Reply #111: Left/Right

[YNGW]

Left and right is so subjective to the individual. What is left of me is more liberal, what is right of me is more conservative. A poster sees someone here who is to the right of them, and with some that person is automatically a freeper. Are they? IMO, you gotta take the whole package. I've had conversations with people here that I was to the left of them on some subjects and to the right of them on others. Some people I view as being far-left here (tinfoil hatters and anti-capitalists come to mind) see themselves as being quite mainstream. This board definitely leans further left-of-center than the party as a whole, I've seen several people admit that is the case. The number of DK supporters is evidence of that in relationship to his popularity at the polls.

You have a group of Democrats who believe the party needs to go much further to the left than it has been, calling on the party to offer a real alternative to the R's. There are others who believe the party is already too far left and that the party needs to become more moderate in its politics. There are others opinions, of course. And obviously, these viewpoints are from the prospective of those individuals. It's seems to me there is room on this board for all those opinions and more.