Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumAre radical leftists welcome here?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107140139Seeings as saying positive things about the radical left got me thrown to the curb over in Clintonland, I'm hoping y'all have a little more in common?
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
bonemachine
(757 posts)N/T
retrowire
(10,345 posts)Welcome to DU.
Come check out where we're all migrating to at jackpineradicals.com once the PURGE begins here at DU. sigh lol
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)perhaps unintentionally so, but hilarious nonetheless.
surrealAmerican
(11,357 posts)Take a look at their stats:
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For comparison, here are ours:
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MisterP
(23,730 posts)Hydra
(14,459 posts)And while I do get some(a lot at times!) flak on this site, we need more people saying those things in a polite manner.
Kudos for you going into the cave to let them know the Right way is not always the right way.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)There are very few "Radical Leftists" in the UNites States.
There ARE people like me:
a mainstream-center FDR/LBJ New Deal/Great Society/War on Poverty loyal democrats
who are now labeled as Radical Leftists.
We haven't changed, and still believe in the Working Class Policies and Values that made the Democratic Party GREAT and allowed the Working/Middle Class to thrive in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Just an old mainstream FDR Democrat, now labeled a "Far Leftist" in what passes for today's "Democratic Party.
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
[font size=3]America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.[/font]
---FDR, SOTU, 1944
Please note that the above are stipulated as Basic Human RIGHTS to be protected by our government,
and NOT as COMMODITIES to be SOLD to Americans by For Profit Corporations.
My vote and support WILL go to whoever BEST embodies these values.
I am too old and tired to again support the Least of the Worst.
Let the chips fall where they may.
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center] [center] [/font]
[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]
leftcoastmountains
(2,968 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)that phraseology to be right-wing, in most cases- particularly when dealing with unknown people on the internet.
That said, I am and traditional, FDR/Union labor Democrat.
Are you some kind radical? I find most of the radicals to be on the right.