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The Complete Idiot's Guide series explained; for our lefties who aren't getting it
Topic Started: Aug 6 2007, 09:12 PM (550 Views)
Larry
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For years and years, a common statement people will make when faced with something they don't understand is "I'm a complete idiot when it comes to ______(insert whatever it is you don't understand)____".

For instance, when faced with wiring up their DVD player, you'll often hear people say "I don't have a clue how to hook this stuff up. I'm a complete idiot when it comes to this stuff" - or, "help me put this entertainment center together please. I'm a complete idiot when it comes to putting things like this together".

The point is that *you* are the complete idiot, not the subject being discussed. The topic can be as complex as it can be, but *you* may be a complete idiot when it comes to the topic. So, someone started a series of books designed to explain these complex topics to those who consider themselves to be complete idiots on the subject.

Some other guides for complete idiots.....

The Complete Idiot's Guide to NASA
(this doesn't mean NASA or the folks there are idiots, it means *you* are an idiot when it comes to NASA)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Teaching College
The Complete Idiot's Guide to:
Mutual Funds
Foreign Currency Exchange
Project Management
Being A Chef
Starting a Business
Real Estate
Mortgages
Finance
Accounting
Stocks
Day Trading
Wills And Estates
Franchising
Buying Foreclosures
Starting an Ebay Business
Economics
Politics (I highly recommend this one to you liberals........)

So you see, a book called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics" doesn't mean Economics is idiotic, or that economists are idiots, it means if *you* are an idiot when it comes to economics, here is a book designed to help a complete idiot understand economics.

So, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Faith" doesn't mean Faith is idiotic, or those who have faith are idiots. It means if *you* are a complete idiot regarding faith, here is a book designed to help a complete idiot understand faith.

I hope this helps those of you on the left. If you don't get it the first time, read it over and over again. It will finally dawn on you what's being said.

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ivorythumper
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Maybe they need to read "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Complete Idiot's Guides"
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sue
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Sigh. :rolleyes: Never mind, Larry. Label me all you want. You're not getting where I'm coming from.
Maybe you need the 'idiot's guide to seeing another person's point of view'.
Maybe we all do.
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Larry
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Oh Sue, get some sleep. I wasn't labeling you anything. I was just adding a little "bite"....... :tongue:
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sue
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Larry
Aug 6 2007, 11:11 PM
Oh Sue, get some sleep. I wasn't labeling you anything. I was just adding a little "bite"....... :tongue:

so bite me. :hat:

sorry, Larry, but you throw the 'lefty' term out there in a derogatory way, far too often IMO
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Larry
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I'll bite you......... :D

Of course I throw the "lefty" term out there in a derogatory way, Sue. The Left *is* derogatory......... :D

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kenny
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Larry
Aug 6 2007, 09:12 PM
Mutual Funds
Foreign Currency Exchange
Project Management
Being A Chef
Starting a Business
Real Estate
Mortgages
Finance
Accounting
Stocks
Day Trading
Wills And Estates
Franchising
Buying Foreclosures
Starting an Ebay Business
Economics
Politics


Yeah, Faith is just like Golf.
Faith deserves no more respect.

Faith is just another subject to make a buck off of in the checkout line, right next to The National Enquirer. :thumb:
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John D'Oh
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Is there an Idiot's Guide to Humour anywhere? I think maybe it would be a big-seller.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Mikhailoh
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I agree. You could just as well change 'Idiot's guide to' to "I don't know beans about..'
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Larry
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Yeah, Faith is just like Golf.
Faith deserves no more respect.


So..... you think figuring out a way to explain faith to an idiot is disrespectful?......
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TomK
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kenny
Aug 7 2007, 07:52 AM
Yeah, Faith is just like Golf.
Faith deserves no more respect.


And golfers deserve no less respect than gays.

Now you're making sense, kenny.

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LadyElton
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I have The Complete Idiot's Guide To Playing the Piano. Of course, I just have no talent. <_< The term "lefty" is derogatory the same way the word "nigger" is.
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Frank_W
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How is "lefty" derogatory? If they were called, "Liberal commie bitches," I think that would be derogatory. If someone calls me a "righty," I wouldn't consider it offensive or derogatory. :shrug:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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Mikhailoh
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LadyElton
Aug 7 2007, 09:20 AM
I have The Complete Idiot's Guide To Playing the Piano. Of course, I just have no talent.  <_< The term "lefty" is derogatory the same way the word "nigger" is.

You coud say the same thing about neocon, right-winger, biblethumper, .... ad nauseum.

But I'll tell you what, you go to a black Christian and call him a biblethumper. Then go find another one and call him a nigger. The terms are not in the same category at all. It is one thing to label someone for what they believe - that is a choice. Quite another to label them for what they are.
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Frank_W
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"Right wing," "Left wing," are political terms, and are used in newscasts, and throughout politics. "Lefty" is derived from that. I don't see how that's on par with "nigger" at all.
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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kenny
Aug 7 2007, 07:52 AM
Yeah, Faith is just like Golf.
Faith deserves no more respect.

I would go as far as to say it deserves less.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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TomK
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Frank_W
Aug 7 2007, 09:28 AM
"Right wing," "Left wing," are political terms, and are used in newscasts, and throughout politics. "Lefty" is derived from that. I don't see how that's on par with "nigger" at all.

If someone called ME a lefty, I know I'd be pretty insulted. :lol:
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TomK
Aug 7 2007, 09:30 AM
Frank_W
Aug 7 2007, 09:28 AM
"Right wing," "Left wing," are political terms, and are used in newscasts, and throughout politics. "Lefty" is derived from that. I don't see how that's on par with "nigger" at all.

If someone called ME a lefty, I know I'd be pretty insulted. :lol:

I'd pop a cap on yo' ass if you called me a lefty.... :sword:
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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kenny
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Mikhailoh
Aug 7 2007, 05:27 AM
It is one thing to label someone for what they believe - that is a choice.

Quite another to label them for what they are.

Indeed.
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LadyElton
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I get called a dyke and a fag (although I'm a chick) and it is just as insulting as being called a "lefty" or "heretic" for having pagan beliefs.
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TomK
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kenny
Aug 7 2007, 09:34 AM
Mikhailoh
Aug 7 2007, 05:27 AM
It is one thing to label someone for what they believe - that is a choice.

Quite another to label them for what they are.

Indeed.

Bu where do we draw the line. I don't "believe" in Christianity. I AM a Christian.

For the longest time, homosexuality WAS an illness--now not so much. Maybe it will be again. Who knows? It's best to take the long view on subects.
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Frank_W
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Hrmmm... Well, I guess different people have different levels of sensitivity. I can see how being called a "fag" or a "dyke" is offensive. I get called a heretic quite often. I take it as a compliment. LOL If someone wants to insult me for my political views, I couldn't care less. My political views aren't ME.
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Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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LadyElton
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Maybe I should hope being queer will be a mental illness again, all the more reason to get drunk.
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TomK
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LadyElton
Aug 7 2007, 09:40 AM
Maybe I should hope being queer will be a mental illness again, all the more reason to get drunk.

I think it's just interesting how overtime attitudes and beliefs see-saw from one extreme to another. To believe we're achieved any sort of stasis in our particular time--I think is just foolishness.
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Frank_W
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Okay: Now we're getting down to the crux of the matter! :clap:


WHY DOES SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION OF US MATTER MORE THAN OUR OWN SELF-IMAGE?! WHY DO PEOPLE PIN THEIR HAPPINESS ON SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION???
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