The Democratic Safe House

[Redac]

Former libertarian (in the American capitalist sense)

So what brought you over from being a libertarian?

 

[FreedByte]

So what brought you over from being a libertarian?

Well libertarianism at its core is about eliminating coercion, so I reasoned as libertarians do that taxation, being forceful, was illegitimate. What I didn't realize was that before income or corporate taxation occurred, the government was initiating coercion by enforcing property rights, whose existence is dependent on government coercion. This led me to ditch the idea that taxation is illegitimate and explore "real", historical libertarianism (libertarian socialism), which led me to examine socialism as a whole as a philosophy. So I vote Green or something similar when and if I vote, even though my "idealist" views are closer to libertarian socialism

 

[DaisyDay]

Aw, crud! No more troll smilie permitted.

 

[Hetta]

Aw, crud! No more troll smilie permitted.

 

[cow451]

Aw, crud! No more troll smilie permitted.

Obama!

 

[Savior2006]

Aw, crud! No more troll smilie permitted.

Nice to see the mods caught on after countless years of the exact same person doing it.

 

[cow451]

Nice to see the mods caught on after countless years of the exact same person doing it.

I finally decided to use the Ignore List for the first time.

 

[stamperben]

I finally decided to use the Ignore List for the first time.

Problem is it really doesn't work because someone NOT on your list will inevitably quote the ignored person's post in full.

 

[cow451]

Problem is it really doesn't work because someone NOT on your list will inevitably quote the ignored person's post in full.

But it will get in the way of my responding to the inane flaming troll posts.

 

[stamperben]

But it will get in the way of my responding to the inane flaming troll posts.

Yeah, you got a point there. Welcome aboard!

 

[DaisyDay]

Obama!

Uh oh! :o Will this be banned as well? Is it goading or a humorous response to inane blame-shifting?

 

[cow451]

Uh oh! :o Will this be banned as well? Is it goading or a humorous response to inane blame-shifting?

Just don't report me and all will be fine.

 

[FreedByte]

 

[DaisyDay]

CANTON, OH (The Borowitz Report)—An Ohio man has become infected with misinformation about the Ebola virus through casual contact with cable news, the Centers for Disease Control has confirmed....

...Once Klugian’s condition was apparent, the Ohio man was rushed to a public library and given a seventh-grade biology textbook, at which point he “started to stabilize,” the spokesman said.

Man Infected with Ebola Misinformation Through Casual Contact With Cable News - The New Yorker

 

[TravelerFarAwayFromHome]

or is right wing media twisting the truth again?

Obama: Dem candidates avoiding me 'have supported my agenda' | TheHill

Obama: We Need Michelle Nunn to Win So The Democrat Senate Can Advance My Agenda - Katie Pavlich

I mean, he turned the cheek too many times, maybe he had enough and decided to teach his fellow democrats a lesson in gratefulness?

 

[Savior2006]

I've figured out that there's no need to speak out in gay rights threads anymore. It's a lot more fun to watch conservatives throw their adorable little tantrums.

 

[Manic Spinoza]

I'm starting to wonder if some of our friends on the right aren't simply GOP spokespeople, given their tendencies to espouse right wing talking points with very little substance in meaningful debate.

 

[stamperben]

I think GOP operatives would have a better understanding of what the party wants them to say and how to say it. Most of what I see here is not much more than the talking points, regurgitated over and over again.

 

[Manic Spinoza]

I've figured out that there's no need to speak out in gay rights threads anymore. It's a lot more fun to watch conservatives throw their adorable little tantrums.

I find it amusing that they want LGBT people to respect their "right" to refuse them service, even though for so long they were responsible for them effectively being second class citizens. It's funny in a tragically ironic way.

 

[Manic Spinoza]

I think GOP operatives would have a better understanding of what the party wants them to say and how to say it. Most of what I see here is not much more than the talking points, regurgitated over and over again.

They could be paid advertisers from conservative news publications.

Let the conspiracy theories run wild.