Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise

[Doctor Phibes]

@Larry said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

I actually despair of the political situation. I don't see anything good happening.

And for the record, I dislike enormously the flag burning, the rioting and looting, the chanting of 'fuck America' and so on.

If you want to paint me as a villain or a hard-leftist, that's your prerogative, but it's still a load of laughable old bollocks.

Why shouldn't I? Isn't that exactly what you did to me when you labeled me as a "Trumpist" and said I was a "follower"?

Where did I do that? I actually called his followers trumpeters, which was supposed to be an amusing play on words.

I know, I know, these are serious times. No room for humour when we're saving the world.

[Larry]

"My sole hope is that Biden, being of the political class and having spent beaucoup years in the political system, will be less of a loose cannon and may be more amenable to working with the other branch."

Biden has been in politics over 40 years. He didn't accomplish a damned thing during those 40 years, so there's no reason to believe he will now.

[89th]

Fun exercise @taiwan_girl ! Yes I’d put myself in CR for sure.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

I have no idea what I'd label myself as anymore. There's no prominent platform out there that doesn't subscribe to a Yellow Dog ideology, so to hell with all of them.

Obvious lobbying to join me in the Objective category is obvious.

But it isn’t going to work. Horace anointed me and me alone.

Well I have observed that you anointed yourself. But subtle subtleties are subtle.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

I have no idea what I'd label myself as anymore. There's no prominent platform out there that doesn't subscribe to a Yellow Dog ideology, so to hell with all of them.

Obvious lobbying to join me in the Objective category is obvious.

But it isn’t going to work. Horace anointed me and me alone.

No, anyone can be Objective. You have the market cornered on Objectionable.

[Mik]

@Horace said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

I have no idea what I'd label myself as anymore. There's no prominent platform out there that doesn't subscribe to a Yellow Dog ideology, so to hell with all of them.

Obvious lobbying to join me in the Objective category is obvious.

But it isn’t going to work. Horace anointed me and me alone.

Well I have observed that you anointed yourself. But subtle subtleties are subtle.

Anointed. In this case it means "I didn't have a tissue handy".

[Klaus]

@taiwan_girl said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Klaus CL

In no country different from the US anyone would ever associate me with anything "left". If I'd have to label myself I'd say classical liberal and conservative. Over here I'd be classified as far right in the current political climate.

[Rainman]

I count only three "L" in the list, but typical for the far left, the number is listed as 9. I almost rest my case.

Ax, Left? No way. He's right down the middle, sensible. Is there an "S" category? There should be. Me and Ax. Both "S's" and appropriately look down on everyone else.

You should all just be grateful that Me and Ax even talk to anyone else in the world, let alone any comrades here.

[Copper]

@Horace said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

The only reason the visceral, destructive hatred of Trump isn't shameful is because all the people who feel it are surrounded by people who also feel it. These sorts of things only become shameful with historical perspective, if ever.

It is shameful.

[Jolly]

@Klaus said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@taiwan_girl said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Klaus CL

In no country different from the US anyone would ever associate me with anything "left". If I'd have to label myself I'd say classical liberal and conservative. Over here I'd be classified as far right in the current political climate.

Acfually, I'd say Larry and I both would be classified as positively revolutionists...In 1776.

But yes, I would peg you as classical liberal...Which is pretty conservative in America...

[Kincaid]

@taiwan_girl

I would put myself at CR as well, mostly because of a few libertarian positions and because I support single payer Health Care. Almost everything else I am down right Republican.

[Loki]

Let’s make this interesting and rank the CL and CR in order.

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Over here I'd be classified as far right in the current political climate.

AFD is far right. Not you.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Loki said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Let’s make this interesting and rank the CL and CR in order.

Yeah, great call.

TG, what if you gave everyone a number: 0 being most liberal, 50 centrist, 100 being most conservative?

[Rainman]

@Aqua-Letifer
Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?
Guess I'm reading too much into it, being mostly perfect and all.

BTW - based on one of your interesting posts earlier:
Is there a term for a sentence which begins with a word, and ends with the same word? For example, "Obvious to those that know the distinction, that it is all completely obvious."
Or, is that just bad grammar?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

[taiwan_girl]

All right, here is my ranking:

Some notes:

• It was tough, because some people I think are very close, but thought I would try. LOL

• Others (for example 16-20, I dont have enough of a good feel to really tell)

• What do you guys think?

Larry R 1
Improviso R 2
Copper R 3
Jolly R 4
Horace R 5
IvoryThumper CR 6
Brenda CR 7
George CR 8
Rainman CR 9
LuFIns Dad CR 10
Kincaid CR 11
Loki CR 12
89th CR 13
Mik CR 14
Mark CR 15
MarinerMike CR 16
Kluurs CR 17
Jeffery CR 18
ILM CR 19
Quantum CR 20
Renauda CL 21
Klaus CL 22
Aqua L CL 23
Jon CL 24
Xenon CL 25
Taiwan Girl CL 26
Bachophile CL 27
Rich CL 28
Dr. Phibes CL 29
CatsEye CL 30
Friday CL 31
Optimistic CL 32
Axtremus L 33
WTG L 34
Nobodys Sock L 35

[Aqua Letifer]

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right eh jon? EH???

I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

[Rainman]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

@Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that. I can imagine the shocked stupid look on peoples' faces when I casually remark on their use of an epanalepsis.

I can imagine the mumbling, "he's getting closer and closer to the middle of the bell curve!" What a compliment that would be!
Epanalepsis. Type it 100 times.
Epanalepsis. . .

[Aqua Letifer]

@Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that. I can imagine the shocked stupid look on peoples' faces when I casually remark on their use of an epanalepsis.
I can imagine the mumbling, "he's getting closer and closer to the middle of the bell curve!" What a compliment that would be!
Epanalepsis. Type it 100 times.
Epanalepsis. . .

If you wanna take the full plunge, get a copy of the Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. You'll be all set.