Found on Twitter. How to know if you are a liberal.

[madfloridian]

How to know if you are a liberal

How to know you're a liberal. RT @didikins4life That is so true.

[RagAss]

1. Outstanding !

[madfloridian]

4. And I think..very true.

[OnyxCollie]

2. And it's gotta be APA style.

Fuck MLA.

[madfloridian]

3. Like some neighbors I have....

They just repeat in rote fashion what they hear on the right wing radio (that's about all we get here in this area)....And they never back down. They never think documentation matters.

[Crash2Parties]

11. If you repeat a lie often enough...

you don't need no stinkin' citations.

[gopiscrap]

15. welcome to DU

[madfloridian]

17. So true. And so many lies repeated over and over.

Then when the truth is told, few believe it.

[tclambert]

13. Yeah, my right wing brother rejected information from the Encyclopedia Britannica.

See, those encyclopedias can have such a liberal bias.

[Curmudgeoness]

19. Not only do they not think documentation matters,

they absolutely do not want it. Just try to give them some citations and they will cry "that is just a liberal website/newspaper/author". Even when I make every effort to find something like the Wall Street Journal. Then they send me an anonymous email with no facts as their "proof". It would be funny if it were not so sad.

[madfloridian]

20. That is so painfully true, it is heartbreaking.

I have learned that most of my neighbors are tea party types. They simply do not care if you can dispute them with downright facts. Facts do not matter to them. The sad part is that several of them use the name of Jesus to spread their lies.

I never knew all this until Bush was running for president. He used such people in his war propaganda. He used them to get elected. Then it started showing in all areas of life. My late husband and I quickly learned that it was best to avoid any deep topics, etc.

It's still that way. Most of my neighbors are like that. A few are more moderate, but not that much. They are the "God said it, I believe it, that settles it" type. They seem unaware that Jesus was filled with love, not hate.

I grew up Southern Baptist, and I often wonder if I acted like that. I surely hope not.

[Earth_First]

14. The mere mention of APA and MLA makes you a distinct type of liberal...

[reACTIONary]

18. Chicago style...

Turabian rules

[Vashta Nerada]

25. SSA style.

That's how we do things in Archaeology.

[madfloridian]

5. Many interesting liberal sites on Twitter.

Here is one.

https://twitter.com/beingliberal

[Enthusiast]

6. Kicked and Recommended!

Thank you, madfloridian!

[madfloridian]

7. You are welcome.

[madfloridian]

8. Kick for pride in being a liberal.

11 years ago started out moderate to centrist here at DU....now I am more and more liberal each day. Proud of it.

[bvar22]

9. DURec.

The same applies here at DU,
though Fringe Leftist" (delivered with a condescending sneer) is substituted for "Liberal".

[madfloridian]

10. Oh, wow, how many times have I been called "fringe" activist or just "fringe".

Remember the good old DLC, now known as The Third Way?

Being called "fringe activist" by one's own party.

It was sure a shock to this person who had been raised in the Southern Baptist church, a part of the culture of fundamentalism here. The Iraq War woke us up from that world of just automatically believing what the churches said.

Then the DLC called us "fringe" for being against the war. I have yet to forgive them for that. I have tried. I am one of the most moderate people, though open-minded, that you can imagine.

What Dean replied to them:

Dean Statement in Response to DLC's Charge that Public Servants are
"Fringe Activists"

“Once again, the DLC has chosen to put their own political agenda
ahead of the progress needed to unite the Democratic Party. This election
has barely begun, and the DLC has repeatedly dismissed people who attend
caucuses, who get out the vote, and now the 1.3 million members of AFSCME as
‘fringe activists’ who do not reflect ‘the mainstream values, national pride
and the economic aspirations of middle-class and working people.’

“The DLC staff can say what they want about me, but they owe an
apology to the 1.3 million members of AFSCME. Our teachers, our health care
workers, and our state and local public servants don't need a lesson from
Washington insiders about the needs and concerns of middle- and
working-class families. What they need is a Democratic Party that will stand
up for them.”

Amen to that. Still going on, I fear.

[liberal N proud]

12. You might be. long time DU Member if...

you demand references.

[madfloridian]

21. .....

It's second nature to those who are longtime members.

[PatrynXX]

16. not like the Right has real references

The Obama Nation 1/2 the book is fake references...

[Jamaal510]

22. At least 2 of my professors are liberals;

they're making me cite all of the sources I use whenever I quote somebody in my papers.

[chervilant]

23. You rock, mad!!!

And, I guess that must mean I'm the fuzz at the tip of the fringe on that "far left" side of our nation's torn and tattered political blanket.

(AND, I look for your posts -- you remain one of my fave DUers. Glad that you're still here, despite all the personal attacks you endured for pointing out this administration's continued assault on our teachers and public education.)

[madfloridian]

24. .......

Thanks for the very kind words, chervilant. They mean a lot.

[johnnyreb]

26. Perfect!!

k&r.

[fadedrose]

27. Well, if this doesn't sound like cali.....nt