Another insulting and outrageous remark from an MSNBC reporter...

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by August

Then why bother posting questions at all? Is your point that MSNBC isn't staffed by a bunch of liberal loonies?

FYI it's a pretty weak defense when all you can do is point at someone else and claim that he's no better than you.

Another staunch defender of the status quo. At least you don't flame me. Or maybe you did. Weak? No sorry.

I hate that we have a partisan press. But distrust both just as much...
Not defending anyone Mr. August...Simply pointing out the other side isn't exactly noble either.

Both are scum and part of the problem, happy?

(without them we would spend more time trying to fix problems than to appoint blame, am I wrong?)

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Another staunch defender of the status quo. At least you don't flame me. Or maybe you did. Weak? No sorry.

Interesting that you are sure people will flame you (that's twice recently you've suggested that) while you use use dismissive language on someone else. You've said several things that truly deserve a reply. So far I've stayed out of it.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Interesting that you are sure people will flame you (that's twice recently you've suggested that) while you use use dismissive language on someone else. You've said several things that truly deserve a reply. So far I've stayed out of it.

Feel free sir, whack away, I respect your opinion more than most here. I 'll just go away if it pleases you and the others here.j/k (I'm not, dont get your hopes up)
But I will stand up for what I believe in no matter what. Even if it means my banning for ticking off the old guard.

I just expect my views to be unpopular seeing how the demographic of the board is, hence my flaming references.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Feel free sir, whack away, I respect your opinion more than most here. I 'll just go away if it pleases you and the others here.j/k (I'm not, dont get your hopes up)

Nor would I want you to. But...

But I will stand up for what I believe in no matter what. Even if it means my banning for ticking off the old guard.

Nobody gets banned for ticking off anybody, including the Moderators and the Site Owner. And especially not for ticking off me, because in spite of post count and reputation, I'm really pretty much nobody as far at authority goes.

I just expect my views to be unpopular seeing how the demographic of the board is, hence my flaming references.

There are hard-core right-wingers here, and hard-core left-wingers. There are members of both sides who are not quite so rough around the edges. And there are some of us who truly are in the middle, taking one side or the other depending solely on the issue under discussion, and not supporting either actual "side". The biggest thing I take exception to is actually flaming. As do the Moderators and Neal. Discussions can and do get heated, and all of us have crossed the line more than once, and most of us are gracious enough to apologize when we do (or at least when we're called on it).

When I said I thought some of your comments deserved a reply, I was referring to the more-than-occasional flaming by yourself - not of other members here, but of people you disagree with in general ("Obammy", "Caucas-African", "Camilla the Ugly"). That kind of childish namd-calling serves no purpose, is not conducive to good debate, and we try to keep these forums above that level. Standing up for what you believe in is fine, even important, but if what you believe in is ridiculing people then you might want to take a look at yourself first.

So if someone does flame you for real, as does sometimes happen, we try to take care of it, no matter what "side" it comes from.

I did appreciate your admission of "self-hating", mainly because I have less respect for myself than I have for pretty much anyone else. I feel this keeps me from being condescending or dismissive, as I can't be an "ist" of any kind if I can't find someone more deserving of my scorn. So it that statement was true, you're in good company (or bad, depending on how you want to take it).

[1480]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Feel free sir, whack away, I respect your opinion more than most here. I 'll just go away if it pleases you and the others here.j/k (I'm not, dont get your hopes up)
But I will stand up for what I believe in no matter what. Even if it means my banning for ticking off the old guard.

I just expect my views to be unpopular seeing how the demographic of the board is, hence my flaming references.

Or the irony of a "self hating liberal" playing a war game.

Lets all kiss and make up.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by 1480

Or the irony of a "self hating liberal" playing a war game.

What's so ironic about that again?

Even if you're a total pacifist, you're wise to study the mechanics of war before you decide to hate it. Checking beliefs is pretty smart. I see some people think that it's too ironic to even consider, though...

[1480]

Originally Posted by CCIP

What's so ironic about that again?

Even if you're a total pacifist, you're wise to study the mechanics of war before you decide to hate it. Checking beliefs is pretty smart. I see some people think that it's too ironic to even consider, though...

It's called a ball bust..... not to be taken literally but as encouraging our own selves to lighten up. I went with soopa's self denigrating description and ran with it.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by 1480

It's called a ball bust..... not to be taken literally but as encouraging our own selves to lighten up. I went with soopa's self denigrating description and ran with it.

You should see my steam window... All war games in some sort or another. WH40K, Mount and blade, modern warfares, Total wars, Paradox games. etc

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by 1480

Or the irony of a "self hating liberal" playing a war game.

Huh?

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by 1480

Lets all kiss and make up.

Do I hafta buy you dinner?
If you think I'm going to play this game, you got another thing coming:



On a side note, I don't know what's crazier:
You paying attention to MSNBC or knowing Yubba watches soaps. If the right would quit repeating what those clowns say, nobody would even know what they say. If I recall, they have horrid ratings.

[yubba]

What's wrong with watchin my stories ???? Man I miss Dark Shadows that use too scare the crap out of me as a kid. The irony of liberals playing war games is, if they have to play as Americans, or on the allied side, or if they only got SH4. And if you guys haven't figured it out it is us against our governments, you have two sides of the same coin and it is up to us as citizens to keep the governments in check. There is liberals and progressives in both parties so if one team faulters they just hand the ball off to the other team and it's up to us to keep them from score-ing, so some of you folk need too figure out out what side of the constitutional fence you're on. Oh and Magan is about to have puppies or something like that I guess that would be on All My Illidgidimate Children. Like Sands through an hour glass so are the days that we sat behind our monitors

[MH]

I thought liberals watch "bold and beautiful".