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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:29 PM Original message |
Does it bother you that DU has become |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. More socialist? Based upon unscientific DU polls? You need more proof than that. n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. No. It is true |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. That's my take also........ |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Agreed! |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
45. You've got to go by something............. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. You're reading a lot into self selected polls on DU. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. If it were a single poll or even a group of polls taken |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. When the right wing labeled Obama and the whole Democratic |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Ah, but that move to "crazyland" has also allowed |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Actually, O'Donnell was making the same point I made. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I believe he's since gone further with that........ |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. I call it socialish |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. "socialish", right on! nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. That's pretty good. I do the same with "leftish" positions |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nah I like it. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. +1 |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
50. True dat. That driving of the DLC and Blue Dog type |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Socalist?? Seriesly?? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. "Seriesly?" SERIOUSLY? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Oh great. Please no casting asparagus in this thread! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Fur be it Frum me to cost any aspirations! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. If so, I'll vote for that!!! n/t |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's nothing wrong with being socialist, but DU's not the slightest bit socialist at all... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
53. You might be surprised. There's a pretty heavy |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's been a slow move toward authoritarian Trotskyism. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. I haven't necessary seen a move towards Trotskyism. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I'd hate to take socialist_n_TN's topic off too much. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. There are a few more wolf............. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
56. I think that's because there has been a concentrated |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. I WISH! |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Same here |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
57. Where there's an action, there's usually a reaction |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
62. Me too. At least we could return to the |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's become MORE socialist? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Concur, been here since '02, almost a decade. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. I see a lot more red-baiting now. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Eh, it's due to the forcing of it down peoples throats. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Blame the victim. Is there anything that isn't the left's fault? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
65. And that's because of the growing popularity |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
63. To this whole sub thread........... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hell no. Socialism is the future if we want to survive |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
66. NEVER a truer statement spoken^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. Sometimes it is a little tough but overall I'm coping (nt) |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Where is this 'socialist' forum you speak of? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
67. In politics, as in physics, for every action |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. The whole party needs to become more socialist. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. no |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's because of the unemployment numbers. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
68. Yes that's probable......... |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. If you'll just accept that DU needs more eyeballs, longer, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. nah... we wont become a socialist nation. so, differing view on du is fine. i agree some |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Are you equating socialism with not allowing differing views? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. i would not want to be a socialist nation. i am not concerned we will become a socialist nation |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. What's yr idea of a socialist nation? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. ah, well |
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mike3121 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Socialist?? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Leninism or capitalist roader revisionism: those are the only two options. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
69. Actually in the context of this question, I meant both |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. I wish |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Does it bother you..." |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. No. Not as long as DUers aren't encouraging people to withhold votes from Democrats. n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. The Communist Party USA no longer runs candidates |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. I'm thinking of the Greens and the Naderites. n/t |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. Most benign thread of the day... K&R just for that! |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't think it has, at all. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
71. Well as a Bolsevik-Leninist, I'm not in favor of |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
42. Part of the problem is that some self-styled "socialists" don't know what the term means n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. Jesus was more than socialist .... he was communist by today's standards. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. Actually, I believe DU has become inundated with Conservatives |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. I'm not talking about the "protected class" of posters |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. DU is way more "centrist" than when I joined. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. See post #62 |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. I've been here a while and I like change so I'm comfortable with DU as it is today |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
74. You can find out more on FB |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. bothers me |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
76. I don't know about more socialist, but it |
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