Some would be angered by that comment, but I'm not. It's the usual and customary character attack of the left, not unexpected. Feel free to pull more from the ole liberal playbook. It's so easy to learn too, like crying "rascist" in any conversation about race. LOL, so typical.
You know occasionally enough the reason such things end up in your so called "play book" is because they work and they work because they are true.
Much of the debate has been racist regardless of whether the individuals involved are self aware enough to recognize it. And you do sound almost wistful for the idea of such an attack, the term in other respects is called schadenfreude .
All I have to do is list the last twenty titles of the threads you have started to demonstrate the validity of the assertion that you are at the very least seeking the experience of schadenfreude.
Ahhh, a *sophisticated* character attack from the left, the "coffee shop" variety.
Not particularly sophisticated and certainly not a character attack. Your character speaks for itself, avatar, attitude, opinions and all.
Actually you (and a few others here) have been in *attack mode* all along since before the election and even since. That is also demonstrated by your posts. Do you expect those that disagree with you to be afraid to confront you directly with the same kind of imagery, implication, and suggestion that you foment?
The problem is that you really believe you are facing cowards unwilling to stand toe to toe in a street fight against your bullying tactics.
You are too used to liberals. Not all who oppose your POV are liberals.
The difference is that I will stay on topic and play by the more responsible rules of discourse. No it is not character assassination and frankly it is not about you, nor me. It is about the issues you raised. You raised them and I responded. I am not interested in making this personal, you are taking it personally. I suggest you get over it.
The reason I prefer the more rigid rules of discourse in the regular forum is that it forces us all to stay on topic and not make it personal, a tactic all too commonly employed in the anarchic FSF to derail a topic.
You have brought up this topic and others, then when people presented multiple examples of why your facts were at best skewed you then cry personal foul. So again I say, it is not about you (or me), just address the issues. You have spent a consider amount of time engaging in what a good Republican would consider borderline treason in the manner of your treatment of the Presidential Office. You may not like the man but he is our President, please give him the respect the office deserves instead of continuous character assassination.
I am not attacking you nor willing to let you play your personal Gulf of Tonkin strategy and claim I attacked you as justification of your repeated attacks on me and others. You and I are not the issue, the topic of this thread is "Obscenely expensive inauguration!"
If you had said lavish I would have agreed with you. If you wanted to argue that some on the left should be outraged that more of the money was not directed at the poor I think you would have had a good argument but "Obscene"?
The definition of obscene is:
1: disgusting to the senses : repulsive
2 a: abhorrent to morality or virtue ; specifically : designed to incite to lust or depravity
b: containing or being language regarded as taboo in polite usage <obscene lyrics>
c: repulsive by reason of crass disregard of moral or ethical principles <an obscene misuse of power>
d: so excessive as to be offensive <obscene wealth> <obscene waste>
synonyms see coarse
You are at best intending the more obscure usage of the word presented in c & d but ignoring intentionally the implications of the more common well known applications of the word. I doubt it's accidental, hence it is intentionally insulting of our President and this nation's highest office.
If you really didn't like the liberals behaving this way toward Bush and the Republicans why are you mimicking so closely their behavior? Why not at least attempt a higher standard of discourse?
I do know this.
I was not happy when Bush was elected but I sure as hell gave him much more the benefit of the doubt than you and others here are giving this man. I served in the military of this country proudly and honorably with his father as my Commander in Chief and I have a considerable amount of respect for the man. I have not spent any effort to attack this nation for its principles, only the hypocrisy of not living up to them at times. I am patriot that has before and will will stand again if called upon to serve this country.