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Some choose to call me a racist.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:10 AM

BYTEMITE


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"And if the majority of people WANT those ones in power to be there?"


Can I answer this one?

Most of us Anarchists (or the Libertarians, the REAL ones) aren't hoping for an overnight change, a big coup, a public revolution. That's a bit unrealistic.

Most of the people want this government you say, then the change probably isn't even gonna happen in our lifetimes. So we have to work small for now, because we can't force these ideas on anyone. It's against the principle of them.

And there's logical and ethical reasons for us to move slow too. Move too fast before people are ready, and you end up with people who are frightened by the change, displaced, unsure what to do... And that turns ugly. Plus, right now the government has more than enough force to put down any real threat of revolution. They have to be starved a little bit of their supply of guns and military.

So instead, mostly we're focused on exposing the very WORST of corruption and transgressors and kicking them in the face. Sometimes physically, with Frem, and sometimes using their own justice system against them, not because it's easier or because it means anything, but because the public NOTICES that.

The theory goes, as more corruption gets exposed, more people will get tired of it. Eventually, people may begin to conclude that maybe it's not such a good idea to give certain people certain powers in the first place.

Either that, or the government itself is going to end up destroying ITSELF, without our help, which increasingly looks like a possibility. No government lasts forever.

When either scenario happens, we'll be ready with communities we've already begun to establish to catch people who want out in our safety net.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:59 AM

HKCAVALIER


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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
"And don't forget the stunning irony that in the clip Piccard is shown to be wrong and just a little out of his gourd! lol "

Yeah, it would almost seem like I do these things on purpose... wouldn't it?

And I'VE been accused of not understanding subtlety.....(shakes head)
Aw, c'mon Wulf!

"Subtlety?"

Really?

Can't you start with plain, make sure you have SOMEBODY onboard with what you're trying to say, and then get to "subtlety?" Why in hell would you go on and on about "Not one more villiage! Not one more town!" paraphrasing Piccard who is OBVIOUSLY saying such things, not out of rational convition, but out of the rage and terror brought on by PTSD?

Is all this bloviation from you just a "cry for help?"

Piccard had to calm down and do what was right to save his people--all his heroic bluster was tainted by the terrible abuse he'd suffered. Are folks like Rue and Kwicko right to play Alfre Wooodard to your Jean Luke Ahab, shouting at you until you break something and you feel properly ashamed of yourself?

And from this am I to assume that you think the "Why I wear a mask guy" is as deluded and sad as the rest of us?

Silly me for thinking you intended to make sense. Carry on.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:40 AM

WULFENSTAR

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"Silly me for thinking you intended to make sense."

I do make sense, you just have to THINK.

My point, was that folks here tend to wonder where and WHY all of the Tea Parties, the Open Carry and all the rest come from.

Its here. I think, and its just my opinion, that people are tired of the way things are.

Tired of the crime.

Tired of the politicians lies.

Tired of their rights being taken away.

Tired of their money being taken to either A. Fund something they don't believe in.. or B. Used to line the pockets of corrupt politicians.

Tired of NOT speaking up, b/c its impolite, or could be seen as un-PC.

And yes, in the end, Piccard realized what he had to do ultimately to stop the Borg advance.

I just don't want it to get to that point, where we have to "throw the baby out with the bathwater".

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:54 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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My point, was that folks here tend to wonder where and WHY all of the Tea Parties, the Open Carry and all the rest come from.
Mainly? Racism, stupidity, and right-wing propaganda.

YES, things are effed up, but seeing people get wildly upset about shit that isn't even real...? Peeps have tea parties about "taxes" and get crazy about "death panels" and somehow... still... haven't gotten a clue about the war in Iraq and capitalism....? It's like watching a bunch of zombies club themselves over the head until brains leak out their ears and their skulls cave in. THAT speaks to me of POWERFUL misdirection by TPTB...DON'T try to make life better for yourself! DON'T tax us rich folk! (Save it all for us)


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:56 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Racism, stupidity, and LEFT-wing propaganda...

You guys are so hung up on Left vs Right... THATS what is sad.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:05 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Lookit Wulf... everyone is crying about the deficit now. Why weren't they crying about it then, under Bush? Why is health care "too expensive", but war is not? Why are people frantic about "death panels", but not frantic that thousands of American lives were lost in the ME and tens of thousands lost due to lack of insurance?

If people are griping about their freedoms now, why didn't they object then to The (so-called) Patriot Act? THAT's when the Bill of Rights was shredded.

Why are people SO WORRIED about "gubmint" now, but not worried when Bush ramped it up then???

Is it possibly because the rich and powerful were making money THEN, but stand to lose some money NOW??? Is it possible that they're spreading a message that peeps are stupidly responding to because they're NOT THINKING????

NAAAAHHHHH

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:14 AM

HKCAVALIER


Oh, for the love o' Pete! Yeah, that's my problem, I don't think.
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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
I do make sense, you just have to THINK.

My point, was that folks here tend to wonder where and WHY all of the Tea Parties, the Open Carry and all the rest come from.
That was the reason you posted the Star Trek clip? You don't make sense.

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Its here. I think, and its just my opinion, that people are tired of the way things are.
I won't dispute that, as far as it goes. But, no, nothing to do with the Star Trek clip.

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Tired of the crime.
I guess there's a vague connection here. Borg = crime. Piccard is fed up with crime, you could say, and it's made him loopy and you sympathise with that.

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Tired of the politicians lies.
Nope. Nothing to do with Piccard. Except that he's on the brink of perpetrating such political lies and fascist toadie Bev Crusher is all too willing to follow her ex-boyfriend over the cliff.

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Tired of their rights being taken away.
Now we have government = borg and Jean-Luke would be at the front of the line with his pitchfork sharpened, but in the end, he needs to put his pitchfork away and stop ranting--something you might do well to emulate.

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Tired of their money being taken to either A. Fund something they don't believe in.. or B. Used to line the pockets of corrupt politicians.
Again, no relation to the Star Trek clip. I tell you the clip makes no sense and your identification with Piccard is ironic and you give me a handful of grievances that have nothing to do with the Star Trek clip to justify the Star Trek clip.

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Tired of NOT speaking up, b/c its impolite, or could be seen as un-PC.
Good for you--don't see as Piccard exactly has that problem.

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And yes, in the end, Piccard realized what he had to do ultimately to stop the Borg advance.

I just don't want it to get to that point, where we have to "throw the baby out with the bathwater".
I think we're all in agreement with you on that point. But have concidered the following?



HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:15 AM

WULFENSTAR

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I can only speak for myself.

Yes, Obama had a lot to do with it. For me, the idea of a black president scared the hell out of me. (Insert snark about how Im a terrible racist, here) But he was chosen, and thats fine.

But, now? I started do my research. Looking back over the last 10, 20, 30, 200 years. And realizing what we had given up under Bush, and what is continuing under Obama.

Ive always said that Obama being elected has been a good thing, because it has made people wake up. People are now researching things, looking things up, PAYING ATTENTION.

And what people are seeing, they don't like. They don't like the Patriot Act, which Obama has not rescinded. They dont like PC, or the bailouts. They don't like government controlled health-care. They want their boys home, which Obama has not done. (Speaking of which, why hasnt he brought the troops home? Instead of trying to *fix* healthcare?)

Noone has ever said Haliburton or Enron were right, but neither were the corporate bailouts that allowed for these douchebags to get golden parachutes.




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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:18 AM

WULFENSTAR

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... and hey. If Im pissing people off, instead of going with the established, status quo... good.

Snark away.


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:22 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
Racism, stupidity, and LEFT-wing propaganda...

You guys are so hung up on Left vs Right... THATS what is sad.


And in your "subtle" way, all you can do is point out the LEFT-wing propaganda. I notice you never, EVER seem to take note of the RIGHT-WING propaganda - even when you repeat it word for word yourself (Stephen Hawking, anyone?).

So it seems as though YOU are hung up on right-v-left as well. I know you don't consider yourself partisan, but trust me; you are.

Mike

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And the smile signals emptiness
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:24 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
Noone has ever said Haliburton or Enron were right, but neither were the corporate bailouts that allowed for these douchebags to get golden parachutes.





Really? "No one" has said that?

In the words of Addison "Joe" (Not His Real Name) Wilson,

"YOU LIE!"

There have been people right here, on this very board, who have argued that these were all legal and proper, and therefore right.



Mike

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:25 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Okay, the clip got so much mention I went back and watched it. And smiled sadly. Again wiht the dramatic music, the "hero", the "villain", and all that Hollywoodized theatricality. Sigh...

Wulf, in my opinion you're wrong. The vast majority of Americans are NOT tired enough of those things to do anything about it. It's being made to LOOK like it, because of a small, violent, noisy minority being used by one party, but the true fact is they ARE small...why do you think they needed to lie about the number of people who showed up to 9/12, lie by increasing the real number from 70,000 to 2 MILLION? To make it look like more people are just what you say--but they're not. There are always dissatisfied people, and if you think this is some kind of revolution, you should wonder where all of those people were for the past eight years, when we DID have the closest thing to tyranny America's yet seen. You think they got sick of it all of a sudden in the past few months?!?

Democracy works; not well, but it works. I doubt there's more crime, political lies, etc. (tho' I don't see their rights being 'taken away' as increasing) than there ever was before. Politicians have lied since there was such a thing as politics, instead of royalty, etc. In a democracy, politicans need to lie to get the people behind them...kings didn't need to as much, tho' even then, they had to lie to their supporters or cabinets or whatever.

Crime has been here since man began, and is no more than it ever was before, in my opinion...our POPULATION has increased, so it seems like there's more, but we have yet to experience, young as America is, true tyranny, genocide or the other things the rest of the world has experienced/is experiencing.

As far as not speaking up, that's a laugh. Americans have NEVER had the slightest problem speaking up...exactly what decade can you point to where they did? We're infamous for protesting, for standing up and shouting about what we think is wrong! Hell, that's how we got started!

So much bitching and moaning, so much calling for revolution. The majority of Americans have it so much better than most of the rest of the world...if our government is so very terrible, then why do you think such a large number of people in the world want to immigrate here?

I may be cynical and bitch and moan as loudly as anyone else, but the bottom line is I know we've got it pretty damned good, all things considered, and I'm not about to want to tear it down. I want to work within the system to make it BETTER, of course, but your way is, again, black and white, bad and good, no room for compromise or middle ground.

Your corollary is fallacious from the start; the government is not the Borg, and it's not life-or-death to fight it. You'll never see that, I'm sure, but I can list many, many countries where, if you were dumped there, you'd wish for nothing more than to return to America. No way am I saying it's perfect, but we can improve it, we don't have to see our government as "Borg" and imagine tearing the whole country down to defeat it. I'm sad or you that you see things that way.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:26 AM

WULFENSTAR

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"There have been people right here, on this very board, who have argued that these were all legal and proper, and therefore right."

There were people here who argued that what Enron did was right? That giving bailouts to companies, that then went to pay for golden parachutes were right?

Then those who said that were idiots. IMHO.



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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:26 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Wulf, the right wing... YES, the RIGHT WING... is very good at whipping up faux populism and using that energy to take even MORE away from you!

More later.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:32 AM

DREAMTROVE


HK,

Am I an epithet? I hope I'm not in this thread ;)

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:33 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Again, Im not Right wing, or a Republican....

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:49 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Heh.

That's what YOU think.

Show me where you differ.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:51 AM

WULFENSTAR

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I can only speak for myself. Trying to say that X believes "this" is foolish. I don't know everyone who belongs to "X".

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:52 AM

WULFENSTAR

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I can only speak for myself. Trying to say that X believes "this" is foolish. I don't know everyone who belongs to "X".

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:58 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Well, I guess you can first start out by saying what YOU think characterizes the "right wing", and then you can distinguish yourself from whatever you think the RW is. It will certainly help us understand your views of "right wing", "left wing" and so forth. [snark] After all, you use those terms rather frequently. Are you saying YOU don't have an idea what you mean by them?? [/snark]

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:02 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Nice bait,
but I won't bite,
Sig.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:16 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Not even a credible dodge, Wulf. Basically, you don't know. You don't know which groups are what, you don't know where you stand in relation to them, you don't know where anyone else stands either.

Let me put it this way: You get your news from RW sources. (You must, otherwise you wouldn't have passed along the Stephen Hawking nonsense.) You respond to "heroic", authoritarian, ignorant, vengeance-driven language. You're against taxing the rich to help the poor, which is cloaked with a sudden anti-government fervor. And most importantly (and amusingly) you believe that you're SUCH an individual that you don't belong to any group, and you can't possibly be manipulated by them, because your rage and anger will protect you


Son, you're being played. Get to know the players.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:20 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!


Wulf

You spend a LOT of time posting about how the left wing liberals (or hippies, or blacks, or populace, or 'them') think that all problems can be solved with government (or love, or welfare, or tea parties, or whatever).

Are you trying to say that you now can't speak for anyone else at all ?

OK. We'll just ignore everything you post.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:20 AM

WULFENSTAR

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"you believe that you're SUCH an individual that you don't belong to any group"

Actually. Yes.

"and you can't possibly be manipulated by your rage and anger"

Actually. No.

"You don't know which groups are what, you don't know where you stand in relation to them, you don't know where anyone else stands either."

Actually. I don't care. Other than that I can learn from them, and learn what NOT to be.


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:24 AM

WULFENSTAR

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"Are you trying to say that you now can't speak for anyone else at all ? "

No. Im saying I refuse to speak for anyone else. People here can easily speak for themselves.

I speak for myself, my experience. None else.

If some choose to agree with me, good. If some choose to disagree with me, thats good as well.


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:33 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I don't see it as bait, Wulf; I'd like to hear what you believe represents right and left. Everyone has beliefs, and if we're honest about them, they tend to show whether we are more right or left. I'd like to hear your, or anyone's, basic beliefs and see where they land. Just out of curiosity.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:36 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Sorry, I post-edited, but still means the same.
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you believe that you're SUCH an individual that you don't belong to any group-SIGNY
Actually. Yes.-WULF
Actually, no. One of the biggets fallacies of right-wingers ... especially right-wing pawns... is that they believe they're free agents!
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and you can't possibly be manipulated by your rage and anger-SIGNY
Actually. No.-WULF
Actually, yes. Your anger is amped up SO HIGH that all anyone has to do is wave certain concepts at you and you unthinkingly charge them like a bull.
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You don't know which groups are what, you don't know where you stand in relation to them, you don't know where anyone else stands either.-SIGNY
Actually. I don't care. Other than that I can learn from them, and learn what NOT to be. -WULF
And yet, you cannot describe the people from whom you get your information, and share many emotional reactions with? Hell, man, you can't even describe your goals, your enemies, what sets you off, what they have in common... It's not like you haven't been asked either.

You're REACTING. That makes you a convenient tool in the eyes of many. If you want to remove yourself from their hands, you need to think: What sets me off? Why? What do I really want? Is someone pushing my buttons? Why? What do THEY stand to gain? What do I stand to lose?

Most importantly: BE SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE IN YOUR THINKING.

You tend to overdramatize, and come up with FREEDOM! which is, really, an empty word which sounds great but which can be filled with a million defintions. Ask yourself: Are my Constitutional rights being abridged? (Check the Bill of Rights to stay specific.) Will my taxes be raised? Will my pay go up or down?

I suspect that this concrete thinking won't fill the void or calm the distress that you feel. But it should help you isolate the source of your anger. It MAY tell you that the distress you feel is about 50% extrinsic (due to external factors) and about 50% intrinsic (due to habitual patterns of thought and high internal levels of stess.)

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:37 AM

WULFENSTAR

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What? So I can get boxed into the "right" box, cause Im for the right of citizens to have weapons? Or into the "left" box cause I believe that abortion SHOULD be legal (tho I disagree with it morally)?

Niki, if you ARE a Buddhist, you should KNOW that people cannot be placed in boxes.

There is too much life out there to try and trap it within certain boxes.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:38 AM

WULFENSTAR

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On the anger issue, Sig, I was agreeing with you. Yes, I can say that my rage blinds me sometimes.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:38 AM

WULFENSTAR

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On the anger issue, Sig, I was agreeing with you. Yes, I can say that my rage blinds me sometimes.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:43 AM

SIGNYM

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Niki, if you ARE a Buddhist, you should KNOW that people cannot be placed in boxes.
Then why do YOU do it so often??? Are you so friggin' special that everyone BUT YOU can be categorized???

[snark] Oh, yeah, that's right... I forgot. You're a legend in your own mind. [/snark]



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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:46 AM

WULFENSTAR

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"Then why do YOU do it so often??? Are you so friggin' special that everyone BUT YOU can be categorized???"

Yes.

But Im "special". /snark/

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:49 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Hoookaaay... now that we got THAT squared away...

So, since you seem to be able to categorize others pretty well, how about sharing with us your profile of "right wing"?

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:52 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Again, Sig, so I can hear about how I AM "right-wing"? Take even more snark and b.s.?

Thanks, but no.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:01 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


No.

So you can explain to us how you are NOT.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:03 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Thats my point Sig.

I dont have to *explain* myself to anyone. Especially here. And not in the RW.


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:09 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!


Since you will not discuss anything with us, then there is no reason for us to discuss anything with you.

Goodbye.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:11 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Rue, dont you have some pain pills to take?


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:11 AM

WULFENSTAR

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Rue, dont you have some pain pills to take?


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:12 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Then why are you here? Isn't the POINT of discussion to explain yourself: What you think, and why? I don't think you should have to JUSTIFY yourself, but that's not what I'm asking for. All I would like to know, really, is what characteristics YOU think belong to the "right wing".

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:24 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Ooops. I just saw the fallacy. You DO put down "liberals" and so forth rather freely, and I don't recall seeing you post equal remarks about right-wingers.

Yes, I know, nobody can be boxed...but people CHOOSE to box themselves politically by acting on the things they believe, espousing what they believe, and countering the things they don't believe. So while one can refuse to ACCEPT that they lean one way or another, it doesn't mean they DON'T, it just means they refuse to see it in themselves.

Self-awareness is vital for growth, so knowing oneself is the most important thing of all. I see generalities on the left and on the right, and I recognize that by my beliefs I am more left-leaning than right.

What about you? You can say all you want about not "boxing" people in, but first you have to understand that there's a huge difference between being buddhist and being right or left. Buddhism isn't about politics; within the sphere of politics, virtually everyone believes one way or another.

One can't be in favor of everything; one can be AGAINST everything, but that's pretty dramatic and unworkable. So think a minute about what you believe IN, and see where it puts you.

For me, lessee...I believe in...
equality
helping the poor and less fortunate
being environmentally responsible
being responsible for my actions
not forcing my will on others
government providing some safety nets
capitalism needing some restraint
freedom of religion
freedom of sexual preference

I'm sure I could think longer and come up with more, but just from those it's pretty obvious I am, at present at least, a pretty bleeding-heart liberal. Because, as best I can describe it, Republicans believe:

there is no such thing as "equality"
everyone is entitled to only what they can achieve
environment needs to be balanced with business
everyone is responsible for themselves
no one should have another's will forced on them
(in those two we agree)
government shouldn't help the less fortunate
business should be unrestricted
one religion for all
homosexuality and bisexuality are sins

Those are blanket statements, of course, and there are many others one could choose to define, and of course there are greys, but that's an example.

What about you? Nobody says anyone has to "explain" themselves, but what do you believe in? What are you against? And if you don't want to say, why don't you? What is wrong/threatening/bad about expressing your beliefs? You feel free to express yourself about things, so what difference is there in expressing yourself about your general beliefs? I'm not trying to pick on you, I guess I'm intrigued by your determination not to share your beliefs.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:30 AM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg


Ok. I'll play.

But only in that I'll repost the things you said that I agree with.

The things I agree with:

equality
there is no such thing as "equality"
helping the poor and less fortunate (on a personal basis)
being environmentally responsible
being responsible for my actions
not forcing my will on others
freedom of religion
everyone is entitled to only what they can achieve
everyone is responsible for themselves

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:55 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


It seems that you're reacting to a list of things, but I'm not groking a basis for those reactions. Maybe by looking at the inverse- what you dislike- and figuring out WHY you dsilike it, I can understand what you're "for", and why.

So. You react badly to PC-ness. Why?

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:07 AM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg


*sigh

Here we go. Im going to say what Im against, and people will pile on it.

No matter.

Yes. Im against PC. Im against it because its evil. Its against all that I hold dear. Its against all freedom of speech. Its against the IDEA of freedom of speech.

Political Correctness was a catch phrase from Hitler. In order to control the thought and speech of Germanys citizens.


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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:23 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!


"Rue, dont you have some pain pills to take?"

Why are you still here ?

You SAY you're here to learn how to discuss, but then you refuse to do just that. So, either you're here to learn how to incite, or you're here to troll. Either way, you have no business on a discussion board.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:24 AM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg





hehe sorry.

The idea of sitting here and proclaiming whether I support the left or right, makes me think of this video.

ETA: And for some reason, I also think of Al Pacinos character as Frem.

lol

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:29 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Actually, it seems that eveyone BUT Hitler used that phrase! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness
(I had to look it up.)

So, you think that political correctness is an attempt to control thought by controlling language, much as in George Orwell's 1984 (where there was no such thing as "bad", only "double plus ungood").

How do you feel about "spin"?

How do you feel about commercials?

ETA: Did you know that the right wing (yes, the right wing) has made an EXTENSIVE study of which words can be used in a sentence to "prime" you to react in a particular way to a key phrase?

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:39 AM

DREAMTROVE


Wulf,

cite?

I easily agree that Politically Correct is a fascist ideology, and sure, it came from socialists to refer to "acceptable dogma" for propaganda purposes, but I searched found no links to Nazi Germany, only to Mao Tse Dong, who apparently used both the translated phrase and associated idea a political pillar of his ideology.

I would also note that Mao is responsible for far more casualties, civilian or otherwise than Hitler, as everyone already knows, but of course, those deaths were neither white nor judeo-christian. To be ironically politically correct

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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:50 AM

WULFENSTAR

http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg


"s everyone already knows, but of course, those deaths were neither white nor judeo-christian. To be ironically politically correct"


WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE!! (To quote a movie)




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Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:23 PM

FREMDFIRMA


Wulf, this time you're attributing malice by accident.

Folks want you to refine the target so they can find some specific concept, idea or reform they agree with you about, and then offer suggestions on how to go about working it.

Great grand concepts are fine in theory, but when you have limited resources you really do need to refine down to a minimum target profile so you can actually be immediately effective if that is what you so desire.

Too many folks makin assumptions, and not EXPLAININ stuff to each other, lately.

-F

PS. That verbal slap at Rue was pretty uncalled for mano, and deserves apology - stop lettin your knee jerk get ahead of you, compose stuff on notepad BEFORE you post it to give yourself mental space and distance from your emotions, save THOSE for when you actually NEED that passion.

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