I know you have independant parties, but your system lend sitself to domination by two parties, so I am told by a Republican American I knew, who was studying in Britain, who used to hang out with us Tories (Concervative Party members) (I shall have to read up on your system to learn what he meant exactly) when we went for drinks. Our fondness for him quickly dwindled as he kept saying things like 'Hitler wasnt all that bad' and the like.I will add that I have met other Republicans with whome I shared many common views and values, but your ideas of left and right are different in America, both Democrat and Repuiblican would be considered right-wing in Britain.
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What's With the Hate?
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>>>"...both Democrat and Repuiblican would be considered right-wing..."
Given the action, or in-actions more accurately, of the Democratic party, of late, some here would hold the same opinion.
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Well just be thankful America has never experienced the true left.
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Yes, extremism in any direction is dangerous. Right now it is my opinion that we are drifting to far to the right. For instance the ruling of the supreme court that says the government can take your property, all be it with restitution, and give to a corporation for economic development. Or, in Oklahoma the state has created a board to determine which books a library may or may not be allowed to have in it's collection. A law initiation at the behest of the cristian conservatives.
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In reply to: in Oklahoma the state has created a board to determine which books a library may or may not be allowed to have in it's collection. Thats disgusting.
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Hitler was a great leader, fucking madman but a great leader.He inspired people to new evil that had before never been dreamed of. alot of that thru deception and lies in misinformation but he rose to the power to do that thru charisma and his abilities to take the lead and inspire people to do what he liked.by that rational we cna say the same thing about Atila the Hun, Charles Manson, and many others, even wiht the similar attitude Bush can not be said to be a great leader like hitler, just a fucking mad man with out the leadership ability. Much like Nixon, he only inspires hate, aside from the right wing idiot bastards who now threaten the ery eistance of hte American way of life.Keep writing, Ill be back to read ad answer later, now its time to go pick up a new pistol, then go get my son from school and head to Salt Lake City to have him fitted for a backpack for the summer and get his ass inshape for a 50 mile hike.if I time this right, Ill be getting to his school about the same time he normaly would be getting on the bus, if not then Ill have to top back at home to pick him up but since my house is on the way to the city from where Ill be to get the gun...not a big deal.and Scotty, that is the ost absurd shit I ever heard, its history all over again, burn the books! fucking books!!If I were someplae that disallowed certain books, Id make sure that those are the books i sought out and go elsewhere to read, there is a reason the bastards ban them.
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Tell me about it, and this isn't the only state with that law. It's a copy of a law from another state. (Perhaps a police state.)Such things are enacted so silently most people never become aware of them. It's already been on the book for a year before any real public debate, if any at all, takes place and by then people just seem to go, "oh well" and don't take the initiative to get taken off the books.It's so sad when enlightenment begins to dim.
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Hitlers skills as a leader were not mentioned. The fellow said the guy "wasnt that bad", ie not that bad a guy, nothing to do with his skills. To explain more, the American also said there wasnt sufficent evidence for the holacaust.