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independentsucka · 09-17-2010, 11:04 AM

depends. are poor people minorities? I would like to live in a world without poor people.

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Originally Posted by peacheslover

would you like a world without minorities?

edit: NM, you dont have to answer that

Lariat · 09-17-2010, 11:13 AM

How come there are no known liberals/progressive posting in this thread?

Moth · 09-17-2010, 11:17 AM

I have come to the conclusion that you really cannot please the Europeans. They hate everything.

ZGACK · 09-17-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lycanmaster

The US isn't even close to becoming "too European". We still got a LONG way to go before that happens, unfortunately.

You can shorten the distance by moving there!

Lycanmaster · 09-17-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ZGACK

You can shorten the distance by moving there!

I live in the US, so I rather change America to become more like Europe than have to make a drastic change to emigrating to a different country and culture!

majoun · 09-17-2010, 05:45 PM

The US in the last few years has picked up more of Europe's BAD qualities without picking up any of its GOOD qualities.

padcrasher · 09-17-2010, 05:54 PM

100% fact free, no data, opinion piece from a right wing German economist.....

AnUnidentifiedMale · 09-17-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lariat

How come there are no known liberals/progressive posting in this thread?

Same reason a lot of "known conservatives" don't post in liberal-biased discussions: It's a waste of time.

padcrasher · 09-17-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Same reason a lot of "known conservatives" don't post in liberal-biased discussions: It's a waste of time.

And what's to refute? Liberals on this board deal in objective data. If you read the piece he's just blowing smoke with a series of platitudes about the US "spirit" and "culture" and then says European institutions wouldn't work here. No data. No evidence.

Right wingers don't need the evidence. If a pure 100% opinion article fits their ideology, they run with it.

AnUnidentifiedMale · 09-17-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by padcrasher

And what's to refute? Liberals on this board deal in objective data. If you read the piece he's just blowing smoke with a series of platitudes about the US "spirit" and "culture" and then says European institutions wouldn't work here. No data. No evidence.

Right wingers don't need the evidence. If the article fits their ideology they run with it.

I agree completely. I thought of responding, but there's nothing to really respond to.