Phat writes:
Not everyone should get a ribbon for having ran the race.
My brother ran in the city marathon every year. He got a medal every year, even though he was in the back of the pack.
Some things are an accomplishment, not just a competition.
Phat writes:
The America that my friend saw and believes in rewards initiative.
It rewards the rich. An ordinary Safeway cashier stays an ordinary Safeway cashier.
Phat writes:
Equality forces society to lower the bar in order to accommodate everyone...
What "bar" exactly? That sounds like a catch-phrase with no thought behind it.
Phat writes:
... which in his mind is socialism.
So are roads. How is that a bad thing?
You and your friend should be roaming the streets in your storm-trooper uniforms, shouting your slogans. Maybe you can learn the English words to the Horst Wessel Lied.
Phat writes:
America already has some socialist policies and I am not in favor of dismantling those.
So you're a hypocrite.
Phat writes:
Freedom should supersede Equality.
Your right-wing handlers want to be free to take YOUR equality away.
Come all of you cowboys all over this land,
I'll teach you the law of the Ranger's Command:
To hold a six shooter, and never to run
As long as there's bullets in both of your guns.
-- Woody Guthrie