Does anyone else get tired of freepers forcing us to look at everything

[applegrove]

through a prism of "private property rights".

Is it just me?

[andino]

The best thing to do is to tell them

that they are nutts and go on about your day. Nothing pisses a freeper off more than not arguing.

:)

[craigolemiss]

1. Hold on there cowboy---

What's wrong with private property rights?

[Tom Kitten]

2. since you asked the question

why don't you try to answer it yourself?

[craigolemiss]

3. Just attempting to get the OP to explain---

Rather than indignation--please give example

[undergroundpanther]

4. I think

freeps put a superior role to individual personal ambitions and hold the idea of personal achievement/competition winner takes all above securing the general welfare and public resources. Repugs are basically anti sharing,anti new deal,let the poor suffer.anti public property,anti commons.

[Skittles]

11. in other words they are selfish bastards

who don't empathize with ANYTHING that does not directly affect them - or until it DOES affect them. So what's new ?????

[undergroundpanther]

16. Yeppers!

[craigolemiss]

17. huh?

what does that have to do with private property rights?

[Tom Kitten]

6. an example of what?

what is your argument to begin with? All I did was ask you a question!

[LittleClarkie]

8. These cirular arguements are making me dizzy

But I think what you're asking is akin to asking someone to spell a word they're trying to look up in a dictionary. If they knew that, they wouldn't have to look it up, you know?

I think at the least, we'd like some context. I too think the OP is being cryptic.

[craigolemiss]

9. WTF--I am not the OP

What is wrong with private property rights, that was my question.

[LittleClarkie]

13. Are you looking for context?

I think that's the confusion as to why you ask the question. They think you're refuting the OP when you're trying to understand why the OP even brings it up.

Correct?

[Guaranteed]

5. Individual rights- privacy rights, autonomy rights- go much deeper than

just "private property."

You missed the point of the post.

The point was that there is an apparent contradiction when peoples' privacy and authonomy rights are deemed to hold superior to the need for them to evacuate for their own health reasons, but inferior when it comes to the issue of whether houses should be broken into by the NOLA law enforcement- for health reasons.

And your calling me a freeper is pretty fucking offensive. You're reading that one wrong, as well.

[craigolemiss]

7. I didn't call you a freeper

Look to the OP for that. I tend to agree tha there may be limits, and you have explained some in your post--I am still puzzled however over the OP statement.

[LittleClarkie]

10. He was replying to the OP

not you.

[Guaranteed]

14. My response was to the OP.

I'm personally leaning toward the view that health concerns trump all of those rights.

I'm just looking for a little consistency, because it seems to be the same people who are steadfastly against a forced evacuation that are just as cavalier about breaking into everyone's houses, whether people need help or not.

Personally, I don't want people with guns breaking into my house. When the circumstances deem it necessary, such as those in NOLA, I can certainly understand it. But, when things get to that point, it also seems pretty justified to go ahead and tell people that they have to leave- for their own good.

And I would leave. Lest the police have to break into my house again a week later.

[Stockholm]

12. I am tired of the attention DU give those airheads

I propose a F* free month with no reference to them at all - nothing.

[craigolemiss]

15. I agree--I give up

like arguing if fuchsia is redder than crimson---The OP is cryptic, and I am still puzzled by whatever the hell it means and there seems to be a pile-on effect at work.

I don't know if it makes me a bad democrat or what, but I am pro-private property rights. Pro-land stewardship, pro-get-out of my bedroom rights, pro-choice rights, etc. etc. and most of these boil down to privacy.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. Locking-- this seems to be a...

continuation of another little "discussion" and the snark factor is a bit too high.