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In reply to the discussion: I'm sick of the liberal bashing going on here. [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)And I'm sitting here thinking that so many of these people who think of themselves as "liberal" are perhaps not. They may be iconoclasts, or ideologues, or whatever, but I don't always see them as liberals, in the classical postwar American sense.
Liberals during the civil rights era didn't turn their backs because the Civil Rights Act didn't get signed after 15 minutes. They didn't walk away petulantly any time nirvanha wasn't reached (or Vietnam raged on). Oh yes, there were those who did walk away and seek others paths: Panthers or Weather Underground. But none of those people would have called themselves "liberals." They were radicals, and proudly wore that badge.
So, self-proclaimed, "liberals": perhaps you need to think up a new name for yourselves. Because real liberals did not walk away in 2010. And stop making excuses like "Rahm Emanuel" every time you don't get everything you dream of: it's totally childish; in fact, it's starting to get embarrassing. Look in the mirror.
PS: I don't believe it was the faux-liberals who mainly caused the low Democratic turnout in 2010. It was all the young and working-class people who really don't get themselves out there, who used up their political energy in 2008 and really weren't paying attention at all.
PPS: I'm a liberal, and I voted. In fact, I've never missed a single local, state, or federal election since I was able to vote in 1972.
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