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Originally posted by NY Madman:
I was talking to Branden Burden. I was specifically addressing his brand of leftism.

Do you have some type of complex or something? Do you have a chip on your shoulders?

In some bizarre way you felt because "leftism" was mentioned, it's also directed towards you? That compelled you to your ridiculous tirade.

I think you need to pull your head out of your ass. I was listening. I was listening to Branden's insanity and I responded.

The question seems, were you listening? The answer is obviously no. You prefered to jump in and attack me for my response to his lunacy.

Is that an admission of support for Branden's lunacy and the "leftism" of which it is derived?
Ok, I'll take these one at a time.

No chips on any shoulders. Complex? No no no, I think you are confused - I have what is known as an opinion.

If you were talking to Branden specifically, I missed that - your post states, "For you people on the left, reality and rational thought is something that was lost a long time ago." How am I supposed to ascertain that you were only referring to Miner Boy over there? By lumping us "lefties" into a single group I assumed you meant anyone who considered themselves to be on the left side of the political spectrum. You've done it in several posts (as lots of people have, on both sides of the political spectrum) and I'm just kind of tired of being grouped with people like Miner Boy, or Frontier (who is obviously on the right, but I agree with him on some things, and lots of lefties have attacked the right on this board).

In general, I consider msyelf to be liberal, thus I took offense to you stating that we're a bunch of people without "rational thought." FYI, I have a lot of views that stray from the left, and I'll defend those views as well. My "ridiculous tirade" wasn't specifically directed towards you, it was directed towards the entire board. You'll notice in my post I said "comments like the one I quoted," not "everything Madman says!"

Look, I know you have some intelligent things to say. In fact, plenty of people here do (Shahram in '08) and that's why I stray from endless threads about tire sizes and MPG. Unlike people like "Off," I like reading your posts because it's obvious you've done some research, and you know what you're talking about.

I just feel that many of these threads turn into World War I style combat. People dig a trench on their side of the political fence, hunker down, then throw grenades at each other. Meanwhile, the fucking illegals are crossing over the fence day and night, and we're too busy with these "left-versus-right" arguments to do anything about it!