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Puregonzo1188

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18. It's bullshit because you have no idea what anarchism is or what anarchist believe.

Reply to MADem (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 02:54 AM

Jun 2012

Your comparing anarchism to libertarianism is like right wingers calling Obama a socialist or a communist. It's the same concept--people throwing around a word they don't know the meaning of as a pejorative.

How can it be that libertarians hate labor unions and anarchists have been highly active in the labor movement if they're the same? How can libertarians be for free markets and anarchist some of the most militant anti-capitalist if they're the same?

Do you think the Wooblies were the early version of the Tea Party? Do you think Emma Goldman would support Ron Paul if she was alive today? How about Sartre?

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Why I voted for Ron Paul By: Joe Scarborough [View all] Mira Jun 2012 OP

If one cannot see through the smokescreen of libertarian nonsense... MindMover Jun 2012 #1

That's bullshit. I know a lot of anarchist and most of them identify as leftist. Anarchist were very Puregonzo1188 Jun 2012 #3

It's not bullshit. Look at what the cartoon is actually saying. MADem Jun 2012 #9

It's bullshit because you have no idea what anarchism is or what anarchist believe. Puregonzo1188 Jun 2012 #18

From a definition of anarchism..... MindMover Jun 2012 #21

It doesn't matter, at the end of the day. It's the result, not the process. It is two roads to MADem Jun 2012 #22

joe threw his vote in the trash can...congratulations mr scarborough spanone Jun 2012 #2

Perhaps he'll vote for Gary Johnson MagickMuffin Jun 2012 #10

They thought the system was so broken Johonny Jun 2012 #4

Joe came in with Newt--he was part of the Contract On...er, With America crowd. MADem Jun 2012 #11

It's your party, Joe. You and your people made it that way. JHB Jun 2012 #5

Pauline virtues of candor and non-poll-tested conviction?? How about those "virtues" of racism and MADem Jun 2012 #6

A match made in heaven. EFerrari Jun 2012 #7

This is what passes for deep thinking for a tv pundit? FSogol Jun 2012 #8

By definition no thinking person watches that drivel tularetom Jun 2012 #15

I could not have assessed it Mira Jun 2012 #17

If Ron Paul actually ever ran the country, that peanut butter would have sand and bacteria in it. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #12

OMG, I am still laughing..... MindMover Jun 2012 #13

Well said! FSogol Jun 2012 #19

Douchecanoe!! KamaAina Jun 2012 #24

In the legendary words of EarlG nobodyspecial Jun 2012 #14

Haven't said it in a while, so zappaman Jun 2012 #16

Here's hoping we get to hear him whine about Paulbots causing trouble at the GOP convention. tanyev Jun 2012 #20

it shows how full of shit the rest of them are Enrique Jun 2012 #23