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In reply to the discussion: What is Southern Heritage? [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)long disagreed with the strategy of fear from the Democrats. It was really bad in '04 when Democrats were constantly defending themselves of not being "cowards", it was incredibly ridiculous to where criticizing Bush was labeled "unpatriotic" particularly "in a time of war" or especially on "foreign soil" (Dixie Chicks) "freedom fries" "support our troops" this one particularly bugged me) there was a climate of fear I remember very well which is why I think Howard Dean appealed to a lot of people.
Generally when something politics or just anything related current or recent historical events that is brought up I simply inject a fact without making an argument one way or the other and suddenly conservatives (I don't run into liberals often around here where I live) are bothered by it and accuse me of being a "liberal" more to themselves than to me or other insults(don't consider liberal an insult but they used it as one) as I don't get it. I even remember times where saying I was a liberal or could fairly consider me as one was treated as some shocking revelation.
"I get a big kick out of them using the word progressive. My gosh, theyre just straight old dumbass liberals anyway," - Orrin Hatch
What I do think is the reason I'm left is because I think the best solutions to the problem tend to come from that side and simply truth is accused of being liberal I figure that the truth is on our side and we should embrace it, not run away from it.
Though the one term that really rubs me the wrong way with the constant use of "the far left" from Bill O'Reilly my BP would rise just seeing "far left" at DU though haven't seen it in a way. Like the "far left" is in loony land the use of his ridicule when using it simply to describe anyone he considered foolish to oppose the Iraq war. "far left" though I probably am close too was dirtied up by Bill O'Reilly.