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Vitriol: The latest Liberal talking point BIG word
various | January 11, 2011 | Vanity

Posted on 01/11/2011 6:28:11 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Vitriol: the latest liberal talking point big word!

vit·ri·ol/ˈvitrēəl/Noun 1. Sulfuric acid. 2. Cruel and bitter criticism.

You can always tell what the useful idiots been told to say and what to write.


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KEYWORDS: chat; giffords; media; reichstagfire; talkingpoints; vanity; vitriol
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“An ill-tempered debate about vitriol's role” -- Washington Post

The Arizona sheriff investigating the Tucson shooting that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded had harsh words today for those engaging in political rhetoric, calling conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh "irresponsible" for continuing the vitriol. – ABC News

“Enough is enough: No more nasty vitriol” - Bonner County Daily Bee

“Time to listen to the sheriff and pack up the vitriol” - CBC News

Boortz Objects To Ariz. Sheriff's Charge Of “Vitriol” - CNN Blog

Many pundits and lawmakers have keyed in on political vitriol as a potential contributing factor to the shootings allegedly carried out by Jared Lee ... The Hill

Had the vitriolic rhetoric that today shapes Arizona's political landscape (and, ... But that vitriol does exist as a powerful prompt to the paranoid, ... AlterNet (blog)

…..which left six dead, Pima County sheriff Clarence Dupnik spoke out against inflammatory rhetoric and "the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths. ... Scientific American

Vitriol is packed into the talk shows in which information is controlled by the host and offered in carefully controlled snippets designed to reinforce ... Statesman Journal

Gifford had been shot and numerous others had been killed or wounded, The New York Times blamed “vitriol” in politics for the massacre - FrontPage Magazine

Whether the political vitriol that has become much too common today played a ... People tend to poo-poo this business about all the vitriol that we hear ... Montgomery Advertiser

Vitriol in U.S. politics influences Canada - Edmonton Journal, "I'd just like to say that when you look at unbalanced people, how they are -- how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths, ...

Sheriff in Ariz. speaks truth - Philadelphia Inquirer - Annette John-Hall --.. how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths, about tearing down the government, the anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in ...

Enough is enough: No more nasty vitriol - Bonner County Daily Bee - I don't know if the increasingly nasty and vitriolic comments littering talk radio, the Internet and every form of media, social or otherwise, ...

Curbing online vitriol would be a start - The Journal News | LoHud.com - Michael R. Gordon -In our own small corner of the world, we repeatedly see vitriolic, malicious blog entries and posts on websites maintained by this and other local ...

And on and on and on...........

1 posted on 01/11/2011 6:28:15 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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vit·ri·ol/ˈvitrēəl/Noun 1. Sulfuric acid. 2. Cruel and bitter criticism.

That pretty much describes what the left is doing.

2 posted on 01/11/2011 6:35:22 AM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

IMO, the word “vitriol” lacks gravitas.


3 posted on 01/11/2011 6:36:42 AM PST by matt1234 (0bama's bunker phase: Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2013)
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I wonder if Jared Loughner would approve of vitriol usage?


4 posted on 01/11/2011 6:38:47 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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Wouldn’t want to leave out NPR:

‘Vitriol’ Cited As Possible Factor In Arizona Tragedy : NPR
Jan 8, 2011 ... A federal judge was among at least six people killed and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among at least a dozen injured after a gunman opened ...


5 posted on 01/11/2011 6:45:31 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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Wow...to new lefty words in a month...vitriol and kerfuffle...or however you spell the stupid word...


6 posted on 01/11/2011 6:48:55 AM PST by BubbaJunebug
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Vitriol is the new “racism.”

These people are shameless.


7 posted on 01/11/2011 6:54:24 AM PST by astuddis
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Vitriol may lack gravitas but it does have schadenfreude. We know this because that great marxist linguist Noam Chomsky told us it is so.


8 posted on 01/11/2011 6:56:44 AM PST by certrtwngnut
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Liberals are like the Borg -- interconnected and of one mind.


9 posted on 01/11/2011 6:57:20 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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You can always tell when the left thinks they are losing. They call calm, conciliation, compromise, etc.


10 posted on 01/11/2011 6:59:33 AM PST by matt1234 (0bama's bunker phase: Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2013)
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Ooops, I meant:

They call *for* calm, conciliation, compromise, etc.

11 posted on 01/11/2011 7:00:57 AM PST by matt1234 (0bama's bunker phase: Nov. 2010 - Jan. 2013)
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Talking points - liberals lost the ability to think for themselves years ago...


12 posted on 01/11/2011 7:01:52 AM PST by GOPJ (When liberals are FORCED to pay for Rush Limbaugh's show, I'll be happy to pay for NPR.)
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13 posted on 01/11/2011 7:03:18 AM PST by RetSignman ("It's about saving our Republic, STUPID")
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Great graphic!


14 posted on 01/11/2011 7:07:18 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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Vitriol is the Demonrat party’s flavor-of-the-month. February will bring another word to harp on until we’re tired of hearing it.


15 posted on 01/11/2011 7:20:18 AM PST by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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Do you have any record of Al Sharpton using the word “Vitriol” in his campaign against hate speech on talk radio, before the shootings took place?
16 posted on 01/11/2011 7:20:49 AM PST by IMR 4350
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Vitriol sounds like pecker medicine. Just sayin’...


17 posted on 01/11/2011 7:23:43 AM PST by YoungHickey (Is it time yet, Claire?)
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To: BubbaJunebug

Kerfuffle is not a liberal word. James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal used it for a few years in referring to the “Plame Kerfuffle.”


18 posted on 01/11/2011 7:26:03 AM PST by RightFighter (Now back to my war station.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

John Edwards, as far as I can tell, was correct about one thing and one thing only. There are two Americas.

This nightmare in Arizona and the reaction to it is only hardening those lines of division.

It’s a dangerous game the left has decided to play (no, Mr. FBI, that is not a threat) because it only feeds the fear of countless citizens that elected officals and the fourth estate cannot be trusted.


19 posted on 01/11/2011 7:27:54 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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Thanks, CW.


20 posted on 01/11/2011 7:28:16 AM PST by RetSignman ("It's about saving our Republic, STUPID")
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