It isn't obvious to me that epithets are a useful sort of weapon.
It's interesting (if true) that "Teabagger" (which I'd say is almost contentless-- I guess it has an implication of triviality) has more effect than "Rethuglican". In a sane world, (which I grant we aren't living in), being called a thug would be much worse.
And in the spirit of the fact-checking you usually do here..... What do you mean by "whining"?
Complaining about insults isn't debate-- it's meta-debate.
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Date: 2010-03-19 10:00 am (UTC)It's interesting (if true) that "Teabagger" (which I'd say is almost contentless-- I guess it has an implication of triviality) has more effect than "Rethuglican". In a sane world, (which I grant we aren't living in), being called a thug would be much worse.
And in the spirit of the fact-checking you usually do here..... What do you mean by "whining"?
Complaining about insults isn't debate-- it's meta-debate.