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Old 10-04-2012, 12:51 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Originally Posted by seahawkgirl View Post
Democrats might be tame, but liberals are very loud and obnoxious. Do you ever watch tv?
When have Republicans screamed about not having too many kids btw? And if your upset about starting wars because we are sticking our nose in other countries' business, then are you equally upset about obama starting one in Afghanistan? It should also be equally embarassing for obama to know that 2/3 of the people who vote for him are ignorant too. But, it is not. He likes it. It works for him and that is all that matters. Why should Republicans be the only ones to shut up? Both sides can be equally irritating.
meh.........you don't get it.

read the OP

let's stay on topic people
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Old 10-04-2012, 12:54 PM
 
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meh.........you don't get it.

read the OP

let's stay on topic people
One does not have to agree with you to stay on topic.
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Old 10-04-2012, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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As someone who doesn't really give a rats @ss about political parties, I've disliked both the republican and democratic parties about the same over the years, for reasons I won't get into. But over the last decade I find myself disliking the right more than the left not because of right wing policies or politicians but because I'm just sick of listening to right wing voters scream and complain about everything. The left has always had those annoying college aged kids that protest about stuff they don't even know about and they also have the in your face black voters that protest at the drop of a hat as well but as a collective whole I feel most democrats are pretty tame even though I don't agree with a lot of their policies. The right on the other hand has gone completely bat$hit crazy over the last decade. They're worse than the flower kids from the 60's. It's as if the never shut up about anything and half the time the don't have even the slightest clue what they're talking about. They'll be screaming about how people have too many kids and then turn right around and complain about schools teaching sex ed or providing condoms. They’ll scream about how this country wastes too much money but turn around and scream about the president not sticking our nose into some other countries business and starting another trillion dollar war. It's got to be embarrassing for an educated and rational thinking guy like Mitt Romney to know that probably two thirds of his vote will come from people that don't even have a basic understanding of how our government works let alone any comprehension of things like basic economics, civics or u.s. history. What is the cause of all these stupid people suddenly having a loud obnoxious voice in politics. I wish we could go back to the Reagan era where conservative voters did their talking in the voting booths instead of ramming their hypocritical opinions down your throat 24/7.
Yep.

It is the talk radio effect. The GOP is full of talk radio/Fox junkies who act like crazy soccer hooligans. They are addicted to their propaganda, and I am guessing many are getting older and a bit addled.
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Old 10-04-2012, 01:11 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Yep.

It is the talk radio effect. The GOP is full of talk radio/Fox junkies who act like crazy soccer hooligans. They are addicted to their propaganda, and I am guessing many are getting older and a bit addled.
Talk radio + cable news + think tanks + the Internet = a complete closed political ecosystem where people with the same views can self-segregate and endlessly perpetuate their own narratives, whether they're reality-based or not. Hence their inability to engage or even comprehend people who don't share their views, which explains their shrillness and the utter apparent disconnect between what they spew and what's actually true or helpful.

Of course this happens on both sides (something neither side is prepared to admit) but the right-wing echo chamber is much, much more comprehensive, and far better funded.
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Old 10-04-2012, 01:17 PM
 
Location: around racist white people
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Op,

Your awesome... I agree with what you said completely but it's a couple I got to say.

1. Very few black voters are actually up in your face, your speaking the black panther militant type and they're the same as the hard core older southern republican who's infatuated with politics and screams at the top of his lungs on very dime given to welfare folks but doesn't comment on wasted military spending when they decide to throw 100 million in the trash for a failed fighter jet experiment.

2. Majority of the vocal right are older southerners who's not used to minorities even having money, why they see these days is what they're not used to seeing. When they see a black guy driving a nice car they try to assume drug dealer or criminal. Very few are liberal enough to think outside the box, Obama is a commie, racist and socialist and Alavert didn't exist. Extreme and idiotic but republicans have their vote based of fear alone.

3. Republican and dens are virtually the same and they answer to the same people but you can do whatever you want at the expense of someone else Ina nutshell America is built on that code.
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Old 10-04-2012, 01:23 PM
 
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empty vessels...
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Old 10-04-2012, 01:38 PM
 
Location: On the corner of Grey Street
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I think you make a great point. And pretty much proved your point by the responses you got back.
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Old 10-04-2012, 02:44 PM
 
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As someone who doesn't really give a rats @ss about political parties, I've disliked both the republican and democratic parties about the same over the years, for reasons I won't get into. But over the last decade I find myself disliking the right more than the left not because of right wing policies or politicians but because I'm just sick of listening to right wing voters scream and complain about everything. The left has always had those annoying college aged kids that protest about stuff they don't even know about and they also have the in your face black voters that protest at the drop of a hat as well but as a collective whole I feel most democrats are pretty tame even though I don't agree with a lot of their policies. The right on the other hand has gone completely bat$hit crazy over the last decade. They're worse than the flower kids from the 60's. It's as if the never shut up about anything and half the time the don't have even the slightest clue what they're talking about. They'll be screaming about how people have too many kids and then turn right around and complain about schools teaching sex ed or providing condoms. They’ll scream about how this country wastes too much money but turn around and scream about the president not sticking our nose into some other countries business and starting another trillion dollar war. It's got to be embarrassing for an educated and rational thinking guy like Mitt Romney to know that probably two thirds of his vote will come from people that don't even have a basic understanding of how our government works let alone any comprehension of things like basic economics, civics or u.s. history. What is the cause of all these stupid people suddenly having a loud obnoxious voice in politics. I wish we could go back to the Reagan era where conservative voters did their talking in the voting booths instead of ramming their hypocritical opinions down your throat 24/7.
You're joking, right? Try reading the topics and posts in this forum alone and you will see it is the left screaming the loudest and being insulting.
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Old 10-04-2012, 03:20 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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You're joking, right? Try reading the topics and posts in this forum alone and you will see it is the left screaming the loudest and being insulting.
I believe that you think that and
the fact that you're talking about it before thinking about it just proves the point of my post. You might as well said that cigarettes don't cause cancer. Take your nonsense somewhere else please.
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Old 10-04-2012, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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How old are you?

You realize that the Democrats have control of the Presidency and the Senate right now, right? It stands to reason that the loudest voices will be from their opposition.

Were you around during the Bush years??

He was looking for a carriage return key.... and obviously could not find one.
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