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graham4anything

(11,464 posts) Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:11 PM Dec 2012

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Praytell 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Dec 2012 #2

Well, we're not mind readers, and you brought it up! BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #3

Then why bring it up at all? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #6

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11

Yeah, I know. Both sides are pushing us........ socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #4

no, that is not it. not in my case at any rate. graham4anything Dec 2012 #5

OK, sorry if I misunderstood something.... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #12

+1000 truebluegreen Dec 2012 #9

There ARE a few classic Marxists around...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #13

Marxism per se isn't even the "extreme left" on the world stage anymore Recursion Dec 2012 #20

Ooohhh, I just *love* a good guessing game! Earth_First Dec 2012 #7

Civil war? GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author graham4anything Dec 2012 #16

Is it 'graham crackers'? randome Dec 2012 #10

Either start a real conversation or self-delete this. Why do this??? Logical Dec 2012 #14

Watch out... rrneck Dec 2012 #15

your signature today sort of gets it. graham4anything Dec 2012 #17

'Be careful what you wish for?' randome Dec 2012 #18

I started a new thread. I am closing this thread. graham4anything Dec 2012 #19

1-Old-Man

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1. Praytell

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:15 PM

Dec 2012

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BigDemVoter

(4,150 posts)

3. Well, we're not mind readers, and you brought it up!

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:23 PM

Dec 2012

What's wrong--the cat got your tongue?

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

6. Then why bring it up at all?

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:35 PM

Dec 2012

Stop playing games with people.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

11. +1. nt

Reply to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:43 PM

Dec 2012

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

4. Yeah, I know. Both sides are pushing us........

Reply to graham4anything (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:29 PM

Dec 2012

towards fascism. Oh wait...

The "extreme" left hasn't had much say in American political discourse since the 1930s. The seriously fucked up USA of today can be blamed TOTALLY on the urge to authoritarian fascism. To believe anything else is a false equivalency. Extremists might make you "uneasy", but it ain't the commies screwing things up for the rest of us.

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)

5. no, that is not it. not in my case at any rate.

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:32 PM

Dec 2012

sometimes words are thrown around too much.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

12. OK, sorry if I misunderstood something....

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:43 PM

Dec 2012

But you must admit, you haven't made deciphering what you mean easy.

What are you referring to? Civil war? Revolution? Some combo? Death squads? None of these things are things that most of us on here haven't at least considered for our future.

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

9. +1000

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:41 PM

Dec 2012

The current Left is So Extreme they'd be happy with Eisenhower about now.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)

13. There ARE a few classic Marxists around......

Reply to truebluegreen (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:46 PM

Dec 2012

We just have no influence with the political class. And we are what's needed to counter the fascist turn this country has taken.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

20. Marxism per se isn't even the "extreme left" on the world stage anymore

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:56 PM

Dec 2012

Shining Path, et al, consider Marxists to be accommodationist stooges.

That said, the Fifth International isn't really getting much traction anywhere, Tovarisch, and even the PRC believes in the price signal now. But I just queued up l'Internationale on my iPod, so there's that...