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02-05-2014, 03:16 PM
Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.
Ronald Reagan
We could say they are spending like drunken sailors. That would be unfair to drunken sailors, they're spending their OWN money.
Ronald Reagan
R.I.P. Crockspot
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02-05-2014, 06:56 PM
Socialism is not a made up term. It's a term describing a certain economic philosophy and it's a term that's been around for decades if not longer. Calling someone a socialist while pointing out that said person's economic ideals are socialistic is not a term "used to shut down debate". Quite the contrary. Conservatives actually use the term socialism(or communism) to further the debate. For example, take Obamacare(seriously, please take it). Obamacare is a socialistic ideal. It is designed to take money earned by one group and it's distributed to those it deems are in need. That is socialism in a nutshell. To imply that someone is a socialist and you're able to back it up is not there to stifle debate but to broaden it. However, terms such as homophobia, racist, misogynist, war on women, etc are designed to stifle debate by branding someone as a closed minded backward thinking individual. For example, if I were to debate a progressive on abortion and declare that I'm pro life, I will be quickly labeled a misogynist and someone who is against a woman's right to choose. The issue that I believe the life of a child to be sacred won't ever come into the conversation or the merits of allowing a child a chance to live. That is the difference.
Oh, and I'm still waiting for those rights that I get that gays don't.The American Left: Where everything is politics and politics is everything.
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02-05-2014, 07:03 PM
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
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02-05-2014, 08:58 PM
Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.
Ronald Reagan
We could say they are spending like drunken sailors. That would be unfair to drunken sailors, they're spending their OWN money.
Ronald Reagan
R.I.P. Crockspot
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02-05-2014, 11:28 PM
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02-05-2014, 11:47 PM
Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.
Ronald Reagan
We could say they are spending like drunken sailors. That would be unfair to drunken sailors, they're spending their OWN money.
Ronald Reagan
R.I.P. Crockspot
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