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RE: Star-Spangled Bullpoop

in #patriotism8 years ago

You think patriotism PREVENTS wars?? Holy smokes.

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Have you and all your buddies shot up the next town over lately?

Has your country shot up another lately for no good reason? Yes
You must not get outside much if you think the average person has a clue about anything.
Here's a quick question. Who has committed more acts of murder, individual citizens on their own, or militaries doing it in the name of patriotism?

Good thing there was patriotism in Nazi Germany, huh? Otherwise bad things might have happened.

"Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship… Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.” – Hermann Goering (founder of the Nazi Gestapo)

Nah, we haven't. We mostly bomb these days. And the reason is probably for oil, which depending on who you ask might be a good reason.

But hey, it's clear that you're hugely arrogant and much, much better than "the average person." They should be disrespected at all costs, and called livestock if you get a chance.

Because that makes you completely unlike them.

LOL.

Wait, does that mean that the only reason that YOU don't violently attack people ... is because you were taught to pledge allegiance to a flag and a republic? If so, don't project your lunacy on others.

Wow, that old chestnut. As if I am everyone, or as if I'm the same person I'd be growing up without a government!

Anyone who doesn't think every human has the capacity for violence should probably not be commenting on human behavior.

Remember, we've been taught not to kill for at least 2,000 years but there are still 31 gun murders per day.

Took the words right out of my mouth @larkenrose. Haha

Its lucky there was patriotism in the United States or we wouldn't have stopped the Nazi's. And for people upset about how anarchists argue, don't take it personally, this is how communists argue. They take a party line and there is no deviation from the party line, and every single person who doesn't believe what they believe is not holding a different opinion worthy of respect, they are without exception morons who are wrong, expect no civil discourse and it'll bother you less. .

Haha You clearly have no idea what you are saying and from the looks of it are getting enjoyment out of arguing. So I'll leave you to it. I enjoy inteligent and constructive debates, but I can see that this one will miss "constructive" by a longshot.

Stupid comment limits...

Nice Goering quote there. He was clearly an oracle of all knowledge.

Now, let's go back to iceland where there was "no centralized government." What happened? Oh yeah, tons of "feuds" as rival groups fought each other.

The difference is scale, really, not behavior or attitude. The same attitude you're putting on prominent display. Our beliefs are better, they are inferior.

THAT is what lets a tribe or a nation attack another.

You are the same, whether you realize it or not.

Oh, the feelz...

It's amazing isn't it.

Today I heard someone argue that the reason zero Government is bad is because we need Government to protect us from invading armies... of other Governments!!!

The same person said he didn't mind paying taxes (being subjugated by his own government) to avoid be subjugated (by another government)

You always do a great job of pointing out these kinds of flaws and I love that you don't waste to much energy arguing with people who clearly don't know how to think for themselves.

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