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In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with 3rd way advocacy? [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)Esp. considering how often you've pounded that trite point in response to this one OP, saying *nothing* of substance to balance it out.
I say that a reasonable mind would not dismiss either the Third Way in particular nor politics itself as being mere "conspiracy theory", since politics is, in essence, conspiracy. Perhaps it doesn't come naturally for you to understand that?
Given that DU is one of the largest and most visible forums on the internet explicitly defined for discussing Democratic Party politics, wherein Third Way is *given* as a clearly well funded, influential movement run by investment bankers (as see the named executives posted in response to you and ignored by you up-thread), boasting many power speakers and power players, politicians, and think tanks, I conclude that anyone who would dismiss discussion about Third Way influence as being mere CT, without fleshing the dismissal out in any way whatsoever, must be a half-wit. Or a Third Way dupe.
I read DU posts not just to become informed. I also read DU posts to become fired up, to help me understand what fires up my neighbours, just so that I can better conspire/collude with them. DU is just one place I visit, along with Firedoglake (ooooh! doesn't the Third Way crowd just HATE Firedoglake!! "Firebaggers!", the fiends!), truthout, TYT, firstlook (Firedoglake has *nothing* on the hatred firstlook engenders in the Third Way crowd. Nothing!), and so on. What I read indeed does influence me. When it makes sense. Your "CT" talking point makes no sense at all.