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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by patogordo » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:45 am

FattyMcFatFat wrote:
Mal Reynolds wrote:Obama isn't really all that liberal.
To me, liberal means statist. The term applies to most republicans and most democrats. I support neither. How would you define the term "liberal?"
a statist president? what a ludicrous concept.

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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by Mal Reynolds » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:46 am

God you're dense.

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Post by patogordo » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:49 am

did merkin remove a rib to spawn a new shitposter or something?

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Post by FattyMcFatFat » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:53 am

Mal Reynolds wrote:God you're dense.
I must admit that these substantive observations are insurmountable for someone like myself. Congrats, you've convinced me of the error of my ways.

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Post by patogordo » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:53 am

i dunno this horselover fat guy might be onto something.

pop quiz: who was behind 9/11?

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Post by moralsentiments » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:54 am

patogordo wrote:i dunno this horselover fat guy might be onto something.

pop quiz: who was behind 9/11?
Mongolians bro…everyone knows that…pshhh

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Post by FattyMcFatFat » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:55 am

sublime wrote:
patogordo wrote:did merkin remove a rib to spawn a new shitposter or something?

Merkin isn't near this bad. At least Merkin stays (mostly) coherent, no matter how misled he is.
I am truly all ears. Really. What is incoherent?

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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by A. Nony Mouse » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:56 am

FattyMcFatFat wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
FattyMcFatFat wrote:It seems a bit "dumb" for you to regard your definition of the term "liberal" as the "generally accepted usage," when I am very confident that millions of people would regard my definition as "generally accepted."
In the United States? Applying equally to Democrats and Republicans? That seems awfully disingenuous.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but do you think everyone in the United States is a democrat or a republican? Do you think that people who call themselves democrats or republicans subscribe wholeheartedly to the platforms of those two parties? Do you think they even know what those platforms consist of?
What do those questions have to do with this conversation? You said that "liberal" means statist and applies to most Democrats and Republicans. I'm saying people in this country don't generally associate the term "liberal" with "statist" and they don't generally associate it equally with both political parties. So it seems pretty disingenuous to quibble with the original reference based on an obscure definition of liberal. (There are lots of grounds for criticizing the idea that Jesus was a liberal, but that's not one of them.)

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A. Nony Mouse wrote: (There are lots of grounds for criticizing the idea that Jesus was a liberal, but that's not one of them.)
Not really.

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Post by FattyMcFatFat » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:57 am

moralsentiments wrote:
patogordo wrote:i dunno this horselover fat guy might be onto something.

pop quiz: who was behind 9/11?
Mongolians bro…everyone knows that…pshhh
Nope. It was Bush's fault.

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Post by Clearly » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:00 am

This was a perfectly good chance to troll that kids hardcore belief system and you guys squabble it away on politics! ?

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Post by FattyMcFatFat » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:01 am

A. Nony Mouse wrote:
FattyMcFatFat wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
FattyMcFatFat wrote:It seems a bit "dumb" for you to regard your definition of the term "liberal" as the "generally accepted usage," when I am very confident that millions of people would regard my definition as "generally accepted."
In the United States? Applying equally to Democrats and Republicans? That seems awfully disingenuous.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but do you think everyone in the United States is a democrat or a republican? Do you think that people who call themselves democrats or republicans subscribe wholeheartedly to the platforms of those two parties? Do you think they even know what those platforms consist of?
What do those questions have to do with this conversation? You said that "liberal" means statist and applies to most Democrats and Republicans. I'm saying people in this country don't generally associate the term "liberal" with "statist" and they don't generally associate it equally with both political parties. So it seems pretty disingenuous to quibble with the original reference based on an obscure definition of liberal. (There are lots of grounds for criticizing the idea that Jesus was a liberal, but that's not one of them.)
What exactly is your definition of "liberal?" I still haven't really heard anyone define this term, and you seem to take a view that is targeted at (or a product of) your typical "low-info" voter (so to speak).

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Post by FattyMcFatFat » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:01 am

Clearly wrote:This was a perfectly good chance to troll that kids hardcore belief system and you guys squabble it away on politics! ?
Jesus loves you.

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Post by A. Nony Mouse » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:11 am

Mal Reynolds wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote: (There are lots of grounds for criticizing the idea that Jesus was a liberal, but that's not one of them.)
Not really.
Sure there are. For one thing, it's completely ahistorical to apply a term describing contemporary American politics to someone who lived over 2000 years ago in a society that had no concept of representative democracy or personal freedoms in the way they're understood in contemporary American society. I agree with what you're getting at about Jesus' take on wealth, I'm just not convinced calling Jesus a liberal is the best way to get at that. (I'm not agreeing with OP here - I think it's pretty inconsistent to criticize other denominations for messing around with doctrine but then to take as the inerrant word of God the King James version of the Bible, which was a translation created by a Protestant, and someone just as human as people shaping all the other Protestant denominations that apparently got it wrong.)

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Post by FattyMcFatFat » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:14 am

sublime wrote:
FattyMcFatFat wrote:
What exactly is your definition of "liberal?" I still haven't really heard anyone define this term, and you seem to take a view that is targeted at (or a product of) your typical "low-info" voter (so to speak).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism ... ted_States

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"Some American liberals, who call themselves classical liberals, neoliberals, or libertarians, support fundamental liberal ideals but disagree with modern liberal thought, holding that economic freedom is more important than equality and that providing for the general welfare exceeds the legitimate role of government."

Although I might put it in different words, this seems to be our general point of contention.

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Post by A. Nony Mouse » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:15 am

FattyMcFatFat wrote:What exactly is your definition of "liberal?" I still haven't really heard anyone define this term, and you seem to take a view that is targeted at (or a product of) your typical "low-info" voter (so to speak).
I'm talking about the popular definition of liberal, the word that Tea Partiers use as an insult/boogeyman. Pro-social freedoms (abortion, gay rights, feminism, probably immigration reform), pro-civil rights, pro-social welfare programs for the poor (and hence government spending/"big" government), pro-taxes, all that good stuff. I'm not offering any complicated political analysis here, I'm just talking about the word as it gets used on the nightly news. That's how I understood Mal to use it, though he'd have to confirm that.

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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by patogordo » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:16 am

FattyMcFatFat wrote:
moralsentiments wrote:
patogordo wrote:i dunno this horselover fat guy might be onto something.

pop quiz: who was behind 9/11?
Mongolians bro…everyone knows that…pshhh
Nope. It was Bush's fault.
explain.

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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by Clearly » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:17 am

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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by Mal Reynolds » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:18 am

FattyMcFatFat wrote:
Although I might put it in different words, this seems to be our general point of contention.
lol
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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by moralsentiments » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:18 am

patogordo wrote:
FattyMcFatFat wrote:
moralsentiments wrote:
patogordo wrote:i dunno this horselover fat guy might be onto something.

pop quiz: who was behind 9/11?
Mongolians bro…everyone knows that…pshhh
Nope. It was Bush's fault.
explain.
Bush is Mongolian..duh

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Re: Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians

Post by patogordo » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:20 am

pointless south park references might be the only thing dumber than fatty fat sacks in this thread so why don't you just let the adults take it from here

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