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cali

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15. Look, I don't mind people finding common cause- Leahy working with Rand Paul

Sun Nov 3, 2013, 03:57 AM

Nov 2013

on reducing sentences for drug users, etc. That is NOT the gist of that disgusting piece of shit article you so lovingly posted.

Says everything about you that you love a wingnut article that bashes Tom Harkin and calls him an extremist.

good job at letting us see where you're really coming from, pretz.

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Abstract thinking can make you a more politically moderate. University study. [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 OP

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