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In reply to the discussion: A Letter to My Sublime Allies on the US Left [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)130. I'd like to add
that when you alienate your allies, as was done in that ridiculous post you refer to, it isn't everybody else that needs to take a hard look at what they stand for.
I'm a proud member of the dismal and rancid (Let's just say it, dirty hippie) brigade, and I don't particularly give a fuck who knows it.
Anyone that apologizes for being a Democrat isn't a Democrat, they are an imposter.
I'll never apologize for being a Democrat, I embrace it!
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"Right on"?? No one says "right on" anymore. Well, occasionally do. That's dating the both of us.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#109
We have the rule of law now. There are two versions, one for the Wealthy and one for the 99%.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#327
I disagree, I think it has always been a very vocal group that is small. Maybe like 10%
Rex
Jun 2015
#27
OK, but in my years here, I've never seen one of these long term posters banned for being too Right.
Romulox
Jun 2015
#63
Part of the reason is the conservatives are much more authoritarian. They like lock-step
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#348
Center right is a common description of the DLC/Third Way/New Democrat incarnation.
merrily
Jul 2015
#219
Is it really the Center, or wherever the Party establishment is at the moment?
merrily
Jul 2015
#212
Interesting. Now I wonder if the admins changed or if they decided the site should change to
cui bono
Jul 2015
#207
It is "left wing" as compared with "right wing." It is "liberal" as compared with RW conservative.
merrily
Jul 2015
#214
Actually, DU originally identified as Democratic back in the 2002 timeframe
ConservativeDemocrat
Jul 2015
#227
At this point you're being too cryptic for me to tease out how you've strung your words together
ConservativeDemocrat
Jul 2015
#370
I did not mean the poster was high. I meant that the 90% figure may have been too high.
merrily
Jul 2015
#279
Am aware of her, but am not aware of what "to Streisand" means. Guess i missed your meaning, much as
merrily
Jul 2015
#319
I don't think it's right vs left so much as "sensible woodchucks" against principled liberals.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#150
No, sorry, you don't get to write this after calling one of your allies on the left a POSUCS.
stevenleser
Jun 2015
#7
Oh authority, yeah well I wouldn't really put much stock into that kind of thing in GD.
Rex
Jun 2015
#29
We were falsely accused for years of being single issue voters, wanting ponies and
merrily
Jul 2015
#211
"Single issue" is bullshit code for caring about issues other than MAYBE a few preapproved ones.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#346
Nope, you don't. Not unless you want to out yourself as a hypocrite. That's up to you. nt
stevenleser
Jun 2015
#16
What was your first clue? Seriously, what? Mine was the choice of Rick Warren to pray on
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#116
I knew before he unceremoniously dumped Dean and Van Jones..no words describe how I feel about it.
2banon
Jun 2015
#131
Yes. I believe that consumer panel is called Supporters of Bernie Sanders for President or
merrily
Jul 2015
#246
well it is rather stunning how well the propaganda merchants shop their bullshit,
2banon
Jul 2015
#331
Exactly. Put what the panel has decided is to not waste any time on the Left. They won't
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#350
Sen Sanders said he recognizes the risk he is putting himself and his family in by
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#356
I think you point out a big difference between the Progressive Wing and the Conservative Wing
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#113
He also pointed out that he cares more about a politician who is a public figure who is
cui bono
Jul 2015
#213
I find that prevalent here. You can bring a fellow DUer to tears, drive him or her off the board,
merrily
Jul 2015
#223
Yes. And those that bring it up have attributed some importance to it which can only be
cui bono
Jul 2015
#225
I don't remember the original post, but I've seen swarming to link and re-post, several times on a
merrily
Jul 2015
#229
Several were moved. Moved enough to work behind the scenes to attempt to get Pitt
cui bono
Jul 2015
#365
The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the French supposedly say.
merrily
Jul 2015
#372
It's a very small number but they are enabled by others. It's authoritarian behavior.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#329
Oh, I don't know. Someone who claimed to be putting me on ignore replies to me often.
merrily
Jul 2015
#235
Indeed....the originator of POSUCS now decries a lack of comity. How rich. nt
msanthrope
Jun 2015
#145
They always do. That's why they're so authoritarian and insistent on lock step.
merrily
Jul 2015
#248
LOL! You can stay mired in the last century. Some of us evolve along with the words we use.
Rex
Jun 2015
#22
I looked at a few dictionary definitions of the word. None mentioned paper expressly.
merrily
Jul 2015
#271
Here's an excerpt of a page with no swearing. I find it much more disturbing.
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#242
I seldom included swears in my posts until people started threads against swears in posts.
merrily
Jul 2015
#251
And don't you just love it when a Democratic politician says, "My friends on the left?"
merrily
Jul 2015
#249
I've seen this sentiment, "This is 'DEMOCRATIC Undergound' so get in line you Liberals!"
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#57
Imo, that whole 'social justice vs. economic justice' is just a false arguement put forth
cui bono
Jul 2015
#215
"We hate you, and won't do anything for you once in office, but you have to vote for us"
Doctor_J
Jun 2015
#60
NYC_SKP was only letting a RW troll know he (NYC_SKP) was on to him or her (the troll).
merrily
Jul 2015
#268
After awhile it's easy to post just barely out of reach of a successful Alert.
Le Taz Hot
Jul 2015
#305
See, and I would have thought "out of reach" would include posting that Wendy Davis had some
merrily
Jul 2015
#308
To be fair, I've seen very bad hides on both sides, when people post jury comments.
merrily
Jul 2015
#312
People were all over you for being so abusive. You were no angel pushing that horror day in and day
polly7
Jun 2015
#175
The funny thing about it was that the tone of that fucking author, all the pompous, arrogance and
Bonobo
Jul 2015
#298
I missed something. Can you give me the link that you are speaking of? nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#328
I'm really surprised to see some of our long-term "progressive" posters come out to bash "the Left".
Romulox
Jun 2015
#65
But..but...being "practical" and "pragmatic" and "realistic" is ever so much more "expedient".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2015
#81
You need a history re-refresher. The Civil Rights battles, the Revolutionary War
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#97
The purist baloney is almost as played out as the baloney pony. Give that straw man a well-deserved
merrily
Jul 2015
#261
Attacking the Left hasn't worked out so well for those Third Wayers, and as a result, for our party.
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#118
They have latched on to our party convincing them that Dems had to change their message and
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#198
Since Warren and Sanders, even Chuy, began so obviously resonating with the public, I don't think
merrily
Jul 2015
#276
The poor thinking and poor writing got lost in the shuffle of how mean-spirited and ugly it was.
merrily
Jul 2015
#257
Talk to Amnesty International about black holes and extraordinary rendition. And drone killings.
merrily
Jul 2015
#263
Soc Sec and Medicare cuts never happened because people raised holy hell about the proposals
eridani
Jul 2015
#205
Oh, please. Those attempts to implement Third Way and Republican wet dreams failed. That's all.
merrily
Jul 2015
#265
Because McConnell refused to allow Republicans to take the blame for something
merrily
Jul 2015
#266
Lol, yes, after you say "Another lecture about shit that didn't happen or won't." Classy!
Logical
Jul 2015
#302
Mine's almost as high, but with the added "bonus" of a "Health Savings Account"
Hong Kong Cavalier
Jul 2015
#203
I obviously missed something but you forgot to add, and leave women's rights to the woman
AuntPatsy
Jul 2015
#201
Lame tactics. All they are doing is driving people away. I wonder if that is the intention
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#371