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  • February 3, 2011 at 11:45 am #23752
    scout1067
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    My new philosophy towards the Leftists is to calmly and matter of factly tell them the truth once or point out their error.  If they can't handle it, too bad.  Walk away.

    That I agree with wholeheartedly.

    February 3, 2011 at 1:24 pm #23753
    skiguy
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    and then after, when you can't get them to change their mind, invite them to the gym, offer them a spot on the bench press, then push DOWN.  muwahahaha.

    February 3, 2011 at 4:40 pm #23754
    Omer
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    My new philosophy towards the Leftists is to calmly and matter of factly tell them the truth once or point out their error.  If they can't handle it, too bad.  Walk away.

    I noticed your new quote by Professor Philip Stott : ?'Global warming' has become the grand political narrative of the age, replacing Marxism as a dominant force for controlling liberty and human choices."I guess you've heard about P. Stott: he is a life-long UK Labour supporter and he is mildly left wing politically.  Are Leftists not so "disgusting" when it comes to support some point of view ?  8)

    February 3, 2011 at 4:48 pm #23755
    Phidippides
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    My new philosophy towards the Leftists is to calmly and matter of factly tell them the truth once or point out their error.  If they can't handle it, too bad.  Walk away.

    I noticed your new quote by Professor Philip Stott : ?'Global warming' has become the grand political narrative of the age, replacing Marxism as a dominant force for controlling liberty and human choices."I guess you've heard about P. Stott: he is a life-long UK Labour supporter and he is mildly left wing politically.  Are Leftists not so "disgusting" when it comes to support some point of view ?  8)

    Assuming what you're saying is true, I will admit that is highly ironic/funny.

    February 3, 2011 at 5:09 pm #23756
    skiguy
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    Don't know much about him except his environmental positions, but from what I've read, he doesn't sound at all like a Leftist.

    February 3, 2011 at 8:04 pm #23757
    scout1067
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    What is mildly left wing?  Is that like being mildly pregnant?  Or do you mean he is slightly left-of-center?  Of course I don't think there is a bright, shining line that divides left and right, at least not individually.  I guess that is one of my biggest heartaches with the left/right dichotomy, it does not really lend itself to shades of gray.  It is almost as though everyone has to be either/or and anyone who is not on one side or the other is dismissed as a kook. 

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