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34. I have two far right and two far left

Reply to jollyreaper2112 (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:44 AM

Oct 2013

Family members. Its fun when they get started lol ha ha.

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Does anyone have a crazy left wing family member? [View all] jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 OP

My Mother is a Fox breathing Tea Baggin whacko trumad Oct 2013 #1

I don't have facebook. Xyzse Oct 2013 #35

Sorry about your mom. I know what it's like. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #54

One word: MIHOP Recursion Oct 2013 #2

Many on the Alex Jones wing of the right, which are just modern birchers, are MIHOPers too. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #33

and most see it more like LIHOP with all the warnings that were ignored blm Oct 2013 #41

It's known that the CIA was very concerned.CIA Dir Tenet and several of his deputies including Black stevenleser Oct 2013 #48

Rice was not incompetent. She outright LIED about Iraq and you didn't need to sabrina 1 Oct 2013 #59

The two are not mutually exclusive. She was incompetent as NSA AND she is a liar. nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #60

I always thought that Rice sounded as if she were lying SheilaT Oct 2013 #91

I don't know about MIHOP or LIHOP but ... Ganja Ninja Oct 2013 #66

That would be me... Mopar151 Oct 2013 #3

No, all the crazies in this family are Republican rightwingers and fundies. ananda Oct 2013 #4

I joined FiredogLake for a while .. I found them too lefty srican69 Oct 2013 #5

fear sells beachbum bob Oct 2013 #6

I remember Y2K and all the insanity that went with it. littlewolf Oct 2013 #9

y2k was a little more wingery jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #22

yeah jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #24

my brother. I can't even really talk to him anymore. ejpoeta Oct 2013 #7

Glen Beck LWolf Oct 2013 #10

oops. i need to learn to read. i saw crazy RIGHT wing. uggh. ejpoeta Oct 2013 #18

Yup, I sure do. HappyMe Oct 2013 #8

DU used to be a left-wing discussion group. nt LWolf Oct 2013 #11

You think it isn't anymore? HappyMe Oct 2013 #12

lol - it is mostly centrists figuring out how to save the capitalism. TBF Oct 2013 #37

I get ignored, but I don't get "steamrolled." hunter Oct 2013 #64

Baloney and liberals do believe in capitalism that should be regulated treestar Oct 2013 #110

"Liberals do believe in capitalism that should be regulated" - TBF Oct 2013 #112

It works well for only the rich when it is unregulated treestar Oct 2013 #115

This is the statement I disagree with - TBF Oct 2013 #116

When DU transitioned to DU3, LWolf Oct 2013 #98

Yes - absoluteley. nt TBF Oct 2013 #113

it's simply absurd to think that there aren't nutwads who cali Oct 2013 #74

Not my point. LWolf Oct 2013 #99

I agree - it is a definite recent posture by the party. TBF Oct 2013 #114

Ok, so we have one jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #25

Yes there are fitman Oct 2013 #50

There is indeed a Christian Left Freddie Oct 2013 #13

I still get emails from Jim Wallis every day Recursion Oct 2013 #15

But Jim Wallis is a homophobic bigot, not liberal but conservative, and I'd say Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #42

He is. Recursion Oct 2013 #45

I personally don't need anything that a bigot like Wallis is pushing. Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #51

I guess people like parts of his message? Rex Oct 2013 #80

i have a few christian left facebook pages... madrchsod Oct 2013 #106

me myself and I dembotoz Oct 2013 #14

The far left is nothing like the far right RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #16

reread my post jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #26

I think that maybe the left crazies HappyMe Oct 2013 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Daniel537 Oct 2013 #38

It speaks volumea to me that you put left in qutations, there RedCappedBandit Oct 2013 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Daniel537 Oct 2013 #61

didn't that sort of lefty pretty much die out in the 60's? jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #65

During Reagan era GOP discovered if you put RWers on and keep LWers off... Festivito Oct 2013 #17

ok, so it's like my supposition then jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #27

If you're exposed more to one. Festivito Oct 2013 #29

no, but my family members do d_r Oct 2013 #19

That would be me if you ask the rest of the family Fumesucker Oct 2013 #20

Same here. But they think Obama's a socialist, so their opinion means squat. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #43

Yes--I have two anti-vaxxer, Dr. Mercola types who have caused considerable family strife. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #21

One 911 Truther and one anti-vaxxer. nt hack89 Oct 2013 #23

The far left health nuts are ones that bug me. If that is the way you want to live, go for it. But liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #28

I couldn't have said it better myself. HappyMe Oct 2013 #32

+1 Daniel537 Oct 2013 #40

Right jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #44

Yes, me. Myrina Oct 2013 #30

I have two far right and two far left Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #34

at family gatherings do the sane ones bring popcorn? :D nt littlewolf Oct 2013 #68

lol yeah, Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #95

Some Liberals say Atheists can be too aggressive and anti-religious.. Tikki Oct 2013 #36

My children are atheists and I have raised them to be proud of who they are, but to also be liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #39

We are an Atheist family and I have a brother-in-law who is a preacher..I used to ask.. Tikki Oct 2013 #52

Oh, yes. Quoting scripture instead of formulating SheilaT Oct 2013 #93

I know...He really has it down..he even blesses the guns of the people who go to his church.. Tikki Oct 2013 #97

Overly aggressive atheists getting in my face HappyMe Oct 2013 #47

good point jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #63

According to my RW-conspiracy loving sister, I am a left wing wacko. Go figure. n/t cynatnite Oct 2013 #46

I was the most left-wing until Scooter Walker got elected. charmay Oct 2013 #49

Like CT crazy? No. HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #53

I am sure that my two crazy right wing brothers would consider me to be crazy left wing liberal N proud Oct 2013 #55

Like spouting nonsense about arresting Republican senators for treason or sedition? Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #56

well they do have a point jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #67

yes. Me. nt Javaman Oct 2013 #57

My RW family members are mostly insane although a few are misinformed but left is right Oct 2013 #62

OK I am not really up on abbreviations littlewolf Oct 2013 #69

9-11 conspiracy talk jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #75

thank you for that detailed info. I feel so out of the loop sometimes. littlewolf Oct 2013 #88

it's a simple show jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #90

WHERE IS TED CRUZ'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!! Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #70

a (distant) cousin of mine fell in with some hardline black nationalist group after college Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #71

I've family members to the left of me and to the right of me. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #72

Yes. My mom. KamaAina Oct 2013 #73

I got kicked off a Maoist message board. Archae Oct 2013 #76

wow jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #78

Of course. There are fan message boards for Hitler, N Korea, Castro... Archae Oct 2013 #79

I'm the closest thing our family has to a crazy left wing nut, lol. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #77

It looks like most of us are the left wing wackos in the family. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #81

well that's the insane thing jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #83

No. I have tons of RWing Alex Jones believing relatives. Rex Oct 2013 #82

I am considered to be the crazy left winger and am proud of it! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #84

Let me direct you here joeglow3 Oct 2013 #85

question then jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #87

My older sister and brother believe that the Illuminati might actually exist. eom Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #86

It's me dem in texas Oct 2013 #89

Besides me? BainsBane Oct 2013 #92

I sort of consider myself a left wing SheilaT Oct 2013 #94

Yes, my family has one Samantha Oct 2013 #96

The term crazy left wing does bother me. texanwitch Oct 2013 #100

I chose the term deliberately jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #108

I am the left wing nut. My brother is a close second. WCLinolVir Oct 2013 #101

My cousin, who I love dearly, is over the left wing cliff mountain grammy Oct 2013 #102

That would be me, I think Warpy Oct 2013 #103

I think that's me. krispos42 Oct 2013 #104

no..just a couple of right wing nutballs madrchsod Oct 2013 #105

I wish I had crazy leftwing family members. Instead DevonRex Oct 2013 #107

Yeah, pretty much every one of us........ socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #109

I'm sure someone does but treestar Oct 2013 #111