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Liberal and far left are different groups Not Ruth Sep 2017 #1
A liberal is someone who puts social issues, black rights, gay rights, women's rights Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #3
To the left of liberals Not Ruth Sep 2017 #10
I am proud to be a liberal mcar Sep 2017 #13
Thank you. EffieBlack Sep 2017 #75
True, but why does Bernie refuse to associate with that? johnsonsnap Sep 2017 #78
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You are accusing Rosewater of saying something he didn't. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #140
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You did not reference any of that and I don't have time to chase them down. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #142
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Now you are stuffing words in MY mouth. I have not called anybody deplorable/racist in this thread. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #147
First post on DU and you're calling someone a troll. Welcome. George II Sep 2017 #145
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Seems like she/he is very concerned. Effectively very divisive. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #148
Looks like we'll never know. His stay was short, but not so sweet. George II Sep 2017 #149
You have defined "social liberal" and opposed it to "economic liberal". Both are "liberal". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #138
Far left chooses a leader and supports zealously. But ECONOMIC after all social issues? Hortensis Sep 2017 #163
Agreed Caliman73 Sep 2017 #188
Way more of this to come. Way more. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #2
Completely agree :( lunasun Sep 2017 #36
they arent dems they are something else they just havent decided what yet samnsara Sep 2017 #4
Why don't they stop threatening and just start their own party. brush Sep 2017 #11
That's where I'm at as well. PragmaticLiberal Sep 2017 #19
The rebernicon party? democratisphere Sep 2017 #79
I see what you did there. And they'd only got after Dems too, as they are now. brush Sep 2017 #92
THEY threatening DEMOCRATIC PART. Y They & Them Bernie. I'M tired of Bernie dictating to Democrats trueblue2007 Sep 2017 #117
Long time lurker MizMort Sep 2017 #126
Where in the quoted material is Bernie shanny Sep 2017 #137
...theres a pink one, and a green one... fleabiscuit Sep 2017 #173
Amen. n/t susanna Sep 2017 #125
Ignore the majority of voters and talk to activists? bettyellen Sep 2017 #5
Those prominent Dems should go on TV and talk to those"people for Bernie". Autumn Sep 2017 #6
The same response is on thier Twitter acct lunasun Sep 2017 #42
I don't have a tweet account but they look like nut cases IMO.Their manifesto has 99 claps Autumn Sep 2017 #48
Medium is not a "writing site". lapucelle Sep 2017 #58
For all we know, PFB is one guy on Twitter nt Fiendish Thingy Sep 2017 #102
bernie ran. he lost. by millions of votes. nt msongs Sep 2017 #7
Sounds like the Coffee Party is starting up. Kablooie Sep 2017 #8
Or the Keyboard Party. NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #116
And people wonder why there are still 2016 primary arguments here on DU. LonePirate Sep 2017 #9
The OP says nothing about the Primaries. Over and over I see that - Lil Missy Sep 2017 #18
This. It's about the present and future direction of the spooky3 Sep 2017 #37
I agree. It's that certain segments here at DU do not want the "no difference" people called out. LonePirate Sep 2017 #60
+++++++++ JHan Sep 2017 #167
By their own words indeed mcar Sep 2017 #12
Grrr... MANative Sep 2017 #14
+1000 Old Vet Sep 2017 #16
+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 BainsBane Sep 2017 #27
Time to Skidmore Sep 2017 #15
No kidding BainsBane Sep 2017 #23
I think "people for Bernie" must have the same membership as "Antifa" ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #17
They are active on Twitter 90k following lunasun Sep 2017 #44
Oh, well then ProfessorPlum Sep 2017 #54
twitter schmitter clu Sep 2017 #67
And I have some advice for this goup I hope you don't enjoy your privilege, and go fuck yourself... Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #150
They are needed to fuel the "Bernie attacks Dems" machine. n/t Orsino Sep 2017 #189
both do pander to wall street right now. we need to cut off wall street. pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #20
Agree ananda Sep 2017 #21
and when is "back"? BainsBane Sep 2017 #24
So the people that vote for the far right wing nutjobs are making a better choice? nini Sep 2017 #30
That is such nonsense. Wall Street needs regulation, but we need Wall Street...would Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #32
The GOP passed a banking deregulation bill BainsBane Sep 2017 #25
What does that even mean? Hekate Sep 2017 #45
I wonder why it is so hard BainsBane Sep 2017 #73
they probably go into it among themselves JI7 Sep 2017 #83
What does that mean? I know it is easy to say and most people will Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #53
Instead of spouting meaningless slogans like "pander to Wall Street" we should be more concerned stevenleser Sep 2017 #63
Can you explain your statement? Caliman73 Sep 2017 #190
I'm against them BainsBane Sep 2017 #22
They seem like the Obama haters from DU Kolesar Sep 2017 #31
They do mcar Sep 2017 #64
I'm With You Me. Sep 2017 #72
Personally I think they ought to be ignored, written off. I don't care for this attitude that Lil Missy Sep 2017 #26
I agree nini Sep 2017 #29
"Time and time again, we've proven that we are willing to work with them." nini Sep 2017 #28
"People for Bernie". The new boogeyman to scare people to the middle. jalan48 Sep 2017 #33
It will work...they will have the American people running to the right in droves...with this sort of Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #34
LOL-right now it looks like the Democrats are the "they". jalan48 Sep 2017 #35
No it doesn't at all ...these groups running primary candidates against sitting Dems and Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #50
So the politicians tell us what we can do instead of the other way around? jalan48 Sep 2017 #84
Voters are in charge...however you have to support the Democrat period... Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #94
How does that differ from saying Sanders helped elect Trump? mythology Sep 2017 #38
I noticed a few have infiltrated this site already. GoCubsGo Sep 2017 #39
More than a few nini Sep 2017 #49
Surveys consistently show strong support for a more progressive platform. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #40
Not really. Depending how those surveys are worded they can show support stevenleser Sep 2017 #65
yup, just look at actual votes for single pay in colorado which is a state obama and clinton won JI7 Sep 2017 #87
i guess the state legislature clu Sep 2017 #89
Which is the real issue. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #103
Which explains why Democrats receive more votes in elections? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #97
Your response is not on point. nt stevenleser Sep 2017 #99
One might say that your responses illustrate the divide guillaumeb Sep 2017 #104
+1 tecelote Sep 2017 #201
Sure...that is why Russ Feingold was elected...oh wait. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #151
Money defeated Feingold. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #165
So maybe you agree we need money right? Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #169
When money is treated as speech, yes money is necessary. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #177
Not really...Wellstone maybe, but Sanders was not the candidate. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #183
Bernie should ask them to stop using his name. LisaM Sep 2017 #41
+10000000 Hekate Sep 2017 #47
+100000, this has gone way beyond politics. nt R B Garr Sep 2017 #77
As if. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #93
I agree and I also wonder how many of those 'Bernie' supporters.. nini Sep 2017 #100
+1, give this a second if he doesn't say anything then this is a front group YCHDT Sep 2017 #129
If he doesn't then...he obviously does not object or may even agree. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #152
And this is how and why conservatives are kicking progressives collective asses world wide wally Sep 2017 #43
Sadly, there will be hell to pay when some figure out that A. Sen. Sanders doesn't run (best case) Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #153
Meh... Most (but not all) of them them are obvious ratfucking trolls Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #46
What a disappointment those people are. Cary Sep 2017 #51
K&R Gothmog Sep 2017 #52
PFB: The Bro's Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #55
How insulting... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #56
There seems to be a big difference between Bernie and some Bernie supporters online. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #110
I agree... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #120
Didn't Clinton have the most left-wing Democratic platform in decades? Willie Pep Sep 2017 #121
Can we please stop talking about Bernie? He is NOT a Democrat. haveahart Sep 2017 #57
as per Skinner: Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #82
Skinners response is noteable for the qualifying phrase stevenleser Sep 2017 #88
Right, we all understand that Bernie isn't officially a Democrat. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #90
The same consideration as the DEMOCRATS regularly slandered on this forum? Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #91
The guy with the big fucking asterisk grantcart Sep 2017 #118
Very well and succinctly put. stevenleser Sep 2017 #124
Anyone who says that the two parties are the same deserves to be ignored. Forever. Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #59
+9999999... I really thought the political left mostly learned their lesson from the Nader debacle stevenleser Sep 2017 #68
Radicals will be radicals Cary Sep 2017 #69
Radical I can take. Being brain dead enough to equate Gore & Bush and Hillary & Trump stevenleser Sep 2017 #71
Indeed. Radical is not the same as stupid. DFW Sep 2017 #127
What should be embarrassing shanny Sep 2017 #139
No, once again, since anyone can register anyway they want, those statistics mean nothing. stevenleser Sep 2017 #166
oh dear shanny Sep 2017 #181
No oh dear necessary, just think about things before you post. nt stevenleser Sep 2017 #182
Please to Go Fuck Yourselves, People for Bernie. Stinky The Clown Sep 2017 #61
What took them so long to figure this out I wonder. ucrdem Sep 2017 #62
I'll say this for the LaRouchies, they know how to do crazy. stevenleser Sep 2017 #66
Did our big tent get smaller? dembotoz Sep 2017 #70
Sick of him. Sick of them. EffieBlack Sep 2017 #74
Who exactly are these Fucking people. I don't believe they exist. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #76
Not these guys again... LuvLoogie Sep 2017 #80
They are nuts.................. Historic NY Sep 2017 #81
those people are most likely right wing trolls , they certainly aren't progressive or anything on JI7 Sep 2017 #85
your first post in this thread clu Sep 2017 #98
But millions of dollars flowing into the political system from corporations and the rich is OK? jalan48 Sep 2017 #86
Which DU'er said millions of dollars from corporations into politics is "OK"? emulatorloo Sep 2017 #106
It's how the system currently opearates. The Clinton campaign raised over a billion dollars in jalan48 Sep 2017 #107
In otherwords no DU'er said that. Those in this thread are objecting to the false meme that emulatorloo Sep 2017 #108
I think under the current political set-up both parties are the same in the need to raise vast sums jalan48 Sep 2017 #109
I suggest you review current events in Congress before you claim Pelosi/Schiff are the same as emulatorloo Sep 2017 #113
Thanks for the suggestion. My point is about campaign finance and our two political parties. jalan48 Sep 2017 #114
Yes that's a great discussion to have. Which sorta goes back to my original post to you. emulatorloo Sep 2017 #115
There's nothing wrong with raising vast sums of money for candidates, we don't need to conflate YCHDT Sep 2017 #130
There is no way to stop it...because the fucking Greens and left left riffraff elected George Bush Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #155
LOL-it's those evil greens again.. jalan48 Sep 2017 #158
They have done lasting damage to this country. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #171
LOL- jalan48 Sep 2017 #175
9-11,war,united,katrina, and in the last years of Bush whom the Greens elected economic debacle. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #184
All this blame of others going around. Where's it coming from? jalan48 Sep 2017 #185
Every word I wrote is true...they should look in the mirror. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #186
Blame game is a losing strategy. jalan48 Sep 2017 #192
The truth is the truth...they are to blame...pretending otherwise is foolish. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #193
It's everyone else's fault-I get it. jalan48 Sep 2017 #194
We already talked about this ...not everyone's...the left left green scum. Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #195
I guess you didn't get the part about the declining Party membership and the millions of people who jalan48 Sep 2017 #196
I guess I don't care...those who don't belong to either party have no say in Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #197
Don't stop squeezing that turnip-I think there's still a little blood left in it. jalan48 Sep 2017 #198
The alt left thinks they are the majority...this is a center left country...they are not even the Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #199
Labels and blame-a great strategy for victory? jalan48 Sep 2017 #200
Well that is progress. Blue_true Sep 2017 #95
Putin needs to stop meddling in our domestic politics eShirl Sep 2017 #96
We need to work with President Trump larry budwell Sep 2017 #101
i may be pushing the envelope but clu Sep 2017 #105
How nice...now that is a different perspective...and we don't consider Trump president...as he stole Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #156
WORK "WITH " PRESIDENT TRUMP ???? What kind of CRAP are you smoking ??? trueblue2007 Sep 2017 #119
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i dunno you been alive but Democrats hardly EVER have anything in common with GOPs trueblue2007 Sep 2017 #123
"Work with Trump?" That's like saying we need to define the shape of an amoeba DFW Sep 2017 #133
Trump is a threat to non-white Americans ... why work with this type of person? thx in advance YCHDT Sep 2017 #131
He's a threat to white Americans, too DFW Sep 2017 #134
thanks for sharing clu Sep 2017 #187
Work with that totally incompetent lunatic? Are you serious? LBM20 Sep 2017 #160
There is no working with the Trumpster peggysue2 Sep 2017 #191
If you think that Jakes Progress Sep 2017 #111
Agree, and I really can't figure out why it's spread here on DU. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #112
Bots and dolts go everywhere. Jakes Progress Sep 2017 #164
I wonder get the red out Sep 2017 #128
I agree. potone Sep 2017 #135
"Unity around issues"--horrors! shanny Sep 2017 #136
The only chance we have is to win and in a center left country...if it has not morphed into Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #157
are you familiar with the overton window? shanny Sep 2017 #162
That is how Trump won the presidency... Demsrule86 Sep 2017 #170
interesting theory shanny Sep 2017 #179
Would these actually be people for Trumputin? ananda Sep 2017 #143
That's what I'm thinking TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #172
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These people are as bad as the tea baggers liberal N proud Sep 2017 #159
I agree. . . MBS Sep 2017 #176
I supported Bernie, but these people are nuts flyingfysh Sep 2017 #161
Isn't that a direct quote from "Russians for Meddling"? L. Coyote Sep 2017 #168
"We dont need unity around party" How bizarre! Someone/s here often expresses the same sentiments. NurseJackie Sep 2017 #174
Wasn't that Nadir's playbook? nt WhiteTara Sep 2017 #178
I wonder how much people like these piss off Sanders. Akoto Sep 2017 #180
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