"Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them. Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act on any. Frantic violence became the attribute of manliness"
-Thucydides
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Freepers still fighting about Romney
Last night I was checking out this thread: "Romney claims many Aurora weapons were illegal.
It got pretty contentious re: is Romney an evil gun-grabber. But then:
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Flamewar
Once the election is over, I expect this will boil over again, so that'll be fun.
FR debates the concept of forgiveness:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2910819/posts
It's fascinating to see the nuanced responses mixed in with the usually craziness.