Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Chap wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: the unintentional irony of a jack boot being used

The boot in the picture used by DrC has laces. So unfortunately for his supposed irony, it is just a common old boot, not a jackboot, which does not have laces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackboot# ... d_jackboot

I stand corrected! I find it ironic they'd use the image, not of a jackboot as Chap kindly pointed out, but of something akin to a Doc Martens boot, which is associated with thugs that look like this:

Image

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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Chap wrote:The boot in the picture used by DrC has laces. So unfortunately for his supposed irony, it is just a common old boot, not a jackboot, which does not have laces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackboot# ... d_jackboot

I stand corrected! I find it ironic they'd use the image, not of a jackboot as Chap kindly pointed out, but of something akin to a Doc Martens boot, which is associated with thugs that look like this:

(Pic of Eminem lookalike)

Hey, don’t forget about their association with several million style-conscious Goth teens.
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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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canpakes wrote:Hey, don’t forget about their association with several million style-conscious Goth teens.


The punk kids at my high school would rock the Docs, and I was always envious of them. I was trying to be a good Mormon boy, and all I wanted to do was wear black and brood with the smokers. Heh.

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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
canpakes wrote:Hey, don’t forget about their association with several million style-conscious Goth teens.


The punk kids at my high school would rock the Docs, and I was always envious of them. I was trying to be a good Mormon boy, and all I wanted to do was wear black and brood with the smokers. Heh.

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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I find it ironic they'd use the image, not of a jackboot as Chap kindly pointed out, but of something akin to a Doc Martens boot, which is associated with thugs that look like this:

(Pic of Eminem lookalike)


Umm, two studious and nonviolent young female members of my family (not mopey Goths, by the way) are the proud possessors of pairs of Doc Martens. I went to the shop with one of them when she bought her pair. They are nowadays mostly sold to people who buy them as a fashion item.

Dr C should mix with a wider range of people.
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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Chap wrote:Dr C should mix with a wider range of people.


Oh, please tell me who I mix with since you're apparently on EA's same wavelength regarding other posters on this board. Do tell.

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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Chap wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I find it ironic they'd use the image, not of a jackboot as Chap kindly pointed out, but of something akin to a Doc Martens boot, which is associated with thugs that look like this:

(Pic of Eminem lookalike)


Umm, two studious and nonviolent young female members of my family (not mopey Goths, by the way) are the proud possessors of pairs of Doc Martens. I went to the shop with one of them when she bought her pair. They are nowadays mostly sold to people who buy them as a fashion item.

Dr C should mix with a wider range of people.

Yes, but aren’t you a Brit? You have a good reason to own them. : ) If I remember correctly they figure strongly in both British fashion and practical work culture.
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MeDotOrg wrote:What happens a lot on both sides of the debate is that people look at the most extreme elements of the other side and say that is the ultimate goal of everyone on the other side. Nuance is lost. We're all just socialists and fascists.


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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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canpakes wrote:
MeDotOrg wrote:Okay, let's play 'What if?'. What if Carson was right, and this was a part of a vast socialist plot to take over the country. The result is what, exactly?


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Jesus. What kind of sick mammyjammer posts tofu pics? Are you a psycho? :eek: :eek: :eek: Shades, is this okay with you? :surprised:
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Re: Ben Carson and plot against Kavanaugh

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Chap wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:I find it ironic they'd use the image, not of a jackboot as Chap kindly pointed out, but of something akin to a Doc Martens boot, which is associated with thugs that look like this:

(Pic of Eminem lookalike)


Umm, two studious and nonviolent young female members of my family (not mopey Goths, by the way) are the proud possessors of pairs of Doc Martens. I went to the shop with one of them when she bought her pair. They are nowadays mostly sold to people who buy them as a fashion item.

Dr C should mix with a wider range of people.

Doc Martens were in their heyday here in the States in the mid to late 90's. Everyone I knew owned a pair. They fit the mainstreaming and mall-ifying of the grunge scene into the bland alternative aesthetic of the times. Today my daughter and all her friends wear Converse and the like. A pair of Docs would stand out.
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