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I am a left social libertarian
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  • Is this racist?

    +14 raves Oh, they'll claim that it's not. The only thing that they consider to be racist is someone callin... Oh, they'll claim that it's not. The only thing that they consider to be racist is someone calling them racist. They've twisted the meaning of the word into something as perversely distorted as their own view of the world, to them, tying someone to a tree, dousing them in kerosene, dropping a match and screaming "nigger" repeatedly is actually less racist, less racist by far, than calling someone who posts a hateful image a racist.

    They back this statement with their own words, as well.     (more)

  • Why do communists and some socialists want to redist... Why do communists and some socialists want to redistribute the wealth of successful people and use it to help middle-class and poverty-level families? (more)

    +13 raves Seems relatively simple. There are different strains of communism and socialism both in name and ... Seems relatively simple. There are different strains of communism and socialism both in name and in practice, but for whichever set of ideological reasons, these groups of people find reason in maintaining a basic standard of living for the entire populace and believe that it is the job of the government to do so.

    Totally generic answer because much of socialism in actual practice varies from thinly-veiled fascism to the sort of Social Democracy that exists here in the United States. If you disagree with my categorization, I'll accept Corporate Oligarchy as an alternate descriptor with no examples required.

    Point being, at base, that wealth pools up at one end of the spectrum. If the point is to redistribute the wealth, it's the people at the top end of the wealth vector who get penalized the most - in a place like the United States, where this group of people also have enjoyed the market freedoms that allow them to profit the most, it seems a relatively safe idea.

    But it's not just communists and socialists who support these ideas, many people who have no declared political stripe or interest, people who would never post here, believe in this same idea, they accept it as being sensible and reasonable. You can reasonably assert that the police and fire departments in this country started out as state-sanctioned gangs and that in some states, they still operate as such, essentially, fair enough, but from a less selective perspective: people do, in general believe that there should be police and fire departments, who, as individuals are middle-class and poverty-level people, and who are paid by the state's taxation on the people.

    If the discussion turns to Welfare and food stamps, the two or three percent of the federal and state budgets that AFDC costs turn out to have actually been for years on all curves prior to the economic collapse, I'd suggest that these average people believe that providing these things to those who would go without is, for all intents, state-funded humanitarian aid here is the United States. Yes, there is a culture of abuse and an entitlement mentality among certain subsets of the people who receive these aids, but it's only a subset, not the average.

    But really, you have to be more specific. There are many strains of socialism and communism, differing reasons for reaching some of the same conclusions. Cynically, here in the United States, what I see is economic fascism at war with itself, the reality of 24 hour strip malls and late-night infomercials, the old face of fascism in this country being pulled away like a mask in some of the public's perception, and being replaced with a vision that is of totalitarianism - it's called many things here on SH, communism, socialism, marxism, fascism, but these terms have been rendered meaningless as a result of indiscriminate misuse and simple abuse. It's totalitarianism that people are being led to see, and again, cynically, I still see corporate interests at play.     (more)

  • Army Killer yelled " Allah Akbar" during killing spr... Army Killer yelled " Allah Akbar" during killing spree! Are you surprised another terrorist attack happened under Obama watch? (more)

    +30 raves How sad it is that you would use the senseless and horrific deaths of our servicemen as baseless ... How sad it is that you would use the senseless and horrific deaths of our servicemen as baseless fodder for a political attack. (more)

  • Obamanomics: GDP increases for first time since '08.... Obamanomics: GDP increases for first time since '08. BEA.gov chart (more)

    +8 raves Who gave you a down-rave?

  • Man shot three times in street by racist gunman - fo... Man shot three times in street by racist gunman - for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt (more)

    +13 raves Sounds like a Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh fan.

  • Fox News’ attacks on the Obama White House ‘have bee... Fox News’ attacks on the Obama White House ‘have been occurring since January 20.’ (more)

    +15 raves It's sad that after 9 months of being on the receiving end of this sort of unapologetic verbal ab... It's sad that after 9 months of being on the receiving end of this sort of unapologetic verbal abuse and intentional misdirection that when the white house finally responds and calls Fox News out for what it is, that the Fox News audience has been mentally tenderized and marinated so thoroughly by the media that they choose to consume that they insist that this battle was started by the white house and act as if they are shocked and surprised. (more)

  • When all of Obama's socialist agenda is in place wil... When all of Obama's socialist agenda is in place will there be a purge of the capitalists or will "re-education camps" suffice? I am counting on "kinder gentler" liberal jailers in my gulag. (more)

    +9 raves What an ignorant and stupid question this is. Plus: you're a sock.

  • When You Read The Constitution, Does It Give You Hop... When You Read The Constitution, Does It Give You Hope, Or Do You See It As An Unreachable Ideal Of Philosophy? (more)

    +12 raves I see the Constitution as a set of guidelines that are very specific in their intent of preservin... I see the Constitution as a set of guidelines that are very specific in their intent of preserving a certain set of freedoms and ideals for this country, while at the same time being a flexible framework that allows us as a nation to to appropriate and use ideas that are either newly-formed or appropriated from elsewhere.

    It's this flexibility and the built-in tension between the authority and power of state versus federal government that creates hope for an ever-improving standard of living and governance in this country.

    It's a set of guidelines, it creates boundaries, but within those guidelines and boundaries, individual states have the ability to experiment and attempt to better the lives of their own population, try new ways of governing, use budgets and authority in ways that differ from other states.

    Hopefully, as the nation as a whole learns from these experiments and history, the "best practices" can be adopted by more states, or prescribed by the federal government itself.

    It's not a perfect document, and the way that it was written indicates that the writers of it recognized it's lack of perfection and therefore wrote it not as a static, fixed set of rules, but as a system of thought that can evolve and change over time, as required by circumstances, without becoming outmoded, outdated or inapplicable.     (more)

  • First they came for Rush Limbaugh

    +3 raves Rush should try again, but with a group of investors who can sympathize with his viewpoint. Rush should try again, but with a group of investors who can sympathize with his viewpoint.

    rush group investors sympathize viewpoint     (more)

  • Workers Will Pay More for Health Care

    +9 raves "No matter what happens with health-care reform this fall, employees should expect to pay more fo... "No matter what happens with health-care reform this fall, employees should expect to pay more for health insurance in 2010 -- especially with co-pays and deductibles."

    Pretty much says it all.     (more)
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