Reply #43: If you refuse to define what is "far left"

[Luminous Animal]

and what issues you perceive them to be intractable on, then it makes it impossible to have a discussion.

For instance, if being far left means, support for universal health care, the end of the war in Iraq, no wars of aggression, no torture, support for unions, greater oversight on corporations, more support for government poverty programs, more transparency and greater oversight in government, leadership and action on environmental issues, access to abortions, more equitable distribution of wealth, more investment in schools and infrastructure... well, that would mean that the "far left" is pretty a New Deal Democrat and pretty much in step with the majority of Americans. That would also mean that you are out of step with the much of the Democratic Leadership who have have payed lip-service or outright abandoned the majority of not only Democrats, but Independents, as well.