Is the General a marxist?

bblight · Aug 28, 2003

As I scroll through the political forum I see a fair number of posts initiated by the General. Most of those posts appear to consist of articles that are clearly slanted against the Bush Administration and the war.
Now, a reader can be of two opinions, either the General is just trying to stir up and maintain interest in the forum, or he's using whatever tools he can to support his opinion.

I think that the General is a closet marxist, cutting and pasting articles that mirror his opinion.

What do you think?

wilheim · Aug 28, 2003

Are talking about The General being a disciple of Karl or Groucho Marx?

Seriously, no way the General is a commie. Liberal probably, patriotic American definitely. He posts the articles to invoke discussion and debate in this forum. All things considered, I would say that both sides of US political idealogy get a fair share of postings.

wil.

radiofreecostarica · Aug 28, 2003

I like karlo marx. He made sense.

You walk in your own shoes, you should work in your own factory/office/etcetera.

Oceans11 · Aug 29, 2003

The General is as much a marxist as you are a Facist.

Thats how sensible that remark is.

The danger for any system, is the masses blindly following the ruling party line like sheep.
It doesn't matter Whether that ruling party is run by Fidel or George Bush.

bblight · Aug 29, 2003

Geez, most of what I said was half in jest, I was only trying to pull the Generals chain!
But look who comes out in defense of the General; Wil's the only normal one, and he suffers from a left leaning case of PTS (I'm only joking Wil, calm down!).

Hey General, I'd start to worry if Grannt and Lander jump in for your defense.

[This message was edited by bblight on August 29, 2003 at 07:21 AM.]

lander · Aug 29, 2003

>> Is the General a marxist?

This ends the myth that these is NO such thing as a "stupid question".

Phaedrus · Aug 29, 2003

BBL, I know you said it was "half in jest" but being opposed to Bush has nothing to do with subscribing to Marxism or any other dead end system. Bush is an incompetent and a traitor.

Some thoughts on the matter:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does NOT mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."

--Theodore Roosevelt
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>
"The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair."

--H.L. Mencken
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Phaedrus