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Old 02-08-2009, 07:37 PM   #1
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The important thing to remember is, the conservatives are always wrong, even if they don't realize it. It's our job as liberals to guide them through the murky waters of life to ultimate enlightenment.
What passes for liberalism today isn't right, either.

Outside of Berkeley, anyway.
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:39 PM   #2
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What passes for liberalism today isn't right, either.

Outside of Berkeley, anyway.
Berkley!?!?!?

Dude, now I will have to . K?
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:46 PM   #3
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Berkley!?!?!?

Dude, now I will have to . K?
I can see that I need to use smaller words when I respond to you.

TGRR,
Hopes that might help with your context problem.
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:41 PM   #4
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What passes for liberalism today isn't right, either.

Outside of Berkeley, anyway.
What do you mean by that?
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:46 PM   #5
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What do you mean by that?
I mean what passes for liberalism at Berkeley has zero to do with liberalism as understood by the founders and their contemporaries.
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:53 PM   #6
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I mean what passes for liberalism at Berkeley has zero to do with liberalism as understood by the founders and their contemporaries.
You mean kind of like what passes as conservatism in the republican party today has zero to do with conservatism as understood by the founders and their contemporaries?
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:55 PM   #7
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You mean kind of like what passes as conservatism in the republican party today has zero to do with conservatism as understood by the founders and their contemporaries?
And who can authenticate that? You? For every opinion about what "founders" thought and believed there is a counter arguement.
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:58 PM   #8
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And who can authenticate that? You? For every opinion about what "founders" thought and believed there is a counter arguement.
Nonsense. What passes for conservativism today was a philosophy mainly held by Alexander Hamilton and 300,000 pissed off tories.
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Nonsense. What passes for conservativism today was a philosophy mainly held by Alexander Hamilton and 300,000 pissed off tories.
Cool, and the Liberals of 200 years ago are the same of today?
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Old 02-08-2009, 08:02 PM   #10
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And who can authenticate that? You? For every opinion about what "founders" thought and believed there is a counter arguement.
Oh good grief. Conservatism is supposed to be about fiscal responsibilty, and republicans, since Reagan, have been anything BUT.
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Oh good grief. Conservatism is supposed to be about fiscal responsibilty, and republicans, since Reagan, have been anything BUT.
So now you are going to tell me how Demoncrats are fiscally responsible with the latest spending package.
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:57 PM   #12
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You mean kind of like what passes as conservatism in the republican party today has zero to do with conservatism as understood by the founders and their contemporaries?

Precisely.

Of course, back then, they called conservatives "Tories".
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Old 02-08-2009, 07:42 PM   #13
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What passes for liberalism today isn't right, either.

Of course not - Its left - Duh!
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