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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDAMN!!! An 18th-century philosopher sizes up today's Republicans!
Voltaire: It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
That Voltaire was one smart guy!
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DAMN!!! An 18th-century philosopher sizes up today's Republicans! (Original Post)
KansDem
Aug 2012
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hifiguy
(33,688 posts)1. Indeed.
The farting, honking, spitting teatalitarian orcs that have come boiling from their caves and out from under their rocks do nothing but scream about their freedumb being taken away by the evil gubmint. They then get on their knees and demand to be enslaved by the 1%. That is stupid that cannot be fixed.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)2. Man, hifiguy, you've got a way with words!
The farting, honking, spitting teatalitarian orcs that have come boiling from their caves and out from under their rocks...
orc [ɔːk]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a mythical monster
I've added "orc" with this definition to my vocabulary! Thanks!
orc [ɔːk]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a mythical monster
I've added "orc" with this definition to my vocabulary! Thanks!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)4. I think orcs and ogres are related, with
ogres being a little smarter.