Thank you. "I want to be the spanner in the works..." (Reply #16)

In the discussion thread: Why I choose to be a counterproductive left wingnut. [View all]

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16. Thank you. "I want to be the spanner in the works..."

There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! Mario Savio

I've been a leftist for close to 50 years now. No amount of carping, whining, lecturing, hectoring or snotty disdain dished out by the self-appointed defenders of the Establishment on the internet is going to change that.

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Why I choose to be a counterproductive left wingnut. [View all]	dawg	Sep 2013	OP
Recommended!	Cooley Hurd	Sep 2013	#1
Thank you dawg.	truedelphi	Sep 2013	#2
K&R. nt	DLevine	Sep 2013	#3
proud counterproductive left wingnut here. I will never stop fighting.	liberal_at_heart	Sep 2013	#4
Stop it. Too much common sense for one post.	grattsl	Sep 2013	#5
That is a crappy way to be counterproductive or a wingnut.	DirkGently	Sep 2013	#6
Bravo!	Warpy	Sep 2013	#7
I don't choose to be a counterproductive wingnut.	Fuddnik	Sep 2013	#8
Yeah, I think "choose" may have been a poor choice of words for me, too.	dawg	Sep 2013	#10
Yes, it is in your blood isn't it? To not change your principles when	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#62
I was born in 52.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#100
Same year as me.	Fuddnik	Sep 2013	#126
I am 1953	MuseRider	Sep 2013	#152
Every little TV program we watched as children	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#157
"more than a little"	MuseRider	Sep 2013	#183
Good post. Thanks. nt	GoneFishin	Sep 2013	#9
Well said!!	haikugal	Sep 2013	#11
DITTO!!!	Dustlawyer	Sep 2013	#72
I thought it was because you liked having Republicans win elections.	baldguy	Sep 2013	#12
I'm glad the Republicans won elections in the 1800's.	dawg	Sep 2013	#13
Well, like with so many other things, you thought wrong. [n/t]	Maedhros	Sep 2013	#14
“Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people..."	Hissyspit	Sep 2013	#29
Interesting. My regard for Harry just grew exponentially.	Democracyinkind	Sep 2013	#103
Yeah, because acting like Republicans has been so successful	Doctor_J	Sep 2013	#41
Exactly......nt	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#102
LOL!!	Liberal_Dog	Sep 2013	#130
Meanwhile, in the real world 1980 doesn't exist anymore.	baldguy	Sep 2013	#135
Don't Like The Actual History, Huh?	Liberal_Dog	Sep 2013	#145
Of course not. Actual history shows that their ideology has a failure rate of 100%.	Egalitarian Thug	Sep 2013	#148
You mean the actual history of Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, George Bush Sr, Newt Gingrich...	baldguy	Sep 2013	#149
Who wants 1980 to exist anymore? That was the beginning of	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#224
Not only do members of the Counterproductive Left Wingnut contingency	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#165
"I thought..."	LondonReign2	Sep 2013	#176
since we're to the left of Francisco Franco, we must oppose anyone who isn't	MisterP	Sep 2013	#15
It's cool that you mention Franco. Everyone always ends up comparing the right-wingers ...	dawg	Sep 2013	#18
Yes, they will appear to be "moderate" far right wing Fascists.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#104
I lived in Spain under Franco	DFW	Sep 2013	#116
this is why Latin American history is so important: it shows what They want when They're	MisterP	Sep 2013	#226
Thank you. "I want to be the spanner in the works..."	scarletwoman	Sep 2013	#16
+ 1	cyberswede	Sep 2013	#57
Amen	pscot	Sep 2013	#131
Absolutely	libdude	Sep 2013	#17
There's too much rhetoric lately; I've tuned out.	BadgerKid	Sep 2013	#19
Huge Rec	mick063	Sep 2013	#20
Yep, I am counterproductive	zeemike	Sep 2013	#21
Count me in, I stand with you!	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#22
It's Right vs Wrong, not Right vs Left.	amb123	Sep 2013	#23
Enjoy your serfdom! nt	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#24
If you only knew ....	dawg	Sep 2013	#25
Maybe i do,,,,	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#26
Agent Mike!	dawg	Sep 2013	#28
Huh?	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#31
You no like serf dude?	dawg	Sep 2013	#32
Can't recognize cool?	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#98
I can reconize	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#115
What is your	disidoro01	Sep 2013	#122
Critical Reading is Critical! nt	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#132
You do not agree with that	disidoro01	Sep 2013	#138
What I do beleive is that you can provide a cite for that policy that you claim.	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#140
Do you agree with continuing Bush's foreign policies?	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#151
All of them,,,, no	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#159
How is asking about the reasons for opposition to certain policies this	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#161
Pride is a very dangerous thing!	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#202
How do you feel about all the Republicans in President Obama's	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#215
I dont like it	Cryptoad	Sep 2013	#216
proud to rec this	DrDan	Sep 2013	#27
Kick And Recommend	cantbeserious	Sep 2013	#30
Is someone criticizing Counterproductive Left Wingnuts?	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#33
Yes. There was a derogatory post about the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party	MsPithy	Sep 2013	#47
Thanks, I just saw it here on GD. No surprise there frankly.	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#51
There are no right wing comedians.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#108
Lol, true. Not even those posing as 'democrats'.	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#163
I Had to remove the ConservativeDemocrat from the ignore list to even see it	bobduca	Sep 2013	#123
Well, I've had exchanges, if you could call them that with the 'conservatiive'	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#156
He's not gettting out of my ignore dungeon. n/t	L0oniX	Sep 2013	#160
Lol, probably a good idea!	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#166
Best comeback post on DU like in forever!	dgibby	Sep 2013	#34
Me too.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#106
K&R - Good post! nt	99th_Monkey	Sep 2013	#35
Amen Brother!	Phlem	Sep 2013	#36
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!!	WillyT	Sep 2013	#37
splendid!	Douglas Carpenter	Sep 2013	#38
Hell yeah. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2013	#39
Great post, dawg, thanks.	Scuba	Sep 2013	#40
I wouldn't call any of this being "counterproductive" or being a "wingnut"	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#42
Thank you.	dawg	Sep 2013	#45
This sort of owned your post! n-t	Logical	Sep 2013	#59
If you don't mind, how, exactly, are you conservative,	xfundy	Sep 2013	#61
These are my general views...	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#188
What are your beliefs regarding same sex marriage and a woman's right	Zorra	Sep 2013	#206
"If you don't like gay marriage - don't have one"	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#218
Funny you mention the difference between mere disagreement and hatred,	cui bono	Sep 2013	#84
Yep -- the use of "wingnut" was an early tipoff, eh?	Arugula Latte	Sep 2013	#170
Pointing out counterproductive behaviors isn't "hate".	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#195
But pointing out counterproductive behaviors is not at all what you did.	cui bono	Sep 2013	#207
Not only is it all I did, I made no factual assertions at all...	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#212
No need to be coy, I'm not falling for your disingenuous "explanation".	cui bono	Sep 2013	#228
...	Fumesucker	Sep 2013	#229
lmfao	RedCappedBandit	Sep 2013	#94
"When I do it, it is disagreeing, when the (unspecified) "other" does it, it's hate"	Democracyinkind	Sep 2013	#105
Typical narcissistic trait	jsr	Sep 2013	#244
Please describe this 'hatred' you are talking about from the Left.	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#155
Not from the "left" - from counterproductive wingnuts	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#172
You shouldn't have any difficulty point out those comments you	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#174
Post removed	Post removed	Sep 2013	#189
Thank you for giving Sabrina an excellent example!	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#192
There are a lot of discussion boards for Conservatives.	Vanje	Sep 2013	#197
I'm not a Republican. Or insane. But I repeat myself.	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#209
Calling out specific posts and posters is forbidden by D.U. rules	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#191
Um, I didn't say it was intimidation, I said that was the intent,	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#193
Well, Sabrina, if you check you'll notice a few things	ConservativeDemocrat	Sep 2013	#198
Lol, I do love your posts.	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#221
I wish I could rec twice!	bvar22	Sep 2013	#43
Allow me...	cyberswede	Sep 2013	#56
K&R - Good response to that trollish and delusional OP	quinnox	Sep 2013	#44
That's why you my dawg, dawg.	Iggo	Sep 2013	#46
This dawg is wit cha!	DeSwiss	Sep 2013	#48
Oh hell yes.	99Forever	Sep 2013	#49
dawg! This post is so good, I think you graduate into being called DOG!	MsPithy	Sep 2013	#50
knr	Douglas Carpenter	Sep 2013	#52
This list is just not stupid. It is you that I don't find offensive, at all.	Warren Stupidity	Sep 2013	#53
This OP is now number one with a bullet on top of the Greatest threads list	quinnox	Sep 2013	#54
So... this is some kind of a 'Posting contest'	macspanicattack	Sep 2013	#74
Funny, from you who kept posting r and k numbers in the other thread.	Democracyinkind	Sep 2013	#107
Is it? Not to those of us who take these issues seriously, which thankfully	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#150
Ruff ruff!	grahamhgreen	Sep 2013	#55
Why has it become such an exalted position	Isoldeblue	Sep 2013	#58
Why do you think that criticizing policies that are so bad for ordinary	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#63
because I rememebr b'back in the day' when we here on DU used to laugh at the Repubs	azurnoir	Sep 2013	#87
You deliberately ignored what I actually said.	Isoldeblue	Sep 2013	#181
why is that some here wish to give Obama credit for what the SCOTUS actually did?	azurnoir	Sep 2013	#184
You proved mine as well...........	Isoldeblue	Sep 2013	#200
where did I say Obama is a "lousy President"	azurnoir	Sep 2013	#201
Pfffffffffffffffft	Isoldeblue	Sep 2013	#203
Please address post number 63...........nt	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#110
Where? n/m	Isoldeblue	Sep 2013	#175
This one, right here.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#180
I didn't see it, because I have her on ignore	Isoldeblue	Sep 2013	#182
+1	treestar	Sep 2013	#127
Honest, direct and no whiff of...	SMC22307	Sep 2013	#60
Considering the source of that thread, no one is surprised.	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#65
IIR, one item on that hit-list was about volunteering.	SMC22307	Sep 2013	#68
This is what happens when	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#111
Great song. And yes, once the crime of treason that WAS Iran/Contra	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#158
I agree with most of your post	creeksneakers2	Sep 2013	#64
That Dawg hunts and bags it's prey!	Kennah	Sep 2013	#66
Hear, hear!	GreenPartyVoter	Sep 2013	#67
I had, unfortunately, just run across the rather disturbing post to which this is a response, and	niyad	Sep 2013	#69
K&R n/t	myrna minx	Sep 2013	#70
Proud to be a leftwing nutjob with you and the many other fine folks on this thread.	AllyCat	Sep 2013	#71
Can I make a list of all the posters	macspanicattack	Sep 2013	#73
It's public information, anyone can see it by clicking on the yellow box above the rec button.	scarletwoman	Sep 2013	#77
Thanks for the permission...	macspanicattack	Sep 2013	#78
Please keep posting!	scarletwoman	Sep 2013	#80
Hey...no prob. Glad to help.	macspanicattack	Sep 2013	#81
Thanks for all the advice for us novices.	Hissyspit	Sep 2013	#89
You need a hobby	Vanje	Sep 2013	#162
Knitting socks is very relaxing I'm told.	bluesbassman	Sep 2013	#247
Please do. We aren't ashamed	Union Scribe	Sep 2013	#90
Not at all...	macspanicattack	Sep 2013	#91
I get that sense	Union Scribe	Sep 2013	#92
so transparent	LiberalLovinLug	Sep 2013	#133
Then why do you keep babbling on about it?	LondonReign2	Sep 2013	#179
You can feel free to post my rec if you want. I would have rec'd it	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#185
I agree. I got called a troll because I did not find a BO post	WCLinolVir	Sep 2013	#75
Well if that post you made was in the BOG then you've also been banned from there.	cui bono	Sep 2013	#86
K&R	me b zola	Sep 2013	#76
Beautifully said ....	Fantastic Anarchist	Sep 2013	#79
Republicans transitioned twice, becoming the party of corporate isolationists after WWI	Agnosticsherbet	Sep 2013	#82
++ nt	dougolat	Sep 2013	#88
Perfect!	Le Taz Hot	Sep 2013	#83
K&R x 1000 -- n/t	mazzarro	Sep 2013	#85
I'm damn proud to be "counterproductive"	RedCappedBandit	Sep 2013	#93
Truth tellers always get more flak	Ichingcarpenter	Sep 2013	#95
K&R! I have yet to read the thread, dawg.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#96
The defenders position consisted entirely of	sibelian	Sep 2013	#173
The Defenders	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2013	#220
Thank you. I agree completely. When the president is right, I will say it.	Nanjing to Seoul	Sep 2013	#97
And I thank you, my dear Nanjing to Seoul.	CaliforniaPeggy	Sep 2013	#143
I propose this as a theme song for the dilemma we face.	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#99
I like the defiance. Let them know what we believe and how many of us there are.	Democracyinkind	Sep 2013	#101
Thank you.	djean111	Sep 2013	#109
Proud leftie since the late 60's	unapatriciated	Sep 2013	#112
Moderating our positions on economic matters "somewhat" -	TBF	Sep 2013	#113
But we have more billionaires than any other nation, and that's what really matters, isn't it?	Egalitarian Thug	Sep 2013	#211
Agree 100%. nt	TBF	Sep 2013	#241
Well, I trashed that other thread,	chervilant	Sep 2013	#114
Jury results...	WorseBeforeBetter	Sep 2013	#213
How strange.	chervilant	Sep 2013	#222
I will continue to be a left wing moonbat with no hesitation. At least facts back up what I say	Nanjing to Seoul	Sep 2013	#117
K & R.	grntuscarora	Sep 2013	#118
Bottom-line, one word answer required ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2013	#119
Seeing as how I live in a deep red district ...	dawg	Sep 2013	#120
Thank you for responding ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2013	#121
KNR. Truth to power (and money, and those who grovel before it)	leveymg	Sep 2013	#124
K&R	marmar	Sep 2013	#125
DURec	leftstreet	Sep 2013	#128
Why don't conservative democrats become trojan republicans	bobduca	Sep 2013	#129
"President Obama has lots of admirable qualities"	ProSense	Sep 2013	#134
Happy to be the	Puglover	Sep 2013	#136
A post worthy on the level of bvar, sabrina, manny, and woomewithscience.	Efilroft Sul	Sep 2013	#137
Great OP Dawg!	LiberalLovinLug	Sep 2013	#139
Vote out all Republicans	gulliver	Sep 2013	#141
Recommend.	KoKo	Sep 2013	#142
Kick and rec.	JoeyT	Sep 2013	#144
neo-conservatism is and had been disastrous	noiretextatique	Sep 2013	#146
Good post!	Enthusiast	Sep 2013	#199
thank you...the gop is all about diminished expectations	noiretextatique	Sep 2013	#250
dawg	kpete	Sep 2013	#147
Well Stated! Great Post!	fredamae	Sep 2013	#153
Excellent post and I agree 100%.	Blue_In_AK	Sep 2013	#154
Many proudly clamor to join you!	JNelson6563	Sep 2013	#164
It is not an unusual thing ...	dawg	Sep 2013	#169
A host on DU trashing DU? Nice.	Union Scribe	Sep 2013	#177
No, it's like having had a favorite	JNelson6563	Sep 2013	#236
Did you post a similar admonition to the OP of the thread	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#190
LOL let me try to translate for you Sabrina.	Puglover	Sep 2013	#204
I think that sums it up perfectly Puglover. I simply asked what I think was	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#240
I don't follow the now	JNelson6563	Sep 2013	#237
Then why are you here if you find nothing positive about DU?	WorseBeforeBetter	Sep 2013	#214
Oh don't worry!	JNelson6563	Sep 2013	#235
Look in a mirror, Julie, if you want "snotty little pieces of crap like your post."	WorseBeforeBetter	Sep 2013	#239
I posted such a thread the other day, it got considerably more recs than replies	Fumesucker	Sep 2013	#217
What a great post!	JNelson6563	Sep 2013	#234
The way to find those kind of posts is look for ones with more recs than replies	Fumesucker	Sep 2013	#238
then get your ass out and get us a democratic controlled house!!!!!!!	pasto76	Sep 2013	#167
He had two years of a Democratic house and was unable to get	Exilednight	Sep 2013	#168
Some of the things I am opposed to are part of his agenda.	dawg	Sep 2013	#171
We did that. It did't do much good and all we heard were excuses.	sabrina 1	Sep 2013	#187
"if PBO had a house that would pass his agenda"	bvar22	Sep 2013	#194
Lefty wingnuts are ALL productive to some extent.	JEFF9K	Sep 2013	#178
One of our society's greatest problems imo is there are far too right wing-nuts and	indepat	Sep 2013	#186
Awesome post	Oilwellian	Sep 2013	#196
Why do you have more recs than the other post about the "counter productive left"??	kentuck	Sep 2013	#205
"libdems are just a third of a third!" "DU isn't representative of the party or America!"	MisterP	Sep 2013	#227
+1000! nt	adirondacker	Sep 2013	#208
Fuck yeah!	RetroLounge	Sep 2013	#210
the Democrats aren't in the process of selling their souls. Those at the top sold out long ago	yurbud	Sep 2013	#219
Oh, I think I see the problem - you REFUSE to see the differences	jazzimov	Sep 2013	#223
Thanks, dawg.	jsr	Sep 2013	#225
K&R for pissing off all the RIGHT people!	Rex	Sep 2013	#230
K&R	bobduca	Sep 2013	#231
Amen	QC	Sep 2013	#246
OK, now what??????????	OutNow	Sep 2013	#232
Impressive post. A heartfelt rec. -nt-	Celefin	Sep 2013	#233
K&R	Capt. Obvious	Sep 2013	#242
K&R! nt	raouldukelives	Sep 2013	#243
Kick...rec. n/t	NRaleighLiberal	Sep 2013	#245
THIS	Liberalynn	Sep 2013	#248
Kick. (n/t)	WorseBeforeBetter	Sep 2013	#249

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