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Old Mar 26, 2010, 08:11 PM   #1
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An Open Letter to Conservatives

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I couldn't find it.

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You're going to have to come up with a platform that isn't built on a foundation of cowardice: fear of people with colors, religions, cultures and sex lives that differ from your own; fear of reform in banking, health care, energy; fantasy fears of America being transformed into an Islamic nation...
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http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com...nservative.php

I'd like to hear what some people have to say about this...
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 08:24 PM   #2
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Sorry if this has already been posted, but I couldn't find it.



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http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com...nservative.php

I'd like to hear what some people have to say about this...
I'd like to hear what some people have to say about this...

An Open Letter to Liberals
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 08:42 PM   #3
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Actaully read that Damn good Letter All current GOPers in office need to read that. Fox news as well

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I'd like to hear what some people have to say about this...

An Open Letter to Liberals
if your trying to troll you fail.
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 08:46 PM   #4
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Actaully read that Damn good Letter All current GOPers in office need to read that. Fox news as well
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if your trying to troll you fail.
Umm, the OP is clearly trying to troll
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 08:59 PM   #5
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As I Stated and the Writer in the article did there's Ben a 360 turn around of the GOP and the hypocrisy that goes on with the Obama admin and the past if you can actually read it he makes clear good points with back up its not Trolling trust me.
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:00 PM   #6
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if your trying to troll you fail.
Glad to hear it. I was once given a citation for alleged trolling. Look at my profile for verification, if you don't believe. Glad you have vindicated me on this thread.

I would like to know, to get back to the point I raised in Post No. 2, how long the same thread title would last in reverse.
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:09 PM   #7
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Glad to hear it. I was once given a citation for alleged trolling. Look at my profile for verification, if you don't believe. Glad you have vindicated me on this thread.

I would like to know, to get back to the point I raised in Post No. 2, how long the same thread title would last in reverse.
well you would have to actaully read the Article it is the name of it.

An open letter to conservatives
March 22, 2010, 3:16PM

Dear Conservative Americans,
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:12 PM   #8
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As this is a liberal board predominantly, this is just flame bait which is indeed trolling
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:13 PM   #9
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well you would have to actaully read the Article it is the name of it.

An open letter to conservatives
March 22, 2010, 3:16PM

Dear Conservative Americans,
Apologies.

Didn't realize the watermark was the-reading-of-a-web-site-entitled:

An open letter to liberals
http://zardozz.com/zz/2009/01/open-l...gressives.html

Edit: You may have a point. But just say it. With very short sentences sentences of your own - without hyperbole, adverbs or adjectives - and with simply articles in support. That is not sarcasm. Just hope.
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:54 PM   #10
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I found the letter to Liberals to be much more polite in its tone but riddled with inacuracy.
The letter to conservatives was a bit abrasive but pointed out specifics backed by linked references and data.

Cue Rodney King...
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:57 PM   #11
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Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, Obama supporters, et al:
^ How about that? An article that fails right in the very first sentence.

The open letter to conservatives was much more convincing. In fact, I had no idea the list of conservative offenses was so incredibly long.

That letter's like a Cliff Notes for Democrats running for office this fall.
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 09:59 PM   #12
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^ How about that? An article that fails right in the very first sentence.

The open letter to conservatives was much more convincing. In fact, I had no idea the list of conservative offenses was so incredibly long.

That letter's like a Cliff Notes for Democrats running for office this fall.
I agree completely. The thread title is perfect.

[Nice quick edit, by the way. Impressive.]
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 10:05 PM   #13
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Actaully read that Damn good Letter All current GOPers in office need to read that. Fox news as well
But they believe in a theology, not what they actually practice. What they practice is irrelivant to them.

If the Dems preached the exact same GOP theology (jesus, trickle down, etc...) but still practiced their current agenda, im pretty sure the GOP would go along with it...
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Old Mar 26, 2010, 11:52 PM   #14
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Apologies.

Didn't realize the watermark was the-reading-of-a-web-site-entitled:

An open letter to liberals
http://zardozz.com/zz/2009/01/open-l...gressives.html

Edit: You may have a point. But just say it. With very short sentences sentences of your own - without hyperbole, adverbs or adjectives - and with simply articles in support. That is not sarcasm. Just hope.
That letter doesn't even come close to the one in the OP.
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The OP doesn’t make any point at all. After reading that long babble of melancholy I’m convinced the only part the OP read was the section copied and pasted.
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Old Mar 27, 2010, 01:22 AM   #16
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The OP doesn’t make any point at all. After reading that long babble of melancholy I’m convinced the only part the OP read was the section copied and pasted.
And once again, what's your point? I was just pointing out the frequent hypocrisy and hatred of the republican party in the U.S. Whereas you made no relevant point at all.
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The OP doesn’t make any point at all. After reading that long babble of melancholy I’m convinced the only part the OP read was the section copied and pasted.
Babble of melancholy, huh? LOL. There's an awful lot there one can't dispute.
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The OP doesn’t make any point at all. After reading that long babble of melancholy I’m convinced the only part the OP read was the section copied and pasted.
Either make a point, or don't bother posting. And your signature is ridiculous and meant to provoke others.
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The OP doesn’t make any point at all. After reading that long babble of melancholy I’m convinced the only part the OP read was the section copied and pasted.
And you obviously haven't read the actual article unless you did and are willing to admit the truth hurts
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Babble of melancholy, huh? LOL. There's an awful lot there one can't dispute.
That's why he's so melancholy.
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Pretty much everything in the letter seems like legitimate criticism to me...
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Either make a point, or don't bother posting. And your signature is ridiculous and meant to provoke others.

This is the same guy that admitted to sexually assaulting a woman because she tried to get a gay dude to hit on him, right?

By the way, I agree with most of the points in this "letter". Of course, some might say I'm not a real conservative, but what can I do about them?
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This is the same guy that admitted to sexually assaulting a woman because she tried to get a gay dude to hit on him, right?

By the way, I agree with most of the points in this "letter". Of course, some might say I'm not a real conservative, but what can I do about them?
You can tell them to go to hell.

And yes, it's the same guy.
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