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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby gunflint on Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:16 pm

I'm ashamed to say that I only scored a 36. But I may be getting soft in this, the early fall of my life. I even find myself reading Dick Ungers posts and once in a while saying to myself "That makes sense" :D
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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby Pat on Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:35 pm

plblark wrote:
Dick Unger wrote:[...] Gun rights are more of a libertarian vs authoritarian issue. The current Democratic leaders are real authoritarian liberals and very anti gun. But it is a myth that guns are purely a conservative issue. And the current "conservatives" accept the money and votes of gun owners but give only token and passive support.


VERY Well said, as usual.


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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby joelr on Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:28 am

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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby e5usmc on Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:58 pm

I'm going to have to admit, again, :oops: that I had to look up another of your word's Joel (keep 'em coming, btw).

However, I'm still not sure I fully understand the term "jingoism".

The easiest definition I've found is:

noun [U] DISAPPROVING
the extreme belief that your own country is always best, which is often shown in enthusiastic support for a war against another country:
Patriotism can turn into jingoism and intolerance very quickly.


Is this a pejorative term?

Sorry for the ignorance... Just want to understand...
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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby DeanC on Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:01 pm

e5usmc wrote:Is this a pejorative term?

Yes, see also Yellow Journalism
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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby plblark on Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:05 pm

The hard part is avoiding jingoism without going to the opposite extreme ... That of thinking anything your country does must obviously be bad or immoral or corrupt.
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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby joelr on Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:16 pm

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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby JDR on Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:24 pm

gunflint wrote:I'm ashamed to say that I only scored a 36. But I may be getting soft in this, the early fall of my life. I even find myself reading Dick Ungers posts and once in a while saying to myself "That makes sense" :D


me too................ :roll: :roll: :roll:

Mine was a 31.
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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby joelr on Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:42 pm

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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby Dick Unger on Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:33 pm

gunflint wrote:I'm ashamed to say that I only scored a 36. But I may be getting soft in this, the early fall of my life. I even find myself reading Dick Ungers posts and once in a while saying to myself "That makes sense" :D



And this is how it all starts...in a few years you'll be eating quiche', savin' whales and votin' for Democrats. Sort of like the first few cigarettes I smoked as a teenager...
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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby mostly- on Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:12 pm

:shock: OMG... where did I go wrong??? Only 37 out of 40... The dam libs at work are rubbing off on me!!!! :oops:

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Re: Not Minnesota specific, but definitly political

Postby GregM on Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:21 am

joelr wrote:I'd use "chauvanism", instead, but, well, it's French, and two of the things I can't stand are intolerance and the French.


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