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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:05 PM Original message |
"The far-left is just as bad as the far-right." |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I always thought far-far-lefties... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The folks at Counterpunch quallify for me |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
77. so kucinich is your definition of far left???? nt |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
127. Did they hurt your feeling because they saw things differently from you? I'm not |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #127 |
174. wow |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. While there are a tiny number out there who do that type of thing they are extremely rare... |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. I think when many people think of "far left" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
130. And "tiny number" is right. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Those people are extremists, not the 'far left'. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
76. Exactly |
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sazemisery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
144. That is exactly it in a nutshell. Thank you. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
137. THANK YOU! |
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FarLeftRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
173. Sorry, I am not a "normal Democrat"... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I'm not sure that Anarchists would agree. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Good analysis. Gandhi was an Anarchist. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
152. why didn't I just read what you wrote... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
179. That was a very cogent obervation |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I always thought that people who make those remarks are usually referring to Hitler and Stalin |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
94. Exactly, rockymountaindem. That is precisely the frame of reference which most |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
107. I wish that were true |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Am I a far-far lefty? Please tell me if I am. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
155. Nope, you sure aren't. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #155 |
189. That's exactly what I think, but people in the U.S. (including Democrats) call me extreme lefty |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #189 |
208. yep, that about covers it. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. No. You're confusing anarchy/totalitarianism with left-right. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Read a book once in a while. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
92. Anarchism hasn't anything to do with torching SUVs |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
95. Anarchists don't believe in violence. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
119. Funny, their was a thread here about some dude's Hummer being vadalized |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. What about people who throw tea into harbors? |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #120 |
126. And your argument, please? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. I'm figuring you'd detest that sort of activity. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #119 |
128. Got a link, or should we take the word of someone who destroys our public property for their own |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. The riding illegally part pisses me off too |
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pollo poco (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
138. Your memes are showing |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
147. Not sure anarchism lies on the traditional right-left political spectrum. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
149. I suggest that |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
150. I think the far left may mean anarchists, but I don't even know if anarchists... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
177. What a pile of boooolcheeet |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
178. Anarchists Are Anarchists! that Does NOT Transl;ate To Being |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Perfect. I'd like to see this OP carved in stone & placed on the Mall |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe the "far left" believes in telling the truth all the time? Fancy that! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. You hit the nail on the head! Thank You! |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think they usually mean in terms of behavior |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Who is "we"? |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I mean behavior in the realm of political discourse |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. In that case I would suggest you include "moderates" in the equation... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
108. Both Hillary and Obama are 'Moderates"... |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. ELF, among others. {nt} |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The ELF has never had any real influence in this country... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. There is nothing "left" about ALF or ELF |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I agree, that is why I said many of them are almost certainly right-wingers |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Um, no. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Different extremes attract different crazies |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I am not denying they exist... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
85. That is a complete crock of shit. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #85 |
96. You're welcome. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #96 |
102. It must be nice to have somebody to hate so much. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. You know what's even easier than that? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
207. "I've met some of those guys" |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
84. Did I miss the part where anybody ever got hurt in an ELF action? |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #84 |
100. The people who loose jobs or can't finish building homes aren't hurt? nt |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. So we shouldn't boycott or protest WalMart because the blue vests might lose hours? |
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I work for workers (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. You shouldn't burn Wal-Marts down. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. I'm not a big fan of arson as a protest tactic myself. |
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Mister Ed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Excellent! K&R, and off to the Greatest Page with ye! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. I got fascists to the left of me and fascists to the right of me |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Well if you believe that I would suggest you read up on what fascism is... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You're right, I should have said "totalitarians" or "authoritarians" |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Can you name me any leftist totalitiarian groups that have significant influence in the US? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Can you spell PLONK? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Commies to the left of me, fascists to the right... |
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phiddle (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. The "far left" helps people. the "far right" kills people. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. What you're discussing isn't "far left extremism" |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. But that is the point, there is no far-left extremism to speak of in this country |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Correct. There is no far left at all in the US. Kucinich is center-moderate left. /nt |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Oh, I have -- one environmentalist I met wanted a "die off" of humans to preserve the earth |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I have had plenty of contact with leftists, and I have never met anyone like that |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
72. They manifest in different ways, but we have as many wackos as they do |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
118. "no genuine conservative who agrees with a neocon" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #118 |
163. Where did I mention the DLC? What inference did you draw? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
82. The first thing sounds like what Garrett Hardin proposes in the tragedy of the commons |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Exactly. Some of the more extreme environmentalists sound rather Mansonsque these days |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. I think there was an extremist far-left movement building in the US -- before 9/11. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. I know who you are talking about, and they are nothing like the far-right |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #60 |
78. True, there are presently more far-right extremists than far-left extremists. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #49 |
91. Unless you have proof of your allegations, here... |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #91 |
111. Yes, I have. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #91 |
114. It is my belief that undercover Police provacateurs |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Not to mention the overreaction by the police, which forced more moderate unions to join the... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #114 |
139. vandalism or violence? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #114 |
146. That was my experience at a Portland protest of one of Cheney's visits |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
141. You seem angry about store windows being broken. repudiating an entire historical movement! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #141 |
204. No, I was upset that the poster I responded to basically said that the "far left"... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
135. I thought the Battle for Seattle was a step forward. Why are liberals now repudiating it? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. I agree. My heart bleeds for the windows of Chase Manhattan. What extremists... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
153. That's funny (not). When I went to college at the University of Missouri |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #153 |
164. *Please* re-read what I wrote and not what you thought I said n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R -- so-called moderates can suck my far-left nut. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. That's what I call far left,, people who can't stand moderates |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Spoken like a true moderate. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I would advise you to read my journal if you think I seldom attack Republicans |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
117. Speaking of poetic imagery.......... |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. Apparently anything to the left of the DLC is considered "far left" |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
182. That seems to be the pattern -- and it feels like it's getting worse all the time. eom |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sticks and Stones from moderates who plainly see that.... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. The difference is the far-far left has never been in control of media and government |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think the far left and far right touch at the ends. But I don't think the people depicted in |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. In this country the people in my post are the "far-left"... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. They are too some dishonest or ignorant people, true. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Are you calling Chomsky and Zinn ignorant? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. I'm calling people who those the OP described are "far left" ignorant. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. What makes them ignorant? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. What makes them ignorant is that they don't know what far left REALLY is if they think the |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I am speaking of the American political spectrum... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Duh. Now go back and read our litle subthread. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. agree completely |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
129. Glad I'm not the only |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Difference is in how we plan to get there |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. I Might Agree with the General Sentiment |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. But are we just talking about America? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. In this case we are... |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. I wish that I could rec this twice! |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. The "left, right, center" political analogy is SO faulty. :( |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Yeah, 1 dimension doesn't really work. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. I thought the far left went much farther left than that. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. Excellent piece, worth recommending. Made me realize how idiotic such comments can appear |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. No, but the wacky left is as wacky as the wacky right |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
143. Yeah but the wacky center and their idiotic smugness is why we are where we are today. /nt |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. The FAR MIDDLE gave us Nixon and Bush |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. "The far middle" |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. Extreme views are always |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-10-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. hate to break it to you but the far left doesn't have a monopoly on these issues |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. What you described are moderates |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
202. I don't like labels |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #202 |
211. You used the labels conservative and liberal. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
73. The far right made Bush president |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #73 |
97. exactly |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
110. "Centrist" Democrats helped Bush*. |
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nikto (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
74. It's empirical... |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
75. CENTRISTS got US where we are today!!! |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #75 |
81. Both parties and the middle got us into our Banking messes |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
79. The REAL "far left" in America is so small as to be statistically insignificant |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #79 |
168. Well, if one is a self-described Marxist |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #168 |
206. Right, but there are no true "far leftists" among Dem elected officials |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
83. really nice. k&r. reading this demonstrates what so many people |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
87. Apparently I'm part of the far left |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
88. Flamethrower returned to Standby. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
89. "Extremism in the defense of virtue is no vice." |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
90. I will say it time after time: LEFT and RIGHT is just to divide us. The real issue |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. "America has one political party with two right wings" - Gore Vidal |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
109. Ironic |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
98. I am a proud leftiist with little use for "moderates..." |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Exactly. Moderate left is just that much closer to the right, and that's why it's roundly encouraged |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
105. You have been dug... |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. I needed this today. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
112. No actually, RWers will tell you what you believe |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
115. Yup. The far left has never had control of even one branch of our |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
121. Far left = average guy that wants secure job, 40 hours, reasonable house, good education for |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
122. this needed to be said, and you said it superbly, MN against Bush |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
123. The American People are "Far Left". |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #123 |
224. The question of the century: |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
124. all extremists make me nervous... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
125. The positions you describe as far left aren't the AUTHORITARIAN far left |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. That Chinese coworker sure gets around... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Deleted sub-thread |
slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #133 |
214. The statement by my coworker was original, I've never seen those words anywhere else |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #214 |
217. Libertarians are right wing! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #217 |
225. Ron Paul is very right-wing |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #125 |
145. Yeah, we're not likely to have a Maoist or Stalinist uprising in the US. |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
136. Thanks for posting this, MN Against Bush |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
140. all these terms are relative |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #140 |
196. When I did that survey, I ended up waaaay in the lower left corner... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
148. There was nothing **Moderate** about supporting a war that has cost |
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GeneCosta (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
151. The Far Left |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
154. "Far Left" should be defined as those who thought that the Iraq War |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
156. American political discourse covers the gamut - from conservative |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
157. There really isn't a "far, far Left" in this country. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
158. dupe |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. And in regard to the planet and survival of our species, how far "left" dare we go -- ? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
159. Let's look at it this way, the Founders were of the far "left" --- what would you call them? |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
161. Here's what David Edelstadt ("left-libertarian") wrote in the latter part of the 19th Century: |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
162. Damn good post! K&R. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
165. The far right and far left aren't even close in "badness" |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
166. It's not easy being on the left in Texas |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
167. Far right are much more common than far left |
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7horses (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
169. Far left... |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Far left would be authoritarian socialism or communism |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. I don't know. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #171 |
181. No, far left means the same as far right |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #181 |
188. Says who? |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. Ummm...aren't we all sharing our opinions, here? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #190 |
201. No, you were telling me THE definition of a phrase and I was asking who defined it. |
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onwardupward (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
172. look at what the people in Russia have lost. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #172 |
175. Funny, I don't know any Russians who want to go back to that system |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #172 |
186. Yes, look at what the people have lost |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #172 |
210. What Gorbachev clearly wanted for the USSR, |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
176. Yep. |
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amb123 (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
180. Political Moderation when our Constutution & Bill of Rights is threatened IS COWARDESS! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
183. I always remind the wacko |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
184. The far left is as bad as the far right, but in America it's far smaller. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #184 |
187. Very good observation. Excellent. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #184 |
195. Agreed ... We are the center . the far left is marginalized |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #195 |
199. I think that's promoting the general welfare |
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lwcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
185. Please help spread this meme |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
191. Example of a far-left AUTHORITARIAN idea for those who don't understand the concept |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #191 |
194. Well, in all apartment buildings the |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #194 |
197. The government set a one-size-fits-none temperature and imposed it on everyone |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #197 |
198. My trips were after the "wall fell," |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #191 |
203. Actually that sounds like an example of Moderate Extremism... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #203 |
212. The majority of the CA legislature is all about social engineering |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #212 |
215. So California is home of extreme leftists? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #215 |
216. Not as extreme as Cuba, but compared to the rest of the US they're pretty far left |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #216 |
218. Solon wasn't comparing California to the "rest of the US". |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #216 |
219. You would have to state a truth first... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #219 |
220. No, they're at least two-dimensional - Left/Right and Authoritarian/Libertarian |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #220 |
221. So now California is Socialist? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #221 |
226. That is a Straw Man |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
192. yes, I agree with you. |
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eib1 (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
193. Damn straight. |
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km7368 (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
200. different perspective on the "far left" term |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
205. If the Far Left Was In Power, It Would Be As Bad As the Far Right |
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GeneCosta (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
209. Socialism and communism, at least in the context of its |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #209 |
213. Right. "Socialism" has been maligned along with "liberalism" |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #213 |
223. agreed... |
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222. They've never seen the Far Left... |
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