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boston bean

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37. I am a democrat.

Reply to mvd (Original post)

Sun Nov 28, 2021, 08:42 PM

Nov 2021

The party itself stands for all of the things you mention. Although differing degrees. I don’t see the need to split ourselves up like this.

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Which of these do you consider yourself? [View all] mvd Nov 2021 OP

I empathize. That my thing. Sometimes I empathize for a second with the creepiest applegrove Nov 2021 #1

Yes it's really a complex question.. mvd Nov 2021 #2

I'm a Democrat. n/t TygrBright Nov 2021 #3

Exactly.... LakeArenal Nov 2021 #4

Good answer mvd Nov 2021 #5

Yes. I can't afford to be picky. LeftInTX Nov 2021 #8

Same here. Beyond that, I don't play the label game. n/t DFW Nov 2021 #9

This. Why would we subdivide ourselves? Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #10

That's *it*! - if I need to subdivide, an FDR/LBJ/HST UTUSN Nov 2021 #46

I think I'm an FDR-JFK type democrat. Tomconroy Nov 2021 #6

That's how I think of myself too. In line with these two Presidents. n/t Greybnk48 Nov 2021 #29

I don't fit very well into categories, as where I am really depends on the issue Amishman Nov 2021 #7

Why do you say you aren't "woke"? Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #17

its a loaded term, allow me to explain a bit better Amishman Nov 2021 #18

Ok, thanks for the explanation. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #25

sigh, this makes me so sad (I am too tired to even get mad over it, it is just wearying) Celerity Nov 2021 #30

I thought it also meant that you are ok with banning long time things now found offensive by some Polybius Nov 2021 #24

I think those examples Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #26

You sound very pragmatic on labor/immigration. Boomerproud Nov 2021 #22

Mainstream liberals are all progressive left, though. How do I click both? Hortensis Nov 2021 #11

Same as you... Karma13612 Nov 2021 #12

The Left-Right spectrum is a fool's game, Ron Green Nov 2021 #13

History of the...Left - Right spectrum. Where did it come from? French Revolution.. Stuart G Nov 2021 #21

I'd like to see a definition of terms Poiuyt Nov 2021 #14

Under my thinking.. mvd Nov 2021 #20

Absolutely not. Celerity Nov 2021 #34

I wasn't really contradicting most of that mvd Nov 2021 #35

Not many, only a handful self-label as such. AOC and Bernie are the two most well known. Celerity Nov 2021 #36

Well I just can't agree about the self inflicted wound mvd Nov 2021 #38

It is hubristic to think you can simply 're-brand' a toxic (toxic in a reactionary nation-state like Celerity Nov 2021 #39

Because Democratic Socialism is not socialism mvd Nov 2021 #40

that is simply false, democratic socialism is a form of socialism Celerity Nov 2021 #43

It's not false mvd Nov 2021 #44

No, I can assure you it is not widely held, and that is again, typical American hubristic thinking. Celerity Nov 2021 #45

I chose progressive left. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #15

Mainstream liberal with a little centrism. Wingus Dingus Nov 2021 #16

Most Centrists now seem to be Ike Republicans. TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #19

Monarchist. tavernier Nov 2021 #23

Radical Evolutionary Biologist and some kind of humanst. hunter Nov 2021 #27

What's in a name? 🙃 moondust Nov 2021 #28

Whereas... DFW Nov 2021 #31

That was an easy choice - Democratic Socialist. And I embrace the label. GoneOffShore Nov 2021 #32

It depends on the issue Klaralven Nov 2021 #33

I am a democrat. boston bean Nov 2021 #37

i took this quiz orleans Nov 2021 #41

Yellow Dog Democrat. nt GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #42

A pragmatic liberal. nt jml510 Nov 2021 #47