when people call you a commie, ask them if they've even read Marx.

[UpsideDownFlag]

ask them if they've read any of the manifestos. if they have, they'd realize that he wasn't some evil guy. a lot of what he said, at least in terms of class (especially considering the time frame) was dead on.

but i dont suppose that matters.

[Hello_Kitty]

1. Yer one of dem readin' types ain't you?

We don't cotten to yer kind round here. :eyes:

[deutsey]

13. "Whatcha reading for?"

A dimwitted Waffle House waitress came up to my table, saw me reading a book, and asked, "Whatcha reading for?" Not "what are you reading?" but "what are you reading for?" "Well, I read for a lot of reasons, but one of them is so I don't end up a fucking waffle waitress."
-Bill Hicks

[aden_nak]

2. I tried that once. Here's what I got in reply.

"No, because I'm not a COMMUNIST, you fucking Commie."

[russian33]

3. When they call me a commie, they're usually right

Well, technically I never joine the Party, I was too young...I was in Comsomol (for younger generation), my father was a due paying member of the great CPSU.

[PrpgndBrdcstingSystm]

4. Unfortunately most DUers are much like the people you speak

They call themselves moderates, but they are social liberals, not economic liberals.

[Dora]

5. Side Question

What's the difference between being a social liberal and an economic liberal? Are they naturally exclusive? I'm just curious about what you mean.

Dora

[American Tragedy]

6. The sort of person that would call me a commie isn't likely to benefit

Anyway, I agree to some extent. One thing that alienated me from socialist thought was the exphasis on class, as opposed to worldview and beliefs. My friends and I have never felt divided against one another in terms of socioeconomic levels even though we are fairly disparate. Although I am aware of it, I never think of being rich as part of my identity, nor does one of my closest friends think of being poor as hers. Money is just a matter of personal circumstances, often quite random. It's just stuff,and the potential to have more stuff. It doesn't necessarily dictate who you are.

That having been said, before I get flamed, I would note that I strongly support progressive income tax and redistribution to level the playing field and appropriately reinforce the public sector. I know as well as anyone that wealth absolutely does not signify one's value to society or their work ethic.

[wtmusic]

7. And they will say, "No, but I've seen his movies...

I like Chico the best."

[BiggJawn]

11. Awww...Beat me to it! That was my first reaction...

"I like Marx and Lennon....Groucho and John."

Harpo had it going on, man...

[lutherj]

8. If they call you a communist, call them a fascist. If they can throw

extremist labels around, why can't we?

[Throckmorton]

9. I tell them that I am one, and that come the revolution,

I'm moving a poor family into their McMansion and giving each one of them 12 square meters of living space in their house.

A la Doctor Zhivago.

I also tell them that their god sucks dead weasel dicks.

[madrchsod]

10. i will tell them - that`s why i shop at walmart

i support commie china by buying everything at walmart

[fshrink]

12. People who call you a commie don't, and often can't, read.

[havocmom]

14. My take on communism is that it really isn't too different from pure

Christianity. And the same problem assures both philosophies will fail in application: Human beings

Fundies usually stop trying to talk to me after I toss that at them.

[ramapo]

15. The commie label is so old

Communism is a relic on the ash pile of history, call me something new millennium like terra-lover.

[Menshevik]

16. I had to read it in college

was actually quite interesting (well, communist manifesto was...das kapital, on the other hand, was zzzzzzz :boring:)

but then again, I was obviously being brainwashed by leftist professors blah blah blah (as the freepers would say)

[DemBones DemBones]

17. Anyone who would call someone else a "commie"

has obviously not read much of anything.