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The Polack MSgt

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20. Some folks want to project the "misunderstood rebel" image

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2017, 06:41 PM

Feb 2017

Some want to pretend to have a secret knowledge of the human condition

But mostly they're shallow privileged children who lack the empathy or the moral rigor to deduce the probable outcomes of their preferred policies on anybody who is not substantially similar to themselves.

Wow, that is a convoluted sentence - and that's why I usually just call them assholes

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do you ever get the feeling that some liberal warriors are happier when Democrats are the minority [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 OP

Where were they on November 8? lapucelle Feb 2017 #1

some of them were protesting Clinton La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #2

Well, duh... lapucelle Feb 2017 #4

Indeed nycbos Feb 2017 #7

I notice this also. Those with the least to lose might find Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #3

They are also the ones, right after the election saying... sheshe2 Feb 2017 #9

YES!! La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #11

That's something I'm consistently guilty of. LanternWaste Feb 2017 #18

You tell no lies n/t JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #5

you are speaking a truth LLP. irisblue Feb 2017 #6

I would maybe modify the idea a little... FreepFryer Feb 2017 #8

Fact. sheshe2 Feb 2017 #10

I wrote an OP about it, lmao forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #12

sorry i missed your op. will you link to it? La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #13

Here it is forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #14

aww. thank you La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #15

your post is so much better thought out than mine!! La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #16

the bob shrum comment is funny since he is a Kennedy guy JI7 Feb 2017 #25

yes, these people are not actually looking to make progress JI7 Feb 2017 #24

Yes, I wish they would go off to some distant land and self flagellate themselves JHan Feb 2017 #17

Oh yeah Recursion Feb 2017 #19

Some folks want to project the "misunderstood rebel" image The Polack MSgt Feb 2017 #20

I am keeping a list of their names, like Arya Stark. Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #21

a girl has no president. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #22

YES, YES, YES and many of them attacked Obama during his time in office JI7 Feb 2017 #23

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #28

BINGO! DonCoquixote Feb 2017 #26

YES lunasun Feb 2017 #27