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Demsrule86

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19. This is divisive...no need to rub people's noses in it...email hysteria was used to divide us

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 06:07 PM

Mar 2017

during the election...and please let's not compare our left to the white supremacists on the right by calling our guys alt-left. I would delete this in the interest of unity... yes, I know you have every right to post it...but is it wise?

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MEANWHILE, the Alt-Left will have a LOT of spinning to do: [View all] Blue_Tires Mar 2017 OP

Alt-Left, what a terrible demeaning of the word "left" Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #1

I prefer "fraud progressives" myself. Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #5

True, I should say "anti-left" or "trojan horse left" or something... Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #11

LOL Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #2

I wouldn't characterize Greenwald as a liberal. He is a self-serving libertarian asshole still_one Mar 2017 #3

I wouldn't characterize Greenwald as a liberal. He is a self-serving libertarian asshole. LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #7

I agree still_one Mar 2017 #9

This crap is why I can't stand the Young Turks either... bettyellen Mar 2017 #4

As an English instructor, I find appalling GG's frequent use of "very" within such a short space. tblue37 Mar 2017 #6

Like Trump, they are in this for themselves. It has nothing to do with society as a whole. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #8

more Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #10

He's right (Stoller) alarimer Mar 2017 #12

I remember when Flynn was supposed to be "nothing" and "clickbait", too Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #14

They fight him by denying Gorsuch his seat on the court. alarimer Mar 2017 #15

You can fight a war on multiple fronts Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #16

I'll just leave this here and bid adieu Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #22

Oh yes. ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #13

Just who is in this alleged "Alt-Left" and what are the criteria for inclusion? Jim Lane Mar 2017 #17

+1 leftstreet Mar 2017 #20

Oh, come, now. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #18

This is divisive...no need to rub people's noses in it...email hysteria was used to divide us Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #19

Greenwald has won the grand slam of conservative punditry Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #21