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socialist_n_TN

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25. And that's no accident. Communists and socialists have ALWAYS.........
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 09:06 AM
Aug 2012

been on the forefront of social justice movements. If you're not, you're not really a socialist.

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Saw something similar on Facebook. blm Aug 2012 #1
The next time a right-winger accuses us of being socialist and starts spewing free market lines, hit brewens Aug 2012 #3
What you've said is so true. mercymechap Aug 2012 #2
Just a quibble... Scootaloo Aug 2012 #4
they are more terrorist than commie Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #5
They are Fascists, not Communists, unlike them, you should learn what those terms actually mean. /nt Dragonfli Aug 2012 #6
Repubicans are communists? Yeah that makes no sense. white_wolf Aug 2012 #7
The point was that fascists did take advantage of communism. Yes they are fascists, but, everything blm Aug 2012 #9
Communism =/= Fascism Taverner Aug 2012 #15
Not to mention the libertarian communists (anarchists) white_wolf Aug 2012 #18
Ahhh Nestor Makhno and the Free Soviets Taverner Aug 2012 #28
Yes - But China's form of communism has actually morphed into fascism since the 70s. blm Aug 2012 #21
You are insulting Communists. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #8
No, These guys are the real Communist Party white_wolf Aug 2012 #10
EPIC FAIL on so many levels one hardly knows where to begin. Stop insulting coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #11
And that's no accident. Communists and socialists have ALWAYS......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #25
WOW! Marinedem Aug 2012 #12
If you bothered to study a little history, you might understand. To wit, the USSR fought coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #14
So... Marinedem Aug 2012 #16
Hell yes, I am marrying the military successes of the USSR to the coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #23
Well first of all the OP is incredibly inaccurate. white_wolf Aug 2012 #17
You might want to review some Russian history. Or some history of Communism. Or you know a Puregonzo1188 Aug 2012 #13
Or this: white_wolf Aug 2012 #30
Um, there is an American Communist Party. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #19
Yep. I posted a link to CPUSA's website. white_wolf Aug 2012 #20
Thanks WW for linking. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #22
Yes, there IS an American Communist Party jmowreader Aug 2012 #31
The Soviet Union dissolved in the early '90's Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #32
the russian communists killed off every non-communist they could find, then killed communists? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #24
To believe the kindest take on your post......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #26
And BTW, everything you attribute to the Communists........... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #27
Liberalism/Progressivism PREVENTS Marxist style communism. Extreme conservatism leads directly to it phleshdef Aug 2012 #29
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