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Arguing With IdiotsWe all have our addictions. For some, it's smoking. For others, it's drinking. And for many others, it's porn. For me, it's arguing on the internet—the most fruitless endeavor since Sisyphus rolling a boulder up a hill.

I don't know what compels me to argue. I guess it's this naive notion that, if you encounter someone with an incorrect belief and you provide them logic, reason, and evidence to the contrary, that they will abandon their belief. If that were the case, the world wouldn't be plagued with birthers, truthers, anti-vaccers, Keynesians, and other idiots with blatantly incorrect beliefs. You can lead an idiot to knowledge but y

Why Occupy Wall Street SucksAfter months of protesting the wrong people, the Occupy Wall Street movement finally got a clue and went to Washington D.C. on January 16 to stage Occupy Congress.

And boy was it a real bust!

Despite the liberal media praising it, the protest only managed to garner a few hundred protesters instead of the over ten thousand it claimed it was going to have. Add the fact that donations have been dwindling and protests across the country have been getting evicted, and the Occupy movement could very well be going through its death throes.

People keep asking me why I don't support the Occupy movement. After all, my hero Dr. Ron Paul supports it,

Open Letter To Tiffany WillisDear Tiffany Willis,
You argue in your recent article 10 Facts That Prove America Is Becoming More Liberal that Americans are becoming more "liberal" because more are supporting issues such as same-sex marriage, drug legalization, and immigration reform.
My first question for you, then, would be how do you define "liberal"? Do you define it by the classic definition or the modern definition? Are you a "classic liberal" or a "progressive liberal"?
I ask this because liberalism, as a philosophy, has changed over time. When it first originated, "liberalism" was about individual rights, limited government, and laissez-faire capitalism. In this sense, the Founding Fathers and other enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Adam Smith, and John Stuart Mill were "liberal"—that is, they were "classic liberals."
However, as times changed, so did liberalism. With the introduction of

What is Fascism?Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition. [Merriam-Webster]

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The term “fascist” gets tossed around a lot in our political discourse. Rarely is it used to describe someone who adheres to the political philosophy of fascism. Mostly it’s used as an epithet against those with an opposing political viewpoint. Democrats call Republicans “fascists”

Freedom In The 50 States P.O. LibtardsThe Mercatus Center, a libertarian think-tank, released its analysis of the 50 states and where they rank in personal and economic freedom.

The Mercatus Center
The freest state in the union, surprisingly enough, was North Dakota, which scored exceptionally well on fiscal and regulatory policy with low taxes and government debt--it's high government spending none withstanding.
While the freest state may come as a shocker, the two least freest states should come as no surprise.
The least freest state? New York.
No! Really?! The state where Michael "Big Brother" Bloomberg is mayor over an anti-soft drink, anti-gun, anti-smoking, anti-formula feeding, :iconfluttershysqueeplz:-t

American Gun Facts InfographWith stricter gun control looming on the horizon, do your duty and share this infograph with everyone, especially with well-intentioned fools who sincerely believe "less guns = less crime."

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Government = / = Societyby ~BlameThe1st

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"Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer."
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense

"Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain."
- Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

~UncleRice Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I disagree that society is always beneficial. Society can can come up with very detrimental stuff and will defend it vigorously. Other wise I have no issue with what you wrote.

~BlameThe1st Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Agreed. Society isn't always perfect, but it's more so than government will ever be.

~UncleRice Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Very true, at least until God decides he wants His planet back. Then all bets are off.

~KidSapiens Feb 7, 2013

I can't support that.

I just can't.

~UncleRice Feb 7, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

That's ok, when that time comes, your support won't be needed.

~KidSapiens Feb 7, 2013

Believe what you want- and let me do the same- but if you're reading the same book I read, I don't care much for either side.

One's full of jerks and the other is just pathetic.

And if, when I die, I get thrown into some kind of Big Fire Below, I had better see at least one chimpanzee in there, or that will only raise more questions.

~kitsumekat Feb 8, 2013

You know monkeys don't have souls.

~KidSapiens Feb 8, 2013

And what proof do you have of that?

There are several studies showing that chimpanzees (which are APES, not monkeys) have emotions, family bonds, even traditions unique to certain groups! They have cultures, for crying out loud! If that doesn't make them just as self-aware as we are... if that doesn't mean they have "souls," then logic has officially abandoned this universe.

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~BlameThe1st Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Amen!

~2112yyz2112 Feb 6, 2013

WHAT!!!??? Define the terms that one is using in a discussion!!!??? HAVE YOU GONE MAD!!!! LOL!!!

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