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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:40 AM Original message |
I, as are others of the left are confused over the descriptors of us. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. How about the confused left? |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not sure, I drew a line a decade ago, and been standing on it. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's just another division to divide the party. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. It is GOP rhetoric that has been taken up by Democrats to attack other Democrats |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Agree with what you say...and Poster Above you says. n/t |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. same GOP rhetoric used by more Network Pundits to describe those who oppose the Estate Tax give-away |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Someone who's been consistently anti-Obama proclaimed themselves as part of |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. That would be the "insensitive Left"... |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. We should start using the terms |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. And wtf is the professional left? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Funny how a supposed liberal like Obama |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think all Progressives and Leftsts are equal. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You make a good point |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Hey...same here. |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. So you have surrendered to the demonization of the term "left" and bought the right's framing. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'll make this simple---I'm not demonizing the left. You need to get over yourself. |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Your words were: "reasonable" progressives / "rarely realistic" leftists. Man you're touchy. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Progressives on the right?!? That's ridiculous. nt |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I believe the higher you aim to begin the more you'll end up winning, as |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. I suspect tea par tiers and conservatives and moderates feel the same way |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. I got a concise definition yesterday. Without using labels we are.... |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. I like 'informed left'. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. No need for labels ... IF, IF, you can articulate how you will PASS specific legislation |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. find a charismatic person, a good "salesman/woman", the type that is instantly |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. On DU all of those terms mean you've dared to criticize the president. nt |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. +1, nuff said. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. plus 2 --- If you aren't blindly loyal to Obama.....You must be a "leftist" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. I need more information |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. maybe those worried about who calls them what should stop navel gazing and work for progress |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. No you get your butts kicked |
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truthspeak (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. What do you call those on the left that don't understand civics? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. That sounds like something Bachman or Beck might say |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. All I know is that in almost 10 years on DU I've never seen a single person truly "Ultra-Left". |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think anyone who actually demands Peace, Justice and Equality |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Maybe the whiny left. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. The hate from the capitulationist camp is understandable. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It's not "the party." It's one individual. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. nah, it is the party as well. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. I think it's a reaction to the 'professional left." |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. I Used To Be A Democrat... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Those tossing out the descriptor du jour are the ones confused. |
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