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Feb 22, 2019 17:41:06   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
slatten49 wrote:
It is my opinion that much of the discourse on OPP is honest enough, though highly combative in nature. I believe that posters usually simply disagree as a result of having different perspectives acquired from their life experiences. The problems in discourse may very well lie in the likelihood that political exchanges can be and often are similar in passion to religious discussions.

Imagine, if you will, a rabbi, priest or pastor trying to convince the others of their religious convictions or beliefs with the hopeful result of a spiritual or theological conversion. As respected as each of the three aforementioned may be, the odds are strongly against that coming to fruition as the result of their efforts. And, partisan/ideological zealots generally approach those with opposing political views with the fervor of religious evangelists.

As a result, on OPP, it often appears not enough for a true believer to believe as they do. All others must also believe, or the offended may become self-righteous, indignant or even angry, bitter and vindictive. Thus, OPP's political discourse often ends in being similar to the story of the boy who angrily takes his football home with him due to others not playing by his rules.

I close with a favorite quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."
It is my opinion that much of the discourse on OPP... (show quote)


We'll make a filostofer of you yet.

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Feb 22, 2019 17:42:22   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Smedley_buzkill wrote:
Yes. I used to be a crude and uncultured redneck, but now I like flowers and balloons.

How 'bout quiche

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Feb 22, 2019 17:44:46   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
lpnmajor wrote:
We'll make a filostofer of you yet.

Thank you, Doc. But, if I were you, I'd work on your spelling.


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Feb 22, 2019 17:45:07   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
It is my opinion that much of the discourse on OPP is honest enough, though highly combative in nature. I believe that posters usually simply disagree as a result of having different perspectives acquired from their life experiences. The problems in discourse may very well lie in the likelihood that political exchanges can be and often are similar in passion to religious discussions.

Imagine, if you will, a rabbi, priest or pastor trying to convince the others of their religious convictions or beliefs with the hopeful result of a spiritual or theological conversion. As respected as each of the three aforementioned may be, the odds are strongly against that coming to fruition as the result of their efforts. And, partisan/ideological zealots generally approach those with opposing political views with the fervor of religious evangelists.

As a result, on OPP, it often appears not enough for a true believer to believe as they do. All others must also believe, or the offended may become self-righteous, indignant or even angry, bitter and vindictive. Thus, OPP's political discourse often ends in being similar to the story of the boy who angrily takes his football home with him due to others not playing by his rules.

I close with a favorite quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."
It is my opinion that much of the discourse on OPP... (show quote)


Oh, so I suppose we are all supposed to be all yippy skippy now??!! You stinkin ;asldkj f;leksjdbf;vlskdjvnkf;skdf;asldjc;nsk!!!!!!! No offense!!

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Feb 22, 2019 17:45:14   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
slatten49 wrote:
How 'bout quiche


I'm flattered, but........oh, quiche.................before I put my glasses on it looked like "quicky".

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Feb 22, 2019 17:47:38   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
Oh, so I suppose we are all supposed to be all yippy skippy now??!! You stinkin ;asldkj f;leksjdbf;vlskdjvnkf;skdf;asldjc;nsk!!!!!!! No offense!!

None taken, as I couldn't make out what you were trying to convey.

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Feb 22, 2019 17:49:06   #
nwtk2007 Loc: Texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
None taken, as I couldn't make out what you were trying to convey.


Translated blankety, blankety, blankety!!

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Feb 22, 2019 17:49:40   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
lpnmajor wrote:
I'm flattered, but........oh, quiche.................before I put my glasses on it looked like "quicky".

Doc, without your glasses, I guess you couldn't determine that my 'quiche' response was to Smedley.

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Feb 22, 2019 17:57:47   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
slatten49 wrote:
Doc, without your glasses, I guess you couldn't determine that my 'quiche' response was to Smedley.


Yep, screwed that up too!

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Feb 22, 2019 18:04:14   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
Translated blankety, blankety, blankety!!

Okay, but according to The Urban Dictionary...

Yippy Skippy: a sarcastic answer to anything that you have to do or something that doesn't sound fun. Also can be used when you just don't give a damn about something and want to use sarcasm.

Your usage of it doesn't seem to chime with that definition...unless you can 'splain it.

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Feb 22, 2019 18:05:47   #
rumitoid
 
nwtk2007 wrote:
Translated blankety, blankety, blankety!!


"blankety, blankety, blankety!!" That reminds me of a restaurant in Texas I visited for the first time. I asked where the bathroom was and was pointed to a door in the back. I went through that entrance and there were two doors. One read "Bla" and the other "Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla ,bla, bla, bla, bla." Like "blankety," easy to read.

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Feb 22, 2019 18:09:13   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Yep, screwed that up too!

Take an aspirin and post to me in the morning.

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Feb 22, 2019 18:18:59   #
badbobby Loc: texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
Yeah, Smedley, you're a regular Little Lord Fauntleroy, a literary figure who was characterized by charm, courtesy, and extremely good and innocent nature...along with his broad-based knowledge.

Did I leave out anything


you forgot extremely handsome(in his way)

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Feb 22, 2019 18:23:20   #
badbobby Loc: texas
 
rumitoid wrote:
"blankety, blankety, blankety!!" That reminds me of a restaurant in Texas I visited for the first time. I asked where the bathroom was and was pointed to a door in the back. I went through that entrance and there were two doors. One read "Bla" and the other "Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla ,bla, bla, bla, bla." Like "blankety," easy to read.


they were huge restrooms too
weren't they rumi?

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Feb 22, 2019 18:23:58   #
rumitoid
 
Wolf counselor wrote:
Sounds like a mealy mouthed pole cat I once knew.

You lefties think you can hide yer' stink with a few eloquently spoken words ?

Nobody here is trying to make you believe a dad blasted thing.

But 'somebody' has made you believe that you hate Trump.

And since we know you never met the man, it stands to reason that somebody else taught you whatever it is that feeds your hate.

You can dress it up with pretty words but it still stinks to the high heavens.

What you really want is none other than 'political correctness'.

Sorry, but that dog don't hunt around here............ Goober.
Sounds like a mealy mouthed pole cat I once knew. ... (show quote)


I have been here over 6 years and you were not always like this. We disagreed but for a while you were not the troll you are consistently now. It has been some time since you said anything substantive to any topic and just spew ad hominem. I know you don't care. You appear to think that hate and slurs somehow raises you above the fray. That you object or mock "eloquently spoken words" or see them as somehow PC shows your base commitment (double entendre).

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