 HumanAction
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
 1152 Posts
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:10:13 AM
@patchgrabber: It's possible and I've noticed signs of it *starting* to happen. As much as people hate to admit it, Ron Paul significantly raised awareness regarding Libertarian ideology - especially among younger groups.
That being said, I think the biggest obstacle to Libertarians is... Libertarians. There are too many 'purists' that align more closely with Anarchism than Libertarianism. Limited government does not mean zero government - it simply means handling legislation at the lowest possible level. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5283 Posts
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:12:00 AM
@HA: It's not impossible. One of our major political parties (we have 4, but one is basically exclusively for people from Quebec) was always ranked 3rd or last place for decades until this last federal election, and now they're the main opposition. What you'd need is more organization and support of all your libertarian brethren. |
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 ledzeppeloyd
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2184 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:56:36 PM
oh the irony |
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 Squidbush
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
497 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:00:18 PM
Just to be the devil's advocate nowhere in the article does it say young boys. only minors and last time I checked, girls can be minors too.
So, not necessarily gay, just a pedo. (which seems to be a lesser crime to the anti-gay crowd for some reason.) |
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HumanAction
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1152 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:52:22 PM
@patchgrabber: When the rubber hits the road libertarians usually side with economics over social freedoms.
Very true; wish there was a legitimate (as in, had a chance in hell to win) third party for libertarians. |
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 zombunny
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2524 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:07:52 AM
To the shock of no one. |
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patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5283 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:12:02 AM
So vote republican?!?!
Kind of. When the rubber hits the road libertarians usually side with economics over social freedoms. |
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 MillerM
Female, 30-39, Western US
17 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:04:22 AM
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 Flashpacker
Male, 18-29, Europe
652 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:05:26 AM
God damn son.. since early 80's?
Throw him to the dogs! |
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 Palfas
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
410 Posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:12:19 AM
GOP = clown car politics
Same goes for the Democrats.
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So vote republican?!?! |
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 markust123
Male, 40-49, Western US
3783 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 10:22:56 PM
@An-egg, you might actually want to read the full article when you post a link:
"April Fools. The news article is real but it actually refers to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, not the American Atheists (read the actual news article below )." |
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 bacon_pie
Male, 30-39, Southern US
1974 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 10:08:51 PM
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 Andicicle
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
441 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 9:52:48 PM
Right, so since this is such an anti christian country, we only put out news stories about the Christians molesting children. That's the ticket. So it must be true. John Stewart said it best when he said that all super vocal anti gay evangelicals are closet cases.  |
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 soundman655
Male, 50-59, Canada
955 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 9:38:25 PM
Just another lyin christian |
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 Andrew155
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1069 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 8:54:07 PM
I don't want to be put in a dumb position of defending religious people, so I won't. But you guys really think that democrats and atheists don't molest children? It's confined to conservative, religious Americans?
If that's what you think, I don't know what to say to you. You are too far gone in the land of hackery to salvage. |
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 An-egg
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
726 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 7:59:27 PM
American Atheists has and it upsets them |
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 thelonious
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3200 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 7:51:24 PM
How do you donate to proposition 8? On second thought, I don't want to know the answer. |
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 OutWest
Male, 50-59, Western US
548 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 7:43:08 PM
Religion? again? |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25658 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 7:17:17 PM
Has anyone ever heard of an atheist pedophile?
I'm not trolling the christians. Really?
I've not heard of one, they all seem to be
religious heterosexual males. |
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chuckleboy
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
125 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 7:04:16 PM
BostonKaiser,
I dig where you're coming from, but you're wrong. If somebody knows uncle so-and-so's abusing kids, but that if he goes to jail he'll be raped or worse, they won't speak up. |
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 ScottSerious
Male, 18-29, Western US
5329 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 7:01:27 PM
in my county!?!?! BLARRG!!!!@#!#!@ |
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 Mikeoxsbiggg
Male, 30-39, Canada
724 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 6:54:33 PM
Evil clown car... |
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 bassman56
Male, 50-59, Southern US
156 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 6:33:46 PM
jamie76, where in the linked article does it say anything about him being a Republican? |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 6:20:16 PM
GOP = clown car politics
Same goes for the Democrats. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6354 Posts
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Monday, August 27, 2012 6:07:58 PM
Ah, church. That explains it. |
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