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LuvNewcastle

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5. American libertarians look like anarchists, but really they are fascists.

Reply to Harmony Blue (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 29, 2013, 10:25 AM

Sep 2013

They're too deluded to understand that you can't get rid of government. We can either have a government led by people we elect or one by people who are not elected (corporations). It's one or the other, so anyone who wants to do away with the government we have is essentially a fascist.

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Delay the ACA for a year? What are these Anarchists thinking? [View all] 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 OP

Anarchists is exactly the right term. Squinch Sep 2013 #1

It is not fair to call them anarchists Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #2

I call people who fight to destroy Government exactly what they are 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #3

American libertarians look like anarchists, but really they are fascists. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #5

We already have a government... bunnies Sep 2013 #13

They're terrified of the voter registration that's included on the application for subsidies. MrsKirkley Sep 2013 #4

Not anarchists. Corporate oligarchists. backscatter712 Sep 2013 #6

Its funny, a boys 'car book' that I read as a child said exactly the same thing. 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #8

They want to get by the 2014 mid-term elections. They're afraid people will LIKE the ACA. n/t Fla Dem Sep 2013 #7

You nailed it meow2u3 Sep 2013 #10

Ding ding we have a winner n/t malaise Sep 2013 #12

There will be no delay. andtheBeast Sep 2013 #9

We've got a couple of them here too! n/t durablend Sep 2013 #11