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nomorenomore08

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7. It's the same old "I don't care if it doesn't affect me" syndrome. Sad but not uncommon.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 11:35 PM

Mar 2015

'More common are the ones who engage in "whataboutery" such as other issues being "more important" or "economic rights over civil rights."'

Little do they realize that, to a large extent, civil and economic rights are inseparable from one another. This is also one of the fatal flaws of the modern "libertarian" movement.

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My heart feels like it has broken a little bit - re Indiana [View all] JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 OP

Plain evil Cary Mar 2015 #1

Truthfully - both sides don't do it JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #2

True Cary Mar 2015 #3

Thank you for your support. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #4

+1000 Aerows Mar 2015 #6

It's the same old "I don't care if it doesn't affect me" syndrome. Sad but not uncommon. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #7

Mine is completely broken Aerows Mar 2015 #5