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> My fellow members of the left make a grave mistake in assuming that private property rights are only important to the wealthy. If you're defending billionair
by anth_anm 8y ago
> My fellow members of the left make a grave mistake in assuming that private property rights are only important to the wealthy.
If you're defending billionaires, you aren't on the left.
- jgowdy 8y agoThanks for the No True Scotsman logical fallacy. Let me say in return that if you're this irrational, your adherence to the left (and your gatekeeping the left) is far more of a disservice to the left than a service. I defend anyone's personal human rights from inappropriate threats, because I actually understand why we have those rights and why they're important. You are trying to dehumanize the billionaires so you can deny their fundamental rights and you're calling that "the left." I'm defending everyone's human rights, and I'm calling that "the left." I pray that I'm right and the left is more filled with thoughtful intellectuals who want to improve things rather than violently irrational people who want to seize other peoples' property and dehumanize their fellow citizens.
- anth_anm 8y ago> Thanks for the No True Scotsman logical fallacy Not no true Scotsman. gatekeeping, yes. > I'm defending everyone's human rights, and I'm calling that "the left." Good for you, but I wouldn't call that left or right wing. Defending private property rights is more right wing than left wing.
- observer12 8y agoThere isn't one position in politics... L----------|----------R
- pteredactyl 8y agoI think Venezuela is looking for new citizens... You may fit in well there. Just saying.
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