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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 02:05 PM Original message |
Really good friend from HS has become a libertarian wingnut |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. People like your friend..... |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't understand what upper middle class white people have to be angry about |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I quite agree |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Ane we appreciate your hard work and your lovely tax money |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Don't spend it all in one place! |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Let's see |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Funny - I was bussed into a black urban school and my friend wasn't |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Well, it probably had few ill effects on the children |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. This is so well-said. I'm going to save it for future reference. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. What is it about sci-fi that tends to produce libertarianism? |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think it's the other way around, I think that particular kind of libertarian mindset |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Great point! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Maybe that was it for me too. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It's interesting. I fit the same profile |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think there's maybe just a very subtle on/off switch for people of that type |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I love sci-fi |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Like I said that's just one personality type that tends to be sci-fi fans. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Orson Scott Card comes to mind |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. He's just a religious whacko, unfortunately. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Since their standard for "literature" is science fiction junk... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. ouch! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Hmm. Good point. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You are wise to avoid her work; life is much too short |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. That is sad |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. A guy I dated in HS is a big libertarian now. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm a libertarian |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oh, I'm all for the 'stay the hell out of my life' thing, |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah but we run the full range |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I think most here support personal liberty without government interference |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I'm a libertarian and registered Republican |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Wow. We are a diverse family of beliefs here. |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. I found an interesting quiz on the Libertarian Party's web site |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Interesting - almost as many Libertarians as Centrists |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. Ayn Rand! I knew it! I knew it! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. We used to call 'em "Randroids" |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Selfish yuppies? |
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