Austrian economics bashing on reddit

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Smiling Dave replied on Tue, May 22 2012 6:08 AM

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well said, excel

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John James replied on Tue, May 22 2012 7:28 AM

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Freedom4Me73986:

I don't respond to reddit the same reason why I don't go on facebook or tumblr: reddit is probably connected w/ the FBI/CIA and tracks your every move.

It's comments like this that lead me to believe Freedom4Me73986 is either the best troll of all time, or schizophrenic and honestly doesn't realize the constant contradiction if virtually everything he says.

I lean toward the latter.

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Cortes replied on Tue, May 22 2012 5:34 PM

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This is something that also bothers me with a lot of Ron Paul supporters. I don't know how many times i see a thread say, "help debating ___". If you don't know then what makes you think you'll be about to further the discussion from there? Also, the spamming of places with a Ron Paul 2012 post. I see these as hurting our movement more than anything.

What's 'our movement'? 

To me I'd say it's a good sign that so many newbies are getting excited. In fact that kind of enthusiasm is a sign that these ideas are spreading and making waves, and it seems natural that you're going to get newcomers whose overenthusiasm outpaces their understanding. It would be pretty harmful or counterproductive to discourage that imo. Not that you'd be able to anyway since it's so inevitably widespread on the net.

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John James replied on Tue, May 22 2012 5:58 PM

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Williamloveseconomics:

Also, the spamming of places with a Ron Paul 2012 post. I see these as hurting our movement more than anything.

As I was saying here, I wouldn't be surprised if at least half (if not a majority) of that is actually Ron Paul detractors being trolls.