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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:16 AM Original message |
Did the idea for the name Democratic Underground originate with |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. yes.... in honor of a Terrorist Group |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Well during the sixties they were not considered a terrorist group |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. bullshit. Most people against the war did NOT revere the WU |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I lived four blocks off Haight in early '67 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The east coasters were the violent ones |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. A lot of us thought they were nuts and counterproductive |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. LOL! "Most leftists in America" didn't agree on anything much less "revere" one another. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. I assumed it owed more to groups like the "French Underground" in WWII |
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O.M.B.inOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I have assumed the same -- because after Bush's judicial coup, the US has been an occupied state. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. LOL - NO. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. No, the Underground Railroad. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I just love that answer. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. Uh, that's "Weather Underground", derived from the previously |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You are correct, I don't know why I spaced on that.. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Hey, it's still early - I'm still working on my first pot of coffee. nt |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. I assumed it was because democrats were being pushed underground |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. That's what I assumed too. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes. Because Democratic Commie Pinko Bastards was taken. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes, that's my moniker! |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. No, for the London Underground and "A Fish Called Wanda" |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. I thought it was the fabulous Jam song wot dun it... |
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