On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:22:52 -0800, Hawke
wrote:

On 2/14/2012 1:04 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:22:46 -0800, Hawke
wrote:

On 2/13/2012 1:03 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:53:05 -0800, George
wrote:

On 2/12/2012 2:03 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:44:47 -0700, "Ray Keller"DESPERATE RIGHTARD
TROLL wrote:

DEFINING AND UNDERSTANDING THE LEFT

The origins of the modern left can be traced back to the famous passage in
Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality, in which
he condemned the institution of private property:

Idiot. How many Americans "on the left," or on the right, for that
matter, have read Rousseau's Second Discourse?

The origins of the social attitudes of the "modern left" are derived
from Christianity.


No, they aren't. Where do you /get/ that **** from?

You're an idiot, Plimpton. When you apologize for calling me a "liar,"
after I showed you how dimwitted you were in your last analysis, we
can speak.

Meantime, you're beneath contempt.



****, Ed, that's where he lives with the rest of the libertarian space
cases, beneath contempt.

Hawke

Oh, I wouldn't say that. Libertarians are a curious lot, but most of
them are pretty decent. Plimpton is just one of those lazy and
egotistical types who thinks he's really superior, and shouldn't have
to lift a finger to support his insults and invective.



It's a relatively new phenomenon to me, but in the last decade or so
I've found that everyone on the right thinks they are superior to
everyone else. This is a change. In the past most people on the right,
except for the business type, were kind of humble. They saw themselves
as average, hard working people. Now, at least all the men, think
they're better than anyone else. They sure think they are better than
they are. I'm just wondering what happened to bring about this change
and made them think so highly of themselves. Think of it, when was the
last time you ran into a right winger that was the least bit humble?

Hawke

It's the Internet. I've watched it develop since I was first online,
in 1983.

They act like a mob. On the whole, they are the most other-directed
and least-independent-minded people I've ever seen in my life.

--
Ed Huntress