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To: Wordee
I know what you mean BY your stupid PICTURE. Your ATTACKING President Bush. We are in a WAR with TERRORISTS. Why ARE you ATTACKING President Bush when he is ON our side? In 1966 I told EVERYBODY about ROTTEN fruits and now they SEE what I mean. When we win the WAR you will be all ALONE. Try to BE on our SIDE and do not be a ROTTEN fruit.

This is a perfect example of the Politics of Absolutism: If you oppose any of Bush's policies, you are a traitor. If you question how Padilla is treated, you are a terrorist. And so on.

The purpose of the Politics of Absolutism is to silence the opposition. I will not be silenced, and I will point out any use of this intellectually-dishonest rhetorical cudgel whenever I see it.

2,027 posted on 06/24/2002 10:50:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz
We are fighting TERRORISTS. President Bush is ON our side.
You should sometimes think TERRORISTS want TO kill me and my family and President Bush wants to STOP them so I should BE on the same SIDE as President Bush. Do you ever THINK that?
Trying to CALL President Bush with a RED flag makes OTHER people wonder ABOUT you. If you are not on the same side WITH President Bush, then you are on a different SIDE. People wonder how many SIDES are there to BE on?? What could MAKE this person THINK like that??? Stop ATTACKING President Bush. He is on OUR side.
2,037 posted on 06/24/2002 10:59:15 AM PDT by Wordee
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