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2016 Postmortem

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TDale313

(7,820 posts)
6. The Right has vilified the word...
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 07:27 PM
Jan 2013

Much like "liberal". (Those greedy Seniors and their sense of entitlement to their, well, entitlements)

That leaves us on the left with pretty much two options. "Reframe" by looking for another word ("progressive" instead of "liberal&quot or "reclaim" the word (Hell yeah SS is an Entitlement. I paid in to it my whole life. I'm entitled to it)

I tend to be more a fan of reclaiming, but then what do I know? I'm just a silly Liberal

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