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Ken Burch

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4. The country they import from is "China", not "Communist China"

Reply to earthside (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 09:43 PM

Nov 2013

What the Chinese regime does has nothing whatsoever to do with the ideas of Marx and Engels. the "Communist Party" there is full of millionaires, and the streets of the large cities teem with both luxury hotels and the homeless. And the foreign policy of China is not driven by proletarian internationalism, but by good old right-wing nationalism(and Mandarin-supremacist nationalism at that).

Please don't use Cold War rhetoric, especially rhetoric that wasn't even accurate DURING the Cold War.

Neither genuine socialism nor genuine communism has happened anywhere yet.

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Since Hobby Lobby is so concerned about abortion, why do they get the goods from China, who has... [View all] warrior1 Nov 2013 OP

Oh, snap! /nt frazzled Nov 2013 #1

Because pandering to the Right Wing is more profitable ... zbdent Nov 2013 #2

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Nov 2013 #9

Capital 'H' is not for Hobby, it is for Hypocrite. earthside Nov 2013 #3

The country they import from is "China", not "Communist China" Ken Burch Nov 2013 #4

You are missing the intended irony. earthside Nov 2013 #7

it's a one party state, a dictatorship...that doesn't MEAN it's communist. Ken Burch Nov 2013 #20

All fine points, but when it comes to slapping self-righteous RWrs with their own rhetoric... JHB Nov 2013 #22

I understand your intent. Ken Burch Nov 2013 #23

Why indeed? 3catwoman3 Nov 2013 #5

it's worse, they are concerned about CONTRACEPTIVES!!!!! spanone Nov 2013 #6

Sounds like they need a good old-fashioned American boycott warrior1 Nov 2013 #8

+1000000000000000000000000000000000 SoapBox Nov 2013 #15

R#11 & K n/t UTUSN Nov 2013 #10

they only care about white babies being aborted Heather MC Nov 2013 #11

But the Hobby Lobby does good! Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #12

What about Viagra? SoapBox Nov 2013 #13

It's always about the bottom line and power over people. WowSeriously Nov 2013 #14

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Because self righteousness CFLDem Nov 2013 #17

kick warrior1 Nov 2013 #18

they just want americans whom work for them to have biblical third world health care dembotoz Nov 2013 #19

good point. nt Sheri Nov 2013 #21