Remember when the Republicans were socialists?

Discussion in 'The Political/Current Events Coffee House' started by ComradeLer, Mar 23, 2012.

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  1. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    Now I can call everyone I know that is a democrat a slave making bitch! :D:D
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 25, 2012
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  2. Unillogical Ex-Admin

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    I think what has been established by this thread far from the 'hypocrisy of republic rhetoric' is the colossal flaw in judging a modern political party by the standards of its original heritage.
    Unillogical, Mar 25, 2012
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  3. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Indeed.
    The Shaw, Mar 25, 2012
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    This is kinda like how people tend to criticize some musicans and bands becouse they aren't doing what they did 10 years ago,
    ddbb089, Mar 25, 2012
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  5. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Don't you hate that?
    The Shaw, Mar 25, 2012
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  6. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Like Linkin Park.
    slydessertfox, Mar 25, 2012
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  7. ddbb089 Well-Known Member

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    Exactly.
    ddbb089, Mar 25, 2012
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  8. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Yeah I never understood the old and new linkin park thing. They have great songs from both "old and new" linkin parks.
    slydessertfox, Mar 25, 2012
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  9. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    More like the 1960's, but I'm glad you caught that.

    Because your looking at it with the party boundaries as they stand today.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Mar 25, 2012
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  10. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    I know.
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 25, 2012
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  11. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    I know that; I meant that republicans were seen as radicals because the conservatives of the time were the monarchists. And if no-one in the US supported monarchy, then it follows that the Republicans are the conservatives.

    Everyone went to war with France because they were a republic, and Britain restored their monarchy, claiming that to be the only form of legitimate government. It therefore follows that republican Republicans were seen as radicals, and although they may have been thought of as as 'bad' as socialists by these people, they clearly have no connection whatsoever to socialism.

    Failures for socialists, victory for those we now call Republicans.
    I think all i've done is risen to your 'republicans were socialists' bait. But you get my point; there is nothing socialist about them, it's just that by European standards of the 19th century, a rebel-colony republic might as well have been the Soviet Union.
    Achtung Kommunisten!, Mar 25, 2012
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