@DocSavage [Laughs] The meme. I think it's great. It only reveals the stark naked true nature of modern day ideocracy. Xenophobia, self-righteousness, hypocrisy and ignorance. Freedom of thought, presented thusly, is double speak. It says freedom of thought while prohibiting it. It actually means freedom from thought. The insistence of a prescribed and approved of thought. The motivations behind it are transparent and idiotic. While the suggestion is that if you don't agree you should be silenced. Believe what we tell you to believe. We know best.

@AkioTsukino The problem with the government fanatics is they think that the solution to every problem is more government. Silly them. We need government but we need extremely limited government. We don't need it to run every aspect of every life in every city in the land. We don't need it forcing everyone to get vaxed just as an example BUT we do need it to make sure that people play fair. That contracts are honored and peace is kept. I was talking to a fellow who was trying to get a gold mine going. He had the ore and he had the finances BUT the government red tape resulted in hundreds of thousands of pages of documents discussing what he could or could not do. He was a bit bemused because he had gone through the same process 20 years ago. A few hundred pages and he was good to go. Not a big deal. He left that claim in the same condition he found it with all the wildlife and wildlife habitat in place. Now he has consumed half a forest just trying to get the papers in order.

@ElwoodBlues One of my favorite books.

@AkioTsukino It's been my experience that no one has ever pissed me off by expressing his/her opinion on an issue. We all have our opinions and even when we agree our opinions may differ on certain points. When we provide sources we are just making appeals to authority since the source is usually nothing but someone's opinion. We don't usually discuss mathematics, where 1 +1 = 2 and it is a fact.

I look at the discussions as conversations between buddies that require a certain amount of give and take. We are supposed to be mature adults and not wimpy snowflakes so if people want to talk to someone who will always agree with them they should talk to a mirror and stay away from internet forums.

@AkioTsukino I have you just don’t have the intelligence to see it. The US Constitution is a rare gem of the Enlightenment and no finer work exists to govern the affairs of men. The Amendments made to it have added to its quality and it was fine enough to allow for and describe the means for its amending.

Nothing in its realm comes close.

@redredred Ever stop to ask why the Constitution has allowed the development of the “uniparty” when it was designed to avoid the concentration of power into one unaccountable group? I would say that it was designed to do just that from the beginning. You’re just mad that it’s a group you disapprove of.