Shalebridge Cradle posted:

What do people think Obama has actually done? I can't think of a single thing this administration has done that's remotely collectivist, let alone tyrannically socialist? I really never understand this kind of argument, and its not even confined to the crazy right wing internet anymore even Mitt Romney is saying this kind of thing.

Bruce Leroy posted:

How does a "young person that isn’t anywhere close to retirement" get Social Security benefits?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could only get SS benefits if you were either old enough (65?) or were physically/mentally/psychologically disabled and couldn't work?

How else would a "young person" get SS benefits?

Bruce Leroy posted:

Ok, I always considered unemployment insurance to be a separate thing.

So, isn't the hypothetical person he complained about someone who was relatively recently fired, i.e. working poor, not some kind of conservative stereotype?

drat, they sure love to hate on the poor.

cheerfullydrab posted:

That's not a good view to hold at all. The people who write these letters are, despite their twisted views, American citizens. We have to live with people who hold political views opposite ours, no matter how loving insane they are. We also have to accept that they are also tax-paying and voting members of our country. Calling such people crazy is just one way to otherize them in a dangerous way. We're all Americans, together, whether we like it or not. Personally I hate like poison people who write letters such as that. Even if you disagree with them, at least please respect them as American citizens. I'm saying this as a former LF poster.

Judeccahedron posted:

There's a very broad line between "find[ing someone's] views palatable" and saying that anyone who has an opinion you disagree with should be institutionalized, though. Obviously, if you disagree with the person, you are free to do so, but the notion of "this guy who thinks this should be sent to the nuthouse" has rather nasty implications.

Besides which, even if it became law, do you think that the next guy who comes along wouldn't decide that you should be thrown into a mental institution for your opinions?

cheerfullydrab posted:

If you're so against the idea of not calling humans with opposing, ridiculous views completely insane people who deserve to be institutionalized because you share the same landmass with them, at least try and think that they're still human beings. Rational, reasonable human beings who are completely loving nuts.

Bruce Leroy posted:

If we seek the reason behind the great disparities in wealth that the Occupy crowd is howling about, we need look no further than the collapse of marriage.

The Dark One posted: