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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    12/07/09

    In reply to Human League
    Thank god Sarah Palin wasn't your mother.
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    12/07/09

    In reply to Human League
    The Origins of #groupthinkianism
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    12/07/09

    In reply to Human League
    I remember reading her in my senior-year philosophy seminar in college. It's been too long!
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    Image of cand86 cand86
    12/04/09

    In reply to "Maybe We Could Go Back To Your Place And Name Your Breasts."
    Sounds like he and his wife are well-suited.

    And I don't actually mean that snarkily . . . I'm tired of it always being some scandal and then the poor spouse, ya know?
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    12/04/09

    In reply to "Maybe We Could Go Back To Your Place And Name Your Breasts."
    How charming? Though, I do want to read the article so I can get the whole...experience.
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    Image of PaintedTrollop PaintedTrollop
    12/04/09

    In reply to "Maybe We Could Go Back To Your Place And Name Your Breasts."
    His breath reeks of vinegar and water.
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    12/04/09

    In reply to "Maybe We Could Go Back To Your Place And Name Your Breasts."
    Thank you, but my breasts already have names. The left one is "Never" and the right one is "Goingtohappen."
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    Image of amazoncowgirl amazoncowgirl
    12/04/09

    @Dodgergirl: hahaha! I was about to post the same thing. Only my breasts are called "Fuck" and "Off".
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    12/04/09

    @amazoncowgirl: Your breasts are awesomely direct.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    12/04/09

    @Dodgergirl: Ha! hearted.
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    Image of J.D.Regent J.D.Regent
    12/04/09

    @Dodgergirl: interesting. mine are "No" and "Tories."
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    For them, "rape" is a vulgarity, the most poignant expression that they can make without being censored.

    They use "rape" because they are too unimaginative to describe sensational things otherwise.

    "Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity." - Schopenhauer
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    Image of Mushu_the_educated_whale Mushu_the_educated_whale
    12/02/09

    @Jack_Burton: Oooh that is a great quote! I love it!
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    When discussing actual rape, I imagine they are just the types to dub it 'alleged rape,' 'possible assault,' 'misunderstandings' and 'what happens when you drink too much.'
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    Now that I've actually listened to the audio, I actually had to step away from my computer for fear of breaking it. As a rape victim myself-- and like so many of the commentators here-- this is infuriating.

    I'm trying to imagine, going up to a woman who has just been gang raped in the Sudan. And Rush Limbaugh telling her he understands her plight. It's just like when the Democrats tried to enact an agenda that he didn't like.

    Yes, Rush Limbaugh. Legislation that you don't agree with is as horrifying and brutal as rape. Thanks for making that analogy. Should be appearing on the SATs any day now.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    How to de-rape your vocabulary, for conservatives pundits.

    1. If you can't avoid sexual assault metaphors, try to tone down the metaphors that you use. For example, instead of insisting that universal health care will be like anally raping the elderly, why not say "Universal health care will be like flashing the elderly on a subway car."? Or, better yet, "Universal health care will be like leering creepily at the elderly."

    2. If you must include images of violence in your metaphors, try to veer away from using sexual violence. Rather than comparing a free school lunch program to getting raped in the mouth by a gorilla, compare the free school lunch program to getting pushed down some stairs by an angry gorilla. Perhaps being backhanded across the face by a chimpanzee. Eventually, you'll be at the point where you can compare the free school lunch program to a nose tweak from a cotton top tamarin.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    You know, if it wouldn't mean actually watching these shows, I'd totally send these tools a letter that says, "Every time you use the word rape to describe something that is not actually forcible sexual contact, I am going to write an angry letter to one of your sponsors. Glen Beck, you've already lost a bunch of them so you may want to pay attention. They may not care much about one letter from one angry person, but they will care about one letter from one angry person EVERY DAY FOR A FUCKING YEAR, YOU TURD SANDWICH."
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    Image of Ms. Take Ms. Take
    12/01/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: i would get behind that. then they would get two angry letters every day for a year. and honestly, we don't even have to watch the show. we can just write about how glen beck is an ignorant, offensive bigot, and it would be true no matter what he actually says.
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    Image of SocialAnimal SocialAnimal
    12/01/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Can we get the transcripts and post a weekly count instead, so no one has to watch them but we can send letters/emails?
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    12/01/09

    @SocialAnimal: Excellent idea! Of course, it diminishes the "letter a day, every day" technique...
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    12/01/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Backdating :-)
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    12/01/09

    @SocialAnimal: Well, we could alway go with "A week ago today, Glen Beck..."
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    Image of Triana Orpheus Triana Orpheus
    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    Seriously, if the Democrats can't hire the best, most creative and intelligent individual to take all of this race-baiting, female-hating, xenophobic and classist rhetoric conservatives have been spewing and spin into a golden, nay, platinum campaign for 2010, then they just fucking deserve to lose. Jesus himself couldn't hand you better material.
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    Image of prismatism is Team Bella prismatism is Team Bella
    12/01/09

    @Triana Orpheus: Really.

    I'm sick of "the high ground" and "bipartisanship". There is looking at both sides and extending an open hand, and then there is compromising your position until there's nothing left and handing everything over. They're very different things, and if you can't distinguish between them, then yeah, you probably should not hold office.

    I still believe that Obama can, and that he's just letting them embarass themselves and use up all their ammo now. But I don't think most Democrats are that confident. They actually see these drooling cacti people as threats... and buy in to the belief that their ramblings deserve equal respect. I hope I'm wrong.
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    I think Dan Savage needs to give Michael Savage a piece of his mind.

    And by "piece of his mind", I mean "punch with his fist."
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    12/01/09

    In reply to Sexual Assault Is A Conservative Pundit's Favorite Metaphor
    They do not understand what they are saying or take rape seriously. They say it because they know "rape is bad", but they have no idea what it is or what it really means. If they had any idea of the horror and brutality of actual rape, they would know that in comparison, there is NO political action that can fail to look preferable. You could sign a bill into law that forces all children to work 10 hours a day on tobacco farms, and it would be better than gang rape.

    All they know is that rape is something "bad people" do, and if they say someone is raping something, it means they're a "bad person". They have no fucking clue what they're actually saying, because what they are saying is completely absurd and disgusting beyond description.
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    Image of Halfmad also known as MaxAgron Halfmad also known as MaxAgron
    12/01/09

    @prismatism is Team Bella: Reminds me of something that was posted at Shakesville: "You know what is exactly like rape? Nothing. Nothing is exactly like rape."
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    12/01/09

    @Halfmad also known as MaxAgron: Thank you for posting that. It is exactly correct.
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