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The Republican Thread

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QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 31, 2013 -> 06:21 PM)
Its an invasive culture that is not welcome to people.

 

I hope these concerned Utahns aren't the same Utahns who spent millions of dollars and countless man-hours trying to push Prop 8 in California.

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I hope these concerned Utahns aren't the same Utahns who spent millions of dollars and countless man-hours trying to push Prop 8 in California.

This has nothing do with the little feud between the LDS and gays. Even if that's turned into a contest of who can be whinier and pushier.

That's a rather strange argument, but it is essentially what conservatism is. Resisting change not out of some empirical or systematic line of reasoning, but out of fear of disrupting the status quo. The devil I know is better than the one I don't.

I lived in Cook County for 24 years. The devil I know is f***ing horrifying.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 1, 2014 -> 01:06 PM)
That's a rather strange argument, but it is essentially what conservatism is. Resisting change not out of some empirical or systematic line of reasoning, but out of fear of disrupting the status quo. The devil I know is better than the one I don't.

Reactionary.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 1, 2014 -> 01:22 PM)
I lived in Cook County for 24 years. The devil I know is f***ing horrifying.

 

That would be why you're not a conservative. You're a good example of how libertarians and conservatives are different despite being known as "on the right"

I'm not a libertarian. I'm not trying to be edgy when I say this, but libertarians are way caught up in trying to prove that what they want benefits the greater whole. It won't. People will suffer pretty hard if the safety net is cut out from under them. I just couldn't give a care in the world about those people and whether they can't find work or put food on the table or whatever does not matter in the slightest to me. In the long this will benefit the country as those people either adapt to a world where they have to earn something or just die off, but the transition will be nasty. Libertarians idiotically believe everything will be perfect right away.

No, that strain of Ayn Rand-style sociopathy runs pretty strongly through a lot of libertarianism.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 12:41 AM)
I'm not a libertarian. I'm not trying to be edgy when I say this, but libertarians are way caught up in trying to prove that what they want benefits the greater whole. It won't. People will suffer pretty hard if the safety net is cut out from under them. I just couldn't give a care in the world about those people and whether they can't find work or put food on the table or whatever does not matter in the slightest to me. In the long this will benefit the country as those people either adapt to a world where they have to earn something or just die off, but the transition will be nasty. Libertarians idiotically believe everything will be perfect right away.

 

You're a libertarian. The people you're talking about are also typically called libertarian, but they're really interested in free markets. You're interested in personal liberty above all else. While free markets are a related idea, those who are into free markets often feel that way because they think it's better for the whole, as you say.

 

Put another way, you like free markets because you see them as a logical consequence of a liberty-maximizing society. The people you disagree with really like free markets and see personal liberty as a consequence of a working market economy.

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Democrats applaud wildly as President vows to bypass them and their institution. Even as we increased energy production?.....huh? .....unemployment at lowest level in 5 years...participation rate lowest level in almost 40 years...nicely done!

You know where women make less than men? ........The White House,,,,

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 08:34 PM)
Democrats applaud wildly as President vows to bypass them and their institution. Even as we increased energy production?.....huh? .....unemployment at lowest level in 5 years...participation rate lowest level in almost 40 years...nicely done!

Obama is just a dictator at this point.

Nicely done on the patronizing to women.....

And you get a house ...and you get a house...and you get a house...this guy is cracking me up....

Aahhhh.....higher minimum wage>>>>> higher union wages>>>>> higher union dues>>>>> more democratic donations....

9 million people have healthcare.... SOLD!!!!!!!!!bulls***zky!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 08:51 PM)
Obama is just a dictator at this point.

Totally.

"I will do what I can to help our workers" = "I will raise the federal workers' minimum wage to $10.10 as I perform my Constitutionally-directed duty to run the administration"

I've been anxiously waiting for Boehner to do his best Belushi....

 

 

I've had enough. I can't watch this bulls*** anymore. Good God....

Pray the Republicans can have a 2016 candidate that's not complete and utter s*** and you won't have another Obama?

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 09:24 PM)
I've been anxiously waiting for Boehner to do his best Belushi....

 

 

I've had enough. I can't watch this bulls*** anymore. Good God....

 

Don't know why anyone bothers watching in the first place. They're just platform speeches.I'll catch the highlights on the daily show.

 

Yeah I read that yesterday, that is ridiculous.

that's the dumbest thing I've ever read.

 

Yoga may have been an uninviting environment for that woman, but I have a feeling it had more to do with the "fat" than the "black." Might have had something to do with the gawking assholes too

Usually s*** like that makes me really, really mad. Now it's just sadness, another person lining up to urinate of America's mangled corpse.

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