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In reply to the discussion: As a member of what has become known as the "far left" those who attack me here don't anger me [View all]beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)44. And then they have the gall to accuse us of "suppressing turnout"
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As a member of what has become known as the "far left" those who attack me here don't anger me [View all]
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
OP
I tell people I'm a Democrat by default since there is no viable Socialist option.
hobbit709
Feb 2015
#1
Exactly. In 72 when McGovern was running that is what they called me. I agreed even back then.
jwirr
Feb 2015
#56
Anyone who thinks the far right only exists among Republicans isn't paying attention.
Scootaloo
Feb 2015
#3
Only those who don't think for themselves are consistently "Far Left" or "Far Right"
FLPanhandle
Feb 2015
#7
But single payer isn't just a far left ideal, it is also a conservative ideal.
A Simple Game
Feb 2015
#24
Who doesnt have health care? When you answer that you will see that they would practically
randys1
Feb 2015
#102
Read up on what the law initially said, what Roberts did to the law the first time around
randys1
Feb 2015
#106
lazy and unhelpful. rather than advising me to 'read up' every time you disagree with me,
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#107
you assume too much. as i said, if you tell me to read up, a link would be helpful.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#157
I agree with your sentiment but NO, the teaparty does NOT want EVERYBODY to have
randys1
Feb 2015
#103
The teaparty are not conservatives, they are reactionaries and often racists among other things.
A Simple Game
Feb 2015
#150
In an winner-takes-all electoral system, a main division into 2 camps is almost inevitable
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2015
#153
What a friend of mine said about me when I said I was more liberal than him
LiberalArkie
Feb 2015
#14
Maybe we need a different term for people who think Dems like Obama and Clinton are no better
DanTex
Feb 2015
#23
he was a conservative republican. in all but name. i don't see why people are so enamoured of him.
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#194
he was economically right wing, so no 'lefty'. libertarians are individualist capitalists who are
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#200
Well that's pretty broad and could include all kinds of moderates and even conservatives.
cbayer
Feb 2015
#77
In nations where oligarchs own and control both the media and the political process,
Zorra
Feb 2015
#96
Appeasement has been shown to be a continuing failed policy of epic proportions.
Zorra
Feb 2015
#116
Honestly, I also believe the chances are slim that a mass general strike will happen,
Zorra
Feb 2015
#169
If you think that there is probably a necessary action that would change things
cbayer
Feb 2015
#209
Those who resort to the ad hominem 'far left' (or various other iterations), rather
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#33
Especially since the Democratic party is actually America's conservative party.
beerandjesus
Feb 2015
#43
The more that some insult the left or progressives, the more the left's influence is being felt
dissentient
Feb 2015
#48
"Far Left" is the modern way of saying "Commie", "Red", "Troublemaker", "Dirty Hippie".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#67
Your philosophy sounds very similar to mine. However, while I consider elections important, I tend
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#101
I Hear Ya Fumesucker! What passes for "Far Left" on DU would be laughable if it were Freeperville
2banon
Feb 2015
#75
I will say that I have seen "liberal" used in ways that are near identical
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2015
#80
I fully agree, at times I have even lost all patience and with it calm civility
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#165
I probably should, It's just I don't like ignore because with prolific posters it removes so much
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#195
"'Far left' is a conservative Republican meme" now often heard on this allegedly Democratic
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#100
I have just finished responding to comment accusing me of NOT BEING A DEMOCRAT
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#114
Do you think Obama is too conservative? Only 10% do. How should we describe the leftmost 10%?
whatthehey
Feb 2015
#124
As I pointed out in the OP the Republicans have been "working the refs" for several decades now..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#125
New Dealism isn't far ANYTHING and the voices outside of that are miniscule functionally, the nation
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#207
But my opinions on *policy* are not that far to the left of what the public says it wants..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#126
Can you give some examples of these opinions that are to the left of 90+% of the nation? n/t
Kermitt Gribble
Feb 2015
#152
Yeah, this is what happens when everyone moves to the right and we stand still...
SomethingFishy
Feb 2015
#131
There are some who call for the end of capitalism, or a maximum wage
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2015
#155
The screeching, fallacy laden attacks against the left also can be taken another way.
pa28
Feb 2015
#132
Depressed and discouraged? Yes, but mostly it brings into focus that nothing is more
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#143
LOL at the earlier name removed post. Looks like you really pissed off someone
dissentient
Feb 2015
#182
Any "regulating markets" is "far left"? Seems extreme to put regulation and confiscation in the same
TheKentuckian
Feb 2015
#210
Why should Democrats care if you "simply to wash (your) hands of politics"?
ConservativeDemocrat
Feb 2015
#189
Republicans pushed weak Democrats so far right, that nearly everything is "far left" at this point..
whereisjustice
Feb 2015
#191