A "Special" Young Lady Indeed
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Q: What's the scariest thing about this video?
A: The fact that Lauren Caitlin Upton — a/k/a Miss South Carolina 2007, d/b/a Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant — can vote. That's right: she's 18.
She can vote for politicians. She can vote for school board members and local judges. She can vote on bigot amendments, bond initiatives and other referenda.
And this notion: that "democracy" (i.e., empowering the Uptons of this country) should trump libertarianism (i.e., disempowering the Uptons of this country and the moral defectives they vote into office), is the dominant political philosophy in this country today.
Absolutely terrifying.
(Via Web Pen.)
A: The fact that Lauren Caitlin Upton — a/k/a Miss South Carolina 2007, d/b/a Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant — can vote. That's right: she's 18.
She can vote for politicians. She can vote for school board members and local judges. She can vote on bigot amendments, bond initiatives and other referenda.
And this notion: that "democracy" (i.e., empowering the Uptons of this country) should trump libertarianism (i.e., disempowering the Uptons of this country and the moral defectives they vote into office), is the dominant political philosophy in this country today.
Absolutely terrifying.
(Via Web Pen.)
Posted by Kip on
30 August 2007
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