Ann Coulter Speaks -- on Rather, Cronkite and Vietnam

[pchang]

Coulter doesn't know what she's talking about. Rather will survive. I keep telling you that he is throwing Mapes under a bus. The plan already started and appears to be working. By sacrificing her, he saves himself.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Ned


MrFun, I am not a member of the religious right. Never have been. There are people like Schwarzenegger and Guiliani who are Republicans. Don't paint with a too broad brush.

Do you not understand my use of the words "part of" in my post?

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Ned
Yes, MikeH. And things like steep, progressive taxation, "emancipation" of women from marriage (i.e., traditional marriages are bad), the labor movement, state ownership of major business, control of the press, etc., etc., etc.

OK... so I'm a communist!

Of that only two things I would think are really bad: state ownership of major business - only for things like water, power etc. and control of the press I disagree with, it should be regulated but not by government bodies.

Other than that all sensible policies. Emancipation of women just means giving them independence and allowing them to work, vote etc. It only means 'traditional marriages are bad' in the sense that traditional marriages where the woman is effectively the property of the husband is bad. Which I can't imagine anyone would disagree with in modern western democracy age.

Much of the Communist Manifesto was wrong, especially the way it would happen, but we have a lot of the reforms Marx thought we needed already, they just came about naturally as countries got richer and land/factory owners realised that fitter happier workers were more productive. You can't impose them but if people want them you can't stop them getting it at the end of the day.

[Ned]

Mike H, it might be better said that the Communist Manifesto had one or two good ideas rather than one or two bad ones.

[MalevolentLight]

Ann Coulter

Is it really worth arguing with communists? They're never going to change and they're never going to take power so what's the use? They're on the fringes of society and that's where they'll always be, useless to society.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Ned
Mike H, it might be better said that the Communist Manifesto had one or two good ideas rather than one or two bad ones.

Fair enough.

[MrFun]

Ann Coulter and her "chicken little" outlook -- part ten.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by MalevolentLight
Ann Coulter

Is it really worth arguing with communists? They're never going to change and they're never going to take power so what's the use? They're on the fringes of society and that's where they'll always be, useless to society.

According to Ned they are now the mainstream opposition in the US.

[Kropotkin]

Damn, now I spilled coffee on my shirt, this thread cracks me up.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
Damn, now I spilled coffee on my shirt, this thread cracks me up.

Great -- now you're going to file a lawsuit against Apolyton because you spilled coffee on yourself.

[Ben Kenobi]

Part of the Republican party is tied to the religious right -- the group of people who oppose liberty and equality.

I assume you consider me to be part of this religious right.

What liberty do I oppose, and what equality do I oppose? Just because I do not agree with you as to what constitutes liberty and equality, does not make me any more opposed to liberty and equality then you are.

After all, could I not accuse you of being against liberty and equality, just as much as you accuse me?

[Ben Kenobi]

According to Ned they are now the mainstream opposition in the US.

Can you show me one difference between the platform of the communists and the platform of the Democrats? The two are remarkably similar.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


I assume you consider me to be part of this religious right.

What liberty do I oppose, and what equality do I oppose? Just because I do not agree with you as to what constitutes liberty and equality, does not make me any more opposed to liberty and equality then you are.

After all, could I not accuse you of being against liberty and equality, just as much as you accuse me?

someone took the troll bait

[MikeH]

Are you saying that your right to persecute homosexuals is equal to MrFun's right to be homosexual?

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Can you show me one difference between the platform of the communists and the platform of the Democrats? The two are remarkably similar.