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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 12:32:27 AM   
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Civilians could have artillery pieces....ONLY....through the militia. And not any sort of militia, but "A Well Regulated Militia...". Do you even realize how far from reality you have to go to make some of your arguments 'sound' sane? Would the Founding Fathers be 'OK' with a lunatic with a gun?

You're making shit up again. Moreover, in the context of the Second Amendment and the usage of the time, the expression "well regulated" intends well turned out with serviceable arms that they know how to use. The militia does not operate as an organized force, or in the terminology of the time as a "select militia." Its training does not require formations and drills. It only requires individual skill with arms in the field.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 12:33:53 AM   
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The writers intended for an individual to pose a weapon that could fire 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, reload with a full 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, accurate to about 300+ yards, and penetrate fairly deeply into the human body if not 'blow through' it?

Another lie you have swallowed. They intended for civilians to have whatever was available, they even allowed artillery pieces


BULLSHIT!

I'm not lying on two accounts:

1 ) The Founding Fathers did exist. Not only that, but their understanding of technology, and 2015 firearm technology are two very different things. Further, none of them (known currently) could predict the future with perfect accuracy.

2 ) There are firearms that could fire 30 bullets in 4-6 seconds. Reload in 4-6 seconds. Accurate to 300+ years. Penetrate and even 'blow through' human flesh. And you know this too! We could list of many firearms that could do any one of these and even some of the others.

Civilians could have artillery pieces....ONLY....through the militia. And not any sort of militia, but "A Well Regulated Militia...". Do you even realize how far from reality you have to go to make some of your arguments 'sound' sane? Would the Founding Fathers be 'OK' with a lunatic with a gun?

Go ahead, try to say 'yes'.

Read it again.
Your reading of my post is as good as your reading of the 2nd.
I said you had swallowed a lie.
To those of us who speak English that means you believed it.
If you believed it then you weren't lying, just wrong.

What are those first four words, BamaD? That is the reference of 'whom' protects the freedoms of the free state. Not 'farmer bill', 'hunter ted', nor 'drunkard peter'. That's whom gets the guns and the rules that go with it. When people bitch about police forces obtaining military arms, armor, vehicles, and other equipment


When you combine this with the statement that I started off responding to you clearly believe that the police are limited to muskets.

And by the way people didn't have to go through the militia to own cannon.

< Message edited by BamaD -- 6/20/2015 12:49:48 AM >


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 12:34:36 AM   
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Bama, would you consider a person who says that the second amendment only applied to muskets would also believe that the first amendment only applied to pamphlets made on ol timey printing presses that were operated by hand. So, that person would believe TV, radio, the Internet, large newspapers, modern magazines, fax machines, office printers and cell phones were not subject to the first amendment because the framers never envisioned them?


An argument used and torpedo'd easily in most courts.

The first amendment's first three sections are intangible rights. They are an expression. Again, an intangible idea. That I can pass an idea to another person freely without government interference (given limits and exceptions to the law). Be it by vocalization, written word, artwork, music, electronic, or sign language. Oh yes, there have been 'conservative' types whom tried to limit things; and they lost in court time and again. This age's 'test' is whether or not the Internet should be free from corporate and government regulations (i.e. Net Neutrality).

The Founding Fathers did explain one concept about the US Constitution, that you are conveniently (for political reasons) leaving out. The document is not set in stone. That can be easily proven by the additional seventeen amendments that come after the Bill of Rights. The Founding Fathers believed that future generations would know how best to handle situations. Which brings up the second peice of evidence:

Compare the written wording of the 1st to the 25th. That they talk on different concepts is not relevant here. The 1st has 'X' number of characters, and the 25th, 'y' number of characters. The 27th is much further defined. Why is that?

The courts, historians, and even educated folks have observed that as the nation grew, all parts of it become more sophisticated. Technology, language, culture; why not how we view an amendment?

But that's not the full understanding. A law in modern day has three concepts, one of which was absent or not well established in the Bill of Rights: The spirit of the law. Both amendments have a written understanding of the law. Both have notes from the author(s) about the amendment. But the 27th has a 'spirit of the law'. Meaning, the author admits they can not for see each and every possible way the amendment could be used. So they give a narrative in as clear and understandable terms as possible as to the nature of how the amendment would work.

The amendments found in the Bill of Rights does not have that. Which logically speaking, might explain why we have so many 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, and even 10th amendment battles in the courts. Or is CNN or FOX 'news' reporting on the latest 13th, 19th, or 26th amendment fights?

That people learned from mistakes. An it found its way into the legal code as well. Look at the bills going through Congress right now. There is a set of reasons why the format and style of each bill (regardless of content) is handled the same way. And in ways, different from bills from the late 18th century.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 12:44:53 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BamaD


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ORIGINAL: joether


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ORIGINAL: BamaD

The writers intended for an individual to pose a weapon that could fire 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, reload with a full 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, accurate to about 300+ yards, and penetrate fairly deeply into the human body if not 'blow through' it?

Another lie you have swallowed. They intended for civilians to have whatever was available, they even allowed artillery pieces


BULLSHIT!

I'm not lying on two accounts:

1 ) The Founding Fathers did exist. Not only that, but their understanding of technology, and 2015 firearm technology are two very different things. Further, none of them (known currently) could predict the future with perfect accuracy.

2 ) There are firearms that could fire 30 bullets in 4-6 seconds. Reload in 4-6 seconds. Accurate to 300+ years. Penetrate and even 'blow through' human flesh. And you know this too! We could list of many firearms that could do any one of these and even some of the others.

Civilians could have artillery pieces....ONLY....through the militia. And not any sort of militia, but "A Well Regulated Militia...". Do you even realize how far from reality you have to go to make some of your arguments 'sound' sane? Would the Founding Fathers be 'OK' with a lunatic with a gun?

Go ahead, try to say 'yes'.

Read it again.
Your reading of my post is as good as your reading of the 2nd.
I said you had swallowed a lie.
To those of us who speak English that means you believed it.
If you believed it then you weren't lying, just wrong.


Again, I am not lying on either account. Or do AR-15's not exist in 2015? And they can not fire full auto?

SOURCE #1

For your bullshit to be correct, you have to disprove the guy in the video does not exist. That all the events that take place, have NEVER taken place in reality. Good Luck....

You and many on the right, have accepted a total lie for political purposes. You know everything I've stated on this post and the immediate previous one are true and factual. You just can not admit it. Why is that?

You have a conflict of interest!

Therefore, your arguments are not as reliable and/or credible as mine. I have nothing to gain if Americans followed the 2nd amendment as it was intended, or the 'fucked up' version that allows mass murders to take place every few days in America. Dont get me wrong, I like to shoot guns the same as the next. I didn't write the law, nor voted upon it, BamaD. Stop blaming me for either or, which is what your doing. And I don't think your consciously aware of it until now.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 12:53:38 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Kirata
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ORIGINAL: joether
Civilians could have artillery pieces....ONLY....through the militia. And not any sort of militia, but "A Well Regulated Militia...". Do you even realize how far from reality you have to go to make some of your arguments 'sound' sane? Would the Founding Fathers be 'OK' with a lunatic with a gun?

You're making shit up again. Moreover, in the context of the Second Amendment and the usage of the time, the expression "well regulated" intends well turned out with serviceable arms that they know how to use. The militia does not operate as an organized force, or in the terminology of the time as a "select militia." Its training does not require formations and drills. It only requires individual skill with arms in the field.


By your 'definition' of the 2nd, ISIS can have firearms and use them however they want....

A well regulated militia is one that has:

1 ) A distinctive Chain of Command
2 ) Rules of Conduct
3 ) A penalty system when #2 is violated
4 ) A clear understanding of all concepts employed

Yes, the 18th century militia were pretty damn loose with the rules. That shit dont fly in 2015. Could you imagine local police operating as loosely with things? Because the local police department is an example of "A well regulated militia...".

Dude, I chat with the guys that do the American Revolution reenactments. I live a stone's throw from North Bridge. They had rules. If you got drunk, with your militia weapon, you got a flogging! I can understand your not being aware of this stuff for not living in the colonies.....

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 12:55:13 AM   
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ORIGINAL: joether


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ORIGINAL: BamaD


quote:

ORIGINAL: joether


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ORIGINAL: BamaD

The writers intended for an individual to pose a weapon that could fire 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, reload with a full 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, accurate to about 300+ yards, and penetrate fairly deeply into the human body if not 'blow through' it?

Another lie you have swallowed. They intended for civilians to have whatever was available, they even allowed artillery pieces


BULLSHIT!

I'm not lying on two accounts:

1 ) The Founding Fathers did exist. Not only that, but their understanding of technology, and 2015 firearm technology are two very different things. Further, none of them (known currently) could predict the future with perfect accuracy.

2 ) There are firearms that could fire 30 bullets in 4-6 seconds. Reload in 4-6 seconds. Accurate to 300+ years. Penetrate and even 'blow through' human flesh. And you know this too! We could list of many firearms that could do any one of these and even some of the others.

Civilians could have artillery pieces....ONLY....through the militia. And not any sort of militia, but "A Well Regulated Militia...". Do you even realize how far from reality you have to go to make some of your arguments 'sound' sane? Would the Founding Fathers be 'OK' with a lunatic with a gun?

Go ahead, try to say 'yes'.

Read it again.
Your reading of my post is as good as your reading of the 2nd.
I said you had swallowed a lie.
To those of us who speak English that means you believed it.
If you believed it then you weren't lying, just wrong.


Again, I am not lying on either account. Or do AR-15's not exist in 2015? And they can not fire full auto?

SOURCE #1

For your bullshit to be correct, you have to disprove the guy in the video does not exist. That all the events that take place, have NEVER taken place in reality. Good Luck....

You and many on the right, have accepted a total lie for political purposes. You know everything I've stated on this post and the immediate previous one are true and factual. You just can not admit it. Why is that?

You have a conflict of interest!

Therefore, your arguments are not as reliable and/or credible as mine. I have nothing to gain if Americans followed the 2nd amendment as it was intended, or the 'fucked up' version that allows mass murders to take place every few days in America. Dont get me wrong, I like to shoot guns the same as the next. I didn't write the law, nor voted upon it, BamaD. Stop blaming me for either or, which is what your doing. And I don't think your consciously aware of it until now.

Since you believe that it applies only to police, and only to muskets clearly means you think the police should be limited to muskets.
I have no more conflict of interest than you and clearly have far more knowledge of the subject than you. You are defining conflict of interest as anyone who disagrees with you. The fact that you declare it to be so in no way makes it true, I doubt that you realized this until now. Must come from the indoctrination of the PRoM.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:00:40 AM   
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Again, I am not lying on either account. Or do AR-15's not exist in 2015? And they can not fire full auto?

While this is a badly convoluted sentence I will point out to you that the ar-15 is not full auto.
And again I did not say you lied. I said you believed people who lied to you. It is not the same thing at all. If you believe it you are not lying even if you are repeated a lie someone told you.
If you cannot understand something as simple as that what makes you think you have a prayer of understanding the Constitution.

< Message edited by BamaD -- 6/20/2015 1:05:09 AM >


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:02:29 AM   
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you have to disprove the guy in the video does not exist.

You need to sleep till you can write a coherent sentence.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:04:14 AM   
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ORIGINAL: joether

A well regulated militia is one that has:

1 ) A distinctive Chain of Command
2 ) Rules of Conduct
3 ) A penalty system when #2 is violated
4 ) A clear understanding of all concepts employed

You're making shit up again.

quote:

ORIGINAL: joether

Yes, the 18th century militia were pretty damn loose with the rules. That shit dont fly in 2015. Could you imagine local police operating as loosely with things? Because the local police department is an example of "A well regulated militia...".

The police are not a militia.

K.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:14:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BamaD


quote:

ORIGINAL: joether


quote:

ORIGINAL: BamaD


quote:

ORIGINAL: joether


quote:

ORIGINAL: BamaD

The writers intended for an individual to pose a weapon that could fire 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, reload with a full 30 musket rounds in 4-6 seconds, accurate to about 300+ yards, and penetrate fairly deeply into the human body if not 'blow through' it?

Another lie you have swallowed. They intended for civilians to have whatever was available, they even allowed artillery pieces


BULLSHIT!

I'm not lying on two accounts:

1 ) The Founding Fathers did exist. Not only that, but their understanding of technology, and 2015 firearm technology are two very different things. Further, none of them (known currently) could predict the future with perfect accuracy.

2 ) There are firearms that could fire 30 bullets in 4-6 seconds. Reload in 4-6 seconds. Accurate to 300+ years. Penetrate and even 'blow through' human flesh. And you know this too! We could list of many firearms that could do any one of these and even some of the others.

Civilians could have artillery pieces....ONLY....through the militia. And not any sort of militia, but "A Well Regulated Militia...". Do you even realize how far from reality you have to go to make some of your arguments 'sound' sane? Would the Founding Fathers be 'OK' with a lunatic with a gun?

Go ahead, try to say 'yes'.

Read it again.
Your reading of my post is as good as your reading of the 2nd.
I said you had swallowed a lie.
To those of us who speak English that means you believed it.
If you believed it then you weren't lying, just wrong.


Again, I am not lying on either account. Or do AR-15's not exist in 2015? And they can not fire full auto?

SOURCE #1

For your bullshit to be correct, you have to disprove the guy in the video does not exist. That all the events that take place, have NEVER taken place in reality. Good Luck....

You and many on the right, have accepted a total lie for political purposes. You know everything I've stated on this post and the immediate previous one are true and factual. You just can not admit it. Why is that?

You have a conflict of interest!

Therefore, your arguments are not as reliable and/or credible as mine. I have nothing to gain if Americans followed the 2nd amendment as it was intended, or the 'fucked up' version that allows mass murders to take place every few days in America. Dont get me wrong, I like to shoot guns the same as the next. I didn't write the law, nor voted upon it, BamaD. Stop blaming me for either or, which is what your doing. And I don't think your consciously aware of it until now.

Since you believe that it applies only to police, and only to muskets clearly means you think the police should be limited to muskets.


WOW....your train of thought did not just derail, it cartwheeled down the track as one long line......

I mention the local police, because that would be the most logical, modern idea to the 18th century militia. An you know this too. Your an intelligent guy, BamaD. Can we dispense with the bullshit here?

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I have no more conflict of interest than you and clearly have far more knowledge of the subject than you. You are defining conflict of interest as anyone who disagrees with you. The fact that you declare it to be so in no way makes it true, I doubt that you realized this until now. Must come from the indoctrination of the PRoM.


A conflict of interest is one someone stands to gain from some action or event taking place. Usually a financial gain, but there are religious, political, and ethnic gains. If the 2nd amendment were to be used as written, you would no longer have the 'protections' you are arguing to exist by the 2nd. This would mean your currently benefiting of gain from a topic. Hence, a conflict of interest.

I gain nothing by the 2nd amendment being voided, modified to allow individuals with firearms, or being limited just to the modern day equivalent of the 18th century militia (i.e. the local police department).

I acknowledge that I dislike mass murders by individuals whom can easily obtain firearms. That I dislike watching the nation slowly tear itself to pieces because those disagreeing with me, do not have a feasible counter argument to those I've already made. An example of one of those previous arguments:

If you can ignore and/or reinterpret the 2nd, why can't I, or the federal government do that with any of the other amendments? Not one of you (Yourself BamaD, HunterCA, or Kirata) have stated: Yeah, its 'OK' for the federal government to ignore parts and/or reinterpret other amendments as is politically useful/convenient to them. If I had to give an educated guess, it would be 'No'. Which would then mean you can not ignore and/or reinterpret the 2nd amendment to your political conveniences.

Not a single counter argument here.


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:16:48 AM   
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Not a single counter argument here.

Take your medication, joether.

K.


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:28:22 AM   
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A well regulated militia is one that has:

1 ) A distinctive Chain of Command
2 ) Rules of Conduct
3 ) A penalty system when #2 is violated
4 ) A clear understanding of all concepts employed

You're making shit up again.


Really? "A well regulated milita...." is not the first four words of the 2nd amendment? I can find dozens of sources where this is true.

That militias of the 13 colonies had ranks? Then explain to me how a lower rank officer led the charge on North Bridge? Given that it should have gone to a more senior ranked individual which was proper for that time period (an was present)? Which town led the charge in to Concord?

You cant. You don't know shit. That's what is called 'local knowledge'. The stuff not often found in many US History text books of the conflict.

That if a member (of the militia) was caught stealing, drunk on sentry duty, or many other things, they were often punished. This is easily found in many books on the subject of that era.

Just saying "your making shit up" without giving EVIDENCE and FACT, is not enough of an argument. Maybe for the 2nd grade, Kirata. But here, come with the college degree, or bow out with what ever tattered bits you call 'a dignity'....

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ORIGINAL: joether
Yes, the 18th century militia were pretty damn loose with the rules. That shit dont fly in 2015. Could you imagine local police operating as loosely with things? Because the local police department is an example of "A well regulated militia...".


The police are not a militia.


If you were...FOLLOWING...the structure of language, I did state they would be the logical, modern, equivalent to the militia. Both have rules, both have arms, both have command structures, both have punishments when the rules are violated. They are both answerable to the local government (and the people that live there). They both take orders from the local government, county, and even state government. Unlike the militias of the late 18th century; if a police department got an order from the President, I think they would follow it.

Again, I have evidence and facts on my side; you, again, have nothing but bullshit.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:30:12 AM   
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With police being government, and susceptible to corruption & other evils, I would have a hard time considering them "the modern day militia".

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:30:30 AM   
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Not a single counter argument here.

Take your medication, joether.


You just proved my point, Kirata! Thank you very much.


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:35:22 AM   
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With police being government, and susceptible to corruption & other evils, I would have a hard time considering them "the modern day militia".


Police are not 'being government'. They are a part of said government. All the towns around me, prohibit anyone on the police force from being a mayor/selectman. Or holding a position over the police chief in a political arena.

Yes, its known that police, like any other US Citizen, can be susceptible to corruption and other evils. An that is why there are those that investigate the police: internal affairs, liberal journalists, active citizens in the community, the FBI.

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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 1:38:40 AM   
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Just saying "your making shit up" without giving EVIDENCE and FACT, is not enough of an argument.

You're making shit up again.

K.






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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 4:28:00 AM   
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The nearest thing we have to anarchists on these boards are those from the US libertarian Far Right, who believe in reducing Govt to its absolute minimum. That's a little short of the anarchist ideal of having no Govt at all, but still pretty close.

It is an obvious contradiction in terms to simultaneously accuse 'Leftists" of being anarchists and pro-Big Govt. It is impossible to reconcile these positions, except perhaps in the more lurid parts of looney Right minds, where all kinds of strange and miraculous fantasies are believed to be real.



Social anarchists, or left leaning anarchists, do conform to the idea of a government. The departure with the current system is that they believe that power should not be concentrated in the hands of the state, nor in the hands of a select group of private interests.

They believe that power should be concentrated in the hands of the people, who by nature are benevolent and empathetic towards fellow human beings and therefore, and by extension will be self-governing.

Assuming the aim of government is peace, prosperity and harmony, then according to social anarchists there is absolutely no need for a state because humans beings will naturally co-operate in the interests of peace and prosperity etc.

It follows that they believe the state and private interests are a barrier to the stated goals of society, and only serve to corrupt the essence of human beings by using their unjustified authority to serve their own interests first and foremost.

What is probably unknown to some is that John Locke proposed certain ideas around ownership of property that have been consumed by social anarchists.

One of the cornerstones of Social Anarchism is the principle of free association, rather than servitude to the state and corporate interests. That is the whole point for them really. They don't subscribe to chaos and a lack of organisation: they simply believe that the best form of government is self-government because human beings are naturally benevolent and protective of the fellow man/woman.

When you boil it down to its bare bones, it's not really anything out of the ordinary. People, all sorts of people, have been arguing that the state and corporate interests are corrupt; and all sorts of people have argued that the natural state of human beings is one of benevolence.



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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 4:39:24 AM   
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The nearest thing we have to anarchists on these boards are those from the US libertarian Far Right, who believe in reducing Govt to its absolute minimum. That's a little short of the anarchist ideal of having no Govt at all, but still pretty close.

It is an obvious contradiction in terms to simultaneously accuse 'Leftists" of being anarchists and pro-Big Govt. It is impossible to reconcile these positions, except perhaps in the more lurid parts of looney Right minds, where all kinds of strange and miraculous fantasies are believed to be real.

Just as there are vast differences in conservative thought there are also vast difference in leftist thought. Just because some leftists never met a government program they didn't like there is also a branch of leftist thought that opposes any government intervention in private lives, a point where they in many cases cross over with libertarian though. The most active terror group in the US is ELF which considers itself to be leftist and which wants man to take a back seat to "nature".

You also seem to not comprehend the difference between a desire for smaller government and a desire for no government.


BamaD is closer to the mark with this one.

The root of left-wing ideology isn't 'big government', it is the idea that human beings are essentially benevolent.

Most on the left believe democracy can only be delivered by a government acting as a referee, one that protects against corporate interests distorting democracy.

A small minority of the left, i.e. social anarchists, believe the state is no more or less corrupt than private interests.


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 4:42:25 AM   
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NG has rather nailed it on the nature of anarchism.

As for Leftists Anarchists being more dangerous than ISIS....... What planet did that fucking idea come from, the notion is absurd in the extreme. While it may have held some merit after the French or Russian revolutions, and what happened there was a power grab by certain individuals, it didnt happen after the American Revolution.


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RE: Leftist Anarchists - More Dangerous Than ISIS? - 6/20/2015 6:22:06 AM   
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There is no doubt the rightist 'conservatives' and 'republicans' are more dangerous than Hitler, and make ISIL look like girl scouts.

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