Civility? It didn't last a week...

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

So? You were expecting something else?

When does the GOP reveal it's health bill?

Thought bubble;
(Hmmmm, a health bill designed by angry tightwads who think they should never, ever have to pay for anyone elses problems---Because that's SOCIALISM!............This crap is going to be interesting.)

Dave

I do this all the time with Medicare, paying $96.50 per month for which on average I get one flu shot each year.

[piece-itpete]

There's no exaggeration to that nazi blood libel idiot. The left believes that's no big deal?

Pete

[whell]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

That is your favorite trick - to exaggerate the comments that you want to criticize. No one called the GOP Nazis. He compared their rhetoric to Goebbels statement about the big lie - repeat it often enough and it becomes the trute - i.e. death panels. Rep Jackson did not call anyone a murderer - she talked about the effect of withdrawing coverage from 30 million people - that the legislation would be people-killing if it passed.

Regards,

D-Ray

Jaskson - Lee: "Frankly, I would just say to you, this is about saving lives. Jobs are very important; we created jobs," Jackson Lee said. "But even the title of their legislation, H.R. 2, 'job-killing' — this is killing Americans if we take this away, if we repeal this bill."

Nope, sounds like inflammatory rhetoric to me.

Regarding Cohen's comments, the left accusing Republicans of being fascists and Nazi's overtly or obliquely, is, frankly, not unusual. Cohen was simply piling on, picking up where Alan Grayson left off.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Jaskson - Lee: "Frankly, I would just say to you, this is about saving lives. Jobs are very important; we created jobs," Jackson Lee said. "But even the title of their legislation, H.R. 2, 'job-killing' — this is killing Americans if we take this away, if we repeal this bill."

Nope, sounds like inflammatory rhetoric to me.

Regarding Cohen's comments, the left accusing Republicans of being fascists and Nazi's overtly or obliquely, is, frankly, not unusual. Cohen was simply piling on, picking up where Alan Grayson left off.

Pot/Kettle

[piece-itpete]

Bububut the RIGHT is the ones being mean and evil!

Know what the blood libel is?

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Bububut the RIGHT is the ones being mean and evil!

Know what the blood libel is?
Pete

I do, but I doubt that Sarah did. I had no particular issue with her use of those two words. OTOH, the entire 8 minutes of her Facebook video demonstrated her clueless self-absorption.

[piece-itpete]

She call anyone a nazi?

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

She call anyone a nazi?

Pete

Not during that particular 8 minutes. But it has been the stock and trade of her party since Obama was elected.

IMHO, there is a difference between calling someone a Nazi and objecting to tactics being used that were made famous by their propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

She call anyone a nazi?

Pete

Did anyone use the word Nazi?

What do you have to say about a lie being repeated again and again, even after it has been proven false - you keep repeating it enough that you expect people to believe it?

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by whell

So, the new definition of civility, if you're a fan of the left, is that its OK to label your political opponents Nazis and murderers, as long as the "underlying points" are salient. Got it.

Why not? Isn't this what your party has been doing for what, at least thirty years now? Turnabout is all it is. Hows it feel?

If you have the audacity to ask for proof, then I really will think you're head is deeply buried in the sand.

Dave