Alas I've got work and class till noon so y'all may have to wait a bit.
But from my initial poking around it'll be worth it.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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"Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them. Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act on any. Frantic violence became the attribute of manliness" -Thucydides
I can't begin to follow all the great discussions on FR today, but this one about how to go Galt has a lot of potential.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's a thread which is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteFreepers in a nut-shell:
ReplyDelete"Keep in mind it only takes about 90 days to starve to death.
If it comes down to it, I can choose to starve to death rather than be enslaved."
I made it to post number 45 in that Galt thread. I decided to quit while I was ahead after I saw this:
ReplyDelete-"Why not just get on with your life like everyone else?
"Exactly. And please stop with the self-pitying. You are not in a concentration camp waiting to be gassed. You belong to the fattest, wealthiest, longest lived group of people on Earth. Ever."
This is FR. The voice of reason gets drowned out by the crazy. Don't give up on the thread or you'll miss SoFloFreeper's tips on how he is Going Galt. The first one? Downgraded my cable tv service.
Deletehaha, don't worry, I went back and finished it.
DeleteI was tempted to post a bunch of hilarious things they said, but I don't want to step on this blogger's toes.
it's just so much fun, though!
The melodrama over there is priceless. One poster even said that Obama's re-election was "possibly the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of humanity".
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love that they STILL won't let Palin go.
Beyonce tweeted, "Take that Mitches".
ReplyDeleteThe Freepers reply, "FU Bigger".
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2956553/posts?page=2#2
Then they spend the rest of the thread talking about how un-classy Beyonce is.
Just go ahead and use the word, Freepers. You know you want to.