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Scuba

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35. It means you support radical ideas like Social Security and Medicare for All.

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Tue Aug 20, 2013, 05:27 AM

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What does "Far-Left" mean? [View all] last1standing Aug 2013 OP

These days anyone that does not shop at Costco. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #1

people who want to bomb banks, rob the money, and distribute to the homeless Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #2

That's what I would have thought but the term is being used for anything less than center-right... last1standing Aug 2013 #6

probably the latter. but there's a lot of that going around Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #8

Good timing. I've posted on that today as well. last1standing Aug 2013 #16

I agree that people on the far " " of anything have that purpose Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #19

So a Spotted Owl robbed a bank in your town? Safetykitten Aug 2013 #21

..... Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #23

Personally, I'd see you as center right and myself as moderate with mild left leanings. last1standing Aug 2013 #26

I was trying to figure that out in a post I saw on the New Jersey senate race. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #3

What it should mean vs. How it is used limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #4

nattering nabobs of negativism BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #9

I am calling the spirit of Spiro...can you hear me? Bribe to me...I mean speak to me. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #12

All I know is we get gas from them. They used to live along time ago, and rode dinosaurs... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #5

On DU? Removing profit from social services leftstreet Aug 2013 #7

supporters of public schools on DU are called far left and commies? I don't think so. Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #10

I think the accusation is 'not being pragmatic' leftstreet Aug 2013 #15

You are correct sir. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #20

a shade different than being called a commie. however, privatizing schools is a stupid idea Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #22

They used to call us Reds, Commies, Hippies, but that got stale so now it's Professional, Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #11

I do like the "emoprog" it has a fresh sound with connotations of futurism. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #14

Pretty close, if not the same as Socialism I think ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #13

"far-left groups usually participate in the democratic process to advance their goals." Safetykitten Aug 2013 #17

way to quote out of context. Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #25

Anyone who disagrees with the president and who is liberal. Fearless Aug 2013 #18

"Drown the government in the bathtub" left... bhikkhu Aug 2013 #24

I have no clue what that means. last1standing Aug 2013 #27

I'm thinking of how the potential government shut-down was viewed last year, specifically bhikkhu Aug 2013 #28

I was a proponent of letting the govenment default based on republican demands. last1standing Aug 2013 #30

Depends on who you ask. Archae Aug 2013 #29

Anything the banksters, and their dupes, want it to. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #31

I used to think I was center left. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #32

I think at heart it has less to do with goals than tactics Recursion Aug 2013 #33

I've always considered myself far-left, near socialist. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #34

It means you support radical ideas like Social Security and Medicare for All. Scuba Aug 2013 #35