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freshwest

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29. They consider themselves educated. Eugenics employed the now discredited 'science' of phrenology.
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 01:55 PM
Sep 2014

The CSA made what they thought were scientific claims of the innate inferiority of blacks and women to participate in government. They said, as conservatives have continued to say, that liberals are insane for opposing God's plan and the Laws of Nature (you know, like Gravity).

Read the following links to see where they came to think this way:

Confederate philosophy, read the dreck (emboldening font mine) and weep

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014260932#post149

Scratch them on their Libertarian side, and you will find them adoring ancient philosophers from societies that just so happened to be built on the backs of slaves. The same place the CSA, TPs, Constitutional Party, etc. got their brainy talk. It's actually much worse than what the CSA said:

Ancient Greece and Rome were built on slavery and ruled by a leisure class who talked a lot

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/11877483#post5

This is what I learned when I tried to reason online with these goons over the years. They feel very secure in their own version of reality. it works for them, actually. It gives them a rationale for their mistreatment of laborers. And it gives them cover to use terrorism to run people off their land or take their property, as an excuse that enriches them. It's not all what we define as hate. It's greed draped uner a flag and family and God.

When all else fails, they tell you that you should be killed off as a danger to 'their' country. Some CTers ascribe to this way of thinking, too, but use different terms. And one more here:

Okay, I will quit after this

http://metamorphosis.democraticunderground.com/11877483#post7


Holy Shit They Finally Got Him sharp_stick Sep 2014 #1
I'd say Boehner will employ a sub-lackey, being a Koch lackey himself. freshwest Sep 2014 #4
Ack! Teaghazi!!!!1!! tanyev Sep 2014 #2
Yes, indeed! Articles say he even goes into the Temple of Caffeine, Starbucks, and orders Tea! freshwest Sep 2014 #7
It's even worse!!! Wait Wut Sep 2014 #3
Yes! He only cares about the black side of himself! That's why he's divisive and unfit to lead. freshwest Sep 2014 #10
Amirite, oh yes ya are! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #14
And not he-man women haters, either! They told me so! freshwest Sep 2014 #15
Tough Guys, love it! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #16
Those last two pictures... Just imagine the horrors they have seen, Sheshe. While the GOP fiddles... freshwest Sep 2014 #18
I do. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #36
I can't tell you how difficult this was for me to process. Wait Wut Sep 2014 #28
They consider themselves educated. Eugenics employed the now discredited 'science' of phrenology. freshwest Sep 2014 #29
Wish I could've been there to see it. Bet you were great. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #30
Now the coffee industry is going to go bankrupt SummerSnow Sep 2014 #5
That goes well with your sig line SummerSnow. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #9
Oh, My Gawd! President Blackenstein just destroyed America! freshwest Sep 2014 #11
That would be a great idea. Since the original core of my own place was an 1848 slave cabin, IrishAyes Sep 2014 #31
He's hiding the fact that hes a Chai drinker, obviously! Anansi1171 Sep 2014 #6
Exactly! Now we know TheTruth©! freshwest Sep 2014 #12
Oh the horror! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #8
LOL!@ 'Real men... just chew on the coffee beans!' freshwest Sep 2014 #13
Great writing doesn't need a sarcasm symbol. And I must agree with you IrishAyes Sep 2014 #32
If I had been drinking tea or coffee sheshe2 Sep 2014 #34
Oh my god! JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #17
It gets worse! A leap into the unknown! freshwest Sep 2014 #19
Well, I'm a tea drinker myself. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #20
Why do you hate America?!!!11!!!! freshwest Sep 2014 #22
I just can't stand the bitter taste of coffee. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #23
I don't like it either, which is why I only put a little bit of coffee in the creamer!!! freshwest Sep 2014 #24
That's one way to do it. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #25
You never wandered Beale (?) St. in NOLA, getting buzzed on Mississippi Mud, otherwise known as IrishAyes Sep 2014 #35
Nope, never. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2014 #37
That's no excuse! IrishAyes Sep 2014 #33
It must be Kenyan coffee treestar Sep 2014 #21
SWINGS! elleng Sep 2014 #26
Those are great pictures of President Obama. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #27
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