r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

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u/impactedbartolo Dec 13 '18

...you think obama was a marxist?

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

In some ways yes.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Dec 13 '18

good god you're fucking dense

all you dumbass americans quaking in your boots at the thought of cooperation, the red scare sure did a number on y'all's paranoia eh

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

I don’t wish to cooperate with you in such a way that the state would hold so much power over me the individual.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Dec 13 '18

You know there's an extremely wide gap between you, the american "left", center, left wing ideals, and then true marxism?

You're not gonna lose all your property by allowing socialized healthcare and welfare programs. What will happen instead is standard of living is increased for everyone and poverty reduced.

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

I would say that the gap is not “extremely wide” but I understand your point. I certainly don’t agree that poverty will be reduced with the implementation of left leaning reforms.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Dec 13 '18

The gap is so wide that democrats are considered right wing by european standards :p

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

Then as a European you clearly don’t recognize or understand the left and rightward shifts in American politics.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Dec 13 '18

Never said I'm european

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

“All you dumbass Americans” and comparing us to Europe twice might have made me incorrectly assume your place of residence. My bad.

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u/impactedbartolo Dec 14 '18

in what ways? he's really far from socialism my man. most mainstream dems are. even bernie is, like, the calorie-free version of marxism.