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Far-left politics [View all] snooper2 Jan 2013 OP
I've seen example of people Confusious Jan 2013 #1
Is your OP in support of this graphic you used a little while ago? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #2
That's a pretty fucked up graphic right there. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #6
in the same theme yep...I don't agree with Objectivists or Libertarians at the top under "Freedom" snooper2 Jan 2013 #10
I've heard the term "politically correct" a great deal, usually from the right Fumesucker Jan 2013 #12
This one is better (Nadir point) snooper2 Jan 2013 #15
Too late for that Fumesucker Jan 2013 #19
ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL snooper2 Jan 2013 #20
OMC? Is that you? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #22
mmm... G_j Jan 2013 #31
If you are going to call me anybody at least make it someone good snooper2 Jan 2013 #33
Whatever his faults may have been Random Thoughts wasn't a Libertarian Objectivist Fumesucker Jan 2013 #36
Random Thoughts was sweet and funny Hatchling Jan 2013 #65
I'm sweet and funny! snooper2 Jan 2013 #66
Not quite OMC's level of fuckery, I think. Close, "but no cigar." nt patrice Jan 2013 #53
And in record time whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #23
I can't escape I'm a trappy! LOL snooper2 Jan 2013 #30
I think it's idiotic whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #39
Is it idiotic because nobody who claims to be "super far left" snooper2 Jan 2013 #41
If the "super far left" and "super far right" are the same whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #44
Because they are not 100% the same, so that even a small "amount" of difference evokes patrice Jan 2013 #48
Right... whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #50
Agendas are abstractions. I prefer to talk about how people act, how they treat others as more or patrice Jan 2013 #58
It's not just the left and the right that use that sort of language Fumesucker Jan 2013 #59
It's stupid, wherever it comes from. Some of it is talking-point robots, some of it is just newbies patrice Jan 2013 #61
The effect is all very cliquey & clique driven & I don't care what labels you hang on those cliques patrice Jan 2013 #62
You were hanging labels yourself just a couple of posts back Fumesucker Jan 2013 #63
The brew needs a bottle, so bottles are useful as long as you don't drink them. I'm just advocating patrice Jan 2013 #64
And I was beginning to think whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #13
out myself as what? snooper2 Jan 2013 #16
Socialism is serfdom? Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #11
The only way this graphic makes sense is if Freedom has one & ONLY one essential trait, patrice Jan 2013 #35
A point of clarification Fumesucker Jan 2013 #40
I suspect that the concept of Freedom used in this graphic is too reactionary for me, which would patrice Jan 2013 #45
That same theory would suggest "centrist" Democrats have more in common with "centrist" Romulox Jan 2013 #3
They only resemble one another in their fervor and in much of the idiocy both extremes exhibit RomneyLies Jan 2013 #4
+1 patrice Jan 2013 #21
That sounds about right n/t union_maid Jan 2013 #52
Would this apply to people who swear the world is flat, G_j Jan 2013 #5
How can one not be reminded of: "'No Labels': We’re not centrist anymore, promise!" Romulox Jan 2013 #7
More of the Ralph Nader bullspit. Nader threw the election to the repubs & reaped millions in pocket graham4anything Jan 2013 #8
Please provide a policy example of "far-left politics" whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #9
A desire for the US to withdraw from its commitments to international organizations (the UN and WTO pampango Jan 2013 #42
Sounds like nonsense to me whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #47
The comparison between so-called "leftwing" Corporatists and their rightwing analogues Romulox Jan 2013 #57
Comforting theory for those who would maintain status quo. nt hay rick Jan 2013 #14
If means and ends are equally important, Left & Right are more alike than different, because they patrice Jan 2013 #17
American politics is really a pretzel. leveymg Jan 2013 #18
I guess everybody ought to be moderate politically so they could be different underneath. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #24
That's too often an abused and, hence, mischaracterized and under-rated position, I think that patrice Jan 2013 #56
In the 60s the saying was "do your own thing". bemildred Jan 2013 #72
I think Its True on Some Single Issues NeedleCast Jan 2013 #25
Fanaticism as in whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #29
Fanaticism as the word is defined NeedleCast Jan 2013 #49
So centrists don't seek control? whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #51
I Edit my above post to add an example NeedleCast Jan 2013 #55
I agree that the actual far left probably has a lot in common with the far right el_bryanto Jan 2013 #26
Only according to stupid, primitive black-and-wite thinking. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #27
uh, yeah, Jean-Pierre Faye snooper2 Jan 2013 #32
Sigh. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #34
So where do you put truthers and birthers on the political spectrum? snooper2 Jan 2013 #38
Where would you now put those who believe there were no WMDs in Iraq? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #43
I don't think you can define somebody by their thoughts on one specific issue snooper2 Jan 2013 #46
You mean, like you just did with post 38? 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #67
well that's a little different, I'll try to explain to you... snooper2 Jan 2013 #68
Was that supposed to MEAN something? 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #69
you ever post more than six words at a time? snooper2 Jan 2013 #71
No, it's bullshit. bowens43 Jan 2013 #28
Yes, you see do some overlap on some issues. SpartanDem Jan 2013 #37
I think it's an oversimplification viewing politics on a straight line Bradical79 Jan 2013 #54
I agree. It needs to be someting more like a sphere, though it may not be regular in shape. nt patrice Jan 2013 #60
To get that picture in the OP to display... Make7 Jan 2013 #70
It's better than a straight line because it weights for extremeness, which, though it may be patrice Jan 2013 #73
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