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Tuesday Open Thread | 207 comments (207 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: double standards watch (4.00 / 5)

I don't want to get into the situation where I'm drunkenly shouting at an American "You wouldn't know a leftist if one came up and bit you" again

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 02:10:27 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Again?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 02:11:37 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 1)

Who hasn't?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 02:15:21 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (4.00 / 2)

At some point continuing to read daily kos becomes nothing more than a vehicle for cultivating your anger.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 02:21:07 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (4.00 / 5)

Feel the anger flowing through you... you cannot deny the power of the Orange Side.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 02:53:15 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

I was thinking about a diary on this, but after your comment, what more is there to add?

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:31:27 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 1)

That will teach me not to snark.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:36:46 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Well, most people view the media much like they view advertising - the propaganda and emotional manipulation affect everyone but me, because I understand how it works. So I write a 2000 word essay on the topic, everyone nods in agreement, then go right back to media induced fear and loathing. What's the point?

I suppose I could whip up a personal narrative on how I (mostly) beat this out of my own system.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:49:55 PM EST
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Re: double standards watch (none / 0)

Same way for many of us Americans. I just go, look, despair and head for here or Docudharma or EENR. Or get out the Strat and bug my office mates.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 04:39:21 PM EST
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