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Maybe it's because criticism against one's own group (see: "I'm an American") doesn't get people as fired up as criticism against other groups of people? Not that it's necessarily different (see: "das juden!"), mind you.

I haven't been reading this thread anyways, hence my silence was deafening through absentia.

by Alex in Toulouse on Thu Jun 29th, 2006 at 03:33:35 PM EST
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Perhaps, but I think that rings a bit hollow due to inconsistency.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 29th, 2006 at 03:35:59 PM EST
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I don't know, how would you react to my saying: the French are arrogant pricks (I'm French), who rarely live up to the human-rights and environmental blabla ideals they pretend to hold dear (witness nuclear testing or Afghanistan).
by Alex in Toulouse on Thu Jun 29th, 2006 at 03:41:30 PM EST
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You troll!

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 29th, 2006 at 03:43:01 PM EST
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How dare you, young man?

In anticipation: how dare you dare my how dare you? (one of my favourite lines from a Leslie Nielsen movie, can't remember which one).

by Alex in Toulouse on Thu Jun 29th, 2006 at 03:46:20 PM EST
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I would react by saying, "But, Alex, you seem like such a great person."

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 29th, 2006 at 04:04:28 PM EST
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