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In reply to the discussion: I know this sounds alarmist and I don't want anyone to think I'm some liberal crank pot.... [View all]nightscanner59
(802 posts)17. How right wingnuts have branded "liberal" as something so bad...
Anyone who brands me as "liberal crank pot" has just complimented my intelligence. Has expressed that I am far more caring, more capable of sharing, and far more mature than the one who branded me such.
Since so called "conservatives" betray their selfish, backward, racist and jaded selves with every talking point they fart, other than some backward, religious or just plain ignorant philosophy, what are they "conserving"?
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I know this sounds alarmist and I don't want anyone to think I'm some liberal crank pot.... [View all]
WCGreen
Oct 2012
OP
I think the GOP are the American Taliban. They put ideology over fact, they have zero regard for
MADem
Oct 2012
#5
I hope you're right. I've seen a lot of "enthusiasm" for the wrong reasons amongst the younger set!
MADem
Oct 2012
#18
You are NOT being alarmist. You should listen to this interview I heard this afternoon...
cui bono
Oct 2012
#10
The only difference I see between the Taliban and the US is that the Taliban is
WCGreen
Oct 2012
#13
Good thoughts. You get your filters from being educated, not propagandized.
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2012
#28