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Squinch

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10. But I never saw any conversation where someone required that they be called

Reply to JI7 (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 06:28 PM

Sep 2017

anarchists and someone else refused.

There is really weird shit going on around here. And a lot of it is in the form of, "Why do people on DU refuse to X?" when "X" was never a topic that was discussed. Or "Why do people say (Y Democratic value) also has to mean (Z example of bigotry)" when no one ever equated the two.

It seems like this kind of thing is being used a lot.

I think of them as the "when did you stop beating your wife?" OPs. They make me suspicious.

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Why the Unwillingness to Call Them (Trumpettes) Anarchists? [View all] Roy Rolling Sep 2017 OP

Who refused to call them anarchists? What prompted this? Squinch Sep 2017 #1

Where have they been labeled "anarchists"? Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #2

No, I'm not surprised. I haven't seen them called poopy heads either. Why do Squinch Sep 2017 #3

What? Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #9

Your OP accuses DU of a bizarre "unwillingness" about a topic has not been discussed here before, Squinch Sep 2017 #11

You are saying things that aren't there Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #13

Because they're not anarchists, perhaps. QC Sep 2017 #4

That's correct, they are not anarchists marylandblue Sep 2017 #6

Or they're useful tools for those who want to do such things. QC Sep 2017 #7

Because They Aren't Anarchists Leith Sep 2017 #5

anarchists hate government because it oppresses the poor DBoon Sep 2017 #16

Because they aren't JI7 Sep 2017 #8

But I never saw any conversation where someone required that they be called Squinch Sep 2017 #10

Don't participate then Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #14

And a dopey one. And FYI I'll participate where I choose. Squinch Sep 2017 #17

They *are* anarchists, from top to bottom Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #12

They want hyper-controlled borders, and a pumped-up military; they want authoritarian police muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #18

Thanks for your reasoned reply Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #19

they might be nihilists DBoon Sep 2017 #15

Agreed Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #20