Reply #6: political spectrum memes

[welshTerrier2]

are you a moderate? a lefty?

these labels are great for lazy thinkers ... but too often, they lack definition ...

if you criticize the Democratic Party for not standing up to the republicans, does this make you a lefty? fighting against the republican party, and not just "going along", is not a spectrum issue ... it should be embraced by all democrats across the political spectrum ...

how about balanced budgets? is the conventional view that "liberals" want to spend the country into oblivion and that "moderates" are more fiscally responsible? it's nonsense ... if you continue to spend way beyond what we can afford, you will destroy the country ...

conspiracy theories like mihop or lihop? is it not possible to consider yourself a moderate and believe that bush and the neo-cons are totally evil and corrupt? to be a lefty, do you have to believe that Al Qaeda didn't plan and implement 9/11 all on their own to retaliate for U.S. interference in the Middle East?

are you a "moderate" or a "progressive" if you believe that the Constitution clearly calls for a separation of church and state?

and what about the war in Iraq? where does it place you on the political spectrum if you look at the realities in Iraq and see that bush's policies have failed there?

far too much bandwidth is spent on DU debating the left versus center nonsense ... it leads us nowhere ... we have important work to do if we ever want to regain our majority party status; endlessly arguing the left-right meme is divisive and will not get the job done ...