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Fri, Jan 25 2013 06:52:53

17 Ways We Argue in Politics

  1. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    Most arguments in politics make NO effort to address objections, all just endless repetition of long-settled doctrine and official insult
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:01:27
  2. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    It's so boring. And I hope I can learn to stop doing it myself and stop paying attention to it when others do it.
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:01:57
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    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Incredibly Faked Surprise of Partisan Scribblers Over The "Appalling" (But Commonly and Sincerely Held) Views Of Most Other People
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:11:44
  4. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Ritual Slaughter Of The Kook Used Cynically As An Avatar For Views Held By Millions Of Sane, Educated, Civilized, Productive Citizens.
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:13:55
  5. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Intemperate Outburst on Twitter That Proves All My Foes Are Basically Raging Sub-Morons.
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:14:50
  6. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Long-Dead Guy From The Other Side Whose Corpse I Can Animate To Condemn His Ideological Heirs.
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:16:11
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    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Random Acts of Cluelessness, Intemperance, And Socially Awkward Moments At A Convention Of My Ideological Foes. (I'm so guilty of this)
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:18:01
  8. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Unreflective Identification Of Ideological Heresy As Flaw Of Character Or Mental Defect
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:23:58
  9. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Embarrassing Ends Their Preferred Policies Were Put To Use For Over A Century Ago
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:31:13
  10. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    This Regrettable Act By Our Ideological Ally Is Excused By His Lifelong Commitment To High Ideals And Great Suffering At Hands Of Extremists
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:35:26
  11. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    How This Flukey Special Election Actually Just Proved That Demographic Forces Will Inexorably Take Us To An Awesome Future
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:37:02
  12. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Grand Admission That My Ideological Foes Represent A Broad Tradition Of American History, Just Like Race Slavery and Indian Removal Did
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:38:32
  13. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Single Most Heartbreaking Anecdote That Will Awaken Your Undying Rage Against A Third Tier Pundit
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:44:01
  14. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    This Backbencher From The Other Side Whose Total Freakout At Leadership Makes Him Slightly Less Repulsive
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:40:17
  15. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Ghastly Failure To Enforce A Law Already On The Books That Justifies The Reform Of Just About Everything
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:46:36
  16. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    How The Behavior Of This One Politician Proves That Their Side Is Entirely Insincere
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:53:03
  17. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Principle That, If Other Side Adopted It, Would Make The World Better, (But Would Also Undermine Their Reason For Existing Altogether)
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:55:05
  18. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    The Humorless Reminder That Any Qualities Ideological Enemies Seem To Have Are Outweighed By The Fact That They Are Enemies @drgrist
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:57:02
  19. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    Sorry, everyone, as @drgist points out, you shouldn't be laughing along with me. You should be scowling with him.
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 13:58:21
  20. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    How We're Totally Accepting Of All Sorts Of People Who Agree With Us On The Particulars
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 14:01:37
  21. michaelbd
    Michael B Dougherty@michaelbd
    Finis
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 14:03:43

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