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Summer Hathaway

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Reply to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:12 AM

Oct 2012

"There's an Occupy group on FB that argues that a Romney administration will bring about a revolutionary moment faster and that people should thus vote for Romney (in order to speed up the revolution)."

Yeah, sounds like a plan - a plan conjured up by people who think a 'revolution' would be totally cool, and like the people will rise up and change the world overnight, and it will all be like so fuckin' great, and everyone will have jobs and be happy, and like ..."

Jesus wept.

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Please help me counter some poor reasoning: why is the idea [View all] coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 OP

... Summer Hathaway Oct 2012 #1

As I recall, the counter to this argument is that you can't move forward by coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #2

Because the damage a Romney administration would do Freddie Oct 2012 #3

Actually, we had a "revolution" about 150 years ago (at least as historians coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #4

The problem is that chaos benefits authoritarians, strangely enough. freshwest Oct 2012 #5

I hope there are as many on the right who vote for Obama to bring the Apocalypse sooner (in their progree Oct 2012 #6

What was surprising is that the thread belongs to a fairly committed member of Occupy Los Angeles coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #7

Sounds like "vote for Nader and teach the Dems a lesson" logic Freddie Oct 2012 #8

Actually, I think the logic is closer to "Romney will make things so bad that coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #10

It's poor reasoning because I can't really think of a single instance... Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #9

The position struck me as somewhat jejune, but I was at a loss as to coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #14

First, revolutions are chaotic and unpredictable quaker bill Oct 2012 #11

Wonderful reply. Would it be OK with you if I copy and paste liberally into coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #16

An Iranian friend of mine said that what takes 500 years to advance civilization to modernity lunatica Oct 2012 #12

Another wonderful reply. Would it be OK if I cite you (and your friend) on the coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #17

I always thought her words were very wise lunatica Oct 2012 #18

47% of the country would blame President Obama ... dawg Oct 2012 #13

"It's a trick...get an axe." n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #15