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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:37 AM Original message |
The English language is truly an amazing thing! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. self-kick for the first time ever. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you for this. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I am really surprised it did not garner more in the way of response. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Your post is meaningful to me. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It certainly has relevance in an election cycle. Think of how many words must come pouring... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Isn't this true! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. On a side note, did you know that your offending phrase is on Urban Dictionary? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It is odd what threads die and what threads live |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. this is interesting |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I have no doubt that happens, but how tragic when a perfectly innocent... |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. A couple of examples come to mind; what do you think? |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good post - K&R. nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R for sanity on here |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. One of these days I'm going to go just rabid batshit crazy on DU... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I would love it! |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. I can not believe ...that we have to now |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I can understand when some phrases make people wince, but I think... |
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plantwomyn (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Can you give me an example |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No, the word really is homophonic. It means "having the same sound." |
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plantwomyn (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I know the definition of homophonic. |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Dutch aren't happy now, |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Oooo, love your last sentence. |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. lots of them have to do with colonialism. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. What on this earth possessed you to watch that? LOL! |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. what does it mean then, Indian Giver? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Indian giver refers to someone who gives you something and then... |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Like a tax break? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
75. The white settlers were hooked into the commodity economy-- |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Indian giver, Redskins, Chiefs, Braves, Squaw... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Shouldn't it be Moose's Teat? |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Dutch Uncle |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. Not sure but I believe most of the phrases that |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
92. Don't forget the Dutch Oven |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Hahaha! I forgot that one, |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. I hope we can change |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. If you recall, there was also quite a dustup over words and their meaning after the 60 Minutes |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I didn't have the pleasure of witnessing that, but... |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. nice post! I'll add "spadework" to the list. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's the one! Thank you, it's been bugging me... |
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needledriver (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. A spade is not a shovel. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
76. Hey, you could always call it-- |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is the sort of dialogue we need to be having |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm perfectly willing to concede the point, but... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Absolutely. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. Tar Baby- some DU'ers go apoplectic using that term, despite even knowing it's historical |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. I find that one amazing. I was brought up with Uncle Remus and NEVER thought it was racist. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. The Generation Gap and the Art of Language |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. present company excepted I assume... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Well |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I knew what you meant. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Hur Hur |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
36. Lovely essay. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. REC n/t |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Excellent post. We all need to keep our sense of humor these days. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. It is also amazing that "coming under sniper fire" really means |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Perhaps you can also bring your linguistic lens to bear on hyperbolic allegations of sexism. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. It's been mentioned in the thread above. |
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Tresalisa (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm late to the party, |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. One of these things is not like the other |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Aw crap, that's my forty-something memory of a six year old event. |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Thanks for your thoughtful reply |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Re: If it's brown, flush it down. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. How about if it's posted as a headline in GDP by an ardent Clinton supporter? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. The English language is like a purse... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Brilliant analogy. Love it! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
77. The phrase "Your Majesty is like a stream of bat urine" just popped into my head ... nt |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. An excellent essay... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. My best friend's father got all upset |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
55. That post in any other time would be lgoical but given the high emotions of this elections it is ... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Well I am biased since I wrote it, but I don't think high emotions is an excuse for... |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. A drawn out primary can only lead to this as supporters are passionate about each candidate really.. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. Nice post, k/r |
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kittycat1164 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. What a refreshing thread! TY! |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
66. Ossie Davis' essay "The English Language is my Enemy" |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
89. Ossie was reaching for some of these... |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. there ya go... |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. I like this post, the thread and way words and phrases are |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. sucking teeth at my mom |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Is that cultural? I'm not familiar with it. Is that the equivalent of.. |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. I believe it is cultural |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. To speak to some of the phrases used here |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
71. You're right |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. You forgot "if it's yellow, let it mellow" |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
74. "Pot calling the kettle black" is about PROJECTION ( a favorite DU topic!). |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Yep. I mentioned that elsewhere above. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
78. The converse, oddly enough, is also true. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:11 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Exactly. Which is why I highly encourage people to ask about meaning AND intent... |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
79. And the confederate flag is simply a symbol of southern pride |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Not even close as far as analogies go. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
80. 'Lift the language back up'. I picked a random vegetable to pretend to support for president |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. I never heard that until my senior year in college and only because... |
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FightTheRight89 (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
86. I agree wholeheartedly. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
87. Cracker jack post, you cracker. |
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Summer93 (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
88. Fine essay |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
93. Rape can be good for the environment. |
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Windex (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
96. National Spelling Bee |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
97. Sorry but.... |
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