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iSm, would a statement that "Republicans are the party of racists, homophobes, and accounting frauds" have prodded the same warning out of you? |
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iSm can answer for himself, but I felt he outlined fairly clearly that it was the statement "Democrats- the party of the dead, the felons and the illegals." that was nearing the line, in which case yes, your example would also approach the same line.
I wonder if I were to wander into a thread at some message board like this but run by mostly conservatives if I would receive only a very mild cautionary warning? I know too many Republicans to apply such a blanket statement to them, but the body of Republican lawmakers and politicians might not get the same consideration. |
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Except that he laid out that it was a problem since there are a large number of democrats here. Not so true with the Republicans.
Other than having been elected by the people who agree with them, how would you go about making a blanket statement about the beliefs and traits of all elected Republicans that wouldn't also necessarily apply to the non-elected Republicans that support them? Does "every elected Democrat is a dingleberry who believes in magical fairies" really exclude Democrats in general? |
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It's not a matter of beliefs, but rather a matter of ethics. I don't think I'm the only one who makes certain assumptions about politicians' ethics that I do not make about ordinary citizens belonging to a political party. Besides, I don't for a minute think any given politician really believes either the liberal or conservative dogma of their stereotypical constituants. |
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I can't fathom the distinction you're trying to make but ok.
Can we make fun of black people now? |
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No, but only for the same reason that, were your Iraqi/Iranian comparison not a joke, it also would have slid by. And that's because - to my knowledge, there are barely more republicans than middle-easterners posting here.
My guideline is not to be unoffensive to everyone on the planet, but to be unoffensive to the people who post on the LoT. Hence my reference to Disney-geek bashing being bad. (Actually, mindful of the proportion that 3 or 4 republicans represent on a board of roughly 55 active members, I would likely have posted a caution about a republican-smearing as well). |
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I happen to really like most of the conservatives here, and I don't hold their party affiliation against them in the slightest. I would have gotten cranky either way. It depends on the context around the statement as well- joking is one thing, but flame-baiting is another. If I were to go into a predominantly conservative area and start spouting off negatives, I would deserve what I got. Of course, the only reason I would even do so would be if I were looking to start a fight.
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