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Old 03-13-2011, 08:51 PM
 
Location: Sacramento, CA/Dover-Foxcroft, ME
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All this talk about Obama, communism, being president of another country, etc. made me think of this poster I found.


Please forgive me Mr. President.
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Old 03-13-2011, 08:58 PM
 
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If you don't HATE Communism, then you're not an American. You're merely someone who lives in America.
What is your reason to hate communism? Did they kill your family or something? I doubt they did any harm to you.

For those of you who have studied history (not the BS that taught in public school), you know the reason is not because they are a dictators, it is because USSR is viewed as a threat. And USSR is a communism party.

The military–industrial complex did not want the profit to stop so they put on this war. Politicians from other countries who need the US help just mentions their enemy is communism, and US will be there.
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:04 PM
 
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Excuse me?!?!? When did Americans hate communism? I'm an American and I don't hate communism. Is the "hate" you refer to like the Republicans "hate" the Democrats?
When haven't Americans hated communists?

We just had a 50 year cold war against the evils of communism.

Or didn't they teach you that?
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:06 PM
 
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The cold war was over 20 years ago.

I don't hate communism either, and I'm an American. I don't agree with everything it teaches, but I certainly don't "hate" it.
Of course you don't.
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:10 PM
 
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What is your reason to hate communism? Did they kill your family or something? I doubt they did any harm to you.

For those of you who have studied history (not the BS that taught in public school), you know the reason is not because they are a dictators, it is because USSR is viewed as a threat. And USSR is a communism party.

The military–industrial complex did not want the profit to stop so they put on this war. Politicians from other countries who need the US help just mentions their enemy is communism, and US will be there.
Nah.

We Americans hate commies because they are evil.
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:19 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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If you don't HATE Communism, then you're not an American. You're merely someone who lives in America.
I'm an American because I was born here. The Constitution gives me the right to believe what I want from a political standpoint.

There are very few things I HATE, and communism is not one of them.
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:22 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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Nah.

We Americans hate commies because they are evil.

So, every person who believes in a communist economic system, is, in your words, evil. Wow. How do you know this? Unless you are God, you can't examine the hearts of everyone, so you can't make that statement.

I don't hate anyone. I can separate my dislike of an ideology from the person who holds it.
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:22 PM
 
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What is your reason to hate communism? Did they kill your family or something? I doubt they did any harm to you.
Here's mine: took all of my great-grandfather's land from him. Worth enough then and worth millions today. We'd like it back...they won't give it back. Even though the country is no longer communist.

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For those of you who have studied history (not the BS that taught in public school), you know the reason is not because they are a dictators, it is because USSR is viewed as a threat. And USSR is a communism party.
No, it's the entire premise of communism that is a threat.

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The military–industrial complex did not want the profit to stop so they put on this war. Politicians from other countries who need the US help just mentions their enemy is communism, and US will be there.
Which war would that be?
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:25 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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When haven't Americans hated communists?

We just had a 50 year cold war against the evils of communism.

Or didn't they teach you that?
We had a 50-year cold war with another superpower nation, the USSR. The USSR ≠ communism, anymore than Hong Kong = capitalism. How do you wage war on an ideology? You can't, at least not without some really repressive measures.
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Old 03-13-2011, 09:25 PM
 
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So, every person who believes in a communist economic system, is, in your words, evil. Wow. How do you know this? Unless you are God, you can't examine the hearts of everyone, so you can't make that statement.
So what are they? Lazy?
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