# Proposal: The Anti-Legislature

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-the-anti-legislature/506731>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 17, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-the-anti-legislature/506731 "2009-08-17T15:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-the-anti-legislature/506731/25 "2009-08-19T19:53:30Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> They’d install a religious/corporate/racist dictatorship if they could. And as far as gays go the only question would be if they’d imprison them or kill them.

CRRRAAAAAAAZZZZZZZYYYYYYY!

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> More freedom than we have now. Dying because you don’t have enough money isn’t freedom; being forced to use inferior care because your insurance company demands it isn’t freedom. That “nanny state” you fear so much is the only reason we have any freedom at all; that’s why the Right hates it. There’s no such thing as a “rugged individualist”; individualists are by nature weak and helpless, which is why the right extols “rugged individualism” as a virtue.

How about the freedom to be left the fuck alone! Freedom does not mean freedom from responsibility…it means living your life the way you see fit. If you choose to live in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere, not work, and grow your own food then don’t expect to be able to afford such luxuries as quality healthcare. Having the government provide for your “needs” is not freedom…it is servitude. If you want the government to support you and make sure you don’t die or get “inferior” care then quit earning an income and get on the welfare/medicaid rolls but quit trying to ram this kind of shit sandwich down everyone’s throat.

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> You mean like slavery and genocide? Like the subjugation of women? This country was founded on a lot of things decent people oppose.

After you quit your job you should have some time to slip into a middle school somewhere and bone up on the founding principles of this country. What kind of dumb shit is this? Show me a civilization that does not have blood on its hands.

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