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2015 Sep 28, 11:27am   5,258 views  13 comments

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From now on, if you are rich enough, you just can vote your way out for having to give taxes to the less fortunate.

And we thought America was the land of capitalism and democracy. F that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/world/europe/separatists-in-catalonia-win-narrow-majority-in-regional-elections.html?_r=0

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1   Tenpoundbass   2015 Sep 28, 11:34am  

liberals never ask why there are less fortunate.

Why do Liberals need less fortunate to get elected? If Liberals are so great then they would try to reduce unfortunates not seek hard workers to support the loafers and slackers.

Liberalism used to stand for something. But I never imagined in my wildest dreams, that they would create disharmony and reek havoc in the world just to keep their political views relevant.

Liberals, progressives and Democrats are the scourge of the earth. Even more than ISIS, there would have been no ISIS without Hillary, Kerry and Obama.

2   mell   2015 Sep 28, 11:52am  

Tenpoundbass says

liberals never ask why there are less fortunate.

Why do Liberals need less fortunate to get elected? If Liberals are so great then they would try to reduce unfortunates not seek hard workers to support the loafers and slackers.

Liberalism used to stand for something. But I never imagined in my wildest dreams, that they would create disharmony and reek havoc in the world just to keep their political views relevant.

Liberals, progressives and Democrats are the scourge of the earth. Even more than ISIS, there would have been no ISIS without Hillary, Kerry and Obama.

I agree with this though I would exclude the term liberals because many are labeled wrongly or even self-identify themselves wrongly as liberals. I am socially liberal, but old-school liberals were a broad burgeoisie, socially liberal but fiscally conservative and realists, not ideologists like today's progressives. Also the screwed up foreign policy is certainly the fault of both parties, as are most domestic problems. In any case the biggest scourge is political correctness and we all know which party is championing that (though the cuckservatives are trying hard to suck as well).

3   Dan8267   2015 Sep 28, 12:22pm  

Tenpoundbass says

liberals never ask why there are less fortunate.

I'm a liberal and I ask that question and other questions. I guess you'll have to make a No True Scottsman argument now.

Tenpoundbass says

Why do Liberals need less fortunate to get elected?

We don't.

As a liberal, I seek to make government the best it can be, doing the things it should do and not doing and not having the power to do things it shouldn't. I strive for transparency and accountability in government and the rights on individuals.

In contrast conservatives struggle to use government to let a few individual overpower and violate the rights of everyone else. The vile USA Patriot Act and NDAA are both examples of this. Oh, and before you make the stupid trope argument that Democrats supported those two acts as well, the vast majority of Democrats are not liberals by any measure.

Tenpoundbass says

Liberalism used to stand for something.

It still stands for the same things it always did.
1. We are all equal under law.
2. We are a nation of rights, not privileges.
3. The primary, if not sole, purpose of government is the defense of rights. Yes, this includes public property rights, which is why environmental protection is a valid concern of government.
4. There should be no such thing as a victimless crime.
5. Transparency and accountability in government.

Tenpoundbass says

Liberals, progressives and Democrats are the scourge of the earth.

Conservatives are responsible for
- slavery
- genocide
- the rape of minority children
- segregation

Liberals are responsible for
- abolition of slavery
- desegregation

Progressives are responsible for
- worker safety standards
- an end to exploiting children for factory work
- public education
- the 40-hour work week
- worker vacations

Exactly how are liberals and progressives the "scourge of the earth" and conservatives not?

Tenpoundbass says

there would have been no ISIS without Hillary, Kerry and Obama.

Once again conservatives have to rewrite history. George W. Bush and his administration created ISIS and no amount of revisionist history is going to change that.

You can blame Reagan and Bush senior for the creation of Al Qaeda as well.

mell says

I would exclude the term liberals because many are labeled wrongly

Fox News and conservative media deliberately misuse the term because real liberals, like me, make conservatives rightfully look like the jackasses they are. No conservative can ever stand up against a true liberal, so they have to make straw men and poison the word.

If anyone doesn't believe me, just watch Tenpoundbass fail to address the arguments in my post or Blurtman failing to address this post or FortWayne running away from this one.

As soon as a liberal calls a conservative out on their bullshit, they run away or try to change the subject because they know they have been caught in a blatant and indisputable lie.

4   Dan8267   2015 Sep 28, 1:20pm  

And as usual, dumb ass Call It Crazy demonstrates the epitome of stupidity by making an argument that was preemptively refuted.

Dan8267 says

Oh, and before you make the stupid trope argument that Democrats supported those two acts as well, the vast majority of Democrats are not liberals by any measure.

And Obama is less liberal than Nixon.

So go ahead and keep posting disruptive and disingenuous posts, CIC. I've already thoroughly debunked your lies and stupidity in many other threads. I will not entertain your idiocy no matter how much you cry or do a lame victory dance after you spew your verbal masturbation.

5   Tenpoundbass   2015 Sep 28, 1:27pm  

Dan8267 says

I'm a liberal and I ask that question and other questions. I guess you'll have to make a No True Scottsman argument now.

You're not a Liberal stop IT!

If you're a Liberal then you're in the wrong country.

A Liberal is fucking as worthless as a pious Nun in a Whorehouse in a peace time Democratic society.
Why didn't you bastards just move to North Korea and subject Kimfuck to your first rate horse shit?
That is where Liberals are needed, not creating crisis in a working democratic society destroying that society and creating riffs between the citizens just to make your selves relevant.
They are the epitome of Evil bastards who have no relevance in a modern society. They are so full of shit they tolerate the hell on earth where they needed most.

Obama all but admires ISIS and their ilk.

You're Liberal my ass.

You just like the idea of tagging your name to great historical Libertarians, not much difference than a Florida urbanite school kids wearing a felt dime store cowboy hat fancying him self a "Cowboy".

6   Dan8267   2015 Sep 28, 1:29pm  

Tenpoundbass says

You're not a Liberal stop IT! ...

Yep, that just about sums up the ability of conservatives to make an actual argument against liberalism. Thanks for proving my point.

7   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Sep 28, 1:36pm  

Dan8267 says

Once again conservatives have to rewrite history. George W. Bush and his administration created ISIS and no amount of revisionist history is going to change that.

Created ISIS and supports the Free Syrian Army, which, if it actually exists, is allied to Al Queda. The way the Gov and Media reports it, you'd think the Free Syrian Army is a bunch of Democratic Freedom Fighters; they're actually Sunni Fundamentalists maybe one notch more moderate than AQ - ie about the same as Saudi Arabia..

8   Tenpoundbass   2015 Sep 28, 1:40pm  

Dan8267 says

Yep, that just about sums up the ability of conservatives to make an actual argument against liberalism.

Oh I thought you just wanted me to call you liar.

1. We are all equal under law. - That is NOT what we are getting in practice. Show me One single Liberal that champions true rights for all and not selective rights for a few.(In practice!)
2. We are a nation of rights, not privileges. - The EPA, IRS, and the DOJ recent case load proves you wrong.
3. The primary, if not sole, purpose of government is the defense of rights. Yes, this includes public property rights, which is why environmental protection is a valid concern of government. now you're repeating your self, but I wont repeat my self
4. There should be no such thing as a victimless crime. ? So every situation is a cause for suspicious behaviors? Every action is a crime? Do you invent crimes where none exists? this isn't an attribute, it's a declaration of Stupidity!
5. Transparency and accountability in government.

unless you got a good loyal AG

9   ja   2015 Sep 28, 1:50pm  

Not that everybody should talk about whatever they feel, but what has to do the article with liberal vs conservatives? It's about sovereignty. Imagine, white liberals and conservatives in the same team voting to form their own state in the rich part of town; saying I don't want to give a dime of my taxes to the poor n**** of the poor part of town.
And imagine that instead of US (20% of GDP on taxes), Europe (45% of GDP on taxes).

No liberal, no conservative.. and specially not progressive

10   Dan8267   2015 Sep 28, 1:53pm  

Tenpoundbass says

1. We are all equal under law. - That is NOT what we are getting in practice. Show me One single Liberal that champions true rights for all and not selective rights for a few.(In practice!)

Me

Tenpoundbass says

2. We are a nation of rights, not privileges. - The EPA, IRS, and the DOJ recent case load proves you wrong.

1. Demonstrate this.
2. Any violations of this principle are violations of the 14th Amendment and should be immediately corrected. Those responsible for the violations should be punished.
3. Violations of this principle do not negate the principle or the importance of always striving to uphold the principle.
4. You have not shown that the principle isn't one worth upholding.

Dan8267 says

3. The primary, if not sole, purpose of government is the defense of rights. Yes, this includes public property rights, which is why environmental protection is a valid concern of government.

Tenpoundbass says

now you're repeating your self, but I wont repeat my self

Demonstrate that item #3 is implied by items 1 or 2. They are not. It's a logic thing. I wouldn't expect you to understand.

But in any case, repeating a point isn't a bad thing anyway.

Dan8267 says

4. There should be no such thing as a victimless crime.

Tenpoundbass says

? So every situation is a cause for suspicious behaviors? Every action is a crime? Do you invent crimes where none exists? this isn't an attribute, it's a declaration of Stupidity!

Your response to #4 is so incoherent and ridiculous I can only assume that you had a brain seizure and started spewing random stuff.

Dan8267 says

5. Transparency and accountability in government.

Tenpoundbass says

unless you got a good loyal AG

I have no idea what you are talking about, but there are NO exceptions to my conviction that transparency and accountability are the cornerstones of good government and apply to all government policies. Feel free to provide even a single example of where I do not believe in transparency and accountability. You will fail at that just as you fail at everything. But hey, prove me wrong. Yes, that is a challenge.

11   Tenpoundbass   2015 Sep 28, 1:57pm  

ja says

saying I don't want to give a dime of my taxes to the poor n**** of the poor part of town.

Welcome aboard racebaiter Hank!

The Rednecks in the poor part of town give that poor N****** next door help every day of the week.
We're the only one's that available at 6pm when the Liberal social services closes at 5pm and the Liberal workers frantically lock the office door and makes a mad dash back out to the swamp some 15 miles west of the shithole they created in the Urban part of the county. They run as fast as they can to the sanctity of their gated community and watch the rest unfold on the 6 Oclock news.
It's the red necks next door yes even the one's with the rebel flag on their trucks. That Ms Wilson the 62 year old neighbor who has 5 grand kids from her daughter from 5 different baby daddy's while the daughter is awal. Ms Wilson has to get medicine for the youngest baby she'll come knocking on Willie Robertsons door for help before she looks up your number in the phone book to disturb your hot tub hour at the community center SPA.

12   Dan8267   2015 Sep 28, 2:00pm  

ja says

Not that everybody should talk about whatever they feel, but what has to do the article with liberal vs conservatives?

The original post had nothing to do with conservatism vs liberalism. However, in the first reply Tenpoundbass spewed the typical and often repeated lies of conservatives about liberals. Today, I decided to take a stand against these petulant and puerile lies.

Of course, conservatives are very stupid people. They think that by repeating a lie ad nauseam, the public will simply accept the lie, and so they are unprepared and incapable of defending the lie when someone with even a micron of intelligence challenges it.

Yes, it is no difficult task to expose the stupidity of these conservatives and hold their feet to the fire, but every once and a while it has to be done to demonstrate to all future generations what absolute morons conservatives are and why no one should ever listen to these village idiots. Anyone who uses the terms liberal or progressive as dirty words is a fool who should garnish no respect. And anyone who follows these fools deserve equal derision.

13   HEY YOU   2015 Sep 28, 5:15pm  

Please don't attack G.W.Bush,Rep/Cons & their voters They are busy trying to wash the blood from their hands from the security failure on 9/11 & the useless deaths of American servicemen in Iraq based on a LIE.

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