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Warren DeMontague

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8. Yes, there are probably about 7 or 8 die hard Marxists in the Democratic Party, whereas half the GOP

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Oct 2012

Thinks the Earth is 6,000 years old, Jesus rode a Dinosaur, and believes women should be put in prison for taking birth control pills.

Yes, clearly. There are "some extremists". But what you've done, here, is establish the classic "false equivalency". There is no false equivalency when one party, i.e. the GOP, has spent the past couple decades taking the express train to crazytown.

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Why does no one consider the "All Democrats are Communists" people as lunatic fringe? [View all] HughBeaumont Oct 2012 OP

I suggest that those people are people who lack critical thinking skills, or they themselves are still_one Oct 2012 #1

Why do they all seem to buy the "America is a center right nation" as well? Skidmore Oct 2012 #2

The Overton Window has been pushed far to the right in an orchestrated 30 plus year effort. Fumesucker Oct 2012 #3

Pretty sure Allan West is considered fringe budkin Oct 2012 #4

The problem with considering America to be a centre right country is that it isn't. PDJane Oct 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #6

It's fucking silly and fringe no matter what degree you're red-baiting at. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #7

I would disagree. I think die-hard Marxism, on the US Political Spectrum, is an outlier position. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #9

Yes, there are probably about 7 or 8 die hard Marxists in the Democratic Party, whereas half the GOP Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #8

I don't like the fact that some of these fuckers also own guns. Lint Head Oct 2012 #10