Obama Derangement Syndrome - Page 5

Aliantha · 03-09-2009, 08:59 PM

Oh she's going to get very excited about that last post of yours UG.

I can't wait to see how she responds. lol

sugarpop · 03-11-2009, 10:54 AM

Wow. Seeing as how I was raised in GEORGIA, such a stranglehold of the liberal left (NOT), and am mostly self-taught, that is really funny UG. I overcame my upbringing in spite of myself.

And what exactly do you mean by "worldy experience?" Do you mean one actually has to go other countries in order to understand them? Do you think people can't learn from other people? I may not have travelled extensively around the world, but I have travelled, and I have lived in some pretty diverse places.

sugarpop · 03-11-2009, 10:55 AM

And I would just add, human nature is human nature, no matter what culture you come from.

Kaliayev · 03-11-2009, 12:33 PM

lail, "leftist academics". Do you mean people like James Burnham and Max Schachtman?

classicman · 02-17-2012, 12:51 AM

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Classicman a staunch conservative

Ha! Thanks, that made me smile.
My "staunch conservative" friends think I'm a liberal.

Ibby · 02-17-2012, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Ha! Thanks, that made me smile.
My "staunch conservative" friends think I'm a liberal.

It's a spectrum, and a very very relative one. I live in fucking BURLINGTON, VERMONT - possibly one of the most liberal small cities in America. To me, you seem to tend to be on the staunchly - but not usually absurdly - conservative side of most issues. I probably have a different idea of "moderate" than a lot of people - I consider Obama to be VERY moderate if not almost conservative (given that most of his policy positions, and especially his compromises, are positions that were held predominately by REPUBLICANS as conservative alternatives to liberal positions less than fifteen years ago, and the rest of the country has at least on social issues moved LEFT), while my impression is that you consider him to be fairly liberal, and generally certainly more liberal than yourself. I apologise if that's a misinterpretation or mischaracterization, but while I'm sure there are people that consider you to be to their left or even far left, from where I sit you look pretty staunchly conservative, but tend to take defensible (and therefore sometimes moderate) positions.

tl;dr: I feel like I disagree with you frequently but can usually respect your position, and so I would call you a staunch conservative but not a loony right-wing nutjob

Sundae · 02-17-2012, 05:52 AM

And I live in England and consider our current Government conservative (as well as being Conservative) and wish I loved in the Netherlands

Sundae · 02-18-2012, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

And I live in England and consider our current Government conservative (as well as being Conservative) and wish I loved in the Netherlands

Of course I meant to type lived.
Freud would be pleased. If he wasn't dead.

richlevy · 02-18-2012, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Of course I meant to type lived.
Freud would be pleased. If he wasn't dead.

So what you're really saying is that you want to live in a country with a lot of dykes....er...dikes.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke

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Definition of DYKE

chiefly British variant of dike

Other Civil Engineering Terms

BigV · 02-17-2012, 07:59 PM

What happens in the nether regions, stays in the nether regions.

ZenGum · 02-18-2012, 03:28 AM

Except for certain antibiotic resistant strains.

Sundae · 02-19-2012, 08:09 AM

I'd give it a try!

03-09-2009, 08:59 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Oh she's going to get very excited about that last post of yours UG. I can't wait to see how she responds. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What happens in the nether regions, stays in the nether regions. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Except for certain antibiotic resistant strains. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-11-2009, 10:54 AM	#2
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	Wow. Seeing as how I was raised in GEORGIA, such a stranglehold of the liberal left (NOT), and am mostly self-taught, that is really funny UG. I overcame my upbringing in spite of myself. And what exactly do you mean by "worldy experience?" Do you mean one actually has to go other countries in order to understand them? Do you think people can't learn from other people? I may not have travelled extensively around the world, but I have travelled, and I have lived in some pretty diverse places.

03-11-2009, 10:55 AM	#3
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	And I would just add, human nature is human nature, no matter what culture you come from.

03-11-2009, 12:33 PM	#4
Kaliayev Magnificent Bastard Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 216	lail, "leftist academics". Do you mean people like James Burnham and Max Schachtman?

02-17-2012, 05:52 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	And I live in England and consider our current Government conservative (as well as being Conservative) and wish I loved in the Netherlands

02-19-2012, 08:09 AM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'd give it a try!

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