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Originally Posted by livius drusus
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Originally Posted by Socratoad
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Originally Posted by livius drusus
O'Rourke is as human and therefore nuanced as anyone else.
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Liv, its your board and I shall try to follow the proper etiquette here, although I must admit as too not quite understanding just what this might be. |
I find dehumanizing rhetoric of any kind personally disasteful and ultimately highly damaging to any cause it is used in aid of. You can use such rhetoric as much as you'd like on this board, Socratoad - there are no rules against it; just don't expect me not to call you on it.
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It may just be me however I cannot see where O Rourke and nuance or nuanced fit into the same sentence.
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He's a person. He eats, shits, fucks like everyone else, and like everyone else, he's an asshole in some ways and a cool guy in others. When you put a black hat on him and paint him with one big, unweildy brush, you reduce his humanity. I could understand that if he had murdered millions in the name of Republicanism or something, but he's just a writer talking shit - sometimes more wittily than others - and that's all. |
Sorry Liv, you're right of course.
