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10/22   Mann Coulter hit by pies while on speaking engagement:
        http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3841599/detail.html
        \_ Yeah that's famous liberal tolerance of others. Esp. of
           Christians, and anyone else who disagrees with them.
        \_ Your pies are so BIG and TAX FREE!
        \_ They had the chance to throw pies at Ann Coulter and they only
           hit her in the SHOULDER?  What a waste.
        \_ That'll sure fix her!  I'm sure millions of people are now
           convinced of the wrongness of her message since two goofballs hit
           her with a pie.  YAY!
           \_ 90+ posts just - like - yours!
              http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1253783/posts
              \_ Yes?  And?  Do you believe that hitting (or missing) her with
                 a pie has convinced anyone of the wrongness of her message?
        \_ Then again, http://pornforprogress.com, watch Ann Cunter get off.
           \_ Ann Cunter!  Bahahahahhaaha!!!  Cool!
        \_ Boredcast Message from 'aaron': Fri Oct 22 09:47:37 2004
           if only the pies were infected with ebola

           Gotta love the sensitive liberals. -- ilyas
           \_ Yeah, Compassionate Conservatives wyould have gone for anthrax.
           \_ Yeah, Compassionate Conservatives would have gone for anthrax.
              \_ See, the difference is, conservatives on soda don't ACTUALLY
                 wish the pie was covered with some horrible disease.
                   -- ilyas
                 \_ For Ann Coulter, perhaps true.  For n, where n = any
                    liberal personality, then patently not true.
                    \_ Ok.  Can you cite an example of a soda conservative
                       hoping outloud for a horrible disease-ridden pie
                       hitting some prominent liberal personality (or
                       wanting a 50-to-1 gangbang, or any of the other
                       lovely things aaron wished for over the years)?
                         -- ilyas
                       \_ Um, I don't think aaron meant people to take the
                          ebola comment that seriously.
                          \_ Oh, I see.  It was one of aaron's little 'jokes.'
                             Great sense of humor.  Ebola sure is funny.
                             Anyways, the guy I was arguing with seemed to
                             think (a) aaron was serious, and (b) conservatives
                             on soda are guilty of the same sort of thing.
                             I am still hoping for a rebuttal from him.
                               -- ilyas
                             \_ I'm not that guy, but you're right,
                                conservatives will in large part only say these
                                types of things using relatively anonymous
                                accounts on http://freerepublic.com.
                                \_ The freepers are not conservatives.
                                   \_ What are they then?
                                \_ Ok, so just to be clear -- you are accusing
                                   soda conservatives of being secretly just
                                   as bad as aaron, it's just that they don't
                                   come out openly and say it.  Check.  Just
                                   so we are clear.  Any proof of this, or
                                   is this projection or assuming the other
                                   side is just as bad or what? -- ilyas
                                   \_ Whoa.  How'd we get from "an example"
                                      from your earlier post to "all soda
                                      conservatives"?  Nice context shift
                                      there, buddy.
                                   \_ No, I said "conservatives" not "soda
                                      conservatives".  Duh.  And by this
                                      I mean the subset of conservatives who
                                      post that type of thing on freerepublic.
                                      What part of "but you're right" did you
                                      not understand?
                                      \_ Freepers are not conservatives.
                                         \_ What are they then?
                             \_ Soda has an interactive forum where you could
                                discuss aaron's wall comments with him. It is
                                called wall.
                                \_ I have no interest of discussing anything
                                   with aaron, he is past my event horizon of
                                   common ground. -- ilyas
                                   \_ But you feel the need to read the wall
                                      log, and post out of context excerpts
                                      from it on motd? Ok.
                                      \_ Sure.  I don't want to _talk_ to
                                         aaron.  I want to hold him up as an
                                         example of something not to do.
                                         The only defense offered so far is
                                         'but the freepers are just as bad!'
                                         Kind of sad.  I would be surprised
                                         anyone on soda from the
                                         conservative side is a freeper.
                                         Certainly no conservative I personally
                                         know.  Look at yourselves, liberals,
                                         do you really want to be like this?
                                           -- ilyas
                                         \_ No, I'd far rather be condescended
                                            to by a sanctimonious conservative.
                                            Thanks ilyas, I feel so much more
                                            enlightened now.
                                            \_ I am not a conservative.  If
                                               pointing out that wishing
                                               harm on other human beings is
                                               evil, and pleading them to stop
                                               is being sanctimonious,
                                               sign me up.  -- ilyas
                                \_ ilyas just wants to talk to that guy who
                                   thinks soda conservatives openly wish deadly
                                   diseases on liberal figures
                             \_ I never thought aaron was serious, and I'm
                                sure conservatives on this forum have joked
                                about worse than this.  Drop the higher moral
                                ground bit, Ilya, it doesn't suit you. -pp
                                \_ You're sure?  Based on what?  Projection?
                                \_ Aaron's jokes about conservatives have
                                   consistently violent overtones.  I am not
                                   dropping any sort of morality card, I am
                                   just staring in wonderment and worry.  Are
                                   violent jokes about ethnic groups ok?  If
                                   anything, political groups are more
                                   important than ethnic.  -- ilyas
                                   \_ Ilya, if you have a beef with Aaron,
                                      bring it up with Aaron.  When you paint
                                      all liberals with the same brush, be
                                      careful because the brush paints both
                                      ways. -pp
                                   \_ ^Aaron's jokes about conservatives^ \
                                      freeper's jokes about liberals
                                      \_ Freepers != soda users.
                                         Freepers != conservatives.
                                         Thank you.
                                         \_ There is a soda user who used
                                            to consistently post freeper links.
                                      \_ The pp specified "on this forum".
                                         Please post specific examples.
                                         \_ Yeah, but I'm just saying aaron's
                                            comment did not pop up in a vacuum.
                                            freeper folks have been running
                                            wild (on their forums) for years
                                            now.
                                            \_ Freepers != soda users.  You
                                               even say "on their forums" which
                                               is clearly different from "our"
                                               forum here.
                                               \_ Soda users post on Freep.
                                            \_ I would hope that we would
                                               expect better from aaron than
                                               from the average freeper.
                                               \_ I think you'd be wrong
                                                  there.
                                            \_ So the motd is just is just
                                               free republic for liberals?
                                               \_ Well, maybe for one liberal.
                                \_ "I'm sure conservatives on this forum have
                                   joked about worse than this."  Example
                                   please.
                                   \_ They're scouring the motd archives right
                                      now.  Expect to see something from about
                                      8 years ago regarding Clinton and some
                                      STD and Monica.  Or maybe not.
           \_ I don't see much reason to be "sensitive" in one's comments
              towards Coulter. It's Ann Coulter, come on. Have you seen that
              bitch in action? It's really nothing to do with her "politics".
              \_ So she is stupid, or evil, or a propagandabot.  So let's
                 wish she gets a horrible disease and dies?  You need to take
                 a deep breath and look at yourself.  Attention
                 Mr. "Don't paint liberals with the same brush" above, this
                 is probably not aaron talking.  The scary thing is that
                 liberals on soda don't seem to have a problem at all.
                   -- ilyas
                 \_ Your generalization of 'all soda liberals' is based on
                    an absurdly small sample size, and seems to be heavily
                    biased by your clear political bent and your obvious
                    siege mentality (or at least it seems that way in your
                    stubborn insistence to make this generalization).  Try
                    to get over yourself a little bit and realize that the
                    majority of adults here don't feel the need to prove
                    themselves to you while still categorically NOT sharing
                    aaron's sentiments.
                    \_ When did I say 'all'?  You have it in quotes but what
                       are you quoting exactly?  -- ilyas
                    \_ Hey, aaron is your fringe.  He may not represent you,
                       but it's up to you to say it, and deal with the
                       negatives people like aaron present for the liberal
                       movement.  -- ilyas
                       \_ I don't think aaron's anger is attached to a
                          political attribute. It's just a high level of anger.
                          In other words I bet there are many with his general
                          political view but just too apathetic to actually
                          stay worked up about it.
                 \_ Well, I'm basically a moderate. I'm a bit south-
                    west on the left-right-authority-liberty compass. I think
                    you're overanalyzing and too arrogant to allow for the
                    possibility that your interpretation of this flippant
                    excerpt from wall might be different than that of the
                    person who typed it. I could also compare and contrast
                    aaron with motd freeper types but I'm getting bored.
                    \_ Let's imagine a slightly different situation, where a
                       prominent african american activist got pied, and
                       someone wished outloud that the pie had ebola in it.
                       Do you honestly
                       think that 'he was being flippant' is any sort of
                       defense?  I don't think african americans as a group
                       should be treated any differently in this kind of
                       situation from 'conservatives,' 'jews,' 'women,'
                       'homosexuals' or any other meaningful group.  They
                       are all people.  Wishing them harm, or wishing to
                       beat them up (as aaron did at another time) is not
                       flippant, it's evil and hateful.  This has nothing
                       to do with a siege mentality, the argument stays
                       the same even if conservatives were a 90% majority
                       in the US.  If you want to comopare aaron with the
                       in the US.  If you want to compare aaron with the
                       motd freeper types, feel free.  I have yet to find
                       a single example of a similar kind of thing done
                       by soda conservatives, even anonymous ones. -- ilyas
                       \_ Well, one thing we seem to disagree on is whether
                          Coulter truly represents a meaningful group and
                          whether animosity towards her is based on her
                          membership in this group or rather her personal
                          behavior and attributes. I, personally, don't
                          have any particular dislike for most "conservatives".
                          If I thought some black activist was a contemptible
                          ass I wouldn't feel guilty for thinking so just
                          because ilyas would brand me a racist.
                          \_ But would you feel guilty wishing he would die
                             from the ebola virus?  -- ilyas
              \_ Bitch?  So you have a problem with strong women?  Do you
                 call Hillary a bitch, too?  It has everything to do with
                 1) her politics, 2) your hatred of strong women who could
                 easily put you in your place.
                 \_ I call her a bitch because someone i know went to law
                    school with her and said she was a bitch there. -!pp
                 \_ I take it you haven't seen her in a live setting. She's
                    a talking-points bot with a side order of ad hominem.
                    I said what I mean and mean what I said so fuck off.
        \_ So who's the guy who has followed up most of the subthreads with
           garbage?  motd users want to know!
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