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Smed - 2006-02-23 14:43:10
Hey, you could live where we did in Zionsville, where I basically had a scarlet "D" painted on my house!
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elgan - 2006-02-23 17:02:26
I wonder what his reaction would have been if you had said that you weren�t an American. I would have liked to have seen someone like that backpedal.
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ZuZu - 2006-02-23 23:17:29
I can't frill'n believe that AJ knew that re: the final jeopardy question. I'm stunned. - Zu
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rs536-2000 - 2006-02-24 09:13:32
Ah Obama! I wish he were MY senator. SometimesI think he's our only hope! That's on my optimistic days [not kidding].
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manduca - 2006-02-24 12:41:12
My favorite response to statements that I don't want to argue with but I also don't want to tacitly agree with is: "I disagree." Alternately, "I strongly disagree." What follows varies, but usually I end the discussion quickly. Typically the person wants to draw me in. I'll either make a short statement ("Many wonderful things about this country are the result of immigration, present and historical") or not, and then say something like "I don't want to argue about it." Next, I change the subject or leave. Caveat: I was raised by wolves.
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lemming - 2006-02-24 13:29:47
I like to throw random historical facts at such people. "The first Jewish community in the US was founded in 1639. When did your family arrive?" "Everyone was mean to the Irish when they arrived, and the Irish retaliated by being mean to my ancestors." etc.
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