Apparently, Lots of Libertarians Don't Think Women are People Either

[paft.livejournal.com]

So The Mercatus, a right-wing think tank, has declared North Dakota -- which recently passed an incredibly restrictive anti-abortion law, one of the free-est of all the fifty states

Once again, we see that when right wing libertarians use the word "liberty," they're using their own extra-special definition of it. As Salon has pointed out reproductive freedom apparently isn't even entered into the calculations,

Women, you see, just don't count.



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[oslo.livejournal.com]

You should strive to produce them well.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

I'll strive to whatever I want, thanks.

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[paft.livejournal.com]

She said, poking her tongue out at him and blowing a raspberrie.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

She uttered a muted murmur, slapping with a ruler on the edge of the table and tapping her foot rigorously.

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[paft.livejournal.com]

Who? I'm not the teacher here.

I'm more like the lady coming over to see why you're unsupervised and politely pointing you over to the kiddies' table.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

But you're totally not the teacher here.

Because that implies actually teaching me something.

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[paft.livejournal.com]

Indeed I'm not. That's your bit of fiction, not mine.

I doubt you take your thumbs out of your ears and stop making Nyah Nyah noises long enough to learn much of anything.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

I don't doubt that you're unwilling to betray your usual habit of ascribing things to people you barely know.

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[paft.livejournal.com]

It's your behavior here I'm talking about. I neither know nor care what you do in the offline world. Act like a 10-year-old, here, and I'll treat you like one.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

For someone who doesn't care, you seem to be too willing to make assumptions about actions that you know nothing about.

I frankly don't care how you treat me.

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[paft.livejournal.com]

What is it about your habit of posting empty snark that you feel I should know?

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I don't care what you know or don't know. You felt compelled to insert yourself in the middle of my conversation, feel free to stay true to your own habit and assume whatever you like. Maybe I'll feel a little amused for a time.

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[paft.livejournal.com]

l: Like I said, I don't care what you know or don't know. You felt compelled to insert yourself in the middle of my conversation...

VBG. And you DIDN'T insert yourself into a conversation?

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

DOUBLE INSERTION!!!1!1

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[paft.livejournal.com]

So you emit another raspberrie.

Sigh.

I guess whatever adult is in charge is going to have to come around to collect you.

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[oslo.livejournal.com]

It's a little silly to characterize what you're trying to do with me as a "conversation," don't you think?

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

I'm not the one evoking people who are not even here, nor have I put you in an imaginary middle school. I just asked if you're so very scared of Htpcl that you had to voice your concerns that he'd do something terrible to you - several times. Care to answer to the actual question?

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[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

All right, I think that's been more than enough. You were given enough time to stop doubling down. Step back or go on and do hurt yourself. Your choice.

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[oslo.livejournal.com]

No kidding. For some reason, luvdovz's attempts to insult me invariably remind me of the awkward competitions kids used to have in middle school, insulting one another in ever-harsher terms.

It's kind of like walking past a loudly territorial toy breed - it's endearing, in a way, to watch.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Because your chasing of Bdj all around the place bordering on obsessive-compulsive behavior, and your repetitive concern about Htpcl coming to smack you for merely uttering something, are not equally, if not even more adorable?

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[oslo.livejournal.com]

Okay. Well, thanks for sharing. It can be nice sometimes to receive comments that don't call for much in the way of thoughtful response.

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Says the guy who evoked the name of someone who's not even in this thread. Over five times.

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[oslo.livejournal.com]

Do you have a junior high schooler feeding you these attempts at wicked burns?

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[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

No, it's my alter ego waiting for you to make one of your trademark psychoanalyses.

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[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

You're fast approaching the line. Step back.