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I'm not actually

Curmudgette — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:22:23 GMT

talking about the subject matter. I'm talking about your track record in terms of spawning debate. In this case, I skimmed the comments and most of them were about how incredibly wrong it was for you to open a sockpuppet account, when you were already banned. You want to talk about an issue that DKos people get het up about, that's it. Rule infractions, baby! They get incredibly worked up over that shit. Posting as an open sockpuppet? Them's fightin' words, no matter what your diary says. I would say, just consider the possibility that a few people who were really cheesed off by your rule infraction spammed your poll.

are you afraid of yourself?

fake consultant — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:28 GMT

i'm not.

Fine.

Karmafish — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:04 GMT

What is your opinion based upon that you would suggest that this man did it intentionally?

You have no substantial evidence for that claim, thus your opinion is based on virtually nothing and is, in fact, worthless.

Standing in front of a bulldozer doing evil can be progressive

fairleft — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:58 GMT

It depends on what we do with Corrie's legacy.

And how do you get 'intentional acts of martyrdom' from the facts of the case? IN MY OPINION (Karmafish, note), I would assume Corrie thought the bulldozer driver would prioritize human life over illegally bulldozing a Palestinian Arab home or 'following orders or I'll get in trouble with my boss'. I guess her mistake was assuming the bulldozer driver would be more humane than he was.

Obviously we disagree.

fairleft — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:27 GMT

What we're doing here is exchanging opinions. In fact, let me restate helpfully for you in that respect:

In my opinion, Rachel Corrie was an unarmed civilian deliberately run over and killed by an Israeli military bulldozer.

I'm spreading desire for justice for those who IN MY OPINION deliberately killed Rachel Corrie. If that includes hatred for those individuals and institutions, that's fine with me, I don't have a problem with hatred of, IN MY OPINION, evil.

No disrespect intended

Kane in CA — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:46 GMT

But is standing in front of a moving bulldozer progressive? That doesn't excuse any intentional harmful acts....but geez....are intentional acts of martyrdom progressive? (I really don't know the answer to that question.)

(and this wasn't really a response to the above comment. just a thought that seems to belong in the discussion.)

Israeli actions were extreme, not my diary.

fairleft — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:47 GMT

Rachel Corrie was an unarmed civilian deliberately run over and killed by an Israeli military bulldozer. I apologize that I'm unable to state that in a non-extreme manner. Our country supports Israel with billions of dollars and other support every year.

The real problem with DailyKos

digdugboy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:46 GMT

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t...

She stood in front of a bulldozer.

digdugboy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:44:31 GMT

If the bulldozer driver saw her and kept driving, I'd say that qualifies. Being run over by a bulldozer is unlikely to be nonfatal. If the bulldozer driver didn't see her, that's another story.

I clean most of my house

Curmudgette — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:22 GMT

with white vinegar. I swear by it. But not for this. I had a cat go into heat some years ago. She peed on everything. Enzyme cleaner. Enzyme cleaner. Enzyme cleaner. Man did I learn the value of enzyme cleaner.

i always found

RiaD — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:00 GMT

white vinegar works very well.

Deliberately killed?

Karmafish — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:20 GMT

They haven't even had the trial, yet.

You are in no position whatsoever to make that claim. You do so merely because it seems to be what you want to believe.

You thereby spread hatred... which I would not take to be a "progressive" value.

Interested readers

Curmudgette — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:36:27 GMT

which takes us right back to extremity bias. Your diaries are always polarizing. Ask yourself how many people may have ticked those answers just to cheese you off. Even so, a very small sample of overall DKos readership. If you want to say it reflects badly on your readership, maybe.

Corrie was an unarmed civilian deliberately run over and killed

fairleft — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:38 GMT

by an Israeli military bulldozer. The fact that the poll on Rachel Corrie among interested readers is nearly split is an embarrassment to Daily Kos.

It's progressive to be against deliberately running over and killing an unarmed civilian

fairleft — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:31 GMT

with a bulldozer.

Because as an American I want to influence

fairleft — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:35 GMT

other Americans to ask their govt not to contribute to and support what Israel is doing to Gaza and the Palestinians in general. Since you seem in need of it, I'll also provide an instructive scenario: Suppose the U.S. contributed $100s of millions of dollars to Palestinians who killed large numbers of Israeli civilians. In that case I would try to influence other Americans to ask their govt not to contribute to or support those Palestinians.