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Diclotican

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18. Stuckinthebush

Reply to Stuckinthebush (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 01:01 PM

Jul 2012

Stuckinthebush

Ayn Rand and "objectivism" poisoned the conservative base to its core.. I remember the 1990s, when Objectism was one of the favorites on my school mostly for the conservatives who was rather loud about the smart ideas around Objectism.. And tried their best to convince me - on the other side of the spectrum - I was a Socialist then - even though as age comes it have been tempered a lot, I'm still reorganize myself as a solid social-democrat - left leaning as few. But it was interesting to have the discussions about it all then - and I learned a lot about ideology - and where I wanted to stand in many issues...

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A political party descends rapidly into moral insanity [View all] phantom power Jul 2012 OP

All courtesy of Fox and right wing agenda led by their leader Rush kimbutgar Jul 2012 #1

courtesy kardonb Jul 2012 #16

Well I suspected that Republicans all went insane around the same time. Kalidurga Jul 2012 #2

Well said, Kali, and it's even sadder when the crazies Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #7

Someone was telling me yesterday that we should just TAKE Iraq's & Afghanistan's land, make it ours. patrice Jul 2012 #3

"kick their ass and take their gas" phantom power Jul 2012 #4

Technical note: I think you mean 'stalemate' (in the sense of a draw) and coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #6

Oh! of course I do. Thanks for the catch! patrice Jul 2012 #8

When we speak out, we free others to speak for themselves. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #24

It was a polite enough exchange. I'm not sure I changed his mind much, but I wasn't really trying to patrice Jul 2012 #25

could it be that as the party dwindles, the ones most likely to continue to self-ID as Republicans KurtNYC Jul 2012 #5

That, and they are hanging around with America's fascist version of Libertarianism and, I know there patrice Jul 2012 #9

Outdated data. OnyxCollie Jul 2012 #12

I first encountered this mentality personally while working coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #10

I went a couple of rounds with my old boss on this very subject HillWilliam Jul 2012 #15

Ayn Rand and Objectivism Stuckinthebush Jul 2012 #11

Stuckinthebush Diclotican Jul 2012 #18

Poisoned Stuckinthebush Jul 2012 #23

The GOP EnviroBat Jul 2012 #13

MUST be because elleng Jul 2012 #14

phantom power Diclotican Jul 2012 #17

80 years - 3 or 4 generations - that's about how long it takes to forget phantom power Jul 2012 #19

phantom power Diclotican Jul 2012 #21

Compassionate conservativism deutsey Jul 2012 #20

That Term Is So 2007... Dirty Socialist Jul 2012 #22

Actually, it's so 2000 deutsey Jul 2012 #26

like fiscal conservatism Skittles Jul 2012 #28

"Promote the general welfare..." Skraxx Jul 2012 #27