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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Cosmic Kitten

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10. Indeed, it's a mixed bag.

Reply to Scuba (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:11 AM

Jul 2015

Often using the absurd illuminates the absurd.

Trying to speak directly frequently falls on deaf ears.
Meeting the listener on their terms yields more results.

It's the alliance that opens ears, not the sermon.

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ETHICS: Still relevant to political discourse? [View all] Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 OP

It's like the torture memo HassleCat Jul 2015 #1

Legal and ethical, not synonomous Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #2

It might happen, sometime in the future after we hit bottom. sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #11

No. It is now win at all cost. And STFU about what happens afterwards. You voted for it, right? djean111 Jul 2015 #3

I wonder if it's us individually or the cuture? Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #5

I think the power to change things has, for the most part, been taken out of our hands. djean111 Jul 2015 #6

Yikes! You may be right... Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #8

These are mental disorders aspirant Jul 2015 #4

True that :~) Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #9

On DU ethics are the centerpiece of some forums and dismissed as irrelevant in others. Scuba Jul 2015 #7

Indeed, it's a mixed bag. Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #10