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NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
71. Yes...and?
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 09:28 PM
Dec 2012

Moderate conservative here. No, I'm not ashamed. I'm not taking it back or begging for forgiveness. I realize that almost anyone with any views not vetted by the great anointed left has been purged from DU, but a few who dare to disagree from time to time are still around.

Have a nice evening.

You need a few more on the left to capture me. Loudly Dec 2012 #1
You need a "socialist' or "other" option. n/t white_wolf Dec 2012 #2
Yep. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #14
Yes it does. n/t 99Forever Dec 2012 #42
+1 mike_c Dec 2012 #51
How about "mixed"? amandabeech Dec 2012 #3
I'll go with mixed too. NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #7
I get the radical hatred on my Bernie Sanders issues, amandabeech Dec 2012 #8
Socialist here roody Dec 2012 #4
Where's the Nazi, commie, fascist, tree-hugging, bed-wetting pinko, progressive option? Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #5
Bomb throwing moderate. Throd Dec 2012 #6
None of the above. I'm progressive, way left of liberal. n/t intheflow Dec 2012 #9
I thought progressive and liberal were synonymous. CheapShotArtist Dec 2012 #11
That's what I think. When the reactionaries were successful in their campaign to demonize Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #15
I think they share some basic ideology, but they differ in focus. intheflow Dec 2012 #19
Actually, outside the United States, "liberal" typically means right wing. FDR changed it all. Selatius Dec 2012 #21
Ditto. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #12
That is what I consider myself ... a Progressive. nt Raine Dec 2012 #23
I fell off the left end. nt Betsy Ross Dec 2012 #10
anarcho-syndicalist, to be precise... 0rganism Dec 2012 #13
Cheers comrade! Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #17
You left off extremely liberal. Abstain. lonestarnot Dec 2012 #16
Extremely Liberal aka REAL Liberal or Real Democrat Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #24
conservative but SmileyRose Dec 2012 #18
EVERYWHERE in the Western Democratic world - liberal means being in the center Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #20
I'm a proponent of market socialism. Selatius Dec 2012 #22
No Marxist-Leninist option? ellisonz Dec 2012 #25
I couldn't find Stalinist, so had to mark liberal. lol Great Caesars Ghost Dec 2012 #26
Do you really know what the fuck "Stalinist" means to many people? bluestate10 Dec 2012 #46
It was a joke goddamnit!!!!!!! Great Caesars Ghost Dec 2012 #63
Ok. I apologize. I didn't notice a sarcasm notice. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #70
I would be to the left of Dennis Kucinich Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #27
progressive. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #28
Generally I'm center-left. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2012 #29
So... Prometheus_unbound Dec 2012 #30
Welcome to DU. I was surprised that 2 people chose right of center, there is a big gap bluestate10 Dec 2012 #48
I was one of the M-Cs. NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #73
Democratic Socialist tblue Dec 2012 #31
Me too. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #33
Another. Chan790 Dec 2012 #43
A liberal but not necessarily a Progressive (as I want to actually achieve and not just bloviate) graham4anything Dec 2012 #32
That's unfair. intheflow Dec 2012 #36
I think I am indeed onto something at least here at DU graham4anything Dec 2012 #41
I don't agree with you on every thing, but you do make some valid points. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #54
I agree just about all of this, including graham4anything Dec 2012 #60
A good assessment Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #45
Where's Socialist? Odin2005 Dec 2012 #34
Out and out socialist hobbit709 Dec 2012 #35
Liberal on social issues and civil rights hack89 Dec 2012 #37
You need a commie/pinko/anarchist with chattel corporations option. bemildred Dec 2012 #38
Do the moderate conservatives know we can see their user names? JaneyVee Dec 2012 #39
What are you implying? Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #49
LOL snooper2 Dec 2012 #50
Yes...and? NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #71
above it datasuspect Dec 2012 #40
where is the category for.."too damn uninterested to actually vote in midterms" srican69 Dec 2012 #44
Look where that got us. Battles in Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #56
I'm so far to the left, Aristus Dec 2012 #47
Democratic Socialist - Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2012 #52
I'm a radical social justice leftist. hunter Dec 2012 #53
You really need to separate this between "social" and "economic" positions. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #55
I don't find any of these labels significantly relevant anymore NoOneMan Dec 2012 #57
Progressive. Iggo Dec 2012 #58
Moderate leftist WilmywoodNCparalegal Dec 2012 #59
I would not want any part on this particular political spectrum. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #61
Other. H2O Man Dec 2012 #62
Hanging off the left side by my fingernails... 4_TN_TITANS Dec 2012 #64
a Naxalite... obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2012 #65
Moderate on social issues, liberal on economic and foriegn policy issues. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #66
Am I alone when I say I truly don't know??? narnian60 Dec 2012 #67
Social democrat. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #68
Where is "Dirty Socialist"??? Dirty Socialist Dec 2012 #69
socialist baldguy Dec 2012 #72
Somewhere between... NCTraveler Dec 2012 #74
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