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| Ummm.. about that "rhetoric of violence"... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 12 2011, 10:45 AM (697 Views) | |
| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 10:45 AM Post #1 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Democrat Kanjorski calls for the execution of Republican candidate
Not even a semblance of Due Process. |
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| jon-nyc | Jan 12 2011, 11:00 AM Post #2 |
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Cheers
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You guys (collectively) need to decide if 'rhetoric of violence' is no big deal, or something really bad that Democrats do a lot of. You seem to be of two minds about it. |
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| JBryan | Jan 12 2011, 11:01 AM Post #3 |
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I am the grey one
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I am sure someone will get around to shooting him once they get their marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| John D'Oh | Jan 12 2011, 11:07 AM Post #4 |
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MAMIL
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I think the same is equally true of many on the left, but in reverse. |
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| jon-nyc | Jan 12 2011, 11:09 AM Post #5 |
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Cheers
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Reminds me of the old Russian proverb - 'Under Capitalism man exploits man. With Communism, its just the opposite' |
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| KlavierBauer | Jan 12 2011, 11:26 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think a rhetoric of violence is wrong - I'm not sure I understand *what* that is though. A "campaign" poster with "targets" or "cross hairs" doesn't do it for me, as it follows the same war-room symbolism that follows every "campaign." I'm not trying to be stuck on that one example - I'm just saying that I'm not sure I know what this rhetoric of violence is... However, saying that they should "put (someone) against the wall and shoot him" is much less ambiguous. I don't think for a second Mr. Kanjorski was actually calling extremists to action with that statement, but if one were making a case for violent speech in politics, this seems to fit the bill more clearly than the Palin poster over which so much ado has been made. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 11:32 AM Post #7 |
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Jon: The point (which you seem to reflexively miss) is the hypocrisy of the Left. I don't see any of what Palin or Beck or Limbaugh said as "rhetoric of violence". E.g., "Second amendment remedies" for instance are precisely that -- that the well armed militia is there to to protect the people of the State against any aggression, both foreign and Federal. That was all laid out in the Federalist Papers. But the hyperventilating Left uses that for cheap political theater, while putting their opponents in sniper cross hairs and calling for their summary execution. |
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| jon-nyc | Jan 12 2011, 11:36 AM Post #8 |
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Cheers
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So its both, depending on the speaker! Thanks for clearing that up. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 12 2011, 11:39 AM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Yes, it is a bad thing generally. But should it be illegal? No. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 11:45 AM Post #10 |
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Wrong again. But you already knew that. |
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| Kincaid | Jan 12 2011, 11:47 AM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Someone with experience in debate please let me know if Jon's sidestep of the obvious hypocrisy reference (I suppose this is kind of where "reframing the debate" comes from) is a standard debating tool that is taught. I see it all the time on both sides and it drives me nuts. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 11:50 AM Post #12 |
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Kincaid got it in one. |
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| jon-nyc | Jan 12 2011, 12:07 PM Post #13 |
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Cheers
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Thats ridiculous. It would be different if I had gone on record saying that 'rhetoric of violence' is the exclusive domain of the right, but that is certainly false. And while I'm sure there are people that may have said such a thing, how did I become honor-bound to address it just because you or IT might decide to categorize me with them in some way? (else risk being accused of 'side-stepping' some rhetorical responsibility) |
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| Axtremus | Jan 12 2011, 12:07 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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As a matter of principle in the context of contemporary American politics, would you (any one of you) say that "rhetoric of violence" is good or bad?
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| Klaus | Jan 12 2011, 12:11 PM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It depends. |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Copper | Jan 12 2011, 12:13 PM Post #16 |
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Shortstop
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It is neither. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 12:16 PM Post #17 |
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Jon: You didn't need to try to carry the standard -- you chose to do it. I did not call you out by name. You asked a question which missed the point, and I told you you missed the point. So I didn't answer your question because it had nothing to do with the point. And then you presumed my answer to your question, which is exactly what Kincaid called you out on. But again, you already know that. |
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| jon-nyc | Jan 12 2011, 12:19 PM Post #18 |
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Cheers
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I made a droll comment. That you consider it to be 'carrying the standard' is just as arbitrary and irrelevant as the fact that you consider both myself and one or another hypocritical commenter to be 'of the left'. |
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| Klaus | Jan 12 2011, 12:23 PM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Just a technicality, IT: Jon didn't ask a question, so your answer missed the point. But you already know that. And you already know that I know that you know it. And most importantly, you already know that I know that you know that I know it. |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| KlavierBauer | Jan 12 2011, 12:35 PM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I answered this above. The devil is in the details. We don't need to promote any violence, but before we cross the bridge of that discussion, we need to define what a "rhetoric of violence" is, and what is included within it. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 12:41 PM Post #21 |
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You are claiming "how did I become honor-bound to address it just because you or IT might decide to categorize me with them in some way?' My point was that if anything you took up the standard yourself. I did not categorize you in any way. I just pointed out the hypocrisy of the Left generally speaking. |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 12:43 PM Post #22 |
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What he said had an implied question about making a decision. But you already knew that.
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| jon-nyc | Jan 12 2011, 12:52 PM Post #23 |
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Cheers
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Sure you did, by deciding that my comment was 'standard bearing'. |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 12 2011, 01:00 PM Post #24 |
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Jon: that was in reference to your wondering "how did I become honor-bound to address it just because you or IT might decide to categorize me with them in some way? " You were not honor bound. The metaphor of a standard bearer is in respect of your putting it in the language of "honor bound". Try to follow the actual conversation as it was chronologically recorded. That will help you. |
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| Nobody's Sock | Jan 12 2011, 01:09 PM Post #25 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Cons calling the left hypocritcal? Oh, the hypocrisy!
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