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Chris B

Location: Louisiana, USA
Birthday: September 21

Bio: I'm a 39 year old (happily) married guy (no kids) with a flexible schedule and lots of opinions. I was born and raised on the religious right, but now I live on the secular left. (Sorry, mom!) I'm interested in pop culture, politics, religion, the culture wars, and philosophy (among other things).

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APRIL 9, 2009 11:21AM

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Fox Nation is a country of wingnuts. Just check out the comments on, well, just about any thread over there are you're bound to run into a real gem before long. This one from "Linda" on the tea party thread especially caught my eye, given recent shootings.

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Hm? What's the difference between a suicide bomber and a guy that shoots a bunch of people randomly before turning the gun on himself, again? Seems like both of them hate us for our "liberalism"?

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One of the many reasons why my wife married me is that unlike her first husband, the Panda, I would rather poke my eye out with a pointed stick than watch the seething cauldron of ignorant misdirected hate that is Fox News.

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April 09, 2009 11:28 AM

The suicide bomber and family would arguably get more financial support from the people promoting violence, which seems more rational. But I don't know how to measure fear or stress caused by "foreign aggressors," real or imagined, so...