Libertarian Troll Bingo
Published by Sabotabby July 5th, 2007 in Blogitics, We caught a troll and he was THIS DUMB, Shame on you for not being rich white and privilegedZingerella and I have been watching the comment pile-up on Amanda’s review of “Sicko” with some amusement. It seems that the Pandagonians have been hilariously fending off a small influx of libertarian trolls. Said trolls are typing valiantly away in an attempt to make sure that health care isn’t extended to the unwashed masses. As the argument progressed, we noticed that the resident trolls followed a familiar script and shared certain similarities with previous libertarians we’d encountered. Like their ideological comrades, these fellows miraculously manage to do it all themselves, with no help from anyone else. Despite their humble backgrounds, they are autodidacts and their pluck and wits have landed them lucrative jobs at a young age. But they still remember being poor, and all those other poor people who siphoned off the system and, well, just didn’t work hard enough as libertarians do.
Still, Randroids aren’t unkind people. They donate to charity. They just don’t want to be told to help anyone. They don’t want to be told what to do. You know who told people what to do? Hitler.
So, in honour of our libertarian friends, their commendable determination in the face of facts and basic economic theory, and their triumphant individualism, we’ve created:
Special thanks to “Bryan” and “kevin” for pretty much making my evening.
23 Responses to “Libertarian Troll Bingo”
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Can you make it bigger? I’m having a hard time reading it.
But I can tell already it’s great.
Awesome! There’s so much that could go in here. I especially liked where kevin basically said “You can’t quote Jefferson saying he likes Swedish health care, so…”
If I go to Pandagon, which I do about a zillion times a day, and I see a post that is both a) new to me and b) already up to 100 comments, I don’t even look for there there be trolls. So I haven’t actually read the Sicko comments, but I imagine you could fill all the dots on that card with them.
So I haven’t actually read the Sicko comments, but I imagine you could fill all the dots on that card with them.
Well, we don’t know anything about Bryan’s haircut.
Truly genius.
Nancy: Here’s a larger version.
Hope you don’t mind, Sabo, but I built the link into the picture so people can click it for a bigger version.
Infiltrated!!
This is one of life’s better things. This may be my second-fave libertarian blog post ever.
- Chris
Thanks, Amanda.
“Works in IT” should be closer to the middle. I expected it to be the center square, actually, because it’s almost as much of a gimme as what you have there.
Can you post a larger image someplace that isn’t blocked by the AF filter?
Is there, like, cash prizes in this thing? Because I’m not doing too well here.
Never bin over here.
Nice.
Bingo card mentality summed up in just two words.
“Mine!”
“Share?”
i think you should replace heinlein with ayn rand. it’s possible to read and admire heinlein without going full libertarian
There’s no such thing as White privilege, okay?
“The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it.” –Thomas Jefferson to M. van der Kemp, 1812. ME 13:135
“An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.” –Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 1807. ME 11:341
I find these two quotes particularly interesting. Like I said before, it’s not the ideal I’m opposed to, it’s the particular implementation that I’m objected to.
Hey, Sabo? You know what we forgot to include?
Seems to have a shameless but lamentable unfamiliarity with advanced English-language skills, such as choosing the correct homophone, spelling, standard subject-verb-object sentence structure, application of correct verb tenses, and proofreading. Other advanced language-arts skills, such as reading comprehension also appear to be well below grade-level for most public schools. This despite an apparent ability to quote everything the Founders ever said, verbatim, whether it’s relevant or not.
Must have something to do with the autodidacticism.
Because we all know that public education is a waste of money.
I’m sorry you guys picked up our boring ass troll Bryan. For what it’s worth, if you ban him for being deeply boring, I’d understand.
Libertarians stand against the military draft, mandatory high school, and mandatory national service. All of these have been achieved with most of The Greatest Statist WW2 Generation kicking and screaming. Democrats also want males to be sacrificed for females and children during wartime, and take away our college loans unless we register for Selective Sacrifice.
Legislating altruism IS legislating religion. Roosevelt and Truman once claimed that those who oppose their social programs, their compulsory taxation, and their draft enslavement are “traitors to Christianity.” The Democratic Party have the altruist morality of the Catholic Church because most of you worship male sacrifice on Sunday morning, and male sacrifice in history classes. I am not a male sacrifice for other people. Dare to curse Roosevelt and Truman.
Democrats have also outlawed discrimination against Catholic people, and even accept Catholic people such as John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi into your party! No wonder you can’t defend birth control or abortion choice. Catholics are scum who treat their friends and workers like shit, in every friendship and workplace I’ve ever been around them. The Klan seriously needs to attack Catholics, not blacks or Jews. Fight racial and sexual discrimination, not religious discrimination, because people can change their beliefs. Dare to curse Catholic people and the Vatican Masters.
Um, what?