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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:54 PM Original message |
I love how people here think they are "left wing DUers" and everyone else is a "right wing DUer." |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. While I don't see how this is really a left vs. right issue, I can see how |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. That's one of many problems with the unrec feature. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think of myself as a true centrist |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. you're wrong. there are sad bitter people here just pissing in the pool |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. You just proved my point. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Yep. ++++1 nt |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. I would add |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Which "lefties" have made that claim? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. .... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. That a tit for tat post. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. (shrug) I don't care what the explanation for it is. You asked for an example; I provided one. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But that guy is complaining that conservative views will be squelched |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That's not what I'm saying, but that's in line with what I think. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That's what I said. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Uh huh - and that's why you refer to "them and their fellow lefties". |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Good point |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Exactly, Sir |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. I must admit, seeing the term "right-wing DUers" used in the context it was in another... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. If you do not regurgitate Chomsky, WSWS and counterpunch ad nausem you are not a true leftie |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. It will also be used by the people who consider themselves "moderate" or "centrist" to do something |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Actually, what I love about DU is, it gives me the chance to be in the middle of the road |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. lol |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. lol @ post, lol @ "meatspace". |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. True. k&r |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nope. People here are not all lefties by any measure. n/t |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You just proved my point. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. LOL! Not really. We have people here supporting a right wing military coup. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. my guess is that 90% of DU is "left" but some are farther left than others. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. The Democratic Party is a big tent. Some people here think that |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. There is a huge problem in the way left/right doesn't account for social/economic |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You can't be economically right and be a leftist. You CAN be economically right |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Indeed, that's the path to power in the Democratic party, isn't it? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. A small pocket of the GOP was moving to the socially right, economically left bent. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It doesn't. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. well, a series of DU polls would give us more info |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. Not true, there are some lurking trolls close by. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. Seems to me most of the angst comes from the self-appointed "true progressives" |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. I guess it depends on where you sit. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. That is one of the stranger delusions here. |
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