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             April 
              20, 2003 - Nasty Brutish Americans and Free Mumia Chanting Dildos 
               
            
            "This is 
              the biggest Arab defeat since the Six Day War. I love it! Who's 
              you daddy now biatch?" stjoan1, in a news.yahoo.com discussion, 
              gleefully pronounced. 
            Perhaps against my better 
              judgment I responded with "Interesting that you are using the 
              language of wife-beaters in your description of the US 'victory'." 
              So far I have had no response from the overexcited stjoan1. 
            I am thankful, though, 
              that stjoan1 hasn't responded with the rather amusing insult "liberal 
              puke"--an epithet that has been hurled at me on several 
              occasions. I am not entirely sure what it is supposed to mean, though, 
              as my puke is probably very much the same as the puke of conservatives. 
              Perhaps the contents of my stomach need a dash of red, white and 
              blue.  
            
            Along the same lines 
              as liberal puke is the assumption that I am a hippie, or from Berkeley. 
              While I have been to Berkeley and have seen hippies walking around, 
              I am neither a hippie nor live in Berkeley. 
            I may be a liberal, though, 
              as any self-respecting reactionary conservative can see from this 
              comment I posted on a discussion 
              board at bigsoccer.com 
              (The comment was in response to complaints about the behavior of 
              the peace protesters): 
             
              "You may have 
                disagreements about tactics with some of them [peace protesters], 
                however, I am not sure why that would make you more likely to 
                agree with the hawks." 
             
            This was the very well 
              considered response from Nate505. 
               
             
              "Because they 
                are blocking traffic? That, and they are just irritating. Who 
                wouldn't want to take a violent attitude towards a bunch of tree 
                hugging, veggie burrito eating, pot smoking, Che Guevera t-shirt 
                wearing, Free Mumia chanting dildos?" 
             
            
               
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                    Damn Hippies! 
                    (Queer 
                    Majorettes: March 22nd SF Peace Rally and Action) 
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            Nate505's astonishing 
              display of erudition has made me completely reconsider my position 
              on the war. After all, it makes sense that we should invade another 
              country because Nate505 can't stand the smell of patchouli (and 
              all that other stuff hippie stuff). I am not sure about the Free 
              Mumia Chanting Dildos, though. That's way too perverted for me. 
            It's really quite bizarre 
              that much of what passes for discussions concerning the war consists 
              of arguing about style. Those that are against the war are just 
              as guilty of this, however, outside of blocking traffic, they aren't 
              nearly as brutish 
              as the true-blue Americans. 
              
            Links 
            Dean 
              for America 
            War 
              Resisters League 
            The 
              People of Bagdhad 
            International 
              Action Center 
            Let 
              Iraq Live 
            Iraq 
              War Victims 
            Robert-Fisk.com 
            Anti-war Newsfeed 
            Arab 
              News 
            Tricity 
              Peace Action 
            Backlash 
              possible against US companies 
               
            Protest 
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