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Why is everyone under 30 a socialist/liberal?
When did complaining about something turn into an opinion about something?
Why did they co-opt the word, “liberal”?
Fuck you, you spineless liberal!—At least the Democrats will put a Predator drone up your ass…
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.
21 Comments
Unfortunately Voltaire has been dead a long fucking time. “I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it” has morphed into “I’ll defend to the death YOUR right to be offended and marginalized, but watch me turn conscientious objector when it comes to MINE.”
*gives standing ovation to Ivan*
Jesus Christ – They’re breeding! and massing for an attack. >; )
Thanks Newt , and thanks for your new av, it terrified me into full consciousness.
Wednesdays do not, it seems, suck any less than Mondays or Tuesdays.
The Boomtown Rats had it right, they just forgot to include the rest of the days of the week .
Awwww, little idealists and radicals – nothing that a 2 x 4 of real life can’t cure. I watched generations of these little bastards come and go and have yet to remember one who ‘kept the faith’ beyond the age of 30.
Yer right TT. The unspoken part of “Make the Rich Pay” is “Tax Shelter as Much of Your Dual Incomes As You Can”
Love your little munchkins NTH. Though they are a bit creepy en masse…
de-moral-crats, what the fuck are we now, the u.s.of assholes? we have the libs., cons., and a few other things here, but demos, no way yet. oh wait, i heard george bush is going to run for prime minister next term. oh fucking goody, another war in the making.
cause it’s cool to be a liberal/socialist and very uncool to be conservative which by the way is non-existant as they are neo-cons which in a way is worse than a liberal
Its all about taxes. When your under 30, you haven’t paid a whole lot into keeping the system running but later in life, you’ve contributed enough into Government coffers to want it to be spent properly. Hence, the idea of backstopping stupid causes for the good of all becomes less appealing.
Don’t worry, they’ll grow up. How many hippies are now CEOs, lawyers, doctors, etc of the big bad conservative world?
lets not forget they are also the biggest hypocrites in our society.
Conservatives spend more now than the Liberals ever did! Conservative/Liberal means nothing in a country where all political parties are centre-left. Give me Libertariansm or give me death. Or a TN1 VISA.
That’s right, dartmouthy. All of our parties are centre-left, although lately the Conservatives have been right of centre. I liked how Jon Stewart put it: “The Canadian Conservative party is like our Gay Nader fans for Peace”.
The term socialist is used to demean anyone with leftist politics, much like fascist is used to demean anyone with conservative politics.
I’m neither. I am pure hard core right wing all the way. Bring back the death penalty and abolish welfare.
I guess my new avatar is symbolic of the young and idealistic: cute individually, creepy en masse. No real damage though, they are all made of ceramic, they aren’t real. They may appear in your dreams and scare the crap out of you, but they will do no real harm.
And speaking of noxious infestations, with all due apologies to your satanic ceramics >; ), did you happen to catch the news stories last night about Giant Hogweed? The wilderness up back of DC must be ground zero for the evil bastards. It’s like Day of the Fucking Triffids up here. Get M. Night Shamalamadingdong on the phone; I “sense” a sequel to “The Happening”
that is your finest avatar thus far colonel…i saw the hog weed, they are scarier than any of mr. shammy’s turd burgers^^
Spassibo Bolshoi, Painuchka. Y’know, what with his passionate joie de vivre, his religious fervor, his poetic grasp of language and his healthy relationships with alcohol, Jews and wimmin I’m sure Mr. Gibson must have some Russian in him. Over and above the 2 quarts of Stoli he has for breakfast every day, I mean.
And I think that GNewt’s GNomes might be a tad less creepy IF THEY DIDN”T HAVE NIPPLES! It’s like Clooney’s Batsuit – creepy overkill.
They say if you aren’t a socialist and under 35 you don’t have a heart, and if you are still a socialist and over 35 you don’t have a brain.
They also said man would never fly to the moon. What the hell do they know and why do we keep listening to them?
I don’t think everyone under 30 is a socialist/liberal.
There a still a few idiots left.