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this is what the gop has come to
Re: this is what the gop has come to
by The Dharma Bum » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:13 am
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Re: this is what the gop has come to
by The Dharma Bum » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:15 am
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Re: this is what the gop has come to
by Stratego » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:03 am
Sigmund Freud defined four parts of a psyche; the id, the ego, the superego and the stratego. The Stratego being the highest form of morality and scientific thinking.
If guns are not outlawed, the in-laws will have guns.
If guns are not outlawed, the in-laws will have guns.
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Re: this is what the gop has come to
by eynon81 » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:04 am
remember my little blurb about American Exceptionalism? how it can be a scary concept because it's based on all sorts of weird and inaccurate absolutes? that's basically the audience this movie is appealing to.
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY HAVE A POINT.....
You got the Zinns and Ward Churchills of the "college town democrat" faction who basically make the same mistake, having a world view based on all sorts of weird and inaccurate absolutes (often some form of Marxism).
BOTH are complete shit heads because they are working off the flawed premise that there are "good guys" out there, and while there are some decent individuals in this world there are never been a society without it's share of blood guilt, the larger and more ambitious the society often the greater the guilt.
America is a great Liberal Empire, it (and Americans) have done terrible things, however in the greater context of human experience the amazing things out-weighs the terrible things. that's where a society wants to be.
ON THE OTHER HAND THEY HAVE A POINT.....
You got the Zinns and Ward Churchills of the "college town democrat" faction who basically make the same mistake, having a world view based on all sorts of weird and inaccurate absolutes (often some form of Marxism).
BOTH are complete shit heads because they are working off the flawed premise that there are "good guys" out there, and while there are some decent individuals in this world there are never been a society without it's share of blood guilt, the larger and more ambitious the society often the greater the guilt.
America is a great Liberal Empire, it (and Americans) have done terrible things, however in the greater context of human experience the amazing things out-weighs the terrible things. that's where a society wants to be.
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Re: this is what the gop has come to
by John Galt » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:08 am
there were black slave owners in antebellum us
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
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Re: this is what the gop has come to
by eynon81 » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:30 am
indeed, this is dumb and pointless:
A little bit hot though.
A little bit hot though.
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