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Fumesucker

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7. Tote-baggers

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 10:07 AM

Oct 2012

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/11/30/where-is-my-motivation/

When I discuss the American political scene with tote-baggers, the notion they resist the most is that we should question our Galtian and Village overlords’ underlying motivations. When I tell them, for example, that the establishment wants to cut Social Security and Medicare simply because they enjoy fucking the middle-class over, they tell me I am insane. When I ask them what other motivation there could be for replacing a reasonably efficient government health-care system with a less efficient private health care system, they have no answer.

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Politics brings out true depth of Facebook 'friending' [View all] n2doc Oct 2012 OP

I've been unfriended landolfi Oct 2012 #1

He's right davidpdx Oct 2012 #2

Obviously the truth lies somewhere between right leaning moderate centrism and far right nutjobbery Fumesucker Oct 2012 #3

I particularly like the "extremes of both sides" bull. Darth_Kitten Oct 2012 #5

Tote-baggers Fumesucker Oct 2012 #7

I just hide any... meaculpa2011 Oct 2012 #4

I don't, but then again, there's nothing I ever really disagree with. Darth_Kitten Oct 2012 #6

I was unfriended in a nasty skirmish Generic Other Oct 2012 #8

That kind of thing always amazes me. noamnety Oct 2012 #9

well I did mention the psychiatric help part to him Generic Other Oct 2012 #11

What does the data that Facebook collects after about 1 year of "membership" look like? green for victory Oct 2012 #10