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xchrom

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4. always remember -- Progressives were there 1st on those issues.

Reply to B Calm (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 08:27 AM

Oct 2013

we have a much longer history of agitating, thinking, proposing, etc about the war on drugs and civil liberties than they ever will.

centrists like to try and paste 'libertarian' on us -- it's an automatic fail.

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Letter to an Angry Libertarian [View all] xchrom Oct 2013 OP

Libertarianism is utopian bullshit, and I don't have much time for utopians. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #1

Wel said..can't add anything else. fitman Oct 2013 #5

Great letter scarletlib Oct 2013 #2

Only two things I agree with libertarians is B Calm Oct 2013 #3

always remember -- Progressives were there 1st on those issues. xchrom Oct 2013 #4

Mr. Eskow is wrong on one thing Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #6

+1. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #7

it's called producerism--Marxist economics, but with the Angry White Male instead of various workers MisterP Oct 2013 #8