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"Bitter"... (0.00 / 0)

and (by implication) racist, too. That's the accusation.

Have you no decency, Obama Fans? At long last, have you no decency?

I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.  

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by: lambert @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 15:58:31 PM CDT

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No lumping, please (4.00 / 2)

Please don't lump "Obama fans" into a single category defined by some wacko's post.  Every "ism" out there is spawned by this one human tendency.

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by: Mark Matson @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 16:16:52 PM CDT

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Seriously (0.00 / 0)

There doesn't seem to be a way to express fuzzy sets in English. One has the class, one has the individual. There seems to be no way to express the idea of a class with members who are members in varying degrees members of the class.

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As for lumping, anybody who paid attention in the primaries knows perfectly well who got "bitter" flung at them, and why. ISMed, I responded in kind.  

I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.  

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by: lambert @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 20:56:46 PM CDT

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"Sumbutnotall" (4.00 / 1)

I think this came from Robert Anton Wilson, the Illuminatus Trillogy guy.  It's close enough to fuzzy-sets for jazz.

This inevitably leads to "mostbutnotall", "almostallofthemalmostallthetimebutnotyounow", "everyoneimetlasttuesday" and a virtual infinitude of other such variants.

"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Sat Jul 11, 2009 at 21:10:08 PM CDT

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