[Osx-nutters] AHMADINEJAD

[David Cake]

At 3:07 PM -0400 22/9/06, Patrick Coskren wrote:
>On Sep 22, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Chuck Bennett wrote:
>>
>>On Sep 22, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Patrick Coskren wrote:
>
>>>That doesn't matter.  My point is that the people pictured were 
>>>not in any way, shape or form mainstream liberals, mainstream 
>>>"Left", or mainstream Democrats.  They were, in general, nutballs, 
>>>and it's every bit as dishonest to present them as representative 
>>>as it would be to present a picture of Terry Nichols, say, as a 
>>>representative USA gun owner, when 99% of gun owners are perfectly 
>>>decent people[1].
>>
>>
>>I'll grant your point that the (silent) majority of Democrats are 
>>not the bile spewing type in the photos.
>>Like the majority of Republicans, they just go about their lives 
>>and do their protesting at the ballot box.
>>
>>BUT.   The one's that 'are' in the news have no analog on the 
>>right.   There are no giant parades of Republicans all covered in 
>>body paint carrying signs that claim that Ried  or Pelosi are 
>>Stalinists.    Even is we suspect they are..
>
>>(Sorry for the mind's image that caused)
>
>Bastards!  <cough>  Excuse me.
>
>But, I find your point perplexing.  Have you never seen the abortion 
>protesters screaming at frightened women while holding their 
>placards of bloody fetuses?  Have you never the counter-protests at 
>Pride Marches?  Hell, have you never listened to Pat Robertson?
>
>I suppose the left-nutters are more likely to get naked than the 
>right-nutters, but that's merely window dressing.

	The only time nudity was used a protest tool by a 'right 
wing' cause was I'm pretty sure some posh birds got their kit off to 
support fox hunting in the UK.
	But the prevalence of the left for nudity is just about the 
culture of the ideological sides, and is, as Patrick says, just 
window dressing. The important issue is not nudity, its whether one 
side or the other has a propensity to act like fucktards. I think 
Chuck is making the terribly common mistake of ignoring the 
extremists on 'his side' as not really representing his views, and 
then trying to claim the extremists on the other side are typical.

	Cheers
		Dave