Funny thing, I was just reading the thread about "The Far Left..."

[Archae]

I was kicked off a true far-left message board.

Yeah, this board was Maoist and even Stalinist!

This board even had nothing but glowing praise for North Korea.

I got kicked off when I had the nerve to bring up Stalin's purges and slaughters, and Mao's wacko "Great Leap Forward" and "Cultural Revolution."

[leftofcool]

1. Consider being kicked off a board like that an accomplishment.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Consider their booting you off as a badge of honor as a Liberal.

Far-leftists are as intolerant as Far-Righties, imo. I avoid their extreme positions like the plague.

[msongs]

3. those beliefs are not "far left" they are actually far right. not relevant to american politics

anyway. Far left in US terms does not include stalinist/maoists etc

[Scootaloo]

4. What was the name of hte board, and your username?

[Archae]

7. I no longer remember, this was years ago.

[Maedhros]

5. Wow - I would have expected you to have a better understanding of politics

than to equate Mao or Stalin to leftists. That's not only a Republican meme, but a McCarthyite one.

[Archae]

6. Mao and Stalin were leftist.

FAR-leftists, the same way Hitler was on the far-right.

The RW'ers try to call Hitler a "lefty" since he was so rotten, and they don't want him associated with them.

A dictator is a dictator, whether they are on the left or right.

Neither side has a monopoly on "good" or "evil."

[Maedhros]

20. You are conflating characteristics of one political axis (Libertarian - Authoritarian)

with those of another (Liberal - Conservative).

You are pointing out that Authoritarians are bad regardless of ideology. I concur. However it is disingenuous to present Mao or Stalin as illustrative examples of "far left" political thought - they were Authoritarians first and foremost; communism was nothing more than a useful tool for them to use.

Any serious discussion of left- right politics in a modern (rather than historical) context would not select Maoism or Stalinism as the model for leftist ideology.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. This should go well

[tkmorris]

9. I don't think any of that happened

[stevenleser]

18. So are you calling the OP a liar or are you saying they are confused?

OP doesn't seem confused.

[sabrina 1]

10. Sounds like an extremist forum. Which is the point of the 'Far Left' thread, that comparing DUers

to extremists does evoke the 'WTF response.

Unless you're saying the comparison is correct?

So let me ask you directly. Do YOU think DUers are extremists?

[Archae]

13. A few, (VERY few,) are.

And they are on different topics.

Guns.
Vaccinations.

Olive Garden.

One of the hallmarks of a real extremist is a total unwillingness to change his or her mind, even after contrary evidence is shown.

[sabrina 1]

14. Damn, my MIL took me to Olive Garden for dinner when I was in CA.

[Archae]

16. I've never been to Olive Garden...

How is the food/service?

[sabrina 1]

19. Food was good, the staff were very nice, friendly and efficient. The place was crowded we had to

wait for a table.

[whatchamacallit]

11. Congratulations!

[99Forever]

12. Kewl story bro.

[Archae]

15. I no longer remember where the message board was(is?) but 20 seconds of Google...

Found this message board.

http://www.revleft.com/vb/

[Adrahil]

17. Wow. That site is full of idiots.... n/t