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Old 08-06-2009, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge View Post
Fighting fire with fire would be putting out good information to oppose bad information. You're justifying unacceptable behavior, because you could participate in the debate, fight fire with fire, and instead you're trying to squelch the debate, or douse the fire. And evidently you don't care who or what you hurt in the process.
You seem to be missing his point. People go to the meeting. They listen to what the Congressman has to say. They wait their turn to ask a question. The Congressman brushes the queston aside, offering either the same old canned rhetoric that doesn't answer the question or a statement that the person asking the question knows is the same old lie. The Congressman then quickly asks for the next question from someone as far as possible from the guy asking the question he doesn't want to answer. THAT'S when the guy yell, demanding an answer, or insisting that he be heard instead of brushed aside. That's when others with similar questions & similar frustrations start chanting liar liar. That's when the "disruptive behavior" begins. That's where the video editor of the news piece that's going to be shown at 11:00 says, "start playing right here, where the guys yells at the congressman." So, who's squelching debate here?
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:14 PM
 
Location: S.E. US
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Are you kidding? a few of them were seen waving Swasticas!
Are you parroting something you heard, or do you have a link?

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Republicans, craft a bill? Are you high? Republicans wouldn't know how to craft a bill if it bit them in the ***. I don't even know if they know how to read?
Well, we know for sure that most of the Dems don't know how to read.

One of them even said that there's no point in reading the health care bill because he can't understand it anyway. (I won't mention any names, but you'll probably know who it was because it was all over the news.)
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:16 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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You seem to be missing his point. People go to the meeting. They listen to what the Congressman has to say. They wait their turn to ask a question. The Congressman brushes the queston aside, offering either the same old canned rhetoric that doesn't answer the question or a statement that the person asking the question knows is the same old lie. The Congressman then quickly asks for the next question from someone as far as possible from the guy asking the question he doesn't want to answer. THAT'S when the guy yell, demanding an answer, or insisting that he be heard instead of brushed aside. That's when others with similar questions & similar frustrations start chanting liar liar. That's when the "disruptive behavior" begins. That's where the video editor of the news piece that's going to be shown at 11:00 says, "start playing right here, where the guys yells at the congressman." So, who's squelching debate here?
The American propaganda machine AKA MSM hard at work.
Doggett spoke for 45 minutes before he said he would vote YES regardless of how his constituents felt and then rushed on to the next question.
That's when the "Just say No" started that is on the YouTube..what about the 45 minutes before that ? Does no one care to find out ?

This country is becoming polarized and you can thank the MSM because the truth is NOT being communicated. It's turning into tit for tat and it's going to get violent soon enough.
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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Are you kidding? They boo, shout, wave signs and a few of them were seen waving Swasticas! They don't allow anybody to express an opposing view without yelling names and shouting. These people are no better than a bunch of college aged drunks at a football game.
Either show us one of them waving a swastica, or admit you never saw it and are just repeating the drivel you heard someone else spout off about without seeing it.
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Are you kidding? They boo, shout, wave signs and a few of them were seen waving Swasticas! They don't allow anybody to express an opposing view without yelling names and shouting. These people are no better than a bunch of college aged drunks at a football game.
What does waving swastikas have to do with opposing 0bama's health care?
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:34 PM
 
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Either show us one of them waving a swastica, or admit you never saw it and are just repeating the drivel you heard someone else spout off about without seeing it.
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:39 PM
 
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Either show us one of them waving a swastica, or admit you never saw it and are just repeating the drivel you heard someone else spout off about without seeing it.
From the DEMOCRATS!

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Old 08-06-2009, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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You do see the red line through the swastica, right? It means NO Fascism.

But thank you. Yes, I have to admit, that is indeed a swastica. But the people screaming about "swasticas being waved around" are saying it in a way that makes it sound as if those in the crowd waving the swasticas are nazis of some sort. The pic makes it clear that's not true.
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Maybe this tune will catch on:


Da!
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:45 PM
 
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The Repubs just can't get enough of embarrassing themselves!!


Boy! These GOONS are sure making the Republican Party look bad !!!


They are SO AGAINST FREE SPEECH!!!

They are SO scared that they can't stand and DISCUSS things like rational adults....What COWARDS!!


Ya, their actions really make sane people want to be on their side...LOLOLOL!!!!

Go protesters

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