Reply #38: The 'Yer a socialist' canard is typically false .... [View All]

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First: DEFINE Socialism ...

From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Website:
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=socialism&x=14&y=19

Main Entry: so·cial·ism

Pronunciation: 'sO-sh&-"li-z&m

Function: noun

1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

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1) Does Kerry (or the Democratic Party) advocate 1: collective or governmental ownership of the means of production or distribution of goods ? ...

NO !

2) Does Kerry (or the Democratic Party) advocate 2 A: a system of society there is no private property, or 2B : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state ????

NO !

3) Does Kerry (or the Democratic Party) advocate the overthrow of capitalism and the embrace of Marxism ? ...

NO! NO! NO! ....


The use of the term 'Socialist' is usually a strawman fallacy and ad hominem insult ....

Calling Kerry a socialist in intellectually dishonest ....

It is a lie ....