Chuck,
That is excellent literary skills, but then again, I have always thought
your literary skills are head and shoulders over most. Advertisers often
use a method of advertising where they leave off common expression or phrase
and allow the person reading or listening to the ad to fill in expression or
phrase. Coke used to do this in many of their ads, the ad guys call this
"closure". You were very effective in using "closure" in your posts, keep
up the good work.


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Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote:
Chuck,
Why do most of the liberals or progressive in rec.boats use the
expression
"goose step" when discussing conservatives or Republicans? I know most
conservatives and Republicans disagree on many issues, and openly debate
those issues. It sounds like you have gone the way of Kevin and Harry in
trying to demonize your opponents, by inferring that they are nothing
more
than Nazi's.


The goose step is a extremely disciplined, highly regulated,
ostentatious way to march.
There is no room for self expression, and any one non-conformist
goose-stepper doing a poor job spoils the entire effect. It's a march
style employed by groups more concerned with how much noise they make
and how impressive they look than with making some actual progress.
It's the type of activity that wouldn't appeal to most liberals.

Now, here's the *extremely funny part*! (pay attention,
please)..........

Reread my comments. I never said that conservatives or Republicans
"goose step", I only said that liberals generally *do not*. In the mind
of some, apparently, there was a natural correlation between "goose
stepping" and the right wing. Sorry about that, but it isn't my fault.
I merely said that liberals do not goose step- and any further
conclusions were made by others. :-)