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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:54 AM Original message |
COMIC: America's Youth, Growing up Accustomed to the Police State |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. "you dont think you have to take your shoes off at the airport because of terror, do you?" |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Airports: The Womb of American Fascism |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. and sadly we do not question their motives. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Please don't dump the blame for all this on schools, that isn't fair or right |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I don't think Derf is blaming the schools. That's just one of the glaring symptoms of the problem. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I see a good portion of this board |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. just fyi, "nanny state" is rightwing jargon. or are you a libertarian? n/t |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. So you think that a 'nanny state' can't exist? Or that we aren't heading there? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I think we're headed to a police state, not a nanny state. Fearing the wrong thing is dangerous. n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It is not right wing jargon |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. 'Tis too!! |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Go read "The Vampire State". It most definitely is RW jargon. Author quotes many conservs. n/t |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So.. Are you in favor of ever more restrictive laws? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Strawman much? Back at you: Are you in favor of abolishing Social Security? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You don't think "nanny state" is a reasonable term |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. How can you point to jails as nanny state? Jails are police state... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "Nanny state" |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. If I understand you, you are saying nanny is left totalitarian and police is right totalitarian... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. How about this Hillary quote? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. IMHO, both HRC and BO are corporate lackeys, so don't put them up as progressives... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sorry |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. "I think a nanny state leads to a police state." - Then why do you call yourself a Democrat? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The two terms are not mutually exclusive.. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I totally disagree |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. If I believed the "people who cheer on every stupid law" on DU, I would be certifiable... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Adults are the only ones to blame |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I would've graduated in 87 had I not dropped out |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I graduated in the 70's |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah but you probably didn't have the school shootings |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. zero tolerance = zero brains |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R America has become a right wingers wet fucking dream |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. We have become a nation of pussies |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah. It's a difficult era to raise kids. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I never went to my graduation ... |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Hey, you! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That was kind |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You're never too old for a hug. nt |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's very possible that we would have burned our high school down if they |
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