Vilification is over the top

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Q Cubed

Republican and wishy-washy liberals make me mad. Don't get me started on those dirty moderates.

@che

following party line lets you engage your mind less.

Well it's not like I have access to my library at work. It's more fun to be cantankerous.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Ned
Che, I can hardly imagine you raising kids. What are you going to say to them during Christmas for example? Christ was an evil baby?

No, that Santa is a sweatshop owner and all his poor little elves are exploited. "DOWN WITH SANTA'S SWEATSHOP!"

[MrFun]

I still want to know why extremism would make more sense to anyone over moderation.


There is nothing spineless about being reasonable and holding intelligent positions on issues without kow-towing to extreme ideologies.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
Being reasonable, and standing on the middle ground is not equated with being spineless.

Crap. You're so open-minded your brain fell out years ago.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MrFun
There is nothing spineless about being reasonable and holding intelligent positions on issues without kow-towing to extreme ideologies.

That's true. Let me know when you are reasonable and hold an intelligent position on something.

[MrFun]

I have -- many times.


Anyway, Happy Holidays ya big commie grouch.

[Q Classic]

@che

extremism having intelligent positions?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ned
Boris, I assume you have the credentials to make this statement?

I need credentials to say you've never lived in a Nazi or Communist country?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
@che

extremism having intelligent positions?

Since what's extreme is defined in relation to what's considered moderate, this is certainly possible. It was once considered "extremist" to consider blacks has human beings fully equal to whites. Is that not an intelligent position?

[MrFun]

Yeah Boris -- how do YOU know whether or not Ned has a time machine?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
@che

extremism having intelligent positions?

radical, from the latin, to get at the root

The truth, by definition, is radical. Truth is an extreme position. Truth makes people uncomfortable, which is why most people don't like it. I love the truth. The truth set me free. Take the red pill.


And a tip o' the hat to Boris.

[chequita guevara]

Believing that gays should have civil rights was an extremist position.

[Arrian]

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

Give a moment or two to the angry young man,
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
I once believed in causes too,
I had my pointless point of view,
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.

And there's always a place for the angry young man,
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
But his honor is pure and his courage as well,
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.

[MrFun]

Ok, Boris has a good point with that.


But how can you lump ALL extremist positions today, as possibily becoming reasonable in the foreseeable future??

[chequita guevara]

Arrian,
I'm doing the trolling here, thank you very much.