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		<title>By: shanabanana</title>
		<link>http://www.mattstratton.com/life-in-general/and-this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-3530</link>
		<dc:creator>shanabanana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Look, I&#039;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#039;re angry. But please don&#039;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.&quot;

The person who wrote that is Yehoodi&#039;s village idiot.  She is so well known for being naive, unintelligent and thick-headed that she&#039;s inspired a verb named after her, defined loosely as someone who misses the point so completely yet argues so vehmently as to derail the thread completely.

I&#039;m sure a lot of the comments on this post are tinged with general anger over the election.  But let me assure you that my comments, and probably the rest as well are targeted directly at her.

There are a few very intelligent, well-spoken conservatives who contribute a lot to discussions and are respected on Yehoodi.  She is just an idiot who happens to be conservative.  She could be a liberal moron and still get the same reactions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Look, I&#8217;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#8217;re angry. But please don&#8217;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.&#8221;</p>
<p>The person who wrote that is Yehoodi&#8217;s village idiot.  She is so well known for being naive, unintelligent and thick-headed that she&#8217;s inspired a verb named after her, defined loosely as someone who misses the point so completely yet argues so vehmently as to derail the thread completely.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure a lot of the comments on this post are tinged with general anger over the election.  But let me assure you that my comments, and probably the rest as well are targeted directly at her.</p>
<p>There are a few very intelligent, well-spoken conservatives who contribute a lot to discussions and are respected on Yehoodi.  She is just an idiot who happens to be conservative.  She could be a liberal moron and still get the same reactions.</p>
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		<title>By: shanabanana</title>
		<link>http://www.mattstratton.com/life-in-general/and-this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-3531</link>
		<dc:creator>shanabanana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Look, I&#039;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#039;re angry. But please don&#039;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.&quot;

The person who wrote that is Yehoodi&#039;s village idiot.  She is so well known for being naive, unintelligent and thick-headed that she&#039;s inspired a verb named after her, defined loosely as someone who misses the point so completely yet argues so vehmently as to derail the thread completely.

I&#039;m sure a lot of the comments on this post are tinged with general anger over the election.  But let me assure you that my comments, and probably the rest as well are targeted directly at her.

There are a few very intelligent, well-spoken conservatives who contribute a lot to discussions and are respected on Yehoodi.  She is just an idiot who happens to be conservative.  She could be a liberal moron and still get the same reactions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Look, I&#8217;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#8217;re angry. But please don&#8217;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.&#8221;</p>
<p>The person who wrote that is Yehoodi&#8217;s village idiot.  She is so well known for being naive, unintelligent and thick-headed that she&#8217;s inspired a verb named after her, defined loosely as someone who misses the point so completely yet argues so vehmently as to derail the thread completely.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure a lot of the comments on this post are tinged with general anger over the election.  But let me assure you that my comments, and probably the rest as well are targeted directly at her.</p>
<p>There are a few very intelligent, well-spoken conservatives who contribute a lot to discussions and are respected on Yehoodi.  She is just an idiot who happens to be conservative.  She could be a liberal moron and still get the same reactions.</p>
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		<title>By: sveltebunny</title>
		<link>http://www.mattstratton.com/life-in-general/and-this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-3529</link>
		<dc:creator>sveltebunny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Faith is what got us into this message in the first place.  I say: less faith, more doubt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Faith is what got us into this message in the first place.  I say: less faith, more doubt.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Stratton</title>
		<link>http://www.mattstratton.com/life-in-general/and-this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-3527</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stratton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;You will now be gay.&lt;/i&gt;

Hey! I haven&#039;t been single long enough to go THAT extreme yet...have some faith in me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You will now be gay.</i></p>
<p>Hey! I haven&#8217;t been single long enough to go THAT extreme yet&#8230;have some faith in me!</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Stratton</title>
		<link>http://www.mattstratton.com/life-in-general/and-this-is-why/comment-page-1#comment-3528</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Stratton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;You will now be gay.&lt;/i&gt;

Hey! I haven&#039;t been single long enough to go THAT extreme yet...have some faith in me!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>You will now be gay.</i></p>
<p>Hey! I haven&#8217;t been single long enough to go THAT extreme yet&#8230;have some faith in me!</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Stratton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Stratton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kevin is, of course, right as usual.

The only thing, KMP - the people referring to the girl as &quot;the village idiot&quot; actually know her and are basing that on a lot more than just the one quote I posted there.

I stand by my point that there are such things as &quot;whitebread Bible-belt whackadoos&quot;. Just like there are &quot;braless hippie freak nutjobs&quot;. No ideology or political party has a monopoly on fanaticism or idiocy. Except for the Idiot Party, but they never manage to get on the ballot because they always lose the paperwork.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin is, of course, right as usual.</p>
<p>The only thing, KMP &#8211; the people referring to the girl as &#8220;the village idiot&#8221; actually know her and are basing that on a lot more than just the one quote I posted there.</p>
<p>I stand by my point that there are such things as &#8220;whitebread Bible-belt whackadoos&#8221;. Just like there are &#8220;braless hippie freak nutjobs&#8221;. No ideology or political party has a monopoly on fanaticism or idiocy. Except for the Idiot Party, but they never manage to get on the ballot because they always lose the paperwork.</p>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boy, after reading this thread, I just had to say please be sure to keep in mind what mugsy just said above:

&quot;...generalities are foolish...&quot;

When I read this thread, what I saw was intolerance for anyone who thinks differently than you.  I saw things like &lt;i&gt;&quot;village idiot&quot;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&quot;simple-minded&quot;&lt;/i&gt; and  &lt;i&gt;&quot;buffoons&quot;&lt;/i&gt; to mention a few.

The Democrats (and from what I&#039;ve read here all of you) preach tolerance, yet looking above I also see things like &lt;i&gt;&quot;whitebread Bible Belt whackadoos&quot;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&quot;the village idiot who believes in creationism&quot;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&quot;There&#039;s no way that girl has ever gotten laid. No wonder she&#039;s in love with Jesus.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

Look, I&#039;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#039;re angry. But please don&#039;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically  uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.

Thank you.

-Kevin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy, after reading this thread, I just had to say please be sure to keep in mind what mugsy just said above:</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;generalities are foolish&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>When I read this thread, what I saw was intolerance for anyone who thinks differently than you.  I saw things like <i>&#8220;village idiot&#8221;</i>, <i>&#8220;simple-minded&#8221;</i> and  <i>&#8220;buffoons&#8221;</i> to mention a few.</p>
<p>The Democrats (and from what I&#8217;ve read here all of you) preach tolerance, yet looking above I also see things like <i>&#8220;whitebread Bible Belt whackadoos&#8221;</i>, <i>&#8220;the village idiot who believes in creationism&#8221;</i> and <i>&#8220;There&#8217;s no way that girl has ever gotten laid. No wonder she&#8217;s in love with Jesus.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Look, I&#8217;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#8217;re angry. But please don&#8217;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically  uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>-Kevin</p>
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		<title>By: anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boy, after reading this thread, I just had to say please be sure to keep in mind what mugsy just said above:

&quot;...generalities are foolish...&quot;

When I read this thread, what I saw was intolerance for anyone who thinks differently than you.  I saw things like &lt;i&gt;&quot;village idiot&quot;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&quot;simple-minded&quot;&lt;/i&gt; and  &lt;i&gt;&quot;buffoons&quot;&lt;/i&gt; to mention a few.

The Democrats (and from what I&#039;ve read here all of you) preach tolerance, yet looking above I also see things like &lt;i&gt;&quot;whitebread Bible Belt whackadoos&quot;&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&quot;the village idiot who believes in creationism&quot;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&quot;There&#039;s no way that girl has ever gotten laid. No wonder she&#039;s in love with Jesus.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

Look, I&#039;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#039;re angry. But please don&#039;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically  uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.

Thank you.

-Kevin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy, after reading this thread, I just had to say please be sure to keep in mind what mugsy just said above:</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;generalities are foolish&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>When I read this thread, what I saw was intolerance for anyone who thinks differently than you.  I saw things like <i>&#8220;village idiot&#8221;</i>, <i>&#8220;simple-minded&#8221;</i> and  <i>&#8220;buffoons&#8221;</i> to mention a few.</p>
<p>The Democrats (and from what I&#8217;ve read here all of you) preach tolerance, yet looking above I also see things like <i>&#8220;whitebread Bible Belt whackadoos&#8221;</i>, <i>&#8220;the village idiot who believes in creationism&#8221;</i> and <i>&#8220;There&#8217;s no way that girl has ever gotten laid. No wonder she&#8217;s in love with Jesus.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Look, I&#8217;m just saying feel free to vent if you&#8217;re angry. But please don&#8217;t be so elitist as to think that anyone who has a different opinion than you (be it politically or theologically) is automatically  uneducated, irresponsible or just plain downright stupid. Because that would be both ignorant and intolerant.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>-Kevin</p>
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		<title>By: sveltebunny</title>
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		<dc:creator>sveltebunny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is one he just confiscated.
You will now be gay.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is one he just confiscated.<br />
You will now be gay.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt Stratton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Stratton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand. You&#039;re upset, and it makes you feel better to virtually spit on provincial buffoons.

I feel you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand. You&#8217;re upset, and it makes you feel better to virtually spit on provincial buffoons.</p>
<p>I feel you.</p>
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