President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining steam

[Reincarnate]

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I'm using a proxy and somehow it's not showing the full URL

http://www.thedailyshow.com

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[DotKritic]

Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s

...FFR has 1.8 million members.

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[devonin]

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Well you're literate enough to read SOME of the words I said, but apparantly not all of them?

[massflavour]

Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s

why does this stupid thread get so much attention. less than 1 million retards making pointless online petitions to "secede from the united states" is not worth 10 pages of discussion. there are separatist parties everywhere, and almost always, none of them constitute a majority, or even come close to it.

...and this is a prime example. there isn't even a majority in an individual state.

[DotKritic]

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Well you're literate enough to read SOME of the words I said, but apparantly not all of them?

This?:

Jesus there are some stupid people on this forum.

[adlp]

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why does this stupid thread get so much attention. less than 1 million retards making pointless online petitions to "secede from the united states" is not worth 10 pages of discussion.

liberals dominate this website and like to splooge all over each others' bare chests

conformation bias, etc.

[devonin]

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This?:

That's not what you quoted the first time.

[All_That_Chaz]

Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s

why does this stupid thread get so much attention. less than 1 million retards making pointless online petitions to "secede from the united states" is not worth 10 pages of discussion. there are separatist parties everywhere, and almost always, none of them constitute a majority, or even come close to it.

...and this is a prime example. there isn't even a majority in an individual state.

At some point every year we have a tradition here on FFR of tar and feathering madmatt. He announces the time for the ritual to begin by posting some asinine thread that reaffirms everyone's knowledge that yes, they are a better person than madmatt. Then we all get together and celebrate our collective intelligence by telling madmatt how wrong he is over the course of a week or two.

It's a cathartic, uplifting, and entertaining ritual that brings us all together.

[Ninty64]

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Otherwise you wind up with a society that is more and more anti-intellectual... case in point:

Haha! Amazing video. My mom watches Fox News every night, so I am exposed to it. There are many parallels between that video the O'Reilly Factor. Good stuff!

I am also jealous of your ability to eloquently express your viewpoint.

[adlp]

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Wow Rubix Ur Rly Good With Words!! (Fox News Sucks!)

[All_That_Chaz]

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I don't really get your point. Even if Rubix is being needlessly eloquent, nothing about fox news is defensible.

[Reincarnate]

Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s

"Needlessly eloquent" how?

[Ninty64]

Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s

Wow Rubix Ur Rly Good With Words!! (Fox News Sucks!)

Haha, that's pretty good.

Your acknowledgement of conformation bias was also something to think about. I don't see it as a basis for validity of either side of the argument, but it's relevant. I know I like reading viewpoints of people here most of the time because they agree with mine.

[All_That_Chaz]

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"Needlessly eloquent" how?

I said, "even if." It was what he was implying.

It's a little ironic that you're giving credence to his side of the argument when the argument is over the value of giving credence to an incorrect fabricated stance on an issue.

I mean I guess the subtlety would have been lost on most people if you just said, "lol."

[Reincarnate]

Re: President Obama Mum on Texas Succession Petition; Other state petitions gaining s

I said, "even if." It was what he was implying.

It's a little ironic that you're giving credence to his side of the argument when the argument is over the value of giving credence to an incorrect fabricated stance on an issue.

I mean I guess the subtlety would have been lost on most people if you just said, "lol."

I'm not giving credence to any one particular argument -- I'm explaining the dangers of giving credence to patently bad arguments, so I don't see the irony here. It's a concept worth explaining in detail, IMO.