tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post621993475060871359..comments2024-03-29T02:30:38.964-07:00Comments on The Dean's Office: Taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.Dean Wormerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-53854542034798351112009-05-29T17:57:42.738-07:002009-05-29T17:57:42.738-07:00I'm with Randall. Unless it was a pet human. That ...I'm with Randall. Unless it was a pet human. That would be kind of silly.Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-2972368688490641442009-05-29T13:01:43.887-07:002009-05-29T13:01:43.887-07:00Oh, I'd off a filthy human before I'd ever harm a ...Oh, I'd off a filthy human before I'd ever harm a pet.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-6548287012982503992009-05-29T08:55:28.461-07:002009-05-29T08:55:28.461-07:00Liberality-
That makes perfect sense in the repub...Liberality-<br /><br />That makes perfect sense in the republican frame that democrats are somehow emasculated and wimpy. It's funny because the most "macho" guys I know are the most insecure.<br /><br />Lockwood-<br /><br />The gay marriage banner I got from Fran and it's meant to be shared. I'd comment on your blog everyday if I had the time. It's one of my favorite. :)<br /><br />arkonbey-<Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-32494314227731599752009-05-29T08:42:48.981-07:002009-05-29T08:42:48.981-07:00It seems to me that the American public has had qu...It seems to me that the American public has had quite enough of cold, hard, mean and uncompromising.<br /><br />I think their posturing is falling on deaf ears.Ubermilfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685628102770311287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-46390658437454014812009-05-29T08:06:35.551-07:002009-05-29T08:06:35.551-07:00I hope Sotomayer is liberal as heck because she is...I hope Sotomayer is liberal as heck because she is going to be in there for a while. The GOP knows they can't do anything about it so they resort to hysterics. Hopefully they keep burying themselves with it, cuz it is pathetic. (I will start empathizing with them when they can't filibuster anymore...:D)<br /><br />Sotomayor has more experience than any candidate in the last 70 years and she Don Snabulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911180639753508627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-86481408116873215422009-05-29T07:48:08.065-07:002009-05-29T07:48:08.065-07:00Hey man, watch the potshots at video store clerks....Hey man, watch the potshots at video store clerks. I've never killed anyone and I've got the basement devoid of corpses to prove it. Have some womanish empathy. ;-)Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-18040510656807520792009-05-29T05:24:40.391-07:002009-05-29T05:24:40.391-07:00Lockwood's comments remind me of something I thoug...Lockwood's comments remind me of something I thought of recently:<br /> <br />Liberals have empathy for many people, including those they've never met and likely will never meet (we'd drive by a farmer's flooded field and feel sorry for that farmer, say). We do this because we understand that THEY might be US in one way or another;<br /><br />Conservatives feel empathy only for those within theirArkonbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11056581569235023216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-65887056176767621562009-05-28T16:17:18.779-07:002009-05-28T16:17:18.779-07:00Liberality nailed it: the issue is not "empathy" p...Liberality nailed it: the issue is not "empathy" per se, the issue is <I>what the candidate is perceived to be empathetic with</I>. Empathetic to the bibble-belters? Super! CEO's and corporate interests? Even better! Middle class, who've felt the trap door drop out from under them, as the noose tightens around their neck, or teh gayz? Not so much.<br /><br />So the issue isn't an ability to Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960762797349483760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563112.post-13916543694113898622009-05-28T15:57:55.835-07:002009-05-28T15:57:55.835-07:00Empathy is considered a womanish trait and so is t...Empathy is considered a womanish trait and so is therefore considered bad-not manly enough. I <B>DO</B> think a case can be made that republicans lack empathy for anyone other than themselves ;~)Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.com