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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone else ever been called "Far/Extreme Left"? Mystifying, isn't it? [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)22. How about Trotskyists or Bolshevik-Leninists?......
I'm so far left that I can't make a right turn. And I'm damn proud of it. That means that I KNOW whose side I'm on and it ain't the big money people.
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Has anyone else ever been called "Far/Extreme Left"? Mystifying, isn't it? [View all]
DerekG
Jan 2014
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When did sensible progressive platforms become revolutionary (particularly within the Democratic
RKP5637
Jan 2014
#2
Yep, being in favor of far-left radical ideals like Social Security and Medicare earns you that.
Scuba
Jan 2014
#4
Explain how one advocates for universal health care to the point of risking no reforms at all.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#24
Explain how that one that is avid for universal health care can jeopardize the ACA.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#36
The argument doesnt make any sense. How can you advocate for something like universal
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#37
Exactly, it is all "take what you get and like least you ruin the crumbs for everyone".
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#51
I wonder what our Founders would think of that attitude. I wonder how far the Conservative
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#52
according to the Sunday morning pundits - opposing cuts in Social Security and Medicare
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#23
I have my differences with the BOG crew and think they are way off base - but when it comes to
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2014
#39
Sure. There are center-aright people who say it in these pages all the time.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2014
#27
Some people that see those that are willing to fight for our rights and freedoms as extremists.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#28
Yes, and it's no mystery. Since my teens and onward, I"ve been called that. It's true, why hide it?
freshwest
Jan 2014
#30
Only for the last 30 years or so. The consistent exception has always been my European
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#40
Red, Commie, Anarchist, Hippie, Pinko, Traitor, peacnik...yep, I have.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#45