were larouchites out in your small town today?

[Hannah Bell]

they were in mine.

collecting petition signatures, table at the p.o., picture of the prez with a hitler mustache "where are the jobs"?

this is a small west coast milltown. i haven't seen these guys here before, so i'm wondering wtf is going on.

[AllentownJake]

1. We live in interesting times

In the Chinese proverb kind of way.

[leftstreet]

2. Aargh! You too?

Last weekend (I think) in northern Idaho - CDA.

Although it was a 'Obama's Nazi Health plan' thing.

Saw them back in August at the same place.

:puke:

[Hannah Bell]

4. ok, that's one. i was wondering if it was organized strategy.

[Hannah Bell]

19. kik

[sudopod]

3. What motivates these people, exactly?

At least the righties have a self-consistent sort of nuttery. Larouchies, though, I just do not get. They seem sort of like Scientology, but without the religious pretensions.

[Hannah Bell]

5. i don't know. i'm very curious myself. the guy tabling gave me serious nazi creeps, though.

i've read a lot of explanations, but none of them rang true to me.

[Hannah Bell]

11. here's one says they're an intelligence org:

http://berletwatch.freehostia.com/ace.htm

[la la]

8. i think i read here..

that they're being paid ---probably can't find a decent job and get a 'bonus' for every other loser they get to sign their petition or whateverthehell they're pushing.

sorry- i'm in a rotten mood tonight and even mentioning the larouchenuts sets me off ...

[sudopod]

10. LOL, I guess if it's profitable that it kills the scilon comparison.

It would be hella fun to troll one of these guys.

[WCGreen]

12. What motivates the Green Party to think puppets will make a difference?

[bridgit]

6. Well, you know, Woody says, "80% of life is showing up" it can be reasoned that the other 20%...

is collecting signatures :)

[la la]

7. at the small PO i use-

in Garden Grove, CA ---very small PO, i complain, but they can't get rid of the losers---public property....and they ALWAYS want to talk to me, even though i get snarky with them---i have to come home and shower afterwards!

[Hannah Bell]

9. so they're regularly out at your p.o.? for how long? years?

they've not been here before, to my knowledge.

[HamdenRice]

13. Larouchites are no crazier that Trotskyites

Which is to say, very, very crazy -- but anyone who thinks Trotkyites make sense and Larouchites don't would be applying a double standard.

At least they actually have an organization, while Trots convince the weak minded with nothing more than an endless stream of fake articles on a web site.

[Hannah Bell]

14. are they crazier than stalkers who follow people babbling about trotskyites?

[HamdenRice]

15. So let me get this straight. People who respond to your posts in DU's biggest forum are stalkers?

You must be very special to be immune from responses, unlike the rest of us.

Can you address the substance of my response? How are Larouchites any worse than the WSWS cult? They're both insane political cults. If you subscribe to the views of one, how can you criticize the other. That's just very inconsistent.

That's like someone in Rev. Moon's Unification Church accusing someone in Scientology of being "brainwashed" and in a "cult."

[Hannah Bell]

16. not all people. just one.

[HamdenRice]

17. So I've been posting in GD for about twice as long as you, but you think I came here just for you?

How does that work? Is that some kind of quantum space time thing? Or is it "just me" who is not allowed to respond to your posts in GD?

Every day at least one person posts nonsense in GD and many people, including me, respond critically to it.

Why are you specially exempt?

[jpak]

18. They're here every day

the sick fucks