Comments on: Andrea Seabrook's DecodeDC http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 23:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: River Charbonneau http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1562761 River Charbonneau Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1562761 Atleast one employee figured out what NPR stands for: Now Pandering to Republicans Atleast one employee figured out what NPR stands for: Now Pandering to Republicans

]]> By: pKp http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1561624 pKp Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1561624 Not only in the arts...just look at the word "queer". Not only in the arts…just look at the word “queer”.

]]> By: terrycarroll http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1561209 terrycarroll Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1561209  No. I don't. You?  No. I don’t. You?

]]> By: Steve http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1561184 Steve Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1561184  Like Rethugican?  Like Rethugican?

]]> By: Sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1561165 Sagodjur Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1561165 Solution: Break off a new party that abandons the flaws of the Democratic Party that ultimately will get reabsorbed into the Democratic Party as per the obligatory falsely dichotomous two party system, sort of like an anti-Tea Party that re-rails the Democrats in the opposite respect that the Tea Party has derailed the Republicans. Solution: Break off a new party that abandons the flaws of the Democratic Party that ultimately will get reabsorbed into the Democratic Party as per the obligatory falsely dichotomous two party system, sort of like an anti-Tea Party that re-rails the Democrats in the opposite respect that the Tea Party has derailed the Republicans.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1561140 timquinn Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1561140 It's traditional in the arts to adopt the worst thing any critic says about you as the name of your movement. Cubist, Fauve, Impressionist, Punk for that matter, all started as insults. The attitude is "That is what you call what I do/am and I am proud of what I do/am, therefore you can call me that all day." I think there are examples of this in other areas as well. Own it, defuse it, turn it around, mental judo if you will. It’s traditional in the arts to adopt the worst thing any critic says about you as the name of your movement. Cubist, Fauve, Impressionist, Punk for that matter, all started as insults. The attitude is “That is what you call what I do/am and I am proud of what I do/am, therefore you can call me that all day.” I think there are examples of this in other areas as well.

Own it, defuse it, turn it around, mental judo if you will.

]]> By: terrycarroll http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560780 terrycarroll Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560780 The "Democrat Party" construction is akin to using "Jew" rather than "Jewish," or "China" rather than "Chinese," when modifying a noun. The words "Democrat," "Jew," and "China" are perfectly fine nouns; but when used as adjectives they are simply slurs. The “Democrat Party” construction is akin to using “Jew” rather than “Jewish,” or “China” rather than “Chinese,” when modifying a noun. The words “Democrat,” “Jew,” and “China” are perfectly fine nouns; but when used as adjectives they are simply slurs.

]]> By: stillcantfightthedite http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560746 stillcantfightthedite Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560746 Just listened to the first podcast, and it was wonderful!  I had no idea that they had originally planned to set a maximum number of constituents per representative in the first amendment to the constitution.  I'm going to queue up the next podcast immediately. Just listened to the first podcast, and it was wonderful!  I had no idea that they had originally planned to set a maximum number of constituents per representative in the first amendment to the constitution.  I’m going to queue up the next podcast immediately.

]]> By: mysterymoil http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560725 mysterymoil Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560725 rafterman, Would you do us all the kindness of listing ALL of the things you've never heard of right here in this thread so you know, you don't have to say it every time you post? rafterman,
Would you do us all the kindness of listing ALL of the things you’ve never heard of right here in this thread so you know, you don’t have to say it every time you post?

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560571 Felton / Moderator Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560571 Glad we could help. Glad we could help.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560562 awjt Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560562  Yeah, we've been had.  Yeah, we’ve been had.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560539 SamSam Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560539 It's pretty rare that I want to down-vote comments on BoingBoing... It’s pretty rare that I want to down-vote comments on BoingBoing…

]]> By: Saltine http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560523 Saltine Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560523 Whew! Now I know not to waste my time downloading the podcast! Whew! Now I know not to waste my time downloading the podcast!

]]> By: rafterman http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560482 rafterman Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560482 never heard of her. never heard of her.

]]> By: petertrepan http://boingboing.net/2012/10/19/seabrook.html#comment-1560476 petertrepan Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188089#comment-1560476 I picked up on it when they started using the "Democrat Party" phrase, and I'm upset to see that Democrats have started using it as well. I picked up on it when they started using the “Democrat Party” phrase, and I’m upset to see that Democrats have started using it as well.

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