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Caliman73

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22. True.

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:47 PM

Feb 2019

Anything with "tard" at the end of it pushes my buttons. I worked for 14 years with people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.

For me it is the association with those people to an insult that makes it a difficult word to see used. Democrat, not used to describe a particular member of the Democratic Party also gets me. I am a Democrat because I belong to the Democratic Party. I have never belonged to the "Democrat Party" because there has never been a "Democrat Party". It is actually used on purpose and not necessarily out of ignorance, to disparage members of our party. That is what pisses me off.

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Attention all you Libtards and NonLibtards. IT'S A REAL EMERGENCY!!! [View all] griloco Feb 2019 OP

LibTARD? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #1

Well explained by empedocles and markbark griloco Feb 2019 #13

Is this meant to be funny? It isn't, really. Squinch Feb 2019 #2

'libtards' was used for a long time as a negative word designating libertarians. empedocles Feb 2019 #3

Try the movie. You may like it griloco Feb 2019 #14

You're two for two. Keep trying. Squinch Feb 2019 #15

Nice knowing you..... markbark Feb 2019 #4

I'm saving a copy of that! FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #9

👍👍 griloco Feb 2019 #10

Griloco - I think your thread would be better received if you changed the names...you may have meant Pachamama Feb 2019 #5

I thought about that... griloco Feb 2019 #16

If this was meant as sarcasm or comedy, best to label it. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #6

Understood...but I'm not a proponent of explaining humor griloco Feb 2019 #17

I totally understand. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #21

Two phrases I don't care for; they are GWC58 Feb 2019 #20

True. Caliman73 Feb 2019 #22

you know that crossed my mind too. bdamomma Feb 2019 #24

I registered to vote on my GWC58 Feb 2019 #25

What's that old saying bdamomma Feb 2019 #23

griloco... TlalocW Feb 2019 #7

Me too nini Feb 2019 #11

Funny, but maybe balance out the deragatory nick names. LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #8

That's a thought griloco Feb 2019 #18

From the movie "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" griloco Feb 2019 #12

Alan ARKIN....not Alan Alda. Thunderbeast Feb 2019 #26

I stand corrected. Ty griloco Feb 2019 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Feb 2019 #19

Dale Carnegie graduate I see! whistler162 Feb 2019 #27