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LisaM

(27,758 posts)
11. Bingo.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:24 PM
Jan 2017

That really is the divide between conservatives and liberals. And then there's the fringe left who cares only about the group and not the individual, and I feel as if I've run into a lot of that lately, too.

k/r n/t phylny Jan 2017 #1
What a great way to describe Trump. Rex Jan 2017 #2
This is poetic. I don't use that term lightly. LisaM Jan 2017 #3
I agree completely. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #9
Bingo. LisaM Jan 2017 #11
That is not true about the fringe left. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #14
Maybe there's a better way to refer to it, then. LisaM Jan 2017 #16
And I wouldn't call those societies "left" at all. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #25
Also well stated. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #33
Wow, thank you! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #34
Omg, get out of here! Shut UP! :D BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #35
Yes - the Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #40
I can't wait to dig into all of your references and comments erronis Jan 2017 #42
I'm really glad to hear that you're interested! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #43
Have you read any of the links, and if so, any thoughts? nt Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2017 #48
Thanks!!! Oh boy, lots of good reading there! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #45
I'm a notoriously slow reader ... Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #47
Have you read any of the links, and if so, any thoughts? nt Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2017 #49
I only very just started--went with the overview you suggested I read first. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #50
Happened to me, too. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2017 #52
Well stated. Paka Jan 2017 #24
Thank you! Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2017 #26
Powerful... dhill926 Jan 2017 #4
My thoughts exactly. Barack_America Jan 2017 #13
And he will never be happy PatSeg Jan 2017 #5
Great summation They_Live Jan 2017 #21
This is true PatSeg Jan 2017 #29
I noticed that too... llmart Jan 2017 #39
Being born to great wealth makes the perks of wealth seem ho hum. Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #22
That is a good point PatSeg Jan 2017 #30
Best analysis of Trump I've yet read. tavernier Jan 2017 #6
I get the point of the article lunatica Jan 2017 #7
Trump is mentally ill. He's a narcissist and maybe a psychopath. He does not manicraven Jan 2017 #8
Funny, manicraven, that you mention this. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #17
Oh, I thought you were talking about the tubby tyrant of NORK erronis Jan 2017 #44
King Midas in Reverse no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #10
You should send that to the White House. n/t Mr. Evil Jan 2017 #12
Yes! He should send this to the White House. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #18
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #15
I don't share his nostalgic view of Reagan Skittles Jan 2017 #19
He knows, deep down... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #20
There is an ugliness to his face that goes beyond PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #23
Right on. Happiness is interconnectedness. Not wealth. I was proudest supporting applegrove Jan 2017 #27
I think that the problem is not so much that he was born to wealth... potone Jan 2017 #28
Well said. Fichefinder Jan 2017 #31
DT and his kind have an awful idea of what makes a successful man. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #32
Trump's face says it all HelenWheels Jan 2017 #36
Yes. He looks miserable. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #37
ANHEDONIA, my new favorite descriptive of the dae Jan 2017 #38
Trump never laughs. We've never heard it. No Vested Interest Jan 2017 #41
Twitler's religion is the prosperity gospel bhikkhu Jan 2017 #46
Yikes. Somehow I neglected to kick and rec this before! I love this. This should be Squinch Feb 2017 #51
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