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kick Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #1
We don't need moderation....you should get off that horse. n/t Chan790 Nov 2013 #2
it would be funny if someone was banned from DU for promoting moderate views? Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #5
We don't have moderators. We have hosts who are disempowered to moderate. Chan790 Nov 2013 #7
"hosts" are empowered to lock threads. community is drawn upon to jury immoderate comments Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #12
SKinner has said repeatedly we don't have moderators. QED. Chan790 Nov 2013 #14
lol. if you say so. this is a wild west board with no controls whatsoever. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #18
Maybe it is time to give extreme progressives and liberals a chance quinnox Nov 2013 #13
they have to get elected first. The last "extreme conservative" to get elected was Reagan Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #16
Your research? Union Scribe Nov 2013 #25
Evidently you were on another planet during Dick and Dubya's Excellent Misadventure n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #28
I assume the other poster is referring to the fact that Bush the lesser mythology Nov 2013 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author arely staircase Nov 2013 #32
Moderation has brought us to where we are today quinnox Nov 2013 #3
what is your thesis for that? that it wasn't arch conservatism that broke this country? Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #6
Corporatism broke this country and going along with arch conservatives in the name of cali Nov 2013 #9
So why do YOU post articles by right wing nut jobs that use false equivalency? cali Nov 2013 #4
I frankly didn't know who Diane Medved was until you highlighted her name Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #10
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Look, I don't mind people finding common cause- Leahy working with Rand Paul cali Nov 2013 #15
why not say that in THAT thread and use this thread to comment on THIS article? Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #17
Oh, no you don't. YOU posted this op which is DiRECTLY flowing from cali Nov 2013 #20
I posted this one before I posted the other 2. Also, to correct you Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #21
Really. It makes sense to call Tom Harkin an extremist? How about Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #22
I already corrected cali. The author did not call Tom Harkin an extremist. merely quoted him. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #23
"moderate" is the most weaselly word in the political lexicon. delrem Nov 2013 #8
+1000 quinnox Nov 2013 #19
bingo nt laundry_queen Nov 2013 #24
+100000 Yep, it's a sick Orwellian corruption of the word. woo me with science Nov 2013 #29
Abstract thinking as opposed to what? Skip Intro Nov 2013 #26
did you read the article about the research? Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #27
Abstract Thinking as opposed to rock Nov 2013 #31
Lol. I guess so. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #33
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