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Blecht

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2. I know people just like him

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 04:56 PM

Aug 2012

And you're absolutely right -- it is really easy to tune them out.

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A Visit From My Libertarian Brother-in-Law [View all] CanonRay Aug 2012 OP

I think you should mess with him... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #1

Actually, I did. CanonRay Aug 2012 #4

"Never been tried"? Ha! Tell him he sounds lke a college communist! JHB Aug 2012 #19

Oh, I told his response would have been ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #26

I know people just like him Blecht Aug 2012 #2

what you’ve got is an angry, greedy, white guy who has ideas so cynical, irrational, impractical and FLyellowdog Aug 2012 #3

So he's really an anarchist then? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #5

You beat me to the punch. Blanks Aug 2012 #12

This is the basic flaw of communism Turbineguy Aug 2012 #6

Some people never get over parent/child conflicts; he is one of them Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #7

Dude, you are so right! BlueNinja Aug 2012 #10

Antarctica has no government...no taxes. Tikki Aug 2012 #8

Just leave him alone lsewpershad Aug 2012 #11

It's all white, too. lob1 Aug 2012 #34

There are no laws against being a hermit. GeorgeGist Aug 2012 #9

But psychopaths can never maintain a hermit-like existence because they NEED people... Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #38

No government? Great, that makes a socialist revolution so much easier. white_wolf Aug 2012 #13

How does he not pay Federal Income Tax? maxsolomon Aug 2012 #14

I think it means no state income tax. RebelOne Aug 2012 #17

Yup is got to be state income tax. florida doesnt have any either darkangel218 Aug 2012 #32

He runs his own "oil" business CanonRay Aug 2012 #35

Hahahahahaha!! darkangel218 Aug 2012 #37

Take him camping. Blanks Aug 2012 #15

Help him move to a remote part of the country. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #16

Wait!! Where is a no income tax state?? And his kids are eligible for 2 years free Autumn Aug 2012 #18

As ohters have said, your brother in law is an anarchist nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #20

You should buy him a ticket to Somalia. Vinca Aug 2012 #21

I have met several men and women like Smilo Aug 2012 #22

That's bad anarchism! Taverner Aug 2012 #23

I can take care of myself and I am always right locks Aug 2012 #24

The people I know who talk like that about "corrupt, thieving" government are also very patrice Aug 2012 #25

They don't think it through and idolize a romanticized past time treestar Aug 2012 #27

Did he travel all the way on private roads? rug Aug 2012 #28

I wouldn't let a crazy fucker like that in my house. mysuzuki2 Aug 2012 #29

If he wants nothing to do with the government, hope he doesn't vote! n2doc Aug 2012 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Aug 2012 #31

She's a former Independent, turned Progressive CanonRay Aug 2012 #33

Yup, love can be blind. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #36

He's a psychopath who manipulates her Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #39