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Budi

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9. They were losely slung at every Democrat they wanted to primary whether it fit or not.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:10 PM

Oct 2020

Those words have now become so tainted to mean an entire swath of a demographic.

Throwing those overused labels on any opponant no matter their true political record or ideology has become nothing more than a political wedge to discredit.

They f'd up the true usefulness of those identifiers.

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That was Joe Biden's statement when they all joined forces on stage in the Primary. Budi Oct 2020 #3

Already drawing battle lines. JFC Budi Oct 2020 #2

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3rd Way, Neo-Lib, Establishment (thanks Steve Bannon)Wall Street, ... Budi Oct 2020 #6

They are real, accurate descriptors, and we eliminate those words at our peril Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #7

Neoliberal lost its meaning when people started tossing it at everything. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #8

They were losely slung at every Democrat they wanted to primary whether it fit or not. Budi Oct 2020 #9

That doesn't change the fact the those who would advocate against substantive change Fiendish Thingy Oct 2020 #10

Who are they referring to. "Americans should not be in a Biden administration," Budi Oct 2020 #11