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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts) Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:24 AM Oct 2014

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Remember when Lyndon LaRouche wanted to quarantine all the AIDS patients?

What a dick that guy was.

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Remember when Lyndon LaRouche wanted to quarantine all the AIDS patients? (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 OP

Or is. Not sure if he's still alive. Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 #1

AFAIK, he is. And his followers are still harrassing people, mainly Democrats. freshwest Oct 2014 #7

Is. He's still alive and kicking at 92 Warpy Oct 2014 #2

Only the good die young (see Kissinger, MacNamara et. al.). n/t nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #3

Remember when Lyndon Johnson said (paraphrasing) "For all I know Our Boys were shooting at Whales." cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #4

Johnson actually supported laws which gave freedom and support to poor and minorities JI7 Oct 2014 #10

Kind of depressing that a lot of DU seems to agree with LaRouche Fumesucker Oct 2014 #5

Yup. Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 #6

Yeah. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #12

and it's even easier for people to become informed JI7 Oct 2014 #13

Where? treestar Oct 2014 #14

You would have back then Fumesucker Oct 2014 #15

I was around back then treestar Oct 2014 #17

it seems like all the larouche people have turned into supporters of the Pauls JI7 Oct 2014 #8

No surprise there. When LaRouche croaks, they're going to have to find another nut to latch on to. Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 #9

Yup remember it well madokie Oct 2014 #11

I still have the letter to the Editor jen63 Oct 2014 #16

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

1. Or is. Not sure if he's still alive.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:24 AM

Oct 2014

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

7. AFAIK, he is. And his followers are still harrassing people, mainly Democrats.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 03:27 AM

Oct 2014

Warpy

(111,428 posts)

2. Is. He's still alive and kicking at 92

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:32 AM

Oct 2014

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)

3. Only the good die young (see Kissinger, MacNamara et. al.). n/t

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:37 AM

Oct 2014

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

4. Remember when Lyndon Johnson said (paraphrasing) "For all I know Our Boys were shooting at Whales."

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:40 AM

Oct 2014

Don't talk to me about dicks. I lost one Hero (Uncle) literally, and one Hero (Uncle) figuratively.

Politicians are dicks.

JI7

(89,285 posts)

10. Johnson actually supported laws which gave freedom and support to poor and minorities

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 03:31 AM

Oct 2014

but the vietnam war does hurt his record.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

5. Kind of depressing that a lot of DU seems to agree with LaRouche

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:43 AM

Oct 2014

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

6. Yup.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:45 AM

Oct 2014

NutmegYankee

(16,204 posts)

12. Yeah.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 05:25 AM

Oct 2014

I see now that fear really is the most powerful human emotion.

JI7

(89,285 posts)

13. and it's even easier for people to become informed

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #12)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 05:29 AM

Oct 2014

even on TV which plays up fear you will see the doctors and others with science background saying one thing and it's mostly politicians who are saying the opposite.

yet people can't seem to figure out who they should believe. or even just a simple article .

treestar

(82,383 posts)

14. Where?

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 05:58 AM

Oct 2014

Who on DU has said that about AIDS?

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

15. You would have back then

Reply to treestar (Reply #14)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 06:11 AM

Oct 2014

Just as big a stupid freakout over Ebola as over AIDS back in the day, ready to quarantine people over ignorant fears.

treestar

(82,383 posts)

17. I was around back then

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #15)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 09:23 AM

Oct 2014

And I didn't.

Still no one on D U today who has said any such thing.

JI7

(89,285 posts)

8. it seems like all the larouche people have turned into supporters of the Pauls

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 03:28 AM

Oct 2014

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

9. No surprise there. When LaRouche croaks, they're going to have to find another nut to latch on to.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #8)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 03:31 AM

Oct 2014

madokie

(51,076 posts)

11. Yup remember it well

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 03:58 AM

Oct 2014

jen63

(813 posts)

16. I still have the letter to the Editor

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 08:58 AM

Oct 2014

that I wrote to the paper in my very conservative town. I was 22 or so and they set up shop in front of our Post Office. I was appalled and tried to shame people with facts as I saw many giving money to his campaign. He was running for POTUS of course. He's a true wack job.

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