Magón
15th September 2010, 02:50
I think this belongs in Chit-Chat, seeing how it doesn't really pertain asking much, as it does to just a funny conversation I had today. Anyway...
So today while I was coming home from class, I ran into some friends (chick/dude) from a class we had together a few semesters ago, that were Anarchists and/or associated themselves with Anarchist tendencies. Well somehow we got into the topic of Anarchism and politics again, and what they just generally mean to the age group in the 20s. (Which we're all apart of.) Specifically Anarchy and the Green Party somehow.
Well the chick I know from the class, at the time was all about Anarcho-Communism, and associated herself with Anarcho-Communism only. She didn't really care much about the other Anarchist ways, etc. but for some strange reason she also had this "infancy stage" liking of Ron Paul; she explained to me her reasoning at the time being that even though he wasn't close to any sort of Anarchism, and probably would be against Anarchism, she found him to be the most suitable person to vote for if she ever decided to vote when he was running. So, me and the other guy today were talking to her about Ron Paul and this strange fixation she suddenly had with him. Nowadays, not like before, she no longer cares about Anarchism and just doesn't care about Left, Center, or Right Politics, and says they can all go to hell. Which I don't care, I practically agree with her on that sometimes, but that's not the point.
She was telling us more and more, how she'd come to like Ron Paul, and that over the summer break she'd gone to Boston to spend time with some friends that live there. She told us, they were self proclaimed Anarchists, and how they were all about Ron Paul being elected (which is weird for any Anarchist to say, IMO.) Well while she was there, one of these "Anarchists" told her all about how great Anarchy was, blah, blah, blah, long story short he sounded like a cheap swindler, rather someone actually educated on Anarchism and it's history. Anyway, so she finally gets to the point, that this "Anarchist" says, "Thanks to Ron Paul, Anarchism has actually picked up and become a lot more popular! Especially in our age group." (I find that hard to believe, but I don't have any information to say it's true or not true. Just word of mouth from a "Anarchist" swindler.)
Anyway, so I just started laughing my ass off, I even dropped my drink in the process of laughing at the comment. She didn't find it so funny, since now she's all about Ron Paul, even though she thinks all political sides can go to hell. So I just want to thank Ron Paul for making Anarchy, (in the Eastern United States at least), more popular with young people in their 20s. Thank you Ron Paul, thank you. :lol:
So today while I was coming home from class, I ran into some friends (chick/dude) from a class we had together a few semesters ago, that were Anarchists and/or associated themselves with Anarchist tendencies. Well somehow we got into the topic of Anarchism and politics again, and what they just generally mean to the age group in the 20s. (Which we're all apart of.) Specifically Anarchy and the Green Party somehow.
Well the chick I know from the class, at the time was all about Anarcho-Communism, and associated herself with Anarcho-Communism only. She didn't really care much about the other Anarchist ways, etc. but for some strange reason she also had this "infancy stage" liking of Ron Paul; she explained to me her reasoning at the time being that even though he wasn't close to any sort of Anarchism, and probably would be against Anarchism, she found him to be the most suitable person to vote for if she ever decided to vote when he was running. So, me and the other guy today were talking to her about Ron Paul and this strange fixation she suddenly had with him. Nowadays, not like before, she no longer cares about Anarchism and just doesn't care about Left, Center, or Right Politics, and says they can all go to hell. Which I don't care, I practically agree with her on that sometimes, but that's not the point.
She was telling us more and more, how she'd come to like Ron Paul, and that over the summer break she'd gone to Boston to spend time with some friends that live there. She told us, they were self proclaimed Anarchists, and how they were all about Ron Paul being elected (which is weird for any Anarchist to say, IMO.) Well while she was there, one of these "Anarchists" told her all about how great Anarchy was, blah, blah, blah, long story short he sounded like a cheap swindler, rather someone actually educated on Anarchism and it's history. Anyway, so she finally gets to the point, that this "Anarchist" says, "Thanks to Ron Paul, Anarchism has actually picked up and become a lot more popular! Especially in our age group." (I find that hard to believe, but I don't have any information to say it's true or not true. Just word of mouth from a "Anarchist" swindler.)
Anyway, so I just started laughing my ass off, I even dropped my drink in the process of laughing at the comment. She didn't find it so funny, since now she's all about Ron Paul, even though she thinks all political sides can go to hell. So I just want to thank Ron Paul for making Anarchy, (in the Eastern United States at least), more popular with young people in their 20s. Thank you Ron Paul, thank you. :lol: