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In reply to the discussion: Message to the Left-Wing [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)was "welcome" in the Democratic Party but not to "control" it. Those were your words.
This post of yours shows you to not believe those that are the left are actually the left, or that you have disdain for them and want to marginalize them. I'm really not trying to pick a fight, but those were your words, and by a lot of other posts (or even silence) on other policy topics it is clear that you are not the left. If we are really going to discuss this we have to keep it real.
I'm not sure why a lot of centrists want to consider themselves - or have us consider them - the left. I'm proud to be of the left and never claim to be a centrist. If you really do think you are left I'm curious what your stances are on NSA spying, TPP, offering up cuts to SS etc... because if we're going to discuss these things then the words we are using have to mean something, and have to mean the same thing to everyone. Otherwise the discussion will just go in circles without accomplishing anything.