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  • Laihendi
     
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    Aljosa23 wrote:

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

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    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    [/QUOTE] Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

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    Laihendi wrote:

    Aljosa23 wrote:

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    You picked three popular Democratic Presidents and derided them, two of which are considered among the top Presidents. I'm not surprised. You may consider yourself a libertarian, but you are just an anti-liberal, just like most ignorant right-wingers.

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    [QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    [/QUOTE] Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    [/QUOTE]

    You picked three popular Democratic Presidents and derided them, two of which are considered among the top Presidents. I'm not surprised. You may consider yourself a libertarian, but you are just an anti-liberal, just like most ignorant right-wingers.

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    Jan 29, 2013 1:46 pm GMT
    Laihendi wrote:
    DroidPhysX wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:
    If you have a problem with Boy Scouts then find a different organization to join or make your own. The Boy Scouts weren't harming anyone but themselves by not letting homosexuals join.
    That's irrelevant to how the free market took twelve years to fix something that could have been settled in 2001.
    There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.

    Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate.
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    [QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Laihendi"] If you have a problem with Boy Scouts then find a different organization to join or make your own. The Boy Scouts weren't harming anyone but themselves by not letting homosexuals join.[/QUOTE] That's irrelevant to how the free market took twelve years to fix something that could have been settled in 2001.[/QUOTE] There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.[/QUOTE] Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate.
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    jimkabrhel wrote:

    Laihendi wrote:

    Aljosa23 wrote:

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    You picked three popular Democratic Presidents and derided them, two of which are considered among the top Presidents. I'm not surprised. You may consider yourself a libertarian, but you are just an anti-liberal, just like most ignorant right-wingers.


    The fact that those people are revered by liberals just proves what I'm saying. And they're only considered top presidents by other liberal statists like them.

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    [QUOTE="jimkabrhel"]

    [QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    [/QUOTE] Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    [/QUOTE]

    You picked three popular Democratic Presidents and derided them, two of which are considered among the top Presidents. I'm not surprised. You may consider yourself a libertarian, but you are just an anti-liberal, just like most ignorant right-wingers.

    [/QUOTE] The fact that those people are revered by liberals just proves what I'm saying. And they're only considered top presidents by other liberal statists like them.
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    DroidPhysX wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:
    DroidPhysX wrote:
    That's irrelevant to how the free market took twelve years to fix something that could have been settled in 2001.
    There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.

    Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate.

    I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.

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    [QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] That's irrelevant to how the free market took twelve years to fix something that could have been settled in 2001.[/QUOTE] There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.[/QUOTE] Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate. [/QUOTE] I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.
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  • DroidPhysX
     
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    Jan 29, 2013 1:50 pm GMT

    >obama

    >liberal

    ROFL

    kingkong0124 wrote:

    I also have NFL players entertaining me right now.

    >obama

    >liberal

    ROFL

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    Jan 29, 2013 1:50 pm GMT
    Laihendi wrote:

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.


    There's always a way in this day and age
    [QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    [/QUOTE] [url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/167253/occupy-wall-street-activists-respond-99-spring#]There's always a way in this day and age[/url]
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    Laihendi wrote:
    DroidPhysX wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:
    There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.

    Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate.

    I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.

    But what if they sh!ttalk their moms?
    [QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Laihendi"] There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.[/QUOTE] Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate. [/QUOTE] I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.[/QUOTE] But what if they sh!ttalk their moms?
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    Jan 29, 2013 1:51 pm GMT

    I wonder if the TC shares the view other libertarians hold, like how multiculturalism is a product of liberals and how we should all be in homogenized groups.

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    I wonder if the TC shares the view other libertarians hold, like how multiculturalism is a product of liberals and how we should all be in homogenized groups.

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  • DroidPhysX
     
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    Jan 29, 2013 1:51 pm GMT
    Laihendi wrote:
    DroidPhysX wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:
    There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.
    Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate.
    I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.


    So that's a yes?
    kingkong0124 wrote:

    I also have NFL players entertaining me right now.

    [QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Laihendi"] There was nothing to fix. They didn't want homosexuals in their organization and there isn't anything wrong with that. Who they let in is their choice to make.[/QUOTE] Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate. [/QUOTE] I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.[/QUOTE] So that's a yes?
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    Jan 29, 2013 1:52 pm GMT

    Laihendi wrote:

    Aljosa23 wrote:

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    *yawn* you mention three presidents, two whom Historians consider in the top 5-10 and the other that's not even Liberal. Somehow that proves all liberals are emotional and irrational. Please go away

    [QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    [/QUOTE] Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    [/QUOTE]*yawn* you mention three presidents, two whom Historians consider in the top 5-10 and the other that's not even Liberal. Somehow that proves all liberals are emotional and irrational. Please go away

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    -Sun_Tzu- wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.


    There's always a way in this day and age

    I have seen interviews where Elijah spoke about the Occupy movement and basically he just thinks it's good that people express their opinions. That doesn't necessarily mean he agrees with them, especially considering that he is one of the 1% himself.

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    [QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    [/QUOTE] [url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/167253/occupy-wall-street-activists-respond-99-spring#]There's always a way in this day and age[/url][/QUOTE] I have seen interviews where Elijah spoke about the Occupy movement and basically he just thinks it's good that people express their opinions. That doesn't necessarily mean he agrees with them, especially considering that he is one of the 1% himself.
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    I bet Elijah Wood is a liberal.

    [/QUOTE]http://www.thenation.com/blog/167253/occupy-wall-street-activists-respond-99-percent-spring#
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    he's a dirty leftist collectivist liberal

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    he's a dirty leftist collectivist liberal

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    Aljosa23 wrote:

    Laihendi wrote:

    Aljosa23 wrote:

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    *yawn* you mention three presidents, two whom Historians consider in the top 5-10 and the other that's not even Liberal. Somehow that proves all liberals are emotional and irrational. Please go away

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

    Please tell me what FDR and JFK did that makes them among the best presidents. Both of their presidencies were disasters.

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    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    [QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    I'd say conservatives use emotion way more. Have you watched FOX News and listened to Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity? All of them use fear tactics to get people to believe them.

    [/QUOTE] Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    [/QUOTE]*yawn* you mention three presidents, two whom Historians consider in the top 5-10 and the other that's not even Liberal. Somehow that proves all liberals are emotional and irrational. Please go away

    [/QUOTE]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

    Please tell me what FDR and JFK did that makes them among the best presidents. Both of their presidencies were disasters.

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    and lets not even get into how much tolkien hated individualism and industry

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    and lets not even get into how much tolkien hated individualism and industry

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    I like Lai
    And I know he's using a wrong American definition of liberal instead of classical liberalism so I'm not offended : >
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    I like Lai And I know he's using a wrong American definition of liberal instead of classical liberalism so I'm not offended : >
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    Laihendi wrote:

    Aljosa23 wrote:

    Laihendi wrote:
    Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    *yawn* you mention three presidents, two whom Historians consider in the top 5-10 and the other that's not even Liberal. Somehow that proves all liberals are emotional and irrational. Please go away

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

    Please tell me what FDR and JFK did that makes them among the best presidents. Both of their presidencies were disasters.


    Well, when FDR took office the country was in a depression, and by the time he died... no more depression. Sounds kinda good to me.
    Laihendi wrote:
    I would rather exhibit traits of a sociopath than an altruist. Many characteristics of sociopathy are actually signs of healthy individuals. Many people mistakenly believe that whatever is normal or common is healthy, and whatever is different/abnormal is unhealthy. Altruism is by consensus healthy simply because it is normal, when in reality it is an irrational and destructive mental illness. The characteristics of sociopathy are mostly healthy and rational but people who exhibit them are considered deranged anyways because they contradict the social norm.
    [QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    [QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

    [QUOTE="Laihendi"] Have you heard FDR, JFK, or Obama speak? Their speeches are always just emotional fluff. There is never anything substantial or thought provoking about them. You can point out at some guy with a microphone and a camera saying stupid stuff, but these are presidents who are renowned for their oratory skills.

    [/QUOTE]*yawn* you mention three presidents, two whom Historians consider in the top 5-10 and the other that's not even Liberal. Somehow that proves all liberals are emotional and irrational. Please go away

    [/QUOTE]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

    Please tell me what FDR and JFK did that makes them among the best presidents. Both of their presidencies were disasters.

    [/QUOTE] Well, when FDR took office the country was in a depression, and by the time he died... no more depression. Sounds kinda good to me.
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    DroidPhysX wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:
    DroidPhysX wrote:
    Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate.
    I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.


    So that's a yes?
    Yes people have a right to discriminate. People have a right to think, form values, and make decisions for themselves.

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    [QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] Oh right. I forgot that libertarians support the right to discriminate. [/QUOTE] I support the right to do whatever they want with their private affairs as long as they aren't coercing anyone into doing things they don't want to do. The Boy Scouts weren't hurting anyone by not letting homosexuals in.[/QUOTE] So that's a yes? [/QUOTE]Yes people have a right to discriminate. People have a right to think, form values, and make decisions for themselves.
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    Laihendi wrote:
    -Sun_Tzu- wrote:
    Laihendi wrote:

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.


    There's always a way in this day and age

    I have seen interviews where Elijah spoke about the Occupy movement and basically he just thinks it's good that people express their opinions. That doesn't necessarily mean he agrees with them, especially considering that he is one of the 1% himself.

    This is more than him saying it's good that people express their opinions - this is him putting his name on a plan to help organize the occupy movement so they can be more effective in carrying out their political goals. And what does him being part of the 1% have to do with anything?
    [QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Laihendi"]

    @Teenaged Elijah has never publicly endorsed a politician/candidate so there is no way of knowing his political orientation.

    [/QUOTE] [url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/167253/occupy-wall-street-activists-respond-99-spring#]There's always a way in this day and age[/url][/QUOTE] I have seen interviews where Elijah spoke about the Occupy movement and basically he just thinks it's good that people express their opinions. That doesn't necessarily mean he agrees with them, especially considering that he is one of the 1% himself.[/QUOTE] This is more than him saying it's good that people express their opinions - this is him putting his name on a plan to help organize the occupy movement so they can be more effective in carrying out their political goals. And what does him being part of the 1% have to do with anything?
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