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| Author: | RangerDave [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
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| Author: | Khross [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
Wow, talk about a horribly acerbic, flawed, and generally inaccurate series of stereotypes. I wonder, does that street go both ways? Well, actually, I guess it does ... thinking about the caricature of a President we have in the White House today 
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| Author: | DFK! [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:16 pm ] |
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Also for fun. 
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| Author: | Nitefox [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:30 pm ] |
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RD you should know better. No one here can laugh at themselves. |
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| Author: | Dash [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:31 pm ] |
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Ha I've seen that one RD, I'm a mix of a few of those. Island, Arrogant, Apostle, Whitey, too much Heinlein. Consistent is my favorite though! Edit: I swear I was typing that before Aizles comment =p |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:38 pm ] |
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Aizle wrote: RD you should know better. No one here can laugh at themselves. So it's a one-way street then, as Khross suspected? I mean, if posting graphical misrepresentations and (yes, I saw the guy in the top corner) oversimplification of an entire ideology is a "friendly jest," then my posted picture must be very jesterly as well. |
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| Author: | LadyKate [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:41 pm ] |
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I like the last one. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:43 pm ] |
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I thought that was hilarious, personally. If you can't laugh at the stereotypes you see yourself and those around you representing, something's wrong! |
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| Author: | RangerDave [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:55 pm ] |
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Dash wrote: Ha I've seen that one RD, I'm a mix of a few of those. Island, Arrogant, Apostle, Whitey, too much Heinlein. Consistent is my favorite though! Yeah, I'm in there too, apparently. It was sent to me by a lefty friend with whom I always argue the libertarian perspective. He seems to think I'm a Naive, Terrified, Left-Wing, Apostle. 
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| Author: | Aizle [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:11 pm ] |
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DFK! wrote: Aizle wrote: RD you should know better. No one here can laugh at themselves. So it's a one-way street then, as Khross suspected? I mean, if posting graphical misrepresentations and (yes, I saw the guy in the top corner) oversimplification of an entire ideology is a "friendly jest," then my posted picture must be very jesterly as well. I am highly skeptical that your post was in jest. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:15 pm ] |
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Aizle wrote: I am highly skeptical that your post was in jest. And you're oblivious to the obvious pun in my obviation of RangerDave's original post.
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| Author: | Aizle [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:19 pm ] |
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Khross wrote: Aizle wrote: I am highly skeptical that your post was in jest. And you're oblivious to the obvious pun in my obviation of RangerDave's original post.No, actually I'm not. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:25 pm ] |
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Without an ideology, people are no better than rocks. Libertarianism is better than most others. |
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| Author: | Elmarnieh [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:36 pm ] |
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It doesn't contain enough truth to be funny. Hang on... Yeah here it is. I prefer this: I am the very model of a modern Libertarian: I teem with glowing notions for proposals millenarian, I've nothing but contempt for ideologies collectivist (My own ideas of social good tend more toward the Objectivist). You see, I've just discovered, by my intellectual bravery, That civic obligations are all tantamount to slavery; And thus that ancient pastime, viz., complaining of taxation, Assumes the glorious aspect of a war for liberation! [Chorus:] You really must admit it's a delightful revelation: To ***** about your taxes is to fight for liberation! I bolster up my claims with lucubrations rather risible About the Founding Fathers and the market's hand invisible; In fact, my slight acquaintance with the fountainhead Pierian Makes me the very model of a modern Libertarian! [Chorus:] His very slight acquaintance with the fountainhead Pierian Makes him the very model of a modern Libertarian! All "public wealth" is robbery, we never will accede to it; You have no rights in anything if you can't show your deed to it. (But don't fear repossession by our Amerind minority: Those treaties aren't valid---Uncle Sam had no authority!) We realize whales and wolves and moose find wilderness quite vital, And we'll give back their habitats---if they can prove their title. But people like unspoiled lands (we too will say "hooray" for them), So we have faith that someone else will freely choose to pay for them. [Chorus:] Yes, when the parks are auctioned it will be a lucky day for them--- We're confident that someone else will freely choose to pay for them! We'll guard the health of nature by self-interest most astute: Since pollution is destructive, no one ever will pollute. Thus factories will safeguard our communities riparian--- I am the very model of a modern Libertarian! [Chorus:] Yes, factories will safeguard our communities riparian, He is the very model of a modern Libertarian! In short, when I can tell why individual consumers Know best who should approve their drugs and who should treat their tumors; Why civilized existence in its intricate confusion Will be simple and straightforward, absent government intrusion; Why markets cannot err within the system I've described, Why poor folk won't be bullied and why rich folk won't be bribed, And why all vast inequities of power and position Will vanish when I wave my wand and utter "COMPETITION!"--- [Chorus:] He's so much more exciting than a common politician, Inequities will vanish when he hollers "Competition!" ---And why my lofty rhetoric and arguments meticulous Inspire shouts of laughter and the hearty cry, "Ridiculous!", And why my social theories all seem so pre-Sumerian--- I'll be the very model of a modern Libertarian! |
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| Author: | Elmarnieh [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:38 pm ] |
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Of course if you go here: http://world.std.com/~mhuben/faq.html Its the Faq for arguments against libertarianism and most are just god awful. Funny though. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:47 pm ] |
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Aizle wrote: Khross wrote: Aizle wrote: I am highly skeptical that your post was in jest. And you're oblivious to the obvious pun in my obviation of RangerDave's original post.No, actually I'm not. I am... |
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| Author: | Rynar [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
Elmo, that is fantastic. Great parody. |
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| Author: | Riudi [ Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:03 pm ] |
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There is some funny **** in this thread. |
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| Author: | Dash [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:10 am ] |
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Yeah that is really good Elmo I like that one. |
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| Author: | Ienan [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
The funniest part about it is that it was written by a left-winger more than likely. I always find it funny when left-wingers feel the need to lump everything into groups, but that's entirely what their philosophy is based on, right? |
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| Author: | Rynar [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
Divide and conquer is an old strategy. |
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| Author: | Ienan [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
Rynar wrote: Divide and conquer is an old strategy. I think it's much deeper than that Rynar. I certainly think that's part of it. Socialism and communism are fundamentally based on group-think. People are composed of groups instead of people being composed of their own philosophy. This is why liberals have such a hard time not seeing people in terms of race, because they would be defined as individuals then. If the race factor were to be eliminated, they would create a new category or lump into an existing category, such as socioeconomic classes. I bet if I found two libertarians, I would find disagreements in their philosophy, because we aren't homogenous. We're individuals that share some common goals, but differ on others. In fact, I'd argue that it is likely no two people are 100% in agreement on everything. |
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| Author: | Ladas [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:30 am ] |
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According the official chart though, 2 out of 25 would agree 100%. |
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| Author: | Dash [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Posted in a spirit of friendly jest |
Ienan wrote: The funniest part about it is that it was written by a left-winger more than likely. Safe bet, since the top right shows it's from leftycartoons.com heh In any case, this is the sort of thing I tend to laugh off because it's silly. Here's one for Nitefox: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/S ... 0-h/27.bmp 
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