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Originally Posted by Talvenada
SMC:
I do that as I've said. I never said others do it.
I call very-right-leaning political posters Conse 'Pubs until they state otherwise. I've been called a Lib by Conse 'Pubs, Neo-Cons and Libertarians, and then called a liar when I said I'm a Mod Dem. So, I'm a liar on the receiving end, and narrow-minded on the other end. I do post on a local political board, and I learned that calling someone a 'Pub gets you no answer to your question with an I'm-a-conservative blast to the face. If you say they're a conservative, no republican is accountable by them, and the talkers are entertainers only. The strategy is that the attacker can be on offense 100% of the time. Sorry, but these individuals want to crush any opposing opinion, while passing out insults to anyone who dares to have an offending opinion.
TAL
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None of my comments on this nickname / abbreviation / shorthhand business have anything to do with the politics of the individuals or groups in question. It's a simple matter. If I were a Trotskyist (and perhaps I am
), someone calling me a "Trot" would tell me two things: 1) they are using a denigrating term to diminish the value of my position, and 2) they have no real interest in discussing real politics, real issues.
It seems to me that if you are posting on a board and you have to find the right name to give people in order to discuss with them, it is a colossal waste of time. Serious people have serious discussions. Others are just doing the un-fun kind of masturbating.