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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts) Thu Nov 1, 2012, 02:49 PM Nov 2012

False Equivalence Needs To Die For Good

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/20/1134290/-False-Equivalence-Needs-To-Die-For-Good

False equivalency really is an ugly thing. It's so ugly, it makes pitbulls look like York Terriers and Jamba the Hut look like Princes Leia.

False equivalence is especially ugly in American politics as the liberal/progressive/rational community knows, with one side clearly creating ridiculous false equivalence comparisons into supposedly grown up discussions.

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False Equivalence Needs To Die For Good (Original Post) Jamaal510 Nov 2012 OP

False equivalence is pernicious, no doubt Cary Nov 2012 #1

+1 freshwest Nov 2012 #2

K&R defacto7 Nov 2012 #3

You mean like those assholes BigDemVoter Nov 2012 #4

Cary

(11,746 posts)

1. False equivalence is pernicious, no doubt

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 02:54 PM

Nov 2012

But it's just one ploy used by the fascists.

What has to happen, sooner or later, is for real moderates to take charge and sober up the Republican Party. The problem I'm having is that I don't see any real Republican moderates. I mean my former Congressman claimed he was a moderate but his voting record was 99% with the Republicans. The same with one of my Senators.

That's a moderate?