[MD] Politics

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ian]
And your point ?

[Platt]
Socialism is not good.

[Arlo]
Really? And why does supporting a socialized military and a 
socialized police force not make you a "socialist"? Should we 
privatize these things? Does your unwillingness to turn the military 
and the police over to the free market make you a "socialist"?

What about public libraries and public parks? Do you support them? 
Should we abolish them in favor of bookstores and private resorts? 
Are you a socialist if you favor public libraries and public lands?

What about a socialized currency? Are we socialists for supporting 
this? Would abolishing these socialist programs (military, police, 
library, lands, currency) be "good" if socialism is so "bad"?

What about public education? Forget about its problems and successes. 
Are we "socialists" for having it at all? Should we abolish public 
education and go back to the old days? Would that be "better"?

What about using the state to tell people who they can and who they 
can not marry? Isn't that "socialist"? Why not? Or is this just 
another one of those times when "freedom" is only really important 
when its "freedom to be like Platt"?

Remember that to Micah, YOU are a socialist, Platt. It's all a matter 
of focus. If you could stop using the word for idiotic rhetorical 
propaganda, you may see that.