please don’t spam the board with merchandise
I don’t believe in supporting someone who wants to harm peaceful people. I donated to Peter Schiff’s campaign in the hopes of bringing more people to the ideas of liberty, not because I think he can accomplish anything in the U.S. government.
Who wants to harm peaceful people? And who are these “peaceful” people?
Wow. People talk about neocons and Poptech shows up…
Ah Juan, define “neocon” and then explain how I am one.
I wouldn’t like to get into a highly involved philosophical discussion. Besides it all depends on…“what the meaning of is is”. But americans who have nationalistic/jingoistic views on, say, the sanctity of WWII (like you do, I think) are usually 95% neoconish…
This is not a very good assumption, I don’t think.
Even within the realm of ancedotal “evidence” or experience (we all know how reliable this can be, beyond use as an example), I knew plenty of non neo-cons that idolize (or idoloized, in some cases; arguments worked sometimes…) WWII in some way or another; many of these tended to be moderates or independents, with varying degrees of jingoism, but much less than the rhetoric of neo-conservatives (although I think at times the Peikoff Objectivists have a more extreme version of their own jingoism going on, more so than neo-cons, but that is tangential).
It would be less nebulous to say that indontrination in public schools tends to idolize WWII (as well as other skirmishes, such as WWI) in ways that tend to get imprinted on children’s mind regardless of their current or eventual ideology, methinks.
Please define “neocon” and then explain how I am one.
Rand Paul does. These peaceful people are the people at Guantanamo Bay and illegal people.
I personally agree with him, I don’t think those people should be tried in American courts. To me, it’s an insult.
uh oh…
NVm I responded to the wrong thread. My bad.
I live in KY, I attend Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, I was born here, and Dr. Paul is my eye doc.
As far as his policy views, he’s a fairly standard bunning-mcconnell republican, towing the party line for the sake of the vote. Will he turn libertarian once he’s in office? I guess we’ll find out, because I’ll vote for just about any republican right now, the best federal government is a gridlocked one, in my opinion. I think Rand’s probably going to win here in 2010; we almost always send republicans to the hill and he’s leading the primary.
Oh, and personal opinion of Dr. Paul? He seems like a good guy, he didn’t make me uneasy or anything like a lot of politicians do (like when i met Hillary Clinton, I felt physically ill) I think he could be a good senator, to whatever extent that term is not oxymoronic.
Just my 2c.
Ex-Guantánamo detainee became suicide bomber in Iraq, U.S. says (The New York Times)
Guantánamo detainee resurfaces in terrorist group (The New York Times)
Too funny…
Well, if your neo-conservatism wasn’t clear before, it definitely is now.
Jingoism. They just can’t escape it.
Please define “neocon” and then explain how I am one.
You know, there’s a reason that you weren’t allowed here for a time. Meditate upon that.
So you are unable to answer the question. Are you implying that only those of your approved and rubber stamped ideology are “allowed” here? Fascinating!
Poptech,
You simply cannot come in here and mock people for their opinions. Although I greatly appreciate the work you’ve been doing on the anti-Warmist front, Knight of BAAWA and I will not hesitate to ban you if you continue in this manner.
But people can mock me for mine? Interesting. I really don’t understand these forums as any opinionated challenge to the religious orthodoxy is met with moderation threats, yet preaching of personal liberty and free speech is supposedly the mantra here. Yet it is clearly not but rather strict adherence to the establishment’s belief system. Radical this is not.