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In reply to the discussion: "The Far Left"? WTF? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)212. In the US, the far left is Communist or left anarchist, not the left of the Democratic Party.
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How do you define rw though? Yes there are posters that make me scratch my head and I think they
hrmjustin
Apr 2015
#109
My suggesting others ask someone a question is not the same as my asking a question.
merrily
Apr 2015
#346
You think Putin is leftist? LOL! Man, with confusion like that I can see how any Dem not corporate
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#305
oh no, I caught all that, just your thought than anyone that supports Putin is a leftist
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#326
I don't get it, that appears to be anti Putin, not a kind word was spoken about him
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#329
Find me a post of mine that blindly supports Maduro, Putin or, for that matter, that blindly
merrily
Apr 2015
#338
Right wing democrats put social issues ahead of economic issues - particularly unions.
WillTwain
Apr 2015
#276
If we believe in single payer universal health care they call us Fringe Left. Same as Far Left.
Enthusiast
Apr 2015
#149
NY senators always have relationships with wall street as have Democratic presidents.
hrmjustin
Apr 2015
#83
Schumer I am not a fan of but Clinton while not an enemy of Wall Street is not going to bow to them
hrmjustin
Apr 2015
#98
I think she just did by saying we need a new constitutional amendment to get rid of citizens united.
hrmjustin
Apr 2015
#110
Yes and candidate Obama said that we needed to roll back the Patriot Act. The nice label is
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#118
They claimed they couldn't even pass a public option, but she's going to amend the Constitution?
merrily
Apr 2015
#180
that's quite an easy thing to say. how long ERA has languished? 40 years?
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#131
And, when it doesn't happen, we'll hear she is not king. Civics class. Congress. Blah, blah, blah.
merrily
Apr 2015
#206
Well I am a bit more hopeful but I understand that people are doubtful about it passing with reason.
hrmjustin
Apr 2015
#234
If you think Hillary's not doubtful about it passing, I have a few bridges in my inventory.
merrily
Apr 2015
#236
Just like Obama was on the record for a strong public option being the only way.
merrily
Apr 2015
#187
This is the problem for Hillary. Obama misled voters on so many issues, Democrats are gun shy.
WillTwain
Apr 2015
#280
If she does get in, using her first year to pass a renewed ERA would be both in character and
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#193
Reality check. That statement by Hillary does not stand up to analysis. Not even a little.
merrily
Apr 2015
#179
I see that the major divide is between the Progressives and Conservatives.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#120
That the left of the Democratic Party is the ideological far, far left is such bull pucky.
merrily
Apr 2015
#188
Those that try to disparage the Left with the label "Far Left" refuse to actually explain why
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#248
On one hand, they pretend liberals are bomb-throwing trotskyites. On the other
merrily
Apr 2015
#259
Actually, they usually thrown in at least one more modifier, much as Republicans do.
merrily
Apr 2015
#190
And not only Marxist communism (with all the tendencies that entails) ...
Fantastic Anarchist
Apr 2015
#284
Same feeling here. I view it as a politically unstable country. And the middle ground is going away
RKP5637
Apr 2015
#32
I wonder why so many "far left" voters are in states like Alaska, Nebraska, Arkansas, and S Dakota?
cascadiance
Apr 2015
#68
Once the minimum wage became a ballot initiative, it was no longer a partisan issue
Art_from_Ark
Apr 2015
#155
I often see people use a politician's rhetoric to raise min wage (as the only tool to help the poor)
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#306
Yes. And anyone honest and awake sees what has been in mind for safety nets by
merrily
Apr 2015
#334
Right with ya there, Warpy. This country scares the shit out of me. The people here
Nay
Apr 2015
#79
Maybe it is the posters saying Hillary is not left enough, this may make someone far far left.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#6
you either did not read my post or are clueless, I can help you with neither.
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#41
You say I am clueless, look at the chart you provided, does it have anything on the
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#44
slightly left to mid Left=liberal (far left is red territory) - clueless it is then, go to the site
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#56
I know what right and left means, the chart you furnished does not show conserative, moderate
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#63
Libertarian as a political concept, not as the Libertarian party. It's how the scale works. Do you
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2015
#94
My question is where is the Liberal, Moderate, Populists, or Conserative section.
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#103
You will have to wait until the primaries to see a chart showing you the R and D players for 2016
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#114
That was a very thoughtful, intelligent, and patient answer to the poster's questions
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#255
Perhaps some would believe this but when you compare the charts of different people on the issues
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#47
See, you're not allowed to bring up what the candidate says about themselves, that's not fair.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#208
We're tired of being told who to vote for and insulted and bullied when we dare question or
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#106
Didn't hurt, but the coronation attempt is far more incentive than anything that
merrily
Apr 2015
#209
No, Eisenhower just had a public face that was very different from his private one.
merrily
Apr 2015
#210
Step out your back door, step 13 paces to the left, the Worlwide Red Menace Brotherhood
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#117
I took it to mean no mercenaries or other contractors (I may be out of line as well but I think
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#62
Why not? Very few of our wars come out of nowhere, without any sort of foreshadowing.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#251
No mercenaries--like Blackwater/Xe/Academi or whatever they are calling themselves now
Demeter
Apr 2015
#239
An excellent list, particularly since "a completely public health system" sounds like an NHS
pampango
Apr 2015
#170
I like that FDR Liberal title...I've been a bit confused myself. I'm thinking about Democratic
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#11
Third Way is not synonymous with liberal or progressive if that's what you're saying. n/t
cui bono
Apr 2015
#15
Asking...I'd pretty much figured that one out...what used to be maybe a little left of
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#230
3rd way is exactly that. It's a break from either left or right. It tries to fall somewhere in the
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2015
#101
That's a great description...thanks. I'll read it again. I see how it happened...I checked out
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#233
That's what I was used to, but I really resonate with Bernie's ideas, although I'll vote for a
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#231
Bernie Sanders may call himself a 'Democratic Sociaist' (and bliess his heart
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#112
+1 When I see it utilized I laugh and see it as their attempt to give legitimacy to right wing/hawk
Jefferson23
Apr 2015
#23
Damn right. Some enjoy trying to upset FDR Democrats though. It's obvious. nt
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#172
All my Canadian friends are New Democrats which are to the left of the Liberals.[n/t]
Maedhros
Apr 2015
#268
It is just something stupid conservatives spit like venom regardless of party affiliation when
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#33
No, at least for the most part that is who they are if they believe anything at all whatever they
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#121
It is election season. That means it is going to get mean, nasty, and ugly.
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#35
Oh dear, I guess all of us that opposed the Iraq war need to purchase tri-cornered hats
Dragonfli
Apr 2015
#46
I was in a thread today where a poster compared us to the mob that killed Jesus and Joan of Arc.
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#89
What is a 'TeaLeft purist'? That is some seriously demented foam-spitting
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#115
I'm so glad you spelled that one out...had me there for a minute...LOL Thanks for the chuckle.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#250
You don't think there are super-liberals who talk about "tearing down the whole system"?
PBass
Apr 2015
#40
It bothers me to see "far left" used here in the same way Republicans use "far left."
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2015
#49
That insult started about the time the president decided mandatory for-profit health insurance was
Doctor_J
Apr 2015
#55
The 'far left' is any part of the part that is not on the right fringe of the party, according to
Marr
Apr 2015
#67
The term Far Left is often used to insult, to suggest a poster has an unreasonable position.
Enthusiast
Apr 2015
#160
As a "far-left radical" I support far left radical ideas like Social Security and Medicare.
Scuba
Apr 2015
#97
critical of Hillary's corporate debt, I was called a leftist version of the tea party, but thruth is
whereisjustice
Apr 2015
#100
Good point. DU's "circular firing squad" puts much energy into insulting each other rather
pampango
Apr 2015
#171
I don't give a damn what lame venom they spit and will only refrain from labeling them Wall St
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#127
You're incensed about "far left" but the so-called far left calls some DUers "RW" and there's the
Cha
Apr 2015
#147
Your second sentence is complete rubbish. So is your fourth, and your first, and your third. nt
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#174
treestar you are on record as believing that the Wall Street economy improving is pretty much
stillwaiting
Apr 2015
#249
It really does comes down to corporate or populist Dems. (REAL populists, that is.)
polichick
Apr 2015
#192
The center right of the Democratic Party in 1940 would not even recognize Third Way as Democrats.
merrily
Apr 2015
#198
In the US, the far left is Communist or left anarchist, not the left of the Democratic Party.
merrily
Apr 2015
#212
The left of the Democratic Party is not the "far far left" or some fringe group, as I have
merrily
Apr 2015
#354
BBC commentator was rumbling "far left" and "fringe candidate" butt gas when referencing...
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#297
When we speak of FDR economic populism/progressivism, that is what we are speaking to.
RiverLover
Apr 2015
#373