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Before Commenting, Ask Yourself: Would Mom Approve?
Politics Daily/Woman Up ^ | January 9, 2010 | Joann M. Weiner

Posted on 01/10/2010 8:45:45 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

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1 posted on 01/10/2010 8:45:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The left has been stoking the immoral, unethical, indecent, and impolite fires for decades.

And this is the result . .the level of their discourse is beyond decency, it’s childish and reprehensible.


2 posted on 01/10/2010 8:48:27 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Ann Coulter just adopted me, so the answer is yes. :-)
3 posted on 01/10/2010 8:49:23 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You can’t murder fifty-two million babies and have “civility.”

We are in a war. Our government is in the hands of mass murderers, liars, thieves, tyrants.

Note that what Joe Wilson said was true, while what Rachel Maddow said was a lie. That’s infinitely more important than “incivility.”


4 posted on 01/10/2010 8:50:55 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Just words....


5 posted on 01/10/2010 8:52:46 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (usff.com)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Just read any article that mentions President Obama and you are likely to find a stream of vile, racist comments.

Quite the indictment of the established press, wouldn't you say?

That the statement is dead wrong is not the point: that a "journalist" would say this about his fellow writers is damning on many levels.

6 posted on 01/10/2010 8:54:06 AM PST by Don W (I only keep certain folks' numbers in my 'phone so I know NOT to answer when they call)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
You always get articles like this when liberals have no leg to stand on. For 8 years during the Bush administration, also back when Reagan was president you heard nothing but bile coming out of the MSM, liberal pundents (in the 80s we called them newscasters), the entertainment industry etc.

Liberals have no problem with personal attacks when they're spewing them, As a rule conservatives argue with facts, liberals respond with personal insults in order to shut them up because they don't have common sense and logic to back them up. Look at Glenn Beck, he makes his argument, gives his facts , backs it up with clips and statements and yet any rebuttal is a personal attack. They never refute his actual argument, which is why he has the red phone on his show, this way if his facts are wrong he invites people to call and refute them, So far it's never rung.

7 posted on 01/10/2010 8:54:20 AM PST by RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
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8 posted on 01/10/2010 8:55:03 AM PST by They'reGone2000 (Palin 2012 * No teleprompter required)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
IOW, Dubya & Jeb would be OK with describing Geraldine Ferraro as "It rhymes with rich." :-)
9 posted on 01/10/2010 8:56:23 AM PST by Tribune7 (Toll booths are devices funded by taxpayers to snarl traffic, waste gas and produce smog)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The “Mom” check won’t work. When Obama pulled a hoodie style shoot the finger at Hillary, McCain and accused the general public of lying about HealthControl, would his fifth column Marxist slut of a mother have objected? Surely not.

Unless serial abandonment of her spawn is a form of objection.

Anyway, this article is simply a surveyor’s stake for left wing censorship. They cannot win without ignorance and probably terror, so now is the time to defend the 1st and 2nd Amendments like never before.


10 posted on 01/10/2010 8:57:21 AM PST by Psalm 144 (What did you think NEW WORLD ORDER meant? The Constitution? States' rights? Individual liberty?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Being a male, I would be concerned what my mother thought, but I would be very concerned about what my daddy thought. My mother worked on emotion, what was good for her family and church. My daddy worked on logic, what was good for his family as well as the nation. Each of my parents needed to be listened to and their opinions brought together in context. The more we segregate their opinions, the more we segregate the family.


11 posted on 01/10/2010 8:59:51 AM PST by RC2
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Lately, before I share my brilliant wisdom, perceptive insights, trenchant comments and arch wit, I ask myself (don’t insert old joke about self here, “self,....”?) does the world really want or need my, probably silly or smart a$$ comments, and increasingly, the answer is no.

Thank you, thank you very much.


12 posted on 01/10/2010 9:02:51 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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Have we now become so thin-skinned that we have to start censoring people's comments just because they might offend someone?....where do we draw the line between what is my free speech and your hate speech?

Does a single person on the left understand the difference between the rights of a person running their own blog and the limits placed on Congress?

13 posted on 01/10/2010 9:03:46 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: RC2

Excellent points. Thank you. You had worthy parents.


14 posted on 01/10/2010 9:03:55 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
LIberals are very senestive when it comes to being called names. The common liberal is stunted emotionally and rather stupid. Now that people are calling THEM names, they want this to stop. Liberals want to be the only ones to call YOU nasty names.

BTW, LBJ, Johnson had a sewer mouth so this started long before Cheney.

15 posted on 01/10/2010 9:05:26 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oh, NOW the Lefties are concerned with civility?!


16 posted on 01/10/2010 9:05:58 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (:: The government will do for health care what it did for real estate. ::)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Decades ago, I came across a sentiment that has always stuck with me. I seem to remember that it was Chinese in origin. While I don’t remember it verbatim, it can be paraphrased thusly, ‘a person of wisdom; even when alone, will behave as if they are in the presence of a noble guest’.
17 posted on 01/10/2010 9:06:21 AM PST by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

When did it all begin? I was gone from the country for 5 years, 1969 to 1974 when I was serving first in Viet Nam, then Germany. I did not return to the country I left. Gone were many common courtesies practiced as I grew up and simple friendly gestures extended to most all.

For those old enough, if you recall all of the societal norms were pretty much to be rejected and replaced with the “free love” and “anti-establishment” attitude.

You are now experiencing the unintended consequences of rejecting such norms that held society together.

In essence, the baby was thrown out with the bathwater.

Asking if your mother would approve is fruitless because how many really care about their mother today?


18 posted on 01/10/2010 9:06:54 AM PST by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: They'reGone2000
Another problem is that many “mother” have a sewer mouth and a trashy lifestyle. So what this mom would find acceptable is seen through the kids - foul language. They don't have to be "poor" either. It's not an economic issue. It's a character issue.


Remember the CNN woman who used the F word AGAIN to bring in the New Year?

19 posted on 01/10/2010 9:09:15 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Don W

I have read a whole lot of articles on Obama..not to mention, thousands and thousands of forum posts and blogs. I have seen very little, if any, racial comments. He has so much more wrong with him, than the color of his skin. People dont have to stoop to racial slurs when commenting on Obozo.


20 posted on 01/10/2010 9:11:31 AM PST by New Yawk Minute
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