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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 17:47 last edited by Doctor Phibes 8 Jun 2020, 17:48
    #18

    That's not actually the side I'm on, at all.

    I know that would simplify things, but that doesn't make it true.

    I was only joking

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      Larry
      wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 17:49 last edited by
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      Well, having read several years of your opinions.... Yes, that's the side you're on.

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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 17:52 last edited by Doctor Phibes 8 Jun 2020, 17:53
        #20

        Whatever you say, Larry. Always the voice of reason.

        You paint anybody who doesn't agree with you as an imbecile, or an extremist, or both.

        I was only joking

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          Larry
          wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 17:56 last edited by
          #21

          No, I paint anyone who is on the left as mentally ill. And the proof of that is all over the place.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:22 last edited by Doctor Phibes 8 Jun 2020, 18:23
            #22

            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.

            I was only joking

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            • D Doctor Phibes
              6 Aug 2020, 18:22

              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.

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              Catseye3
              wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:29 last edited by Catseye3 8 Jun 2020, 18:30
              #23

              @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.

              Me, neither. More than usual, these two candidates are both supremely bad. I can see a road to ruin for this my beloved country with either of them.

              Though I don't regard it as inevitable.

              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.

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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              • A Aqua Letifer
                6 Aug 2020, 17:40

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

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

                Who is Aqua Copper?

                Oops - need to edit! LOL

                Edited. LOL Copper and Aqua were right next to each other on my alaphet list. I had copper as R and Aqua as CL

                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.

                CL or no, I'll say this for nothing: I'm far more comfortable hanging with Trumpists these days than anyone woke.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:32 last edited by
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                @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.

                They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                • D Doctor Phibes
                  6 Aug 2020, 18:22

                  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.

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                  Larry
                  wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:35 last edited by
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                  @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"?

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                  • L Larry
                    6 Aug 2020, 18:35

                    @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"?

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:37 last edited by Doctor Phibes 8 Jun 2020, 18:39
                    #26

                    @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.

                    I was only joking

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                      Larry
                      wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:38 last edited by
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                      "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.

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                        89th
                        wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:51 last edited by
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                        Fun exercise @taiwan_girl ! Yes I’d put myself in CR for sure.

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                        • J jon-nyc
                          6 Aug 2020, 18:32

                          @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.

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                          Horace
                          wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 18:52 last edited by
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                          @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.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • J jon-nyc
                            6 Aug 2020, 18:32

                            @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.

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                            Mik
                            wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 19:38 last edited by Mik 8 Jun 2020, 19:38
                            #30

                            @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. 😆

                            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                            • H Horace
                              6 Aug 2020, 18:52

                              @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.

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                              Mik
                              wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 19:38 last edited by
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                              @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".

                              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                              • T taiwan_girl
                                6 Aug 2020, 16:26

                                For fun, I decided to see the politics composition of this forum board. I looked at all posters with 25 or more posts and ranked them into 4 categories. There were 35 people.

                                Right
                                Center Right
                                Center Left
                                Left

                                The percents were
                                R = 14
                                CR = 43
                                CL = 34
                                L = 9

                                Below is how I see the people. Anybody disagree? 🙂

                                89th CR
                                Aqua L CL
                                Copper R
                                Axtremus L
                                Bachophile CL
                                Brenda CR
                                CatsEye CL
                                Dr. Phibes CL
                                Friday CL
                                George CR
                                Horace R
                                ILM CR
                                Improviso R
                                IvoryThumper CR
                                Jeffery CR
                                Jolly R
                                Jon CL
                                Kincaid CR
                                Klaus CL
                                Kluurs CR
                                Larry R
                                Loki CR
                                LuFIns Dad CR
                                MarinerMike CR
                                Mark CR
                                Mik CR
                                Nobodys Sock L
                                Optimistic CL
                                Quantum CR
                                Rainman CR
                                Renauda CL
                                Rich CL
                                Taiwan Girl CL
                                WTG L
                                Xenon CL

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                                Klaus
                                wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 20:22 last edited by
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                                @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.

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                                  Rainman
                                  wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 21:53 last edited by
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                                  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.

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                                  • H Horace
                                    6 Aug 2020, 17:42

                                    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.

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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 6 Aug 2020, 22:01 last edited by
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                                    @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.

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                                    • K Klaus
                                      6 Aug 2020, 20:22

                                      @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.

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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on 7 Aug 2020, 00:01 last edited by
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                                      @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...

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      • T taiwan_girl
                                        6 Aug 2020, 16:26

                                        For fun, I decided to see the politics composition of this forum board. I looked at all posters with 25 or more posts and ranked them into 4 categories. There were 35 people.

                                        Right
                                        Center Right
                                        Center Left
                                        Left

                                        The percents were
                                        R = 14
                                        CR = 43
                                        CL = 34
                                        L = 9

                                        Below is how I see the people. Anybody disagree? 🙂

                                        89th CR
                                        Aqua L CL
                                        Copper R
                                        Axtremus L
                                        Bachophile CL
                                        Brenda CR
                                        CatsEye CL
                                        Dr. Phibes CL
                                        Friday CL
                                        George CR
                                        Horace R
                                        ILM CR
                                        Improviso R
                                        IvoryThumper CR
                                        Jeffery CR
                                        Jolly R
                                        Jon CL
                                        Kincaid CR
                                        Klaus CL
                                        Kluurs CR
                                        Larry R
                                        Loki CR
                                        LuFIns Dad CR
                                        MarinerMike CR
                                        Mark CR
                                        Mik CR
                                        Nobodys Sock L
                                        Optimistic CL
                                        Quantum CR
                                        Rainman CR
                                        Renauda CL
                                        Rich CL
                                        Taiwan Girl CL
                                        WTG L
                                        Xenon CL

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                                        Kincaid
                                        wrote on 7 Aug 2020, 00:21 last edited by
                                        #36

                                        @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.

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                                          Loki
                                          wrote on 7 Aug 2020, 01:16 last edited by
                                          #37

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

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