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I tell people I'm a Democrat by default since there is no viable Socialist option. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #1
+1 Pacifist Patriot Feb 2015 #6
Amen to that! Paka Feb 2015 #21
Good for you. zomgitsjesus Feb 2015 #34
I would call that a self-fulfilling prophecy. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #42
"Socialism" can refer to a political party Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #127
Careful there.... Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #156
Exactly. In 72 when McGovern was running that is what they called me. I agreed even back then. jwirr Feb 2015 #56
I feel the same way Marrah_G Feb 2015 #68
Damn skippy! hifiguy Feb 2015 #108
Wow, you can certainly read my mind! raven mad Feb 2015 #140
This Is The Fact...Clinton billhicks76 Feb 2015 #163
You miss the point. sulphurdunn Feb 2015 #172
"When they're shooting at you... WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #2
+1 Liberalynn Feb 2015 #61
Anyone who thinks the far right only exists among Republicans isn't paying attention. Scootaloo Feb 2015 #3
There is a Fox News personality who seems to specialize in it Fumesucker Feb 2015 #5
We know who that is. L0oniX Feb 2015 #49
Who? nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #141
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #144
Very much agree...I feel the same way. MindPilot Feb 2015 #4
So much this ^^^^^ Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #51
...^ that 840high Feb 2015 #110
Only those who don't think for themselves are consistently "Far Left" or "Far Right" FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #7
Did you happen to notice I didn't claim to be far left? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #8
Nope. FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #10
Very well put leftynyc Feb 2015 #20
Well said. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #71
Couldn't Agree More! cynzke Feb 2015 #206
False equivalency strawman AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #118
There is a far left here it's a fact. iandhr Feb 2015 #9
You do know who sabotaged the public option, yes? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #11
Yes am very well aware of that fact and I don't care iandhr Feb 2015 #15
I'm impressed.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #18
Ummm... nope. quakerboy Feb 2015 #179
But single payer isn't just a far left ideal, it is also a conservative ideal. A Simple Game Feb 2015 #24
No, a fundamental conservative belief is that government can not do anything. jeff47 Feb 2015 #41
It probably would have been better if I had said fiscal conservative. A Simple Game Feb 2015 #78
Do you know who instituted the first single-payer health system? Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2015 #202
I didn't know that, thanks for the history lesson. A Simple Game Feb 2015 #204
You consider single-payer to be "far left"?? RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #37
I don't consider single payer to be far left. iandhr Feb 2015 #54
The ACA is the conservative option, though! Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #55
You are sick of it. iandhr Feb 2015 #57
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #59
I don't like the all or nothing folks iandhr Feb 2015 #62
I wasn't being "all or nothing." Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #64
Jury results. Sorry. You are right. Not fair. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #117
boy, that was a bad call. but, some are more equal than others. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #193
Who doesnt have health care? When you answer that you will see that they would practically randys1 Feb 2015 #102
why was it left to the states? so they could refuse it. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #104
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 made the god damn accusation that I assume meant ACA was DESIGNED to fail randys1 Feb 2015 #113
you assume too much. as i said, if you tell me to read up, a link would be helpful. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #157
You didn't read my posts, obviously ... Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #109
I was about to show you what you said but now i cant seem to find your post randys1 Feb 2015 #112
18,999,999, if that quakerboy Feb 2015 #181
I think the whole left/right paradigm needs retired. riqster Feb 2015 #12
I don't disagree with that Fumesucker Feb 2015 #13
+1 n/t RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #38
I'm with fumesucker, I don't disagree with this either. 2banon Feb 2015 #82
Oh but it does serve a purpose, it keeps us divided. A Simple Game Feb 2015 #88
Ought to be an OP. riqster Feb 2015 #90
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
Politics is the bane of this country... ReRe Feb 2015 #198
Washington and others. riqster Feb 2015 #211
What a friend of mine said about me when I said I was more liberal than him LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #14
Got grandkids yet? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #17
A lot of people are now PROUD to be called liberal and even socialist. LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #16
I've always called myself a proud liberal leftynyc Feb 2015 #22
I agree, some to the ideas out there are just totallu batshit crazy. LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #29
Wall Street is the problem leftynyc Feb 2015 #39
Agreed. Hang in there Fumesucker. You're a bright light here riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #19
Maybe we need a different term for people who think Dems like Obama and Clinton are no better DanTex Feb 2015 #23
Maybe we need a term for people who invent false beliefs out of thin air tkmorris Feb 2015 #25
I agree, it's a false belief. But I sure didn't invent it. DanTex Feb 2015 #28
Realists? Fuddnik Feb 2015 #32
If, by "realist" you mean USArmyParatrooper Feb 2015 #60
I sorta of feel like Zappa.. at times. Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #26
FZ was a very wise man who could cut through the bullshit hifiguy Feb 2015 #111
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
Wrong. He was a libertarian lefty. hifiguy Feb 2015 #199
he was economically right wing, so no 'lefty'. libertarians are individualist capitalists who are ND-Dem Feb 2015 #200
I'm for the truth Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #201
Recommended. H2O Man Feb 2015 #27
Are you "leftier than thou"? cbayer Feb 2015 #30
democratic, small d. nt Zorra Feb 2015 #69
What is the definition of that? cbayer Feb 2015 #72
"of, relating to, or supporting democracy or its principles". nt Zorra Feb 2015 #74
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
If you start with the premise that we have completely lost our democracy, I cbayer Feb 2015 #98
Appeasement has been shown to be a continuing failed policy of epic proportions. Zorra Feb 2015 #116
I applaud your idealism and your activism. cbayer Feb 2015 #120
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
Yes, like you, having lived in Latin American countries, I am very aware that Zorra Feb 2015 #212
Let's take the example of healthcare. cbayer Feb 2015 #213
Rolling... ReRe Feb 2015 #197
oh, that old "inside" / "outside" thingy rationalized but intended to pacify. 2banon Feb 2015 #145
Who exactly is the opponent, the enemy, that is being pacified? cbayer Feb 2015 #146
nothing wrong with "working together" that's how anything good is accomplished 2banon Feb 2015 #148
I don't know what the politics of inside/outside are, but I looked it up. cbayer Feb 2015 #149
I try not to be, with of course varying degrees of success Fumesucker Feb 2015 #73
And others seem to take the most radical leftist position compatible cbayer Feb 2015 #76
Are you familiar with the concept of the Overton Window? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #92
I wasn't familiar with it, but I've just learned about it. cbayer Feb 2015 #97
Good post! JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #31
Those who resort to the ad hominem 'far left' (or various other iterations), rather KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #33
And then they have the gall to accuse us of "suppressing turnout" beerandjesus Feb 2015 #44
I'm glad someone quoted Big Bill Haywood Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #58
nailed it. Duppers Feb 2015 #94
The fact is the labels mean next to nothing BainsBane Feb 2015 #35
The Third Way is a neoliberal think tank of investment bankers. NT. Rex Feb 2015 #81
It's also used by some to insult other DUers BainsBane Feb 2015 #84
Well I guess they have no idea what the Third Way is then. Rex Feb 2015 #85
Let's add that to the list BainsBane Feb 2015 #86
Yeah that would be a long list no doubt. Rex Feb 2015 #89
The really sad part is that the country is finally ready Jamastiene Feb 2015 #36
K&R Solly Mack Feb 2015 #40
Especially since the Democratic party is actually America's conservative party. beerandjesus Feb 2015 #43
For what it's worth...I like you and your views on life and politics. BlueJazz Feb 2015 #45
Yep, "far left" and even "liberal" were deliberately turned into insults deutsey Feb 2015 #46
++ Duppers Feb 2015 #93
When did 'liberal' become a dirty word? Octafish Feb 2015 #95
This post speaks to me. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2015 #47
these are common sense, pragmatic and moral things to do justabob Feb 2015 #185
The more that some insult the left or progressives, the more the left's influence is being felt dissentient Feb 2015 #48
You're good people. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #50
Your post speaks to me as well, Fumesucker. Greybnk48 Feb 2015 #52
Seems that is not the idealogy of this group of which you speak Cryptoad Feb 2015 #53
You're in good company, Fumesucker. chervilant Feb 2015 #63
Very well said, thank you, Fumesucker. Zorra Feb 2015 #65
K&R..........I'm with you, Fumesucker. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #66
"Far Left" is the modern way of saying "Commie", "Red", "Troublemaker", "Dirty Hippie". Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #67
Republicans wouldn't know the "far left" if it bit them in the TBF Feb 2015 #70
I'm not a member of CP-USA (although my introduction to the KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #79
No I'm not either - TBF Feb 2015 #99
Your philosophy sounds very similar to mine. However, while I consider elections important, I tend KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #101
Oh definitely - I agree 100% nt TBF Feb 2015 #115
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'm really not very good at doing OPs I have to work at it fairly hard Fumesucker Feb 2015 #139
Your welcome. It is a great OP. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #154
Those that attack the left are not progressives at all. Rex Feb 2015 #83
The other alternative is to "get even" MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #87
or call "bullshit" on the whole thing Mnpaul Feb 2015 #159
That would be a good call, in that instance MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #162
New Democrats = Old Republicans Mnpaul Feb 2015 #166
I think today's far-right Dems are to the right of 1950s Republicans MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #174
I fully agree, at times I have even lost all patience and with it calm civility Dragonfli Feb 2015 #165
I don't need patience Mnpaul Feb 2015 #167
My reply to that hunk of darkness Aerows Feb 2015 #184
I probably should, It's just I don't like ignore because with prolific posters it removes so much Dragonfli Feb 2015 #195
I can't stand Aerows Feb 2015 #196
That sad poor Foxnews pundit. They won't even pay him! Rex Feb 2015 #173
calling someone "far left" is a cheap rhetorical game guillaumeb Feb 2015 #91
"'Far left' is a conservative Republican meme" now often heard on this allegedly Democratic ND-Dem Feb 2015 #100
Obviously someone referred to you as far left as if it were an insult... randys1 Feb 2015 #105
I have just finished responding to comment accusing me of NOT BEING A DEMOCRAT sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #114
Why should it? whatthehey Feb 2015 #119
I haven't ever advocated any of the things you list Fumesucker Feb 2015 #122
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
'"Far left" is a conservative Republican meme' Kermitt Gribble Feb 2015 #121
How can it not be a perfectly valid descriptor whatthehey Feb 2015 #123
But my opinions on *policy* are not that far to the left of what the public says it wants.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #126
Plus 1000 wilsonbooks Feb 2015 #147
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
There is NO "Far Left" on DU, and not much of one in th USA. bvar22 Feb 2015 #128
Pretty much what you said.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #129
Yeah, this is what happens when everyone moves to the right and we stand still... SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #131
No ignore list here... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #137
You're a better man than I... SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #138
There are some who call for the end of capitalism, or a maximum wage muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #155
Then there are those of us calling for FDR policies 2banon Feb 2015 #164
And they either don't see it or they are being willingly obtuse. raouldukelives Feb 2015 #205
I always thought "far left" and "liberal" were too different things. romanic Feb 2015 #130
Are you Pro-choice? Anti-War? Pro Education? SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #133
I wouldn't consider romanic Feb 2015 #134
Exactly.. the goal posts have been moved to the point SomethingFishy Feb 2015 #136
The screeching, fallacy laden attacks against the left also can be taken another way. pa28 Feb 2015 #132
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2015 #135
Don't let "Democrats" define themselves against you! daredtowork Feb 2015 #142
Depressed and discouraged? Yes, but mostly it brings into focus that nothing is more TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #143
Amen, bro. I can't believe the delight some folks on these threads take Damansarajaya Feb 2015 #151
well said. blackspade Feb 2015 #158
If it differentiates me from them, then it's a badge of honor stupidicus Feb 2015 #160
I am with you! ybbor Feb 2015 #161
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #168
Are you OK? marym625 Feb 2015 #170
The few that stay outraged at the Left are getting completely desperate. Rex Feb 2015 #176
Just wanted to help the poor boy marym625 Feb 2015 #178
I was just reading that! Rex Feb 2015 #180
YAY! marym625 Feb 2015 #183
Wow Fume must be flattered to have someone sign up just to show their admiration! Rex Feb 2015 #175
Are you far left? Wear it with pride. Piss em off. R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2015 #171
Better to be a far-lefty in the party, than a far-righty. Rex Feb 2015 #177
LOL at the earlier name removed post. Looks like you really pissed off someone dissentient Feb 2015 #182
Don't feel 'depressed and discouraged', is far anything good? Yorktown Feb 2015 #186
check out post #128 G_j Feb 2015 #187
Oh, OK. But then, it's misleading to use 'far left' Yorktown Feb 2015 #188
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
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #190
Republicans pushed weak Democrats so far right, that nearly everything is "far left" at this point.. whereisjustice Feb 2015 #191
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Feb 2015 #192
Buck up. Badass Liberal Feb 2015 #203
The only place I heard "far left" used so much was on The O'Reilly Factor JonLP24 Feb 2015 #208
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