New Law

[charliesmum]

Like that Godwin's Law thing, I've decided that anyone who uses the phrase 'you liberals' in a political discussion automatically loses the argument.

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[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

Just for that, you win every argument in the world. Ever.

Gave me a much needed laugh - for which much thanks.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I aims to please! Glad I could help cheer you up.

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

Good law. :)

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

Does this law, or a corollary, apply to those who use the term "Religious Reich" as well?

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think so. Although that is mildly amusing. Possibly 'The American Taliban' can be included as well.

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. To round things out, let's throw "raving wingnut" and "barking moonbat" into the mix. Although, to be fair, both of those terms are still somewhat amusing, and certainly evocative....

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

The religious reich kind of falls into the whole 'nazi' catagory, when you think about it.

I like raving wingnut. It's funny.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

::sigh:: I almost left a comment and then decided it was entirely fruitless. For the record, I was going to say:

I love that you think that "we liberals" give a sweet shit whether the people responsible were Democrats or Republicans. "We liberals" are pissed at Bush because we feel that he seriously fell down on the job and wasted four days in inaction when people were starving and thirsting to death, sweltering, in fear for their lives from unbearable living conditions and from the violence of their fellow men. That's nothing to do with his being a Republican, and our relative lack of criticism of the local governments is likewise nothing to do with their politics: they did not have the resources that the federal government does, and what resources they had they used more effectively than the federal government used theirs. Know something, though? A whole lot of "you conservatives" are equally pissed at Bush. Those among "you conservatives" who care about *people* and not about politics. Look at the news. The criticism of Bush is astonishingly bipartisan. For most of us this is not about politics anymore.

(Incidentally, "not insisting on the funding"? You make it sound like they didn't get the funding because they just didn't ask for it forcefully enough. That money went to the war in Iraq. The budget was specifically *changed* and the money siphoned off to support the war. Check your facts.)

No way it was going to do a thing to change that dumbass's mind, so I shall settle for preaching to the choir.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_geekie_/]

Totally OT, but icon LOVE. :D

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Word. I started to argue a bit more than I did, but like you, I thought what, really, is the point. It's obvious it won't matter what the actual truth is, anyway.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_geekie_/]

Good idea. I'll second that motion.

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

There's something to be said about the pathetic nature of idiot who responds to a Snopes entry that presents the rumor and debunks it as though the rumor is true.

RUMOR: It was Nagin's fault.
SNOPES: False. It wasn't Nagin's fault. Look, here's our thorough (as always) research.
'THEM CONSERVATIVES': It was Nagin's fault! Hahahaha. Sucks for 'you liberals.'

Give me a break!

Of course there's my misplaced optimism coming into play again. When will I stop assuming that when people are presented with the truth they will take it as the truth? Do you know how many people still believe Saddam Hussein is responsible for 9/11, despite massive evidence to the contrary? It's scary.