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In reply to the discussion: If blue states seceded we'd have great health care at half the cost [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)55. No, you're right about that. I think white liberal racism is worse than the old fashioned
conservative racism. At least with those guys you know where you stand.
In this fantasy however, it is possible to implement ideas that are known to work.
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If blue states seceded we'd have great health care at half the cost [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Aug 2012
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If we could just get rid of all the nasty TV and radio that locks people into an ideology
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#52
You seem to have missed the point. Manny never suggested or implied force.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#15
Not anyone that doesn't agree with me, anyone that denies the reality in front of them and then
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#34
I don't see that you had any point other than the tried and true, "you will submit to our delusion
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#39
Oh and about that deportation thing; No, force and coercion are what your compatriots do. We think
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#40
While Manny makes provision for the infirm in his hypothetical proposal, he makes no such
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#74
I appreciate that but what I'm really saying is that we all live in a web of relationships..
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#21
Sign me up! I'd move back home to Washington in a heartbeat if secession was happening.
Zorra
Aug 2012
#11
If you want things to change in the South then YOU should move down here and bring a million more de
MuseRider
Aug 2012
#24
Talk of succession is highly OFFENSIVE to Democrats that live in red states. n/t
Tx4obama
Aug 2012
#20
I have NEVER voted for a Republican politician. Not once. Not ever.
Manifestor_of_Light
Aug 2012
#49
It may be highly offensive to you, but please leave the rest of us out of it. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#36
While I don't agree...it brings up the entire point of universal heath care...
mom2threegirls
Aug 2012
#32
Why would you assume that this dedicated progressive nation would handle, or more
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#53
No, you're right about that. I think white liberal racism is worse than the old fashioned
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#55