The Lief Reservoir of Simple Truths and Smart One-Liners

[SWE]

DEVIL SPAWN!!!

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Arguing with a religious extremist is like trying to play chess with a pigeon. It knocks down all the pieces, sh**ts on the board, and still thinks it's outsmarted you.

[Sumner 1868]

Unfortunately, whenever I hear the phrase 'fiscally conservative, but socially liberal', I always hear "I don't like poor people, but I hate when the family drags me to church so I can't smoke my weed'

[Oakvale]

Apologies in advance for contributing to this thread but the alternative was pretty much just empty quoting.

Of course, The Almighty State has the cure for every social ill, and if The Almighty State raises the age or illegalizes a certain product, then it vanishes into thin air.

After all, government knows best.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

oldies admits republicans hate civil rights:

no (pro-civil rights, i.e. rino)

[Simfan34]

Am I naive in wondering why they can't just have an unimpeachable, inoffensive MLK-style march? Even Fox News couldn't get hot and bothered about that.

The problem is, many whites will view the march as being another Sharpton stunt. Even MLK was controversial in his lifetime among many whites, even those who weren't racists from the south. I don't condone rioting, but it is not my place to decide what the black communities response should be.

[courts]

Unfortunately, whenever I hear the phrase 'fiscally conservative, but socially liberal', I always hear "I don't like poor people, but I hate when the family drags me to church so I can't smoke my weed'

apologies for the strike thru, i know its one of the lowest forms of wit

[Oldiesfreak1854]

The idea that abortion is an equal rights issue is pretty hilarious. Without the abortion stipulation, I'd have gone with the first answer.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

memphis uses no words and makes it here.

They let me off early

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[MT Treasurer]

I'll say yes because I don't buy the myth that Mrs. Inevitable is the only Democrat who can win in 2016.

Funny thing about this "argument" is that some of the people who claims Hillary is the only Democrat who can win in 2016, says at the same time Republicans just can't win because of an electoral map, making it a logical fallacy.

[Miles]

Trende is a hack who parroted dutifully for years all the Republican talking points about how Obamacare would destroy America.
Torie's feigned ignorance about his partisan leanings is most amusing.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Malloy is violating the people of Connecticut.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I was never a libertarian. #blessed

Important parts in bold.

[SWE]

I was never a libertarian. #blessed

I don't doubt the fact that Lief was never a libertarian, but someone stating a fact about themselves isn't generally what this thread is for

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

I was never a libertarian. #blessed

I don't doubt the fact that Lief was never a libertarian, but someone stating a fact about themselves isn't generally what this thread is for

More about that hashtag than anything else, really

[Marokai Backbeat]

On the subject of the Lib Dems: what exactly is (or was ) their social base of support?

(apologies if this question has been answered before).

Before the late unpleasantness, the same social base as the bulk of the posters who post on this forum.

[Ebsy]

"Love is love" is a very broad statement. That statement can apply to anything.

Gee, I guess that's what context is for.

[SWE]

trade is really where the left allows itself to wallow in Pat Buchananite-style xenophobia and flag-waving nationalism with impunity.

[traininthedistance]

I've read a couple of "embedded journalism" pieces about the Juggalos and their Gathering. I get the impression that they provide a sense of community and family for a lot of people who don't otherwise have one because of various life traumas or disadvantages or just being "different."

Yeah, but writing them off as "white trash" is a lot easier than acknowledging that they're real human beings with emotions and a need to relate to other people.

One of the worst and dumbest subcultures ever. The way they're like a cult would be creepy if it wasn't just so stupid.

BRTD, are you trying to be ironic? This reads exactly like the least charitable reactions to your own subculture of choice. You, more than most people here, should be capable of reading the ugly, classist subtext.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Horrible in the sense that it perpetuated the idea that votes belong to the major parties and are "stolen" by insurgent third party candidates.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

If this were a Republican, Landslide Lyndon would have three threads on the subject

[free my dawg]

man, I don't know, like I think 20-30% of the posters on here are irredeemable garbage humans, but I just scroll past their posts and don't make threads complaining about them; that is my advice to all of you.

[Adam Griffin]

You need to learn how not to make every single act you engage in something that reinforces the things you already hold to be true. Otherwise, you're going to continue to go through life as a stunted, dogmatic imbecile.  

[Oldiesfreak1854]

If you vote yes, you literally do not give a damn about freedom or democracy at all.

[King]

 I hope that the initiative of the atlas “after dark” failsafe forum does not have any effect on these well-established allowances of reasoning monopolies. It would be such a tragic loss for the understanding of present day issues.