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In reply to the discussion: A quote from 1936 by H.P. Lovecraft. [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)29. As you may know he was very interested in madness. nt
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I've been waiting for some Right Wing preacher to promote burning people alive.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2013
#50
No kidding. Remember the video last year of them wanting camps for gays? And the ORI were into
freshwest
Jan 2013
#51
Back during the Inqusition the Church transfered the prisoner over to the State...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2013
#52
And doing a damned fine job of it in GOP territories. Obama made a statement someone put on a pic...
freshwest
Jan 2013
#53
Southern Democrats were extremely racist as well in the early 20th century. n/t
Ashgrey77
Jan 2013
#36
Those Southern Democrats were also never liberal in any meaningful sense of the word.
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#38
Republicans, by one name or another, have been sabotaging human progress since the cave era
NBachers
Jan 2013
#13
I kept this sig line from DU2 someone had, but have never found the original reference.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#44
I thought it was a powerful description. Next time I add it, I'll be sure to attribute it to you!
freshwest
Jan 2013
#49
The quote is great but Lovecraft was not an advocate economic, political, or social equality.
iemitsu
Jan 2013
#22
Or even worse, work and invest with them, assisting them in conquering us all. nt
raouldukelives
Jan 2013
#63
Regardless of his political views, that 80 year old quote is scarily applicable to today's GOP.
reformist2
Jan 2013
#54
Great writer, flop as a human being. Not the first chap to fall in the category,
dimbear
Jan 2013
#60