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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Which one was the progressive equivalent of Sarah Palin? Glenn Beck?
Or are you just comparing angry protesters with other angry protesters?
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so you're saying that unless someone is in the media spotlight, their speech cannot possibly rise to the same level of rhetoric as those who are simple civilians?
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Originally Posted by filtherton
I'm not even going to watch the video. I don't care. Those people don't speak for me. However, unlike many folks who seem to frequent these parts, I have no problem unequivocally saying that if these people were calling for violence or using overly violent imagery in their speech to make political points, then they should calm down and choose their words more carefully.
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this is what we call a copout. a stance typically taken by people who like to paint an entire group of people ideologically opposed to their beliefs as wholeheartedly dedicated to a specific purpose, but their own ideological beliefs cannot possibly be constrained to just one specific group of people, especially when that group of people makes them look hypocritical.
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