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that's a great give-and-take,

Deadman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:26:15 +0000

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that's a great give-and-take, O. should be in a movie.

That's assuming that the

DF — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:13:04 +0000

In reply to At my town hall, one guy

That's assuming that the other person has a rational proposal with which to compromise.

At my town hall, one guy

Orlando — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:03:13 +0000

In reply to Yell Tort Reform to prevent socialism

At my town hall, one guy asked me on the way in if I knew how much tyranny was in the bill. I just smiled and walked past him as he continued to yell at me. I didn't feel like pointing out that our definitions of tyranny were probably somewhat different, what with him most likely supporting the war in Iraq (at least initially), the Patriot Act, and secret spying on American citizens.

I made the mistake of wearing a red t-shirt, so inside another woman approached me and invited me to a healthcare forum. The flyer said "about government-controlled healthcare." So, I asked her if it was going to be a real discussion or just one-sided. She said she didn't know, but wasn't it about time that we had government out of our private lives (Yeah, she really said that). I told her I agreed wholeheartedly and that the government shouldn't be able to tell me what I can or can't do with my own body or who I can love. She looked perplexed. So, then she said, "Well, they shouldn't be able to raise our taxes to pay for healthcare." At that point, I informed her that I don't make anywhere near $300,000 in a year, so my taxes aren't going up. Then she tried to convince me that someday I will and that's why I should oppose the tax plan now. I was being sickeningly sweet to her, but that one tried my patience and I almost rolled my eyes. Then, I got control of myself and told her it was highly unlikely that I'd ever make $300,000 in one year and that, if I did, I'd be happy to pay more in taxes to make sure that everyone had health insurance. She was utterly confused. The problem is, for all of us, that we surround ourselves with like-minded people and make very little attempt to understand the other side.

In our case, the other side is currently on an extended vacation to Crazyland, so it's nearly impossible to comprehend them. But if we could actually try to understand each other's rational points of view, we might get further on compromising.

Well, I'm glad you had the

DF — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:14:00 +0000

In reply to Yell Tort Reform to prevent socialism

Well, I'm glad you had the stomach to write about this because I sure didn't. I went with the intention of taking pictures and writing it up, but after the first few shots I just gave up. Between the Larouchies and the red-baiters there wasn't really much of interest.

I really did love the socialism being asked what socialism was. Over the course of a few minutes I heard him use the word several dozen times, nearly in ever sentence. Upon finally being asked to explain his definition of socialism, he retorted exactly as you describe: "I know what it is. You tell me." Seriously. Like a seven year-old.

Going to the bar was the only reasonable response to this nonsense.