Posted on 03/03/2006 10:55:28 PM PST by neverdem
Well that would be ok with me if they would give me my 6000 tax dollars back so I could send my kids to private school. I don't live in a mansion, either, it is valued at 180K. It's all very well for people to ignore the public schools, but when they take so much tax dollars that you can no longer afford private school, when they take so much tax dollars that both parents have to work so that you can no longer home school, we need to revolt.
Protests have consequences... I trust that these 150 protesters were suspended for being truant from class??????
Jeez louise, I'd just be happy if they got their facts straight.
Since when did looks suddenly define politics? That's giving the left every license to define us as fat, banjo playing, gun owning freaks. ...which of course I am. ....but that's besides the point.
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I have a theory that looks do in fact influence politics, in the sense that the left has recruited all these people who want to tear down society simply because they did not "win" under the current one.
You being a fat, banjo playing, gun-owning gentleman isn't the reason why you are a conservative. But it sure does appear that the leftist activists' ranks are full of those who were not popular in high school and now want to "change the world" as a way of dealing with their angst, instead of just getting over it, and growing up. Hey I wasn't attractive/popular in high school, but I didn't rebel against society because of that.
And let the left define us as freaks if they want. All they are doing is violating their own stupid mantra of "respecting diversity."
Do you really play the banjo??? Wow.
Thanks Dude. Exactly what I said later on. I wasn't arguing that we should be mean to unattractive people, but I have no sympathy for people who let their political leanings be influenced by their inability to deal with life.
The truth is they are so unhappy about where they are in life it must be Americas fault.
Let's see if we can get them all to move to Cuba.
Again, what do looks have to do with things? We rail all the time about being lumped into 'ignorant' / 'redneck' / 'rascist' catagories for viewpoints that are anything but. My point is simple, argue the words not the image.
Do you really play the banjo??? Wow.
I would agree. However, I'd rather stay above arguing image as it only takes us down to their level and gives them more ammo to say we're 'intollerant'. Just feels jeuvenile.
"Play" might not be the best word to use about what I do with my Deering Sierra. Grandma tought me. If she were alive still she'd be horrified to hear how badly I can scare my wife & cats.
I would agree. However, I'd rather stay above arguing image as it only takes us down to their level and gives them more ammo to say we're 'intollerant'. Just feels jeuvenile.
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I know, it's a subtle argument and prone to sounding just like we are just being shallow, because people often reverse implications. I see what you're saying.
By the way, I never demeaned her looks in my original post. I just noticed that she looked like all the other hippie activists. It's sort of funny right, these people all rebel in their grooming to show how original and unique and different they are, but they all do it in the exact same way! They all look like carbon copies of each other.
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