Communism on DU?

[Guaranteed]

Have you ever seen any communism or communists on DU? It seems to me that it's a shadowy, underlying problem that's really not being addressed. It starts out as progressivism, you know, then moves on to socialism, and, before you know it, there's a bunch of commies running all over the place, stealing everyone's hard earned money, spying, and even forming unions.

I realize that most of us here at DU are good, stand up Americans, but communism comes in many forms. It's often very, very hard to detect, so we have to be extra-vigilant about this. Definitely yell if you see one, and don't be afraid to turn in anyone that shows signs of perhaps being a communist.

For those of you who might be feeling slightly guilty about this, it might be time to do some soul-searching. Feel free to PM me if you want to confess.

[NeonLX]

1. Ummm...I willingly gave money to a panhandler once. Does that count?

nt

[bemildred]

2. LOL. Yup, they are everywhere, lurking and spying and stuff. nt

[Loonman]

3. Communism starts in the home

nt

[leftofthedial]

4. not unions!

say it ain't so!

[Guaranteed]

17. LOL you picked up on that

;)

[leftofthedial]

29. first the unions

then they reinstate overtime pay

next thing you know, they'll want medical benefits

and paid vacations, like they were the resident or something!

[LeftofU]

5. I once bought from a co-op. Does that make me a commie?

Like my dad always said.

[BOSSHOG]

6. I have in my hand

a list of DUers who have professed allegiance to the communist party.

[ET Awful]

7. I plan on naming my next pet Comrade, or is that going too far? :)

[LittleApple81]

8. You know that RW do not understand satire or sarcasm? I

can see their using your post to say that we are all a bunch of
commies over here. LOL

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

11. If they can see that, hopefully they see this:

FUCK OFF YOU MOTHERFUCKING FASCIST, TRAITOROUS PIECES OF DOGSHIT!!!! :argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke::argh::nuke:

[ohiosmith]

9. Everyone on DU is a Commie except you and me. And I'm not sure about you.

[PartyPooper]

10. I hate fascist Bu$h!

Does that count as communism?

:D

[IronLionZion]

12. of course it does

didn't you know we're all a munch of commie traitors? The wrong wing said so, so it must be true!

[PartyPooper]

48. As a kid, I think I watched far too many episodes of "I Led Three Lives".

Who knew that would turn me into a "commie"?!?

:evilgrin:

[cspiguy]

13. what's wrong with communists? communism has never really been tried.

or so said my professor.

[smiley_glad_hands]

14. Sure there may be some of that here but there is a scale

between communism and capitalism---neither one of them capable of supporting a society in there purest forms. I personally think most people here and for our nation as a whole lie somewhere in between. Just my opinion.

15. my mirror is in the bathroom, not next to the computer

so the answer is no.

actually, I'm a marxist-lennonist

[deutsey]

16. Is DU breeding Bolsheviks?

Or maybe check your bathroom?



"This was an actual Scott Tissue ad for their paper towels that appeared in a magazine in the 1920s, the period in which the "Red Scare" was sweeping the United States. Talk about using scare tactics to promote a product -- i.e. if you don't provide Scott Tissues, no telling what your disgruntled employees are thinking and doing!"
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~swooldri/bolsheviks.html

[sendero]

18. I propose we ban the word "communist"

It is a hurtful word only used to denigrate Marxists.

[HereSince1628]

19. Communism...is that that wife swapping stuff from the '50's???

Or is it that LSD-licking crap from the lat 60's?

Or is it that employee-owned stupidity from the '70's?

Or is it that absolute turn the country upside down BS that the Nazarene promoted in Jerusalem? I hope all those pinko-perianalists get, well not the same but at least what they deserve!

<sarcasm off, now>

[catmandu57]

20. Well lets see,

I fed the poor, gave money to down and out people, I belonged to a union when I could work. Advocated for living wages, I don't know that I might be a commie.

[thebigidea]

21. please watch out for communists

http://www.terminalproduct.com/bioterror.rm

[Misinformed01]

22. I married one...a sneaky, subversive DUer

Just so I could keep my eye on him.

Sneaky damned Socialist types......

I will let you know what he is up to....do you need a monthly report?

Stephanie

[Misinformed01]

38. Oh that's just GREAT! Now my cover is blown.

Thanks honey. Now how am I supposed to recruit wavering DU'ers? The mods will be watching me! Worse yet the Centrists will probably cancel their subscription to my secretly subversive weekly paper, then how will I finance the damned Revolution?!

Remember my list, yes that one, yeah? Well you're REALLY close to making it!


EDIT! The silly commie posted under his glorious mate's DU name...DRAT!

[Serenity-NOW]

23. I confess

I've been to Cuba and I LIKED it! Well except sometimes the mangos were a bit stringy. Oh dear.

[Guaranteed]

24. Good. Now, to be cleansed, you must be flogged.

Here's your bunny suit:

[Serenity-NOW]

27. I think I can stand the peril

Please let me have just a little peril?

[FlaGranny]

26. You must not have had REAL communist mangoes.

Real commie mangoes aren't stringly.

[markses]

25. A spectre is haunting DU!

The spectre of communism. All the forces of old liberalism have joined into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre...

I see communism on DU. I do communism on DU. Check the sig line! ;-)

47. guatarri and negri, yes!

lethal combination & that book is only about 75 pages

[MichaelHarris]

28. Whats next?

Are you now ar have you ever been.........

[leftyandproud]

30. a little communism never hurt anyone :) *NT*

[bigbillhaywood]

31. The CPUSA always votes Democrat

I realize this post is satire, but I wanted to mention that the Communist Party, USA has had a long-standing policy for its members to support Democrats. They also support the Million Mom March. I always thought it was funny that Communists support such "radicals" as Bill Clinton, and support gun control-- I mean Lenin wasn't exactly a pacifist.

40. CPUSA isn't communist

They don't even try anymore.

[bigbillhaywood]

42. I guess I'd agree with that

[bigbillhaywood]

32. By the way, the floggings will continue...that's from a Russian

concentration camp joke. Right? What's the joke again? Russians and their concentration camp jokes, I guess losing over 20 million people to the Nazis in battle and in the camps gives them a dark sense of humor.

[Guaranteed]

34. I thought it was Monty Python...

but I suppose it could have been the Russians.

For the first couple of months I had the full quote, which is "The floggings will continue until morale improves." But then I thought it was even funnier when I cut it down/changed it to its present form. :)

Thanks for noticing. I love my sig.

[bigbillhaywood]

35. Maybe Monty Python got it from the Russians

[Guaranteed]

36. Very well could be nt

[dogman]

33. I was trained by communists

All the nuns lived in a common house, gave up material possessions and shared their work load. They even wore a common uniform. Also they preached about helping your fellow man. What's more they followed the lead of St. Francis and respected animal life. I fortunately have since learned the value of a dollar.

[TahitiNut]

37. They're sapping the vital juices of DU!

They're polluting the purity of our essence as good, God-fearing Americans. They're in the schools trying to corrupt our children. They're going door-to-door during the daytime attempting to seduce our wives and mothers. They're behind every tree (but not Bushes, of course) waiting to spring upon us. They're out to destroy our way of life. They're actually claiming that ordinary workers deserve more pay than the owners of the factories! How dare they!

[Guaranteed]

39. ROFL oh man

what was that line? Something about our precious bodily fluids?

[TahitiNut]

44. Ask General Ripper ...

He doesn't avoid women ... be he denies them his essense. Wise man, that General Jack D. Ripper. Uh-huh.




Better still, listen to the master's words ...
http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/gfloren/ripper.wav

[Blue_Tires]

46. Nineteen forty-six!!!!

We need a man of Ripper's vision to lead us through this crisis!!!


General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.

Group Captain Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.

Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?

Mandrake: Aye, no, no. I don't Jack.

Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? Its incredibly obvious isn't it. A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first...become...well, develop this theory?

Ripper: Well, I, uh...I...I...first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.

Mandrake: Hmm.

Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue...a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I...I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.

Mandrake: Hmm.

Ripper: I can assure you that it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh...women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake.

Mandrake: No.

Ripper: But I...I do deny them my essence.

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and a couple more quotes for the road:
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Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenseau once said about war?

Mandrake: No, I don't think I do, sir, no.

Ripper: He said that war was too important to be left up to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought.

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General Jack D. Ripper: Your Commie has no regard for human life. Not even his own.

[0007]

41. Does reading Das Capital make 'ya commie?

Ain't read it all, but enough to know what it is all about.

[fishnfla]

43. *gulp* our dog, she, um, er, well, she wears a pink collar!

But, she's a girl dog (cant say that "other word" for female dogs, I think)and shes a fine golden retriever, which is a republican brand of dog.

and her name is not *stalin* geeez.....

[mouse7]

45. Next thing these commies will do is expect billionaires to pay taxes

God damn commies can take their Walmart-taxing asses and burn in hell with the rest of the UnAmerican degenerates.