when I pointed out its falsehood to you.
No I went searching for the news site where I read it a few years ago, was
unable to find it so I conceded the point. Obviously now I know it was wrong,
but I also know I had read it on one of the major news websites. Hence my
relatively recent annoyance with the "news" altogether.
> Such eager,
> unquestioning acceptance of a desired falsehood is pretty much the
> definition of "mindless" and speaks of a culpable suspension of critical
> thought. To deride the "American cattle" for a fault that you yourself
> possess is at the very least hypocritical.
Well my point regarding the "mindless American cattle" is the precieved notion
that Republicans and Democrats are somehow different. The only difference is
how they phrase their actions, yet most people don't catch this.
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> > The fact that the whole election was so close is proof
> > that most people didn't know which idiot to pick anyway.
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> That's a hard assertion to make, since voter turnout was unusually high;
> obviously some large part of the population had decided to make its choice
> and to make its voice heard. The fact that the results were so close is an
> indication that the populace tends toward a more centrist view during times
> of relative (and/or perceived) comfort and stability.
Well that actually makes more sense. Obviously I was venting. I guess I was
still a little angered by the original subject of this thread that by the time
I replyed here I was being a triffle silly in the head. HO HO HEE HEE HA HA.
-Mike Petrucelli
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