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Reply to "Party Monster Michael Alig (part 2)"

Miz, you are sounding like the Catholic Church. Everyone who doesn't agree with you is "bashing" you.

This is a great example of, what I like to call hijacked politacal correctness as opposed to lazy political correctness. It's when people or groups misuse terms in defense of themselves. Generally this involves the right wing adopting the terms of the left.

The term gay bashing is used to describe people who go out and beat up people simply because they are gay. It may also be applied to people who attempt to pass laws which deny gay people their cival rights.

The term catholic bashing is generally applied to people who don't agree with the Church's politcal positions. If one expresses an opinion supporting the separation of church and state, (s)he is likely to be accused of Catholic bashing. It's a way of trying to find a political rationalization to use against people who don't agree with you.

Again, it's a catch phrase. "Bashing" is generally considered bad, so, even though I don't understand the meaning of the word, I'll use it and everyone will rush to my side.

Listen Miz, I'm not bashing you. I don't know you. But, while you are making such a strong point about your right to have an opinion, you seem to be so freaked out that we have opinions too. Disagreement is far from bashing. No one has tried to censor your comments. When you express an opinion in a public forum you will hear disagreemeents. That's how we learn from eachother.
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