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Old 03-10-2008, 04:46 PM
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Liberal, progressive, commie, socialist, enlightened, democrat, nazi....all the same.
this guy is home schooling his child. what an education that kid is going to have
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I'm not a conservative but they're both flawed systems. Communism is fundamentally broken and socialism works somewhat well occasionally.

You can blame the 20th century communist nations for painting themselves as "socialist", they've given most of Europe a bad name.
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I wonder what value you see in the facade of these shades? Do you feel that the tyranny of communism was offset be the highminded litany of secular individual rights, which were wholly absent of meaning... but set for all to read in the constitution of the Soviet Union?

Excessive capitalism... Excessive freedom... Isn't it wild? "Too much of anything is a bad thing, right? Even freedom... SO a little tryany can't be bad..."

Again friends, it's leftists trying to rationalize why they have to endure all this responsibility. "Can't they give just a little to government?"
Tyranny of Communism? Well, fair enough because that's all the face of Communism has become, but Marx would be physically sick had he seen what the USSR, China etc etc became.

If Conservatives would pick up a book, they would in fact realise they are two different things.....
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Tyranny of Communism?

If Conservatives would pick up a book, they would in fact realise they are supposed to be two different things.....
Fixed.

Seriously most people realize that communism, in theory, is supposed to be all lovey dovey and everyone is happy and works hard while freely sharing all they have with everyone.

They also realize that believing that things work like that in practice is about as intelligent as believing that a craft in a flugtag event will float gracefully through the sky.

And unless I'm mistaken the flugtag craft have a better record as some of them have been known to glide for at least a little while. Whereas usually communists are doing horrible things before the government is even in place.

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You can betcha my boys aren't gonna be liberals...or homos.
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Orwellian? Exaggerate much?
Not really. One of the keys to the society in 1984 was controlling thought by limiting the description, and therefore number, of words.

Besides I did say 'kinda'. For instance, I would not include that distinction for BillyBob's post.
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You can betcha my boys aren't gonna be liberals...or homos.

I will take the bet on homos! Sometimes the more parents push their kids from something the more likely they will become on!

Also I can think of a lot worse things for your kid to be than a liberal! If when I have kids, they grow up to have differing political opinions, it won't bother me. My father and I disagree constantly about politics, but we are as close as can be!!
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I will take the bet on homos!
I wish there was a way to actually bet on that.



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Sometimes the more parents push their kids from something the more likely they will become on!
I don't have to push my boys from gays, they get it on their own.


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Also I can think of a lot worse things for your kid to be than a liberal!
A black? [95% of them are liberal]

An illegal mexican? [liberal]

A criminal? [usually liberal]

A prostitute using Governor? []


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If when I have kids, they grow up to have differing political opinions, it won't bother me.
When they grow up and live on their own, they are free to think whatever they want. But if I raised them right, they will never be liberals.


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My father and I agree on politics but I hardly ever see him.
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Socialism is nothing compared to communism. The main difference between the two, is communism needs somewhat of a dictator to run the affair. Socialism is simply a principle of commune, of community - big difference. A church community is a socialist one, but doesn't make it communist.

Early US states used the term 'commonwealth' to describe the government, which was a better term than 'democratic republic'. We can thank our red scares and fear of communist dictators for tarnishing these words. And now we certainly do have a democratic republic, as 'we the people' hold little power, but in numbers, compared to our ruling elite (granted they are voted in office).

If we looked at one of the greatest reasons communists dislike democracy: Democracy advocates freedom, but ironically enslaves liberty as power grows. Historical democracies have usually ended with dictators abusing power.
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Not really. One of the keys to the society in 1984 was controlling thought by limiting the description, and therefore number, of words.

Besides I did say 'kinda'. For instance, I would not include that distinction for BillyBob's post.
By government, however, not individuals. With that said, if one word was slandered I could live with it.
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