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baldguy

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2. Those who thnk that political purity s more important than progress

Reply to cali (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 06:57 AM

Sep 2014

And that having no solution to a problem is better than having half of one, especially when it can be colored as a compromise.

Such as with health insurance reform, for example.

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although I like your definitions- general as they are cali Sep 2014 #1

Those who thnk that political purity s more important than progress baldguy Sep 2014 #2

there's some accuracy in that as there is in this: cali Sep 2014 #3

Like it or not, leftism has an ideological element that cares more about form True Blue Door Sep 2014 #4