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Senator Reid speaks and blames gridlock on the Anarchists. He mentions the Tea Party, but that's not all he means.
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OK, he called them Anarchists, which is what the RW calls us on the left when we do an anti-war protest. Why did Harry Reid choose this word? Was it to paint the Tea Party as extremist anti-government types? No I don't believe that for a minute.
It was a continuation of the ongoing effort of the Democratic Party PTB to paint anyone on the left as supporting Rand Paul when we object to Military action, or the NSA spying. This was a continuation of the effort to paint the principled left as idiot lackeys of the RW.
We've all seen it here. Even within the last couple days here, snide comments and threads about being a Putin lover because we don't line up and behave and support an asinine war. If we oppose the NSA's secret programs, we must be RW tools who hate Obama and Democrats.
Well gang. I like the Democratic Party. I love my rights as outlined in the Constitution. I detest stupid wars, and I won't ever support them. If my Brother was the President and suggest action on Syria the way President Obama has, I would speak out and oppose it.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)they have one thing in common....
They both HATE all government.
Raksha
(7,167 posts)I guess that makes me an anarchist by Harry Reid's definition. Well, it's true--I recently self-identified as an anarcho-socialist. Now I wonder why it took me so long to come out of the closet.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Hating all forms of government is the core principle of Anarchy. THAT was the point he was trying to make...but he made a mistake and confused Anarchists for Libertarians....but I can see how that could happen.
durablend
(7,416 posts)Oh...right...
DJ13
(23,671 posts)Harry look in a mirror, thats who is responsible.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)STFU Harry, your ass is showing.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)be any clearer.Painting it as an attack on the left is ridiculous and phony outrage.
kiranon
(1,727 posts)It is what they are.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)an·ar·chist noun \ˈa-nər-kist, -ˌnär-\
: a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary
Full Definition of ANARCHIST
1: a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
2: a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy; especially : one who uses violent means to overthrow the estab
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchist?show=0&t=1379015965
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)YOU had the power in January of 2009, to have a successful senate..and again in January of 2013..
You got sucker-punched both times, and then french-kissed the turtle each time.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)It is quite another when it starts to come regularly from The Party itself.
Chained CPI is Superlative.
Drone murders are Legal, Ethical, and Wise.
Health Care is Affordable.
Edward Snowden is the Traitor.
G.H.W. Bush made the world a Kinder and Gentler Place.
Spying on the Public is in the Public Interest.
America is not spying on the Public.
Surveillance Tools should Empower the People.
Air Strikes are Humanitarian.
President Obama did not draw a Red Line.
Anarchists have Taken Over Congress.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)Did he draw it for himself or did he draw it for the nation, of which he is the President?
OregonBlue
(7,744 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)The teaparty people are so anti-government that they are equivalent to anarchists. All they want is for government to fail.
Most people who engage in peaceful protests aren't anarchists. They're people who are looking for a visible, united way to express their views. They want good government, not anarchy.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)an·ar·chist noun \ˈa-nər-kist, -ˌnär-\
: a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary
Full Definition of ANARCHIST
1: a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
2: a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy; especially : one who uses violent means to overthrow the estab
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchist?show=0&t=1379015965
lib·er·tar·i·an noun \ˌli-bər-ˈter-ē-ən, -ˈte-rē-\
: a person who believes that people should be allowed to do and say what they want without any interference from the government
Full Definition of LIBERTARIAN
1: an advocate of the doctrine of free will
2
a : a person who upholds the principles of individual liberty especially of thought and action
b capitalized : a member of a political party advocating libertarian principles
ellenrr
(3,864 posts)lol
riqster
(13,986 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 12, 2013, 03:30 PM - Edit history (1)
He was clearly addressing right Wingnuts.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)and grew stronger every decade. In the nineties things happened that should have been a career ender for many "professionals" and politicians, but unfortunately, when Bush came into office you could hardly separate their ambitions from the objectives promoted by Republicans.
The key to beating them is the Fourteenth Amendment. But it doesn't matter if we engrave the words under the statutes of Mount Rushmore. You're going to need Constitutional lawyers to take them to court and challenge them wherever bad practices are taking hold. This is the only way to wake everyone up, as I see it.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Reid was spot on.
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)USA Today said a majority of the protestors in Portland were Anarchists. USA TODAY May 2 2013.
Israel says that Social Progressives are Anarchists.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/regev-the-protesters-are-anarchists-trying-to-topple-the-government/
Shall I continue? I know the definition, and that term is thrown at those it has no application to because it stigmatizes those groups and their objectives in challenging TPB. If you've been at an anti-war protest, somebody has labeled you an anarchist. If you've marched for Gay Rights, then someone has labeled you an anarchist. Perhaps only on a blog post, perhaps around the water cooler at work the next day, but they did label you.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)I don't care how they define anarchy. I look at the dictionary:
anarchist:
1.a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
anarchy:
1. a state of society without government or law.
The teabaggers in Congress are indeed anarchists. They don't believe in government and they've made that clear.
Again, Reid was spot on.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)He clearly meant the Tea Party Repubs.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)for the cooperation of the Nevada republican Party. He has the popularity of herpes here, but the republicans managed to find a candidate so repulsive that there was literally no choice but to send him back.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)I think he might win over genital warts, but it might be close.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)you are a lucky person. Reid's graft is completely blatant (another of those "incredibly lucky" politicians that has risen from nothing to become multimillionaires with nothing but a civil servant's paycheck.
His son is all set up to take over the family business as well.
meow2u3
(24,745 posts)It isn't anarchists who took over Congress. Mothereffin' fascist pig TYRANTS took over Congress and they won't rest until the United States of America is destroyed.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)The only thing they have in common is that the don't think the government should have a monopoly on violence
Other than that, Mikhail Bakunin is rolling in his grave
bunnies
(15,859 posts)JoeyT
(6,785 posts)I don't hate government, I hate weak "leaders" that won't do their fucking job. Give it an hour and Reid will walk whatever it was he said back. Give it another hour and he'll be blustering about filibuster reform again so he'll have something else to walk back later.
And they're not anarchists, he's wrong about that too. Teabaggers aren't even close to anarchists. They *love* government, when it lets them control women or shit on the poor or some minority group they despise, which is all of them. They're a cross of the worst traits of libertarian nutjobs and Christian Identity assholes.