Another euphemism

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/25/2012 7:26 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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> On Mar 25, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
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>> On 3/25/2012 7:00 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
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>>> Are you going to correct that, or should I?
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>> ??
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> I'm not sure what the disagreement is about, but it seems to me like being "pro" stuff or "anti" stuff depends a lot on the stuff, and the wording, which makes it all a bit idle.  OK, the left is "anti-gun"? or "pro-gun-control"? The right (broadly speaking) might be "anti-abortion" or "pro-life"; the left is "pro-choice" (or, if you don't like them, "pro-abortion"), or what--"anti-anti-abortion"? "anti-unborn"?  I've never heard that one used even as a slur.  And if the right is anti-gay marriage or pro-traditional marriage, what does that make the left?  "anti-opposite-sex-restriction? "anti-God"?  If the right is "pro-death penalty", does that make the left "pro-life"?  Oops.
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> This all seems sort of pointless.  Or anti-point.

I agree.  Also euphemismless.  Which was my point.

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> LH
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>>> On 3/25/2012 7:25 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>>>> Patriots are "for" something, the unhappy left is "anti" stuff. The
>>>> Gun Owners of America are FOR gun control. Two handed grip, feet
>>>> planted, ....
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