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bluestate10

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46. Do you really know what the fuck "Stalinist" means to many people?

Reply to Great Caesars Ghost (Reply #26)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 01:26 PM

Dec 2012

May be you should do a web search for the term and do some reading before you use it again. Socialist or Radical Socialist would be more appropriate terms for what you envision yourself as.

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Where do you consider yourself on the political spectrum? [View all] Jamaal510 Dec 2012 OP

You need a few more on the left to capture me. Loudly Dec 2012 #1

You need a "socialist' or "other" option. n/t white_wolf Dec 2012 #2

Yep. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #14

Yes it does. n/t 99Forever Dec 2012 #42

+1 mike_c Dec 2012 #51

How about "mixed"? amandabeech Dec 2012 #3

I'll go with mixed too. NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #7

I get the radical hatred on my Bernie Sanders issues, amandabeech Dec 2012 #8

Socialist here roody Dec 2012 #4

Where's the Nazi, commie, fascist, tree-hugging, bed-wetting pinko, progressive option? Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #5

Bomb throwing moderate. Throd Dec 2012 #6

None of the above. I'm progressive, way left of liberal. n/t intheflow Dec 2012 #9

I thought progressive and liberal were synonymous. CheapShotArtist Dec 2012 #11

That's what I think. When the reactionaries were successful in their campaign to demonize Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #15

I think they share some basic ideology, but they differ in focus. intheflow Dec 2012 #19

Actually, outside the United States, "liberal" typically means right wing. FDR changed it all. Selatius Dec 2012 #21

Ditto. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #12

That is what I consider myself ... a Progressive. nt Raine Dec 2012 #23

I fell off the left end. nt Betsy Ross Dec 2012 #10

anarcho-syndicalist, to be precise... 0rganism Dec 2012 #13

Cheers comrade! Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #17

You left off extremely liberal. Abstain. lonestarnot Dec 2012 #16

Extremely Liberal aka REAL Liberal or Real Democrat Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #24

conservative but SmileyRose Dec 2012 #18

EVERYWHERE in the Western Democratic world - liberal means being in the center Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #20

I'm a proponent of market socialism. Selatius Dec 2012 #22

No Marxist-Leninist option? ellisonz Dec 2012 #25

I couldn't find Stalinist, so had to mark liberal. lol Great Caesars Ghost Dec 2012 #26

Do you really know what the fuck "Stalinist" means to many people? bluestate10 Dec 2012 #46

It was a joke goddamnit!!!!!!! Great Caesars Ghost Dec 2012 #63

Ok. I apologize. I didn't notice a sarcasm notice. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #70

I would be to the left of Dennis Kucinich Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #27

progressive. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #28

Generally I'm center-left. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2012 #29

So... Prometheus_unbound Dec 2012 #30

Welcome to DU. I was surprised that 2 people chose right of center, there is a big gap bluestate10 Dec 2012 #48

I was one of the M-Cs. NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #73

Democratic Socialist tblue Dec 2012 #31

Me too. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #33

Another. Chan790 Dec 2012 #43

A liberal but not necessarily a Progressive (as I want to actually achieve and not just bloviate) graham4anything Dec 2012 #32

That's unfair. intheflow Dec 2012 #36

I think I am indeed onto something at least here at DU graham4anything Dec 2012 #41

I don't agree with you on every thing, but you do make some valid points. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #54

I agree just about all of this, including graham4anything Dec 2012 #60

A good assessment Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #45

Where's Socialist? Odin2005 Dec 2012 #34

Out and out socialist hobbit709 Dec 2012 #35

Liberal on social issues and civil rights hack89 Dec 2012 #37

You need a commie/pinko/anarchist with chattel corporations option. bemildred Dec 2012 #38

Do the moderate conservatives know we can see their user names? JaneyVee Dec 2012 #39

What are you implying? Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #49

LOL snooper2 Dec 2012 #50

Yes...and? NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #71

above it datasuspect Dec 2012 #40

where is the category for.."too damn uninterested to actually vote in midterms" srican69 Dec 2012 #44

Look where that got us. Battles in Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #56

I'm so far to the left, Aristus Dec 2012 #47

Democratic Socialist - Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2012 #52

I'm a radical social justice leftist. hunter Dec 2012 #53

You really need to separate this between "social" and "economic" positions. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #55

I don't find any of these labels significantly relevant anymore NoOneMan Dec 2012 #57

Progressive. Iggo Dec 2012 #58

Moderate leftist WilmywoodNCparalegal Dec 2012 #59

I would not want any part on this particular political spectrum. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #61

Other. H2O Man Dec 2012 #62

Hanging off the left side by my fingernails... 4_TN_TITANS Dec 2012 #64

a Naxalite... obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2012 #65

Moderate on social issues, liberal on economic and foriegn policy issues. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #66

Am I alone when I say I truly don't know??? narnian60 Dec 2012 #67

Social democrat. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #68

Where is "Dirty Socialist"??? Dirty Socialist Dec 2012 #69

socialist baldguy Dec 2012 #72

Somewhere between... NCTraveler Dec 2012 #74