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Much difference in degrees Roland00 Send a noteboard - 18/08/2011 01:47:30 AM
Saying someone doesn't have the US best interests at heart
is very different in degrees to
A) Actually trying to sabotagethe US,
B) Overthrow the US
C) Make war against the US
D) Seriously injure the US
These 4 options are the different means of the word treason. There is a big difference in degree.

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But I kinda agree with you Isaac the big deal is not calling Ben Bernanke (US Fed Chair) a traitor, but instead in my mind the call to violence/suggesting that Ben Bernanke was in Texas he would be lynched.

Most of the media is focusing on the traitor part but not on the second part on the call of violence.
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No one is going to talk about Rick Perry threatening to lynch the Fed Chair? - 18/08/2011 01:02:02 AM 963 Views
No, no real point - 18/08/2011 01:25:24 AM 573 Views
Much difference in degrees - 18/08/2011 01:47:30 AM 449 Views
Tone and context though - 18/08/2011 01:57:37 AM 534 Views
the difference in degree is the degree of hyperbole you used - 18/08/2011 02:14:03 PM 402 Views
"Hyperbole". That is exactly the word I was just thinking to describe the situation. - 19/08/2011 01:10:26 AM 444 Views
Perry is a blowhard - 19/08/2011 02:40:39 AM 382 Views
I'd like to see some examples of both sides accusing each other of treason. - 18/08/2011 03:08:08 AM 677 Views
I am so not getting into this with you - 18/08/2011 03:12:31 AM 482 Views
I'm kinda sick of the whole subject. - 18/08/2011 02:31:23 AM 519 Views
He left it vague, so he gets away with promoting violence; that's "free speech" now. - 18/08/2011 02:52:30 AM 537 Views
I shall infer something from those statements - 18/08/2011 02:00:00 PM 530 Views
that isn't how Joel logic works - 18/08/2011 03:06:10 PM 518 Views
Sounds like Bush 41s "no new taxes" pledge. - 18/08/2011 05:31:41 PM 685 Views
Apparently Ron Paul is: - 18/08/2011 08:29:26 AM 605 Views
I thought about it - 18/08/2011 11:00:07 AM 423 Views
Very precisely and succintly said. - 18/08/2011 05:49:12 PM 520 Views
I honestly have a hard time taking him or Bachmann seriously - 18/08/2011 02:00:47 PM 414 Views
I love how liberals get their panties in a wad over almost anything - 18/08/2011 02:03:43 PM 423 Views
Re: I love how liberals get their panties in a wad over almost anything - 18/08/2011 03:10:41 PM 467 Views
that is a honest opinion I can respect it - 18/08/2011 04:25:07 PM 521 Views
And that was an honest opinion that *I* can respect. - 18/08/2011 05:44:30 PM 428 Views
I took his comment to be something meant to appeal to the Tea Party segment, but came out wrong. - 18/08/2011 06:53:34 PM 530 Views
Or you could just skip the R altogether if that's not what you want. - 18/08/2011 07:15:47 PM 475 Views
Re: Or you could just skip the R altogether if that's not what you want. - 18/08/2011 11:47:00 PM 506 Views
You can't win it if you're not in it. - 19/08/2011 12:53:23 AM 528 Views
I am not sure what he was trying to do - 18/08/2011 07:42:17 PM 575 Views
You're right; liberals like Karl Rove and Ron Paul are already criticizing his comment. - 18/08/2011 09:56:26 PM 533 Views
or it should give us an idea how much a Bushie he is - 18/08/2011 11:24:02 PM 382 Views
Why do liberals always object when people urge political violence against us? - 18/08/2011 05:52:05 PM 431 Views
So I guess the answer is liberals are just naturally paranoid - 18/08/2011 06:45:30 PM 512 Views
Yeah, not sure why I bothered. - 18/08/2011 07:09:34 PM 409 Views

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