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Help me list the Phrases, You and We, Hate!!!

stealthyeliminator

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Thanks for reminding me.

National debt. Its not my debt. Its not the nation's debt.

Its the government's debt. They incurred it. They spent it.

Bingo, that's a big one.

Not sure what specific phrases would sum it up, but I hate it when "we" are considered to be "at war" when the reality is that "we" are not. Our government is at war. I'm not. I didn't send anybody to go kill on my behalf.

Basically what both of these boil down to is that the government in fact does not represent the people. If it did, then you could say "national debt", or that "the US" is at war. They are their own entity, and they alone are responsible for the actions they take.

Seems like I remember reading or hear somewhere that this - this disassociation from government - is like, one of a series of steps toward something. I don't remember if it was presented as positive, or negative, though.

Oh, another one I hate... "Uncooperative" - "You're being uncooperative" or later "they were uncooperative". As in, "I couldn't pursue the investigation of the assault against them, because they were uncooperative and seemed to be hiding the full story" It really just means that somebody didn't do or say something that a police officer wanted them to, so the officer excused them self from any feelings of personal responsibility to help.
 
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Citizen

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SNIP Oh, another one I hate... "Uncooperative" - "You're being uncooperative" or later "they were uncooperative". As in, "I couldn't pursue the investigation of the assault against them, because they were uncooperative and seemed to be hiding the full story" It really just means that somebody didn't do or say something that a police officer wanted them to, so the officer excused them self from any feelings of personal responsibility to help.

"The suspect is not cooperating with the investigation." Just shows police hostility to freedom. Compare to what a police [STRIKE]opinion manipulator[/STRIKE] spokesperson could say:

"The suspect, as any true American would, is exercising his Fifth Amendment right, forcing us, in the finest tradition of liberty going back to 1649, to find our own evidence against him."

No police spokesperson will ever be heard saying that. No. They'd rather play on the "protect and serve" deception their PR machine perpetuates. We should be happy to cooperate with police because they protect us.
 
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stealthyeliminator

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That is a good example, but I was talking about them saying that the victim is being uncooperative, and so they are not going to investigate the crime (I don't think the officers I have in mind know how to investigate anyway, so it probably wouldn't have made any difference).
 

MAC702

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Telling someone (on their private property) that you have a 2nd Amendment right to carry there.
 

golddigger14s

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News story about someone using a gun in self defense: "Mr. Smith who has a CPL was able to stop the attacker". When the story has NOTHING to do with a CC gun, like a home invasion scenario. The gun was on a night stand, what does a CPL have to do with "the price of tea in China" (another one).
 
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