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In reply to the discussion: Message to the Left-Wing [View all]ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)121. Define "far left". I hear this phrase used so often here; it seems to me a way of dismissing
Democrats who aren't down with the establishment/corporate Party agenda, the agenda of the big money. Dismissing those folks by in effect, claiming there's something wrong with them, that they're tainted somehow and thus not worthy of attention.
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Just want to say that I agree with you regarding the Left building a power base within the Party.
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#76
'Sticks and stones' but names, well I've been called just about everything since I first began
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#82
Lol! I don't know where this saying came from, but I think it was Dionne 'there is nothing so
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#90
All I can say is you are lucky he wasn't the 'shoot first ask questions later' type.
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#100
In this post and the one following it you both express my beliefs but what you are suggesting takes
jwirr
Apr 2015
#49
Thank you. I am located in MN and on the local level we are still pretty union and FDR Dems. So
jwirr
Apr 2015
#60
Nothing really matters. The 1% have already won. You all just don't know it yet or won't believe it.
L0oniX
Apr 2015
#20
Oh, I believe it. I have no doubt that a 1% candidate will win the Presidency, but they will do it
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#21
from your lips to god's ears. i'm increasingly discouraged; i hope you're right.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#35
+100. Speaking for myself alone, anything but vapid cheerleaderism seems often met
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#34
In 2008, I had to remind myself, off and on, that candidates are not nevessarily a reflection of
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#127
I did a lot of volunteer work when my kids were still minors, mostly with the schools
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#61
Americans like to think they are egalitarian when they are almost anything but that
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#84
The point I'm making is that the thoughts and concerns of the lower class were never even heard...
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#111
my experience mirrors yours. the schmoozers put in a minimal amount of actual work &
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#119
And that is what many on the Left are doing now, across the country. It is exciting actually
sabrina 1
Apr 2015
#91
Based on your own definition of what "the left" is as well, & your own perceptions.
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#115
With all due respect, you are not "the Left". You said in a post to me days ago that the left
cui bono
Apr 2015
#123
Okay, sorry for the delay. As I mentioned, back at work. Also recovering from strep throat!
cui bono
Apr 2015
#141
Think you ... but you do not get to define whatis or is not left "enough."
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#142
And she is not a liberal nor a progressive based on the actions of other Dems in history. n/t
cui bono
Apr 2015
#146
You are absolutely right about it being a life long task. The Labor Movement did not happen
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#86
One of my first thoughts after Citozens United was passed in the SC, the GOP probably thought
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#54
I have to admit, I am pretty much done with the whole thing. I am no longer a Democrat. That does
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#99
See, why the insults? I just don't get it. Did the Labor Movement want unicorns and rainbows?
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#107
Define "far left". I hear this phrase used so often here; it seems to me a way of dismissing
ND-Dem
Apr 2015
#121
Your mindset is that 'all the world is like a boxing match' so of course you see and thrive on
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#59
You will never start off by yourself to build up enough support to overturn gerrymandering
Rex
Apr 2015
#63
We live in a county of very ignorant people. A country where people will not vote.
YOHABLO
Apr 2015
#87
The last thing I want to do is venture into politics in real life, I've had more than enough of that
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#114