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In reply to the discussion: NY Daily News editorial: gunman did not act alone [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,222 posts)17. That was the Democratic Party. I specifically asked about "the fringe". More spewing from you.
Not at all surprised. But the question remains, what are the "spewers" actually doing, between events like this. They only seem to pipe up when tragedy strikes. Have they occupied the halls of Congress? Have they taken to the streets? Or have they mainly kept their activism confined to sites like this?
Typing outraged screeds on internet forums IS NOT ACTIVISM! Just sayin'.....
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Pretty strong stuff there. Guess this story has some legs. Is that a big paper in NYC?
freshwest
Jul 2012
#2
Well, there is a report that someone at a gun range where he applied to participate, turned him down
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#86
Add to that, the same middle of the road BS on every issue, and extend the
mother earth
Jul 2012
#10
You're "stuck"? And what has happened on the left fringe to "better our lives"? Sounds like.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#11
You mean that "left fringe" that gave you Social Security and an eight-hour work day?
villager
Jul 2012
#12
I think you should do a little more research before you pollute this web site, troll.
xtraxritical
Jul 2012
#18
Looks at the ramikin...pokes a stick at it...look kids a troll in it's natural habitat...sitting on
Katashi_itto
Jul 2012
#23
That was the Democratic Party. I specifically asked about "the fringe". More spewing from you.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#17
Overly self-satisfied, yet ultimately mistaken, answers on an internet forum are not activism either
villager
Jul 2012
#33
And "if" my Aunt Margaret had different apparatus, she'd be my uncle. I didn't ask you...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#35
Do you feel the same for those who use the word "centrist" as a term of derision?
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#93
I am talking about the second depression & how nothing is being done about jobs or the economy.
mother earth
Jul 2012
#26
I just dont understand how a Democrat can be so venemently against the "left".
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#65
Just cant wait to disparage the "left" can you? Why do you hate the left so?
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#59
Why do you disparage the left at every opportunity? At a time when we should stick together
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#98
There are many variations of "the left". I despise some every bit as much as I despise the.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#99
You responded to a post above and went off on the "fringe left". What did the poster say that
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#103
I'll say this once more, and then you can place me back on "Ignore". I despise people...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#104
I appreciate your criteria, however, how did the post in question meet that crieria? nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#105
I see a frustration with the status-quo. Far from "fringy leftist". Far from helping elect GOP
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#107
Your solution is a nonstarter. Where are these legions of "progressives" who can run & win...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#108
I believe your vehement devisiveness in the Democratic Party is causing damage to the reelection
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#111
And I believe you're being "rhett-o-rick-al"? People who post here already have their minds made up
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#114
But, but Sen Sanders often speaks out about how bad things are. When others do that you treat them
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#117
please, by all means, identify the notable groups and members of the "Lefty fringe"
stupidicus
Jul 2012
#85
NY Daily News, defender of the stop-and-frisk black and hispanic people policy...
PoliticAverse
Jul 2012
#16
Absolutely. He got a pass on everything, all of it, every last bit of carnage & chaos he and Cheney
mother earth
Jul 2012
#29
I saw 30 round magazines for sale legally in NY state before the ban ended
alabama_for_obama
Jul 2012
#39
Really? The shooter had a 100 round mag according to reports, thankfully his gun failed. Why fear
mother earth
Jul 2012
#82
Obviously a person can't carry it around, but it should've set off huge red flags, this never would
mother earth
Jul 2012
#88
Mostly, the only ones even considered are ones where a cheap gun blows up in the shooters face.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#48
bullshit, there is no equivalency between Obama and lapierre. If you want to blame because you
still_one
Jul 2012
#52
I am not sure if you have had the opportunity to listen to the 24/7 hate talk radio that goes on
still_one
Jul 2012
#92
I'm a believer of "garbage in, garbage out" for the brain. There's a reason why tv ads exist..
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#90
It is time for the owners of Democratic Underground to chose sides. NT.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2012
#63