Two Wrongs Dont Make a Right, or do they?
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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on
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Where are the bicyclist's?
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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on
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The bicyclist's what?
Mike Zumwalt said:Where are the bicyclist's?
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Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on
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This isn't wrong in any way shape or form. Unless you believe using a swear word and being rude is wrong. And if you think that's the case you're probably frustrated with most of American culture at this point. Moving on...
As much as I hate the organization behind this poster, The Larouche Action Committee, what makes me angry is that this campaign is taking a very valid criticism and more or less associating it with a radical right-wing fringe*. Which is a shame, because the Green Party or some other third party could really hurt Obama next election because he did exactly what Larouche is claiming. He prioritized speculators over average Americans. The lying fuck needs to be removed from office but unfortunately any valid criticism is being subverted by crazies making it political suicide to align yourself with that approach. It's a shame.
* Explanation: Now onto the crazies that are known as the "Larouche Movement."
There you go. If you watched that whole thing you're a better person than I. These are Trotskyist Right Wing Capitalists so you can't really expect anything but the most insane cognitive dissidence.
The sad thing is, is that a lot of LaRouche's ideals are based on good social libertarian ideals (ie, Anarchist) but he then takes it into a psuedo-fascist world view where he remains unchallenged. : \
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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on
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Just to head even MORE off track...
Has anyone seen the couple that used to hand out Larouche literature at intersections lately?
I used to see them all the time and miss the crazy.
Plus I enjoyed reading the insanity they handed out.
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Permalink Reply by Duppie on
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While we are on the subject of protester-holding-a-sign-ridiculing-other-protester-holding-a-sign, I got a good laugh out of this one:
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Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on
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I'm a bit dismayed that anyone would bother to type more than a sentence of two in regards to this utterly hapless lunatic fringe.
Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said:This isn't wrong in any way shape or form. Unless you believe using a swear word and being rude is wrong. And if you think that's the case you're probably frustrated with most of American culture at this point. Moving on...
As much as I hate the organization behind this poster, The Larouche Action Committee, what makes me angry is that this campaign is taking a very valid criticism and more or less associating it with a radical right-wing fringe*. Which is a shame, because the Green Party or some other third party could really hurt Obama next election because he did exactly what Larouche is claiming. He prioritized speculators over average Americans. The lying fuck needs to be removed from office but unfortunately any valid criticism is being subverted by crazies making it political suicide to align yourself with that approach. It's a shame.
* Explanation: Now onto the crazies that are known as the "Larouche Movement."
There you go. If you watched that whole thing you're a better person than I. These are Trotskyist Right Wing Capitalists so you can't really expect anything but the most insane cognitive dissidence.
The sad thing is, is that a lot of LaRouche's ideals are based on good social libertarian ideals (ie, Anarchist) but he then takes it into a psuedo-fascist world view where he remains unchallenged. : \
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Oh but Michael, they are not a fringe, more like a cult of personality. The movement includes members in the two major political parties and they front candidates in the United States all the time. In fact Illinois has often almost elected Larouchies 1 2. Not to mention that their popularity is just as strong all around the world. They have an extensive network of publications that promote LaRouche's ideas and philosophies all funded and supported by a large interlocking network of think tanks. These groups have enough money that they have initiated many economic, cultural, and scientific programs here in the States with some success. They even have their own Boyscout like group call the Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement.
Only recently has the LaRouche Freedom Movements aligned themselves with the Tea Party fringe but this is part and parse with their tactic. They tend to inject, subvert and manipulate themselves into ignorant public movements based out of ignorance and anger.
It's important to know who these people are.
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I know exactly who they are and will concur that their organization is indeed a cult. However, I don't think their "entrenchment" is indicative of growth or anything to even worry about. They're doing what they always have done in a strained effort to achieve relevance; which is to tap into whatever popular discontent happens to be fomenting at the moment (oh, and to compare whatever US President is in office to Hitler). This quest for relevance naturally includes mounting election campaigns and sometimes even succeeding at them, because what political movement can claim the mantle of dead-seriousness without having at least a few members in public office? As for the importance of knowing who they are, there really is nothing more helpful than trudging through any one of Larouche's own infinite loop "treatises" on economics. If you can manage it and come out afterward thinking, "Yeah, I can totally get behind this," then don't even bother joining any political party and instead head straight to your nearest Raellian chapter.
Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said:Oh but Michael, they are not a fringe, more like a cult of personality. The movement includes members in the two major political parties and they front candidates in the United States all the time. In fact Illinois has often almost elected Larouchies 1 2. Not to mention that their popularity is just as strong all around the world. They have an extensive network of publications that promote LaRouche's ideas and philosophies all funded and supported by a large interlocking network of think tanks. These groups have enough money that they have initiated many economic, cultural, and scientific programs here in the States with some success. They even have their own Boyscout like group call the Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement.
Only recently has the LaRouche Freedom Movements aligned themselves with the Tea Party fringe but this is part and parse with their tactic. They tend to inject, subvert and manipulate themselves into ignorant public movements based out of ignorance and anger.
It's important to know who these people are.
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Why's everyone got to hate on the Larouchians?
Without them my life would be so much less fun.
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FTW!
...there really is nothing more helpful than trudging through any one of Larouche's own infinite loop "treatises" on economics. If you can manage it and come out afterward thinking, "Yeah, I can totally get behind this," then don't even bother joining any political party and instead head straight to your nearest Raellian chapter.
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