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Zorra

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12. It's a coordinated effort by conservatives to move the party and the country further to the right.

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 10:45 AM

Oct 2013

Lying about it by excoriating and blaming the left is part of the conservative agenda/gameplan. Pin the blame on the left, and make the "left" into a bogeyman, so they can move the country further to the right. The current conservative shutdown of the government is a direct result of their efforts:

“Democrats moving to the middle is a double disaster that alienates the party’s progressive base while simultaneously sending a message to swing voters that the other side is where the good ideas are.” It unconsciously locks in the notion that the other side’s positions are worth moving toward, while your side’s positions are the ones to move away from. Plus every time you move to the center, the right just moves further to the right." ~ George Lakoff

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EmoProgs? Really? [View all] hootinholler Oct 2013 OP

EmoFrogs are a terrible nuisance el_bryanto Oct 2013 #1

EmuProgs are also a problem. QC Oct 2013 #2

Yikes DJ13 Oct 2013 #16

You're retards. Sorry. kfreed Jul 2015 #47

Dear emos: better late than never kfreed Jul 2015 #46

Thanks for the explanation; but I think you should maybe develop a sense of humor el_bryanto Jul 2015 #48

Well without looking closely at 87 sharp_stick Oct 2013 #3

Emoprog is the latest insult being hurled hootinholler Oct 2013 #5

IMHO it's a ploy to subvert the new DU rules ... Myrina Oct 2013 #4

What a devious plan - do you think it's likely to be successful? el_bryanto Oct 2013 #10

Don't know - I have better things to do than keep track Myrina Oct 2013 #21

"inter-site" = between sites. Intra-site would be within a single site. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #39

and of course the flaming shit bag is left to smolder on the porch.. frylock Oct 2013 #32

Why most of them *are* on ignore nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #33

Its Emotarians now. bunnies Oct 2013 #6

Permutations on a theme hootinholler Oct 2013 #8

.... bunnies Oct 2013 #11

Pssst hootinholler Oct 2013 #36

Saw that. Happy Dance time!!! bunnies Oct 2013 #37

you ever see an emo dance? snooper2 Oct 2013 #7

Abandoning the 50 state strategy was huge leftstreet Oct 2013 #9

It was glaring and insulting the way it was done as well hootinholler Oct 2013 #14

It was idiotic jsr Oct 2013 #25

+1,000 Scuba Oct 2013 #43

It's a coordinated effort by conservatives to move the party and the country further to the right. Zorra Oct 2013 #12

don't confuse the Left with the Far Left Ideologues. KittyWampus Oct 2013 #15

There are very few 'far left' people on DU n/t leftstreet Oct 2013 #20

I'm far left! Hydra Oct 2013 #31

That doesn't sound "Far Left". bvar22 Oct 2013 #35

I think it's funny they use that term Hydra Oct 2013 #38

I'm not. I believe you may be confusing the Left with Third Way moderate conservatives who move Zorra Oct 2013 #27

I'm a "far left ideologue". I support keeping Social Security and Medicare. Scuba Oct 2013 #44

It's a term to denote the Ideologues on the Left who are stuck on perpetual outrage KittyWampus Oct 2013 #13

they can also dish it out but not take it treestar Oct 2013 #19

Well then I'm confused hootinholler Oct 2013 #23

Agreed, name calling brings nothing to the table. But some of this= DU'ers playing gotcha KittyWampus Oct 2013 #28

Thanks for that! hootinholler Oct 2013 #30

BS...it's clearly meant as a broadbrush and you know it... joeybee12 Oct 2013 #34

You know people don't have a real case.. sendero Oct 2013 #17

I've been posting with them on DU since 2009 treestar Oct 2013 #18

On the issues the American electorate is considerably to the left of the politicians in DC Fumesucker Oct 2013 #45

You're making the mistake of listening to what I've decided to label, the Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #22

... leftstreet Oct 2013 #24

F**king awesome...... marmar Oct 2013 #26

what would you call the commentariat who use terms like "Woodchuck"? KittyWampus Oct 2013 #29

I think unity is a good thing. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #41

Vooooooooooooooooooooooolare' wo wo wo wo. BornLooser Oct 2013 #40

I though "Emo-Prog" was some new hipster trend on the rock music scene? Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #42