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POPSFalse Apology Syndrome "False Apology Syndrome — which is not yet found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association or the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition — is a therefore rich but poisonous mixture of self-importance, libertinism, condescension, bad faith, loose thinking, and indifference to the effects it has on those who are apologized to. I am, of course, sorry if you disagree."
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POPSDebate revealed Elitism and Bigotry Did anyone else notice that McCain refused to look at Obama? How about the patronizing way in which McCain often responded to Obama's remarks with his smirks and condescension? McCain consistently displayed a typical elitist trait to speak to a third party as though the second party (Obama) wasn't in the room despite the moderator (Jim Lehrer) to entice the candidates to speak to each other. This is a tactic that told Obama he wasn't worthy of speaking to. Can this also be interpreted as bigotry? I'm sure Obama recognized it as such. John McCain disclosed a lot more of himself than I think he wanted to. This is not presidential material.
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POPSWhat Palin Does 9.Democrats used to raising charges of racism against Obama’s critics may face charges of sexism and/or condescension if they try to diss her. 10. Steps on Obama’s claims to have been a reformer, as he reformed nothing (much less the corrupt mare’s nest of Chicago arrangements), while she was a dragon-slayer up in Alaska. 11. As a mother of five, one a Down Syndrome baby, helps her side take on the Democrats on abortion extremism and the Born Alive bill. 12. Reignites the deep and unhealed stresses inside the Democrats, some of whom will now wonder more loudly than ever why they didn't pick Hillary. 13. Counters Michelle in a way Cindy couldn’t. 14. Counter-intuitively, makes the issue of Obama’s light resume more potent than ever. Her lack of experience is no more than his is. And he’s--to use a term from Alaska, and the Iditarod--their lead dog.
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POPSSo Much for the Overpopulation Problem Over-population be damned. They are prompted by their fanatical religion. Can anyone imagine the condescension and loathing if some Arabic, hispanic or black person showed up with 18 children in America. Even worse if they invoked Islam. Not to be outdone, another white father - the Jeffers pedophile in Arizona probably has hundreds of little fundamentalist offspring running around.
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POPS"we" means "me" "Whatever one thinks of Sens. Clinton and McCain, they're as familiar as any public figures can be. Obama, on the other hand, is running explicitly on a transcendent "magic." It doesn't help when the cute girl in spangled tights keeps whining about how awful everything is, and the guy you sawed in half sticks himself together and starts rampaging around the stage. The magician has lost control of the show."
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POPSGetting Better, Not Bitter, In Pennsylvania The picture painted by the data is far less bleak than the candidates would have us believe. Indeed, the data show widespread, steady progress and rising standards of living. You would never know that from the debate. Perhaps it's not the picture that a candidate focused on "change" needs to show. Individual voters don't need a picture to know how they are doing. The vast majority are living the good life. They know they have more and better cars and bigger TVs than their parents. They have cell phones and computers, better health care, and access to high-quality fresh food year-round.
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POPSBHB open foot insert mouth? He didn't mis-speak. He just forgot which crowd he was speaking to. There seem to be two on the left. One, the same elitest snobs who actually believe such stuff. Two, the regular democrats who also believe in the second amendment and the freedom to worship as constitutional rights.
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POPSEtherial Culture Trups Marxist Materialism More important than the political or economic failures of Marxism, I am struck by it's philosophical failures. Societies boldest and bloodiest push to eradicate superstition and a belief in the intangible nevertheless fails within the period of a single lifetime. Traditional cultures that Marx derided as primitive and oppressive inevitably re-assert themselves, but why? I think it is because Marx missed the extremely nuanced subtlety of their appeal, and that these "primitive" institutions are in fact far more complex than Marx could appreciate. It is the cynicism and condescension in Marxism that in the end turns out to be "primitive." It fails to appreciate that other ideologies have been changing, evolving and surviving for thousands of years, developing potent appeal and a certain degree of metaphysical truth.
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POPSWho is really helping Africa? (It ain't Bono!) Is there not a newer and softer form of colonialism, that of international aid? Not that aid to foreign countries is a bad thing, but it is when we treat entire nations as if they were children incapable of learning to take care of themselves. Our snide paternalism and unchecked egotism have ensured that almost all our efforts to help the developing world have instead only hurt them. It seems that every time somebody does something for Africa, or the rest of the developing world, they are really just doing it for themselves. Which is why at the end of the day, the movie stars and millionaires get what they were looking for and go home, while Africa suffers on.
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POPSHilary Clinton: not like the rest of us From the article: "After decades in high office, Bill Clinton can only benefit from flaunting the breadth of his reading. His wife may feel that she has far less freedom. Not least because, in some respects, the United States has lagged behind other parts of the world in admitting women to top political positions. "
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POPSSMILIES: Why? is what I'm asking. If your comment is funny, they're superfluous. If they're subtle and ironic you're just rubbing the noses of those incapable of detecting it in their inability. If your comment has animus they have as much effect as whipped cream on feces. If your comment can be taken as positive or negative, humorous or serious, they serve to illustrate your insecurity and/or your condescension. and so on.......
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