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#27 Mar 10 2009 at 8:59 AM Rating: Decent
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You know what makes me laugh, is that Americans cannot see how extreme and fanatical they can be Smiley: nod
#28 Mar 10 2009 at 9:18 AM Rating: Excellent
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GwynapNud the Eccentric wrote:
You know what makes me laugh, is that Americans cannot see how extreme and fanatical they can be Smiley: nod


What was that again about tarring everyone with the same brush, and how you're a liberal because you don't do that?

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#29 Mar 10 2009 at 9:20 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
GwynapNud the Eccentric wrote:
You know what makes me laugh, is that Americans cannot see how extreme and fanatical they can be Smiley: nod


What was that again about tarring everyone with the same brush, and how you're a liberal because you don't do that?

I'm with you. Americans know exactly how extreme and fanatical they are. Smiley: wink
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#30 Mar 10 2009 at 9:21 AM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah, I know you'll take a shot any chance you get. At least you're not doing so while claiming to be all open minded and ****.

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#31 Mar 10 2009 at 9:24 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah, I know you'll take a shot any chance you get. At least you're not doing so while claiming to be all open minded and sh*t.

I'm open minded, after the fact. You know, after it's forgotten and I don't have to admit being wrong.
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#32 Mar 10 2009 at 9:28 AM Rating: Good
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Samira wrote:
GwynapNud the Eccentric wrote:
You know what makes me laugh, is that Americans cannot see how extreme and fanatical they can be Smiley: nod


What was that again about tarring everyone with the same brush, and how you're a liberal because you don't do that?



I left out the key word "many" Smiley: frown

#33 Mar 10 2009 at 9:32 AM Rating: Good
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One thing that always bothered me is that the Republicans are red and the Democrats blue. It goes against the standard. Though I do think the US Government still goes by the proper color scheme, unlike the media who are doing it wrong.

Edited, Mar 10th 2009 5:34pm by Keikomyau
#34 Mar 10 2009 at 9:35 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah, I know you'll take a shot any chance you get. At least you're not doing so while claiming to be all open minded and sh*t.


10 out of 10 for cheapshot.
#35 Mar 10 2009 at 9:39 AM Rating: Excellent
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Not at the time, it wasn't. I was going with the information I had. /shrug

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#36 Mar 10 2009 at 9:41 AM Rating: Excellent
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Lady Keikomyau wrote:
One thing that always bothered me is that the Republicans are red and the Democrats blue. It goes against the standard. Though I do think the US Government still goes by the proper color scheme, unlike the media who are doing it wrong.
The Red/Blue thing is a recent innovation dating back to the Bush/Gore election of 2000. Prior to that, news companies used whatever colors they fancied for their maps although there was a trend towards "red" for the challenger and "blue" for the incumbent. This meant that you had a pretty map of white states becoming a pretty red, white & blue map as the election unfolded. Although Gore wasn't technically the incumbent, he was the VP for the then-current administration.

When the 2000 elelction dragged out and we all stared at electoral state maps for weeks on end, the Red/Blue ones used by the majority of the major news organizations became the de facto standard and as we heard "As you can see from the blue Gore states..." and "The number of votes in the red Bush states..." over and over, the idea of Red = Republican / Blue = Democrat solidified in people's minds.
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#37 Mar 10 2009 at 9:43 AM Rating: Decent
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the idea of Red = Republican / Blue = Democrat solidified in people's minds.


It worked damn well too. Like it's always been that way.
#38 Mar 10 2009 at 9:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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Lolwiki article gives a slightly different account from mine but it's the same general message: Red/Blue didn't become entrenched until this last decade and was directly because of the maps used in the 2000 election.
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#39 Mar 10 2009 at 9:52 AM Rating: Decent
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Jophiel wrote:
the idea of Red = Republican / Blue = Democrat solidified in people's minds.

I've always felt the opposite seemed more apt. Blue bieng for blue blooded Republicans or symbolizing the aristocracy, and red being for communist Democrats or symbolizing "for the people" policies.

It also seems like the donkey and elephant should be switched, though I realize that is a tradition from farhter in the past where the parties did not align themselves on the same borders they do now. But presently the elephant symbolizing the Dem's bloated government and the donkey symbolizing Republican rhetoric seems more apt to me.

Edited, Mar 10th 2009 12:53pm by Allegory
#40 Mar 10 2009 at 10:00 AM Rating: Excellent
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"Built To Protect A Donkey" doesn't sound as impressive.

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#41 Mar 10 2009 at 10:12 AM Rating: Decent
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"Built To Protect A Donkey" doesn't sound as impressive.

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Smiley: lol Stellar.
#42 Mar 10 2009 at 10:14 AM Rating: Excellent
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Strong enough for a donkey... but made for an elephant.

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#43 Mar 10 2009 at 10:25 AM Rating: Good
It's a bit weird for me, because the Tories' colour is blue and Labour's is red.
#44 Mar 10 2009 at 10:37 AM Rating: Good
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Kavekk wrote:
It's a bit weird for me, because the Tories' colour is blue and Labour's is red.

It's the same way in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Germany as well. (Though Japan will use Green(Centre-Right LDP) and Black (Social Liberal DPJ) as well. Never understood that scheme.)
#45 Mar 10 2009 at 12:30 PM Rating: Good
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Gwyn is a conservative

/signed

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#46 Mar 10 2009 at 12:34 PM Rating: Excellent
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Nobby wrote:
Gwyn is a conservative

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I have never voted conservative. Not once Smiley: mad

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#47 Mar 10 2009 at 12:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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Sorry, Nobby already signed it.
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#48 Mar 10 2009 at 12:39 PM Rating: Good
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GwynapNud wrote:
Nobby wrote:
Gwyn is a conservative

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I have never voted conservative. Not once Smiley: mad
The worst kind of tory is one that claims to embrace liberal ideas, then spouts various intolerant and ill-informed views that show their true coloUrs.

Admit it - you're Varrus in White Stilettos aren't you! Smiley: flowers
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#49 Mar 10 2009 at 12:45 PM Rating: Excellent
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Nobby wrote:
GwynapNud wrote:
Nobby wrote:
Gwyn is a conservative

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I have never voted conservative. Not once Smiley: mad
The worst kind of tory is one that claims to embrace liberal ideas, then spouts various intolerant and ill-informed views that show their true coloUrs.

Admit it - you're Varrus in White Stilettos aren't you! Smiley: flowers


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#50 Mar 10 2009 at 12:50 PM Rating: Good
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Susannah Hoffs and Margaret Thatcher on one page?

I don't know whether to rub one out or sing the Internationale! Smiley: mad

Damn you Joph & Gwyn.
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#51 Mar 10 2009 at 12:51 PM Rating: Excellent
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Nobby wrote:
Susannah Hoffs and Margaret Thatcher on one page?

I don't know whether to rub one out or sing the Internationale! Smiley: mad

Damn you Joph & Gwyn.


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