There is nothing libertarian about hatred.

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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Wed Apr-21-10 04:37 AM
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There is nothing libertarian about hatred.
   
Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 04:38 AM by Skidmore
Recently, I have heard a new descriptor attached to these Teabaggers and their actions--libertarian. The idea that Teabaggers have a "libertarian bent" is ridiculous. Teabaggers, Birthers, or whatever the label of this group of malcontents, the contortions the right wing is twisting itself into to provide their hateful rhetoric with legitimacy is astounding. Hate speech and overt acts motivated by hatred are what they are. Trying to hide behind the flimsy figleaf of small government and even flimsier political label of "libertarian" is a conceit, at best. Whether that hatred is directed toward people of color women, or gays specifically or toward liberals/Democrats/progressives generally, it should be exposed at every opportunity. There is nothing civil about this hatred of the other, and it has no place in a civilized society. Be vigilant, because it is escalating and will continue to do so through the next two election cycles. November will be the dress rehearsal for 2012. We need to stand together, now more than ever. If we do not, this virulent hatred will be given legitimacy and possibly even be institutionalized. Witness the legislation being put out in Arizona, Utah, and other states where the Teabagger contingent have willing legislators participating in their depravity. Need I say more? We need to stand together.

Blah, blah. 

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[The Village Idiot]

Hatred is a leftist thing:

Che:

"Hatred as the central element of our struggle!" raved Ernesto 'Che' Guevara in his 1966 Message to the Tricontinental Conference in Havana. "Hatred that is intransigent…hatred so violent that it propels a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him violent and cold- blooded killing machine…We reject any peaceful approach. Violence is inevitable. To establish Socialism rivers of blood must flow! The imperialist enemy must feel like a hunted animal wherever he moves. Thus we'll destroy him! These hyenas (Americans) are fit only for extermination. We must keep our hatred alive and fan it to paroxysm! The victory of Socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims!"

"My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood." Aleida's father had raved as early as his Motorcycle Diaries (though this passage was somehow omitted from Robert Redford's heartwarming movie.) "Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any vencido that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!" Vencido, by the way, translates into English as "defeated" or "surrendered."

[BlueStateSaint]

Hatred is a leftist thing:

Che:

Good catch!  I'm going to have to quote that one to a couple of lefty in-laws . . .

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I hear lots of denunciations of hate speech but I never see any quotes.

[NHSparky]

I hear lots of denunciations of hate speech but I never see any quotes.

Liberal definition of hate: anything they don't agree with.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Skidmore(1000+ posts)
Wed Apr-21-10 04:37 AM
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There is nothing liberal about hatred.

Fixed for truth.  For notations, see the forum www.democraticunderground.com from 2001 to present.

[Karin]

Thanks for that quote, FGL.  I'm saving it, to share with certain trolls I know. 

Get a load of skidmarked underwear.  A high-handed self-important bag of gas.  A big speech in an echo chamber, how impressive.  Her use of the word "depravity" struck me as oh-so-pious.  If you're looking for depravity, talk to those gays you quite wrongly think we're "targeting."   

You're right, MSB, they never quote.  She thinks there's hate directed toward women in the TPM?  Really?  One of the stupidest posts of the day. 

[Lord Undies]

Whatever it is liberals wants you to believe is wrong with their betters is always the liberals' attempt to direct attention away from the liberals' main flaw.   Nothing is as hate-filled as liberalism.  Liberalism is fueled by the gas in Satan's bowels.   

[Ralph Wiggum]

Liberalism is fueled by the gas in Satan's bowels.

Maybe Rahm Emanuel's bowels.

[The Village Idiot]

Where's Frank is he okay? on vacation?

[dandi]

I hear lots of denunciations of hate speech but I never see any quotes.

They don't need direct quotes any more. Since they invented the meme of "coded language" they can pretty much define anything as hate speech by assigning some hidden, nefarious meaning to anything conservatives say.  It eliminates all the work (and honesty) of actually having to prove anything. Cute, huh?

[Karin]

FGL, possibly exhausted.  He does taxes, and he might be up to his eyeballs with the procastinators. 

[Lord Undies]

FGL, possibly exhausted.  He does taxes, and he might be up to his eyeballs with the procastinators. 

I don't miss doing taxes.  I use to miss it.  Now it's a relief.

I'm so far from the loop I didn't know about Schedule M. 

[Ralph Wiggum]

FGL, possibly exhausted.  He does taxes, and he might be up to his eyeballs with the procastinators.  

Some states don't require state tax filing until April 30th.  Don't know about Nebraska.  Plus, some tax accountants can work year-round and stay busy with different quarterly filings and other associated projects.