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In reply to the discussion: Our future is center-left not far-left. The business community and DLC, not OWS [View all]renie408
(9,854 posts)My father used to have this joke that he loved that he told all the time.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto have been cornered up in a blind canyon by a mob of angry Indians (the story doesn't work as well if you say 'Native Americans'). They have exhausted their supply of bullets and their enemies are closing in.
The Lone Ranger turns to Tonto and says, "My trusted friend, it has been an honor riding with you, but we are in deep trouble and we have come to our end."
Tonto looks back at the Lone Ranger and says, "What do you mean 'we', pale face?"
You keep saying 'we', but the 'we' you are referring to isn't the 'we' here. You are NOT on the Left. You are, if anything, center right. As brilliantly pointed out in another thread, in 1976 you would have been hard right.
And yeah, the Republican party IS dominated by the Tea Party (though less so every day). Which is what is KILLING THEM. Why would we want to head more their way??
You say that OWS is a failed movement. Has it occurred to you that before OWS NOBODY talked about inequality? Has it occurred to you that the TEA PARTY is the TRULY failed movement? Yeah, they got some guys elected, but the base of their platform and the root of what they stand for is now becoming vilified in this country while the roots set down by OWS are growing.
No, that hasn't occurred to you. It hasn't occurred to you because you are so busy coming up with ways to appease the right (of which you are a member) that you haven't really been paying attention.