No, exactly like using the same descriptors to cut down dissent.

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Mary Anne — 12/8/2003 1:19:34 AM (archived)

Trust you to miss the point. Here it is:

If you walk in the woods on the first day of buck season with a pair of antlers on your head, do not be surprised if someone shoots at you even though you are not a deer.

If you use the vocabulary that people who imprison dissenters used to justify oppression when speaking to those who disagree with you, do not be surprised if someone takes your words as a threat even though you only meant to insult.

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Why Liberals Think Conservatives Are Stoopid - Greg - 12/6/2003 1:41:51 PM
- "I hereby call on both liberals and conservatives (indeed, all ideologues) to tone down their rhetoric, to be charitable to views they reject, to stop the personal attacks, and to pay greater attenti… (n/t) - Hope you read THAT bit, Greg - 12/7/2003 10:19:50 AM
  - the whole thing was a quote from the article - Greg - 12/8/2003 6:14:28 AM
  - Yes. The new buzzphrase for "liberal" is apparently "mentally ill". - Mary Anne - 12/7/2003 5:14:12 PM
    - Sort of like that 'scientific study' showing that conservatives are the same mentally as hitler and stalin? - ebnelson - 12/7/2003 11:02:45 PM
      - No, exactly like using the same descriptors to cut down dissent. - Mary Anne - 12/8/2003 1:19:34 AM
        
        I may not have missed the point - ebnelson - 12/8/2003 5:35:12 AM
        
        Blowback - Mary Anne - 12/8/2003 12:50:58 PM
        
        re: Blowback - ebnelson - 12/8/2003 1:31:05 PM
- And vice versa, "stoopid" (n/t) - BG - 12/7/2003 6:43:29 AM
  - The spelling in the headline is a standard joke spelling. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2003 7:33:45 AM
- Interesting analysis (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/6/2003 2:37:51 PM

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