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Huntard
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From: Limburg, The Netherlands
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Message 95 of 185 (600532)
01-15-2011 2:06 AM


Time for some balance
Well well, seems like the guy from Europe has to bring some balance (damn I sound like Fox News now), to this "The right uses bad rhetoric!" thing.
In our country, the politician Pim Fortuyn was assasinated back in 2002. His assassin confessed that he had shot him because he wanted "to stop him from exploiting Muslims as "scapegoats" and targeting "the weak members of society" in seeking political power.".
In the months leading up to the shooting, the "left side" parties had been calling him a dangerous man, a danger to society and something the Dutch should not have as a leader, openly equating him with fascism and Hitler. Many think this helped create the environment that led to his assassination. Leading to the popular phrase "De kogels kwamen van links" or " The bullets came from the left".
Anyway, just saying that it's not just the "right side" that uses "dangerous rhetoric".
Bear in mind, that in the US, is views would still be considered to the left side of the spectrum on many things, he's in favour of social healthcare, for one.

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Huntard
Member (Idle past 2323 days)
Posts: 2870
From: Limburg, The Netherlands
Joined: 09-02-2008


Message 106 of 185 (600759)
01-17-2011 4:43 AM
Reply to: Message 99 by crashfrog
01-16-2011 2:57 PM


Re: Time for some balance
crashfrog writes:
Well, except that here in the US, it is. Obviously it's different in the Netherlands, but so what?
Well, your position is that only the right uses "dangerous rhetoric". By providing an example of the left side (which by american standards would probably be damn near communist ) using "dangerous rhetorc", I was trying to show that this is not an exclusively "right side" thing to do.

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Huntard
Member (Idle past 2323 days)
Posts: 2870
From: Limburg, The Netherlands
Joined: 09-02-2008


Message 151 of 185 (601189)
01-19-2011 3:34 AM
Reply to: Message 147 by crashfrog
01-19-2011 12:28 AM


Re: Even more
crashfrog writes:
Is this like how you idiots on the right wanted Julian Assange "arrested for treason"?
Hey Crash, think you can stop generalizing a bit? I already showed you that "the right" is not the only ones to use "dangerous rhetoric", must I now start reminding you that not every "right" person wants Assange arrested. I for one don't, and political figures on the right in my country don't want that either.
So please, enough genralization, ok? Not every "right" person is a cuckoo tea party redneck.

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