howard112211
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Sun Apr-10-11 10:54 AM
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What bugs me about Libertarians, at least the ones I know, is that they are always complaining about |
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stuff not being arranged according to their needs, despite the claim that taxes are too high and government being too intrusive, and what not.
Look, I could respect this ideology, that everyone should carry their own weight, if the people advocating it were actually willing to walk the walk. I'd respect it from someone who was willing to silently lay down and die because the medical procedure they needed was too expensive for their income, or from someone who didn't complain after the fire department that they didn't want to fund didn't put our their fire.
But most Libertarians I know aren't like that. They complain that the trains are late, that the road signs suck, that the cops didn't arrive in time AND that the welfare state is costing too much. It seems like a lot of them simply suffer from spoiled brat syndrome.
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Sun Apr-10-11 10:55 AM
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1. All Anti or small government people are hypocrites |
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I don't know if they don't know or just choose to ignore how much government actually do for them.
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Sun Apr-10-11 10:56 AM
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2. The Libertarian Theme Song... |
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Sun Apr-10-11 12:58 PM
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Sun Apr-10-11 01:02 PM
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11. Unfortunately I am blocked from viewing that link |
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due to copyright naziism :(
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Sun Apr-10-11 10:58 AM
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Edited on Sun Apr-10-11 10:59 AM by tabatha
Also, it seems to me that most of the Libertarian organizations are bought and paid for by the Kochs, and therefore owe their souls to the Kochs. This is certainly true of one that I knew about sometime ago, and only recently discovered were Koch funded. Explains some of the stupidity (unexpected) coming from that organization.
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Sun Apr-10-11 11:01 AM
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4. Libertarians are just annoying! |
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At least the ones I know. Hell, I have repug family members that bother me less.
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Sun Apr-10-11 11:04 AM
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5. They love entitlements when its THEIR entitlements....... |
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its the chipping for others that sticks in the craw of the libertarians I know.
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Sun Apr-10-11 12:31 PM
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6. I might be interested in their 'meritocracy' if they supported a 100% estate tax |
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(to fulfill their theory the proceeds could be split equally and returned to the people)
until then, they are just full of shit.
Not everyone is born with equal assets and opportunities. For a trust fund baby, or even someone born solidly middle class, to proclaim libertarianism is a fucking joke.
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Sun Apr-10-11 12:40 PM
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7. Spoiled brat syndrome I believe explains their mindsets |
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Sun Apr-10-11 12:56 PM
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8. Libertarianism: Selfishness gussied up as a political philosophy. |
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i stole that from another DUer, please take credit if it was you :hi:
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Sun Apr-10-11 12:59 PM
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10. Yes, they want it all... |
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but they don't want to pay for it. It's magic!
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Sun Apr-10-11 01:05 PM
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13. Libertarians would be the 1st victims in their own world |
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'Be careful what you ask for, ya just might get it' -Fitting with these delusional folks.
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Sun Apr-10-11 01:06 PM
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14. I've never met a Libertarian who hadn't already profited greatly from government spending. |
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They just don't want to help pay for extending the same help to others that they received.
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